Statement: It is estimated that about twenty lakh people will visit the city during the ensuing festival.
Courses of Action:
The civic authority should monitor the crowd and restrict entry of the people beyond a manageable number.
The local police authority should be put on high alert to maintain law and order during the festival.
All the hospitals in the city should be put on high alert in case of any eventuality.
Options
A. Only I and II follow
B. Only II and III follow
C. Only I and III follow
D. All follow
E. None of these
Correct Answer
Only II and III follow
Explanation
Clearly, people cannot be deprived of enjoying the festival for lack of arrangements. Also, it becomes necessary to deploy police to regulate big crowds and avert any mishap in public gatherings. Further, it costs nothing but might prove useful to put hospitals on alert to be ready to provide quick medical aid to patients in case of any eventuality. So, both II and III follow.
More questions
1. Statement: Should adult education programme be given priority over compulsory education programme?
Arguments:
No. It will also help in success of compulsory education programme.
Yes. It will help to eliminate the adult illiteracy.
Clearly, argument I gives a reason in support of the statement and so it does not hold strong against it. The adult education programme needs to be given priority because it shall eliminate adult illiteracy and thus help in further spread of education. So, only argument II is strong enough.
2. Statement: "Though the candidates have been instructed to bring pencils, yet provide some pencils with each invigilator." - An instruction to test administration staff.
Nothing about the availability of pencils is mentioned in the statement. So, I is not implicit. Also, in the statement, the staff has been instructed to provide pencils with each invigilator. This means that despite being instructed, all the candidates might not bring the pencil. So, II is also not implicit.
3. Statement: Most people who stop smoking gain weight.
Assumptions:
If one stops smoking, one will gain weight.
If one does not stop smoking, one will not gain weight.
The statement talks of most people' and not 'all'. So, I is not necessarily true. Thus, I is not implicit. The condition, if one does not stop smoking, cannot be deduced from the statement. So, II is also not implicit.
4. Statement: The concession in rail fares for the journey to hill stations has been cancelled because it is not needed for people who can spend their holidays there.
Assumptions:
Railways should give concession only to needy persons.
Railways should not encourage people to spend their holidays at hill stations.
The statement mentions that concessions should not be given to people who can afford to spend holidays in hill stations. This means they should be given only to needy persons. So, I is implicit. But, II does not follow from the statement and is not implicit.
5. Statement: India's economic growth has come at a terrible price of increased industrial and vehicular pollution.
Assumptions:
Pollution is a part of industrial society.
Indian economic growth is based on only industrial growth.
A country desires economic growth with manageable side effects.
The statement mentions that India had to pay the price of increased pollution level to earn its economic growth. So, both I and III are implicit. However, this does not imply that only industrial growth has brought about India's economic growth. So, II is not implicit.
Guide and direct are synonyms, and reduce and decrease are synonyms. The answer is not choice b or d because neither means the same as reduce. (Choice c) is incorrect because increase is the opposite of reduce.
7. Children are in pursuit of a dog whose leash has broken. James is directly behind the dog. Ruby is behind James. Rachel is behind Ruby. Max is ahead of the dog walking down the street in the opposite direction. As the children and dog pass, Max turns around and joins the pursuit. He runs in behind Ruby. James runs faster and is alongside the dog on the left. Ruby runs faster and is alongside the dog on the right. Which child is directly behind the dog?
After all the switches were made,Max is directly behind the dog, James is alongside the dog on the left, Ruby is alongside the dog on the right, and Rachel is behind Max.
8. Apartments in the Riverdale Manor cost less than apartments in The Gaslight Commons. Apartments in the Livingston Gate cost more than apartments in the The Gaslight Commons. Of the three apartment buildings, the Livingston Gate costs the most. If the first two statements are true, the third statement is
Since the Gaslight Commons costs more than the Riverdale Manor and the Livingston Gate costs more than the Gaslight Commons, it is true that the Livingston Gate costs the most.
9. Statement: "You must learn to refer to dictionary if you want to become a good writer." - A advises B.
Assumptions:
Only writers refer to the dictionary.
All writers, good or bad, refer to the dictionary.
It does not follow from the statement that only writers and nobody else refers to the dictionary. Also, nothing is mentioned about bad writers. So, neither I nor II is implicit.
10. Statement: One of the problems facing the food processing industry is the irregular supply of raw material. The producers of raw material are not getting a reasonable price.
Courses of Action:
The government should regulate the supply of raw material to other industries also.
The government should announce an attractive package to ensure regular supply of raw material for food processing industry.