Q.1
Statement : The Company X has rejected first lot of values supplied by Company A and has cancelled its entire huge order quoting use of inferior quality material and poor craftsmanship.

Courses of Action :
I. The Company A needs to investigate functioning of its purchase, production and quality control departments.
II. The Company A should inspect all the valves rejected by Company X.
III. The Company A should inform Company X that steps have been taken for improvement and renegotiate schedule of supply.
Q.2
Statement : A large number of students who have passed their XII Std. terminal examination in the country could not get admission to colleges as the number of seats available are grossly inadequate.

Courses of Action :
I. The evaluation system of XII Std. terminal examination should be made more tough so that fewer students pass the examination.
II. The Government should encourage the private sector to open new colleges by providing them land at cheaper rate.
III. The rich people should be asked to send their wards to foreign countries for higher studies enabling the needy students to get admission in colleges within the country.
Q.3
Statement : It has been reported by one of the TV channels that the answer papers of Board examination of one State are evaluated by students studying in the same standard with the help of model answers as instructed by the examiners.

Courses of Action :
I. All such examiners should be immediately suspended from their official positions.
II. All such papers evaluated by the students should be immediately confiscated and got evaluated by qualified teachers.
III. The Board should explore possibilities even though they are remote, of getting the answer papers of this examination evaluated by computerised machines.
Q.4
Statement : Drinking water supply to New Bombay has been suspended till further orders from Maharashtra Pollution Control Board following pollution of Patalganga river, caused by discharge of effluents from some chemical industries.

Courses of Action :
I. The industries responsible for discharging effluents into the river should be asked to close down immediately.
II. The river water should immediately be treated chemically before resuming supply.
III. The Pollution Control Board should check the nature of effluents being discharged into the river by industries at regular intervals.
Q.5
Statement : The Management of School M has decided to give free breakfast from next academic year to all the students in its primary section through its canteen even though they will not get any government grant.

Courses of Action :
I. The school will have to admit many poor students who will seek admission for the next academic year.
II. The canteen facilities and utensils have to be checked and new purchases to be made to equip it properly.
III. Funds will have to be raised to support the scheme for years to come.
Q.6
Statement : The exodus from villages to cities is detrimental to both.

Courses of Action :
I. Rural postings must be made mandatory.
II. There should be fewer trains linking cities to smaller places.
III. Employment generation scheme should be launched in rural areas.
Q.7
Statement : The Deputy Mayor of city Z has proposed to install a plant of mineral water and to supply citizen's mineral water bottles at Rs. 6 per litre as against Rs. 10 per litre being sold by local private companies.

Courses of Action :
I. The local private companies of city Z will have to close their operation.
II. The Corporation of city Z will have to provide for losses in this project in its budget.
III. The tap water schemes of city Z will have to be stopped.
Q.8
Statement : The meteorological department has issued a notification forecasting less rainfall during next year's monsoon.

Courses of Action :
I. The government should immediately set up a water authority for proper management of water resources.
II. The water supply authorities should be asked to implement reduction in regular water supply to tackle the situation.
III. The farmers should be advised to cultivate alternate crops which require less water during the coming months.
Q.9
Statement : The Company X has rejected first lot of values supplied by Company A and has cancelled its entire huge order quoting use of inferior quality material and poor craftsmanship.

Courses of Action :
I. The Company A needs to investigate functioning of its purchase, production and quality control departments.
II. The Company A should inspect all the valves rejected by Company X.
III. The Company A should inform Company X that steps have been taken for improvement and renegotiate schedule of supply.
Q.10
Statement : The condition of all the major roads in the city has deteriorated due to incessant rain during the last two months.

Courses of Action :
I. The city civic authority should deploy additional traffic staff to regulate the vehicular movement.
II. The city civic authority should immediately make arrangements for repairs of the damaged roads.
III. Motorists should be alerted at various places by putting up sign boards about the bad patches of the roads to enable them to plan their journey accordingly.
Q.11
Statement : There have been quite a few incidents of highway robbery on the super expressway between cities A and B during recent months.

Courses of Action :
I. The local administration should immediately set up police tickets along the expressway to prevent robbery.
II. The local administration should immediately close down the expressway till the robbers are apprehended.
III. More and more people should be given training on how to tackle with the robbers.
Q.12
Statement : There was a spurt in criminal activities in the city during the recent festival season.

Courses of Action :
I. The police should immediately investigate into the causes of this increase.
II. In future the police should take adequate precaution to avoid recurrence of such situation during festival.
III. The known criminals should be arrested before any such season.
Q.13
Statement : The Institute has fixed for the investors a validity period of one year for transfer forms for some of its listed schemes.

Courses of Action :
I. The Institute should consult investors before fixing the duration of validity period.
II. The investors should be duly informed about the validity period.
III. List of schemes covered under this validity period should be communicated.
Q.14
Statement : Over 27,000 bonded labourers identified and freed are still awaiting rehabilitation.

