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- Question
If "÷" denotes "multiplied by", "+" denotes "subtracted from", "x" denotes "added to" and "?" denotes "divided by",then 12 ? 6 + 28 x 3 ÷ 9 = ?
Options- A. -24
- B. -53
- C. 1
- D. 0
- Correct Answer
- 1
- 1. Statement
An increasing number of graduates produced by Indian university are unemployable.
Courses of Action
I. Colleges and institutes of higher learning should be given greater autonomy to decided the course content.
II. World class foreign universities should be encouraged to set up campuses in India.
Options- A. if only I follows
- B. if only II follows
- C. if either I or II follows
- D. if neither I nor II follows Discuss
- 2. Statement
School dropout rate is very high in the rural areas as children support their parents in income earning activities.
Courses of Action
I. Public awareness programme on primary education should be expanded immediately to educate parents.
II. Compensation should be given to rural families.
Options- A. if only I follows
- B. if only II follos
- C. if either I or II follows
- D. if neither I nor II follows Discuss
- 3. Statement
A large number of students studying in vernacular medium have not passed the Xth standard final examination.
Courses of Action
I. The Government should immediately review the situation and initiate measures to improve it.
II. All the teachers of these schools should be issued notices to improve performance of the students.
Options- A. if only I follows
- B. if only II follows
- C. if either I or II follows
- D. if both I and II follow Discuss
- 4. Statement
A large private bank has decided to retrench one-third of its employees in view of the huge losses incurred it during the past three quarters.
Courses of Action
I. The Government should issue a notification to general public to immediately stop all transactions with the bank.
II. The Government should direct the bank to refrain from retrenching its employees.
III. The Government should ask the central bank of the country to initiate an inquiry into the bank's activities and submit its report.
Options- A. None follows
- B. Only I foloows
- C. Only II follows
- D. Only III follows Discuss
- 5. Statement
Two persons, while on their daily walks in the jogger's park were killed by unidentified miscreants early in the morning.
Courses of Action
I. The police authority should deploy police constables near the jogger's park to prevent such criminal acts in future.
II. The citizens of the locality should go for early morning walks in groups to avoid.
Options- A. if only I follows
- B. if only II follows
- C. if either I or II follows
- D. if both I and II follow Discuss
- 6. Statement
The local college principal has ordered that all the students must strictly adhere to the dress code stipulated by college authority in the admission brochure.
Courses of Action
I. Those students who are found to violate the dress code should be terminated from the college.
II. Those student who are found to violate the dress code for the first time should be reprimanded and be warned against further violation.
Options- A. if only I follows
- B. If only II follows
- C. if either I or II follows
- D. if neither I nor II follows Discuss
- 7. Statement :
The vehicular traffic has increased so much in the recent past that it takes at least two hours to travel between the city and airport during peak hours.
Courses of Action :
I. Non-airport bound vehicles should not be allowed to fly on the road connecting the city and the airport.
II. The departure and arrival of flights should be regulated so as to avoid congestion during peak hours.
Options- A. Only I follows
- B. Only I and II follow
- C. Only II follow
- D. All follow Discuss
- 8. Statement
Some students of the local college were caught traveling in the train without purchasing valid tickets.
Courses of Action
I. The parents of these students should be informed about the incident and requested to counsel their wards.
II. These students should be put behind bars for traveling without bonafide credentials.
Options- A. If only I follows
- B. If only II follows
- C. if either I or II follows
- D. if neither I nor II follows Discuss
- 9. Statement
With improving financial status of the urban parnts, majority of the children are prepared and find it difficult to struggle when faced with adverse situations.
Courses of Action
I. Parents should prepare themselves to orient their children to face difficult situations in there formative years.
II. Parents should encourage their children to manage all their affairs on their own.
Options- A. if only I follows
- B. if only II follows
- C. if neither I nor II follows
- D. if both I and II follow Discuss
- 10. Statement :
A major part of the local market in the city was gutted due to a short circuit causing extensive damage to goods and property.
Course of action:
I. The Govt. should issue strict guidelines for all established regarding installation and maintenance of electrical fittings.
II. The Government should relocate all the markets to the outskirts of the city.
Options- A. if only I follows.
- B. if II follows.
- C. if either I or II follows.
- D. if neither I nor II follows. Discuss
More questions
Correct Answer: if neither I nor II follows
Explanation:
None focuses on the real reason of unemployability.
Correct Answer: if only I follows
Explanation:
Only Course of action I can follow as public awareness programme should be expanded immediately.
Correct Answer: if both I and II follow
Explanation:
Both courses of action are suitable for pursuing.
Correct Answer: Only III follows
Explanation:
Courses of action I would be a extreme step. Courses of action II is not within the Government's preview. Courses of action III is advisable when there is retrenchment on such a large scale.
Correct Answer: if both I and II follow
Explanation:
To avoid such in mishappening, deploying police constables can be of help. Also, if people go in groups, then such incidents be avoid.
Correct Answer: If only II follows
Explanation:
Going for I is an extreme action and should be resorted to only when the students fail to behave themselves after repeated warnings like the one given in II.
Correct Answer: Only II follow
Explanation:
Action I and III will create another problems action II is the effective way to reduce the problem.
Correct Answer: If only I follows
Explanation:
We should remember that the culprits are mere students. Going for II instead of I would make sense only if it is a repeated act.
Correct Answer: if both I and II follow
Explanation:
Both statements can help the young pepole to acquire their responsibility.
Correct Answer: if only I follows.
Explanation:
I follows as a measure of caution. But II won't solve the problem: poor electrical fittings would wreak havoc wherever the market be.
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