
Statement: India today is midstream in its demographic transition. In the last 60 years, there has been an almost continuous decline in mortality; while fertility has declined over the last 20 years. The consequence is that there has been a rapid growth in population over the last years.
Course of Action:
I. India should immediately revitalise its family planning programme.
II. The Government should immediately launch a massive education programme through mass media highlighting the implication of population growth at the present rate.
II. The Government should immediately launch a massive education programme through mass media highlighting the implication of population growth at the present rate.

Important Questions on Passage Based Reasoning
In the given question, four probable answers have been alternatives. Select the most appropriate alternatives as the answer:
A train always has:

In the given question, four probable answers have been alternatives. Select the most appropriate alternatives as the answer.
Your friend has lost his/her purse with your important documents in it. You would _____

Statement
Doctors these days advise the consumption of rice in the dinner.
Presuppositions
I. Late night dinner produces toxin in the because the food remains undigested for a long time.
II. Rice digests quickly .

In the given question, four probable answers have been alternatives. Select the most appropriate alternatives as the answer:
Atmosphere always has _____

Statement
Vimla said reminding her husband, "I hope you have taken your raincoat".
Presupposition
I. There is likelihood of rain.
II. Vimla is careful about the health of her husband.

Give answer
(1)If only I follows.
(2)If only II follows.
(3)If either I or II follows.
(4) If neither I nor II follows.
(5) If both I and II follow
Statement: India's massive rail network has been hit by an average of accidents a year.
Courses of action:
I. The Railway ministry should increase the number of railway tracks so that problem can be solved.
II. The Railways should assign a team to inspect and improve safety and signalling equipment.

1)If only I follows.
2) If only II follows.
3) If either I or II follows.
4) If neither I nor II follows.
5) If both I and II follow.
Statement: College professors under state government are protesting against the government for delaying the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission.
Courses of action:
I. Government should immediately pay the due amount to the professors.
II. Government should appeal to all the professors to return to their work else the government will pay neither the existing nor the increased salary.

In each of the questions below a statement is given followed by three courses of action numbered I, II and III. A course of action is a step or an administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow up further action in regard to the problem, policy, etc, On the basis of the information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then decide which of the suggested course (s) of action logically follow(s) worth pursuing.
Statement:
Despite increasing BPO jobs in our country, a large number of educated youth are unemployed.
Courses of Action:
I. Government should give unemployment allowance to all unemployed youth.
II. Government should introduce various schemes in different areas that will generate employment opportunities.
III. Efforts should be made by society and the Government to encourage the youth for vocational education.

Give your answer as:
(1) if only I follow
(2) if only II follows
(3) if either I or II follows
(4) if neither I nor II follows
(5) if both I and II follow
Statement:
The Government has decided not to provide financial support to voluntary organisations from the next five-year plan and has communicated that all such organisations should raise funds to meet their financial needs.
Courses of Action:
I. Voluntary organisations should collaborate with foreign agencies.
II. They should explore other sources of financial support.

Statement:
The percentage of people paying income tax in India is 0.8% of the total population.
Courses of action:
I. The government should abolish income tax altogether because it costs more to collect income tax than what is earned from that.
II. Government should target those who do not pay their tax properly and charge a heavy penalty.

This question consists of information and two statements numbered and given below it. You have to decide which of the given statements weakens or strengthens the information and decide the appropriate answer:
Information: Due to increased cases of kidnapping in its vicinity, school M has made it compulsory for parents or legal guardians of the student to give a duly signed authorisation letter to the person picking up the students from the school.
Most working parents rely on their domestic help for picking up their children from school, who can easily be coerced into forging or misusing the authority letter for monetary plans.
There is no photograph on the authority letter making it difficult to identify the person who comes to pick up the child.

Statement:
Some sports persons are not participating in Commonwealth Games.
Courses of action:
I. Government should appeal them to participate in Commonwealth Games.
II. Government should debar these players from participating in any other events.

Statement: Continuous use of computers is affecting the eyesight of many youths.
The course of Action :
I. All the establishments should permit the people using a computer to take a short break after every hour of work on the computer.
II. Use of computers should be discouraged by the management of the establishments.

Give answer
(1)If only I follows.
(2)If only II follows.
(3)If either I or II follows.
(4) If neither I nor II follows.
(5) If both I and II follow
Statement: In an institutional area, it has become difficult for students to walk on the road-side due to
construction and heavy rain.
Courses of action:
I. Government should not start any construction work in the study time or it should provide some additional
route to the students.
II. Institute should arrange for some other buildings to conduct classes for the students.

Statement:
The locals in a tourist hotspot have experienced the police officers beating, sexually assaulting, harassing and even torturing street children living in the slums if they do not pay for protection.
Courses of action:
I. The administration should order the locals to stay away from such police officials.
II. The administration should send the street children to state-run orphanages.
III. The administration should hand over the matter to the CBI.

Statement:
Financial stringency prevented the State Government from paying salaries to its employees since April this year.
Courses of Action:
I. The State Government should immediately curtail the staff strength at least by 30%.
II. The State Government should reduce wasteful expenditure and arrange to pay the salaries of its employees.

Give answer
(1)If only I follows.
(2)If only II follows.
(3)If either I or II follows.
(4) If neither I nor II follows.
(5) If both I and II follow
Statement: Many foreign IT companies are coming to India hiring IT employees and making a large profit as compared to Indian companies. And Indian companies are going in loss even when India has a big IT market.
Courses of action:
I. Indian companies should also enter foreign market so that Indian companies can take revenge from foreign companies.
II. Government should ban foreign companies in Indian market and minimize the competition.

1)If only I follows.
2) If only II follows.
3) If either I or II follows.
4) If neither I nor II follows.
5) If both I and II follow.
Statement: A food company was set ablaze at night because of short-circuits and suffered a loss worth millions rupees.
Courses of action:
I. A separate electricity room should be maintained in the factory with provision of modern fire-fighting equipment.
II. The factory owner can claim the insured amount from insurance company for the losses incurred.

Statement:
In a bank, whole recruitment process of approximately 150 candidates has been done through illegitimate way.
Courses of action:
I. Police should investigate and the whole recruitment should be cancelled.
II. Government should conduct all the recruitments under its own supervision.

Statement: Many teachers of the local school have rendered their resignation to the Principal to protest the managements decision for not implementing revised pay scales.
Courses of action:
I. The school management should accept the resignations and appoint new teachers.
II. The school management should persuade the teachers to continue with an assurance of considering the pay hike issue.
III. The school management should approach the govt. for guidelines.