Courses of Action :
I. More cases of bonded labourers should be identified.
II. Till the proper rehabilitation facilities are available, the bonded labourers should not be freed.
III. The impediments in the way of speedy and proper rehabilitation of bonded labourers should be removed.
Q.15
Statement : Number of dropouts from the municipal schools has significantly increased after withdrawal of mid-day meal scheme.

Courses of Action :
I. The government should reconsider its decision of withdrawal of midday meal scheme.
II. The government should close down some of the municipal schools.
III. The government should carry out a detailed study to find out the reasons for school dropouts.
Q.16
Statement : Without the active cooperation between the proprietor and the employees of the mill, it cannot remain a profitable concern for long.

Courses of Action :
I. The mill should be closed down.
II. The workers should be asked to cooperate with the owners.
III. The owners should be asked to cooperate with the employees.
Q.17
Statement : A train derailed near a station while moving over a bridge and fell into a river, resulting in the death of 65 people.

Courses of Action :
I. The Railway Authorities should clarify the reason of the accident to the Government.
II. The Government should allocate funds to compensate the destruction caused.
III. The protection walls of the bridge should be made strong enough to avoid such accidents.
Q.18
Statement : There has been unprecedented increase in the prices of essential commodities during the past few days due to the strike call given by the transporters association.

Courses of Action :
I. The transporters' association should be ordered by the government to immediately withdraw strike call or else they will face severe consequences.
II. The government should immediately make alternative arrangements to ensure adequate supply of essential commodities in the market.
III. The government should immediately declare the strike illegal and put all those responsible for the strike behind the bars.
Q.19
Statement : A large number of students studying in municipal schools could not pass the Xth Std. Board examination causing frustration among the students and their parents.

Courses of Action :
I. The municipal authority should immediately review the position and initiate measures to improve the situation.
II. The municipal authority should immediately fill up the teachers' vacancies in the municipal schools.
III. The municipal authority should close down some of their schools and concentrate their attention on remaining schools to improve the conditions.
Q.20
Statement : Majority of the students have failed in one paper in the first semester examination.

Courses of Action :
I. All those students who failed should be asked to drop out of the course.
II. The faculty teaching the paper should be asked to resign.
Q.21
Statement : Mr. X, an active member of the Union, often insults his superiors in the office with his rude behaviour.

Courses of Action :
I. He should be transferred to some other department.
II. The matter should be referred to the Union.
Q.22
Statement : The air and rail services have been severely disrupted due to thick fog in the northern part of the country.

Courses of Action :
I. The rail and air services should be temporarily suspended in the region.
II. People should be advised to make their travel plan keeping in mind the probable disruption resulting in delay or cancellation of services.
III. The government should immediately install modern machines which will enable it to guide the rail and air services even if the thick fog develops.
Q.23
Statement : There are more than 200 villages in the hill area of Uttar Pradesh which are severely damaged due to cyclone and it causes an extra burden of Rs 200 crore on State Government for relief and rehabilitation work.

Courses of Action :
I. People of hill area should be shifted to other safer places.
II. State Government should ask more financial support from Central Government.
III. Government should levy relief tax to the corporate sector to ease the additional burden.
Q.24
Statement : Poverty is increasing because the people, who are deciding how to tackle it, know absolutely nothing about the poor.

Courses of Action :
I. The decision makers should go to the grass root levels.
II. The decision makers should come from the poorer sections of the society.
III. A new set of decision makers should replace the existing one.
Q.25
Statement : Besides looks and appearances, it is also important to develop oneself from within.

Courses of Action :
I. One should not pay attention to fashion.
II. One should pay attention to fashion.
III. Books on self-development should be encouraged.

Q.26
Statement : There is an unprecedented increase in the production of wheat this kharif season in most parts of the country.

Courses of Action :
I. The government should immediately lower down the procurement price of wheat.
II. The farmers should be asked to store the excess produces with themselves to be used for future.
III. The government should make its best efforts to export wheat to augment its presence in international market.
Q.27
Statement : Incessant rain for the past several days has posed the problem of overflowing and flood as the river bed is full of silt and mud.

Courses of Action :
I. The people residing near the river should be shifted to a safe place.
II. The people should be made aware about the imminent danger over radio/television.
III. The silt and mud from the river bed should be cleared immediately after the receding of the water level.
Q.28
Statement : Majority of the students have failed in one paper in the first semester examination.

Courses of Action :
I. All those students who failed should be asked to drop out of the course.
II. The faculty teaching the paper should be asked to resign.
Q.29
Statement : Majority of the students have failed in one paper in the first semester examination.

Courses of Action :
I. All those students who failed should be asked to drop out of the course.
II. The faculty teaching the paper should be asked to resign.
Q.30
Statement : The weather bureau has through a recent bulletin forecast heavy rainfall during the next week which may cause water logging in several parts of the city.

Courses of Action :
I. The bulletin should be given wide publicity through the mass media.
II. The civic authority should keep in readiness the pumping system for removal of water from these parts.
III. The people should be advised to stay indoors during the period.
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