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  • Question
  • Statement:
    Drinking water supply to New Bombay has been suspended till further orders from Maharashtra pollution Control Board following pollution of Patal Ganga 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.


  • Options
  • A. All follow
  • B. Only II and III follow
  • C. Only I follows
  • D. Only III follows

  • Correct Answer
  • All follow 

    Explanation

    All are feasible to resolve the problem.


  • Course of Action problems


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    • 1. 
      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.
      Course 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.

    • Options
    • A. None follows
    • B. Only II follows
    • C. Only I and II follows
    • D. Only II and III follow
    • Discuss
    • 2. 
      Statement :
      Nuclear power cannot make a country secure.
      Course of Action :
      I. We must stop further expenses on increasing our nuclear power.
      II. We must destroy our nuclear capability
      III. We must concentrate on improving our diplomatic relations.

    • Options
    • A. Only II follows
    • B. Only I and II follows
    • C. Only III follows
    • D. Only I follows
    • Discuss
    • 3. 
      Statement :
      A mass mortality of shrimps in ponds on entire Andhra coast has recently been reported due to the presence of a virus.
      Course of Action :
      I. The water of the ponds affected should immediately be treated for identifying the nature of the virus.
      II. The catching of shrimps from the ponds should temporaly be stopped.
      III. The fishermen should be asked to watch for the onset of such phenomenon in nature.

    • Options
    • A. Only I follows
    • B. All follows
    • C. Only I and II follows
    • D. Only II and III follow
    • Discuss
    • 4. 
      Statement :
      In one the worst accidents on a railway level crossing, fifty people died when a bus carrying them collided with a running train.
      Courses of Action:
      I. The train driver should immediately be suspended.
      II. The driver of the bus should be tried in court for negligence on his part.
      III. The railways authorities should be asked to man all its level crossings.

    • Options
    • A. None crossing
    • B. Only II follows
    • C. Only I and II follow
    • D. Only II and III follow
    • Discuss
    • 5. 
      Statement:
      A devastator earthquake has ravaged the city killing hundreds of people and rendering many more homeless.
      Courses of Action:
      I. The entry of outsiders into the city should be stopped.
      II. The civic administration should immediately make alternate temporary hous in arrangement for the victims.
      III. The affected people should immediately be shifted to a safer place.

    • Options
    • A. Only I follows
    • B. Only II follows
    • C. Only II and III follow
    • D. Either II or III follows
    • Discuss
    • 6. 
      Statement :
      There was a spurt in criminal activities in the city during the recent festival season.
      Course of action :
      I. The police should immediately investigate into the cause of this increases.
      II. In future the police should take adequate precautions to avoid recurrence of such a situation during festivals.
      III. The know criminals should be arrested before any such person.

    • Options
    • A. None follows
    • B. Only II and II follows
    • C. Only I and II follows
    • D. All follow
    • Discuss
    • 7. 
      Statement -
      The Education Secretary said that it was extremely necessary that the professional researchers alone with practising school teachers conduct the practical research.
      Conclusions

    • Options
    • A. Practicing teachers know the techniques of research
    • B. Professional researchers are quite aware of the problems related to the school education
    • C. Education secretary was speaking to the school students
    • D. School education is quite a specialised field and so long as teachers are not trained, the standard of education cannot be qualitatively better
    • Discuss
    • 8. 
      Statement
      Vehicular sources contribute 60% to the total pollution level of Delhi, as informed in the Rajya Sabha today.
      Conclusions
      I. The court has ordered that the main source of pollution should be identified
      II. The problem of pollution is high in the work list
      III. In the other cities also, vehicular source contributes around the same percentage level of pollution
      IV. This matter was raised first in the Lok Sabha

    • Options
    • A. if only Conclusion I follows
    • B. if only Conclusion II follows
    • C. if either I or II follows
    • D. if neither I nor II follows
    • Discuss
    • 9. 
      Statement
      State Government imposes a monthly tax on the salary of all the employees. The tax amount varies according to the income slab. The Central Government also imposes tax. This is against the theory of taxation.
      Conclusions
      I. A regular collection, irrespective of the income slab, by the Central Government is the income tax
      II. The Central Government should not collect any tax on income
      III. Income tax should not vary according to the income slabs
      IV. Tax should be imposed only once on an individual

    • Options
    • A. if only Conclusion I follows
    • B. if only Conclusion II follows
    • C. if either I or II follows
    • D. if neither I nor II follows
    • Discuss
    • 10. 
      Statement
      Half of the villagers of a certain village have their own houses. One-fifth of the villagers cultivate paddy. One-third of the villagers are literate. Four-fifth of the villagers are below twenty five. Then, which one of the following is certainly true?
      I. All the villagers who have their own houses are literate
      II. Some villagers under twenty five are literate
      III. A quarter of the villages who have their own houses cultivate paddy
      IV. Half of the villagers who cultivate paddy are literate

    • Options
    • A. if only Conclusion I follows
    • B. if only Conclusion II follows
    • C. if either I or II follows
    • D. if neither I nor II follows
    • Discuss


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