Statement: Should the parliamentary elections in India be held every three years as against five years at present?
Arguments:
No. This will enhance wastage of money and resources.
Yes. This will help the voters to change non-performing representatives without much delay.
No. The elected representatives will not have enough time to settle and concentrate on developmental activities.
Options
A. None is strong
B. Only I and II are strong
C. Only II and III are strong
D. Only I and III are strong
E. All are strong
Correct Answer
Only I and III are strong
Explanation
The election process entails exorbitant expenditure. So, holding elections very often will surely lead to wastage of money and resources. Thus, I holds strong. Also, the elected representatives need a considerable period of time to implement their policies and also convince the voters of their working. So, III holds strong while II does not.
More questions
1. All guilty politicians were arrested. Kishan and Chander were among those arrested.
Clearly, capability is an essential criteria for a profession and reservation cannot ensure capable workers. So, neither I nor III holds strong. However, making one caste more privileged than the other through reservations would hinder the objectives of a classless society. So, argument II holds strong.
3. Statement: 'Guests should be provided lunch.' - A tells B.
Clearly, mechanization would speed up the work and increase the production. So, argument I is strong enough. Argument II is vague because mechanization will only eliminate wasteful employment, not create unemployment.
This is an alternating subtraction series with the interpolation of a random number, 5, as every third number. In the subtraction series, 3 is subtracted, then 4, then 3, and so on.
7. Look at this series: (1/9), (1/3), 1, ____ , 9, ... What number should fill the blank?
This is a multiplication series; each number is 3 times the previous number.
8. Statements: The serious accident in which a person was run down by a car yesterday had again focused attention on the most unsatisfactory state of roads.
Conclusions:
The accident that occurred was fatal.
Several accidents have so far taken place because of unsatisfactory state of roads.
Since the accident has caused concern, it must be fatal. So, I follows. The use of the word 'again' in the statement justifies the fact mentioned in II. So, II also follows.
9. Statement: Should there be reservation in Government jobs for candidates from single child family?
Arguments:
No. This is not advisable as the jobs should be offered to only deserving candidates without any reservation for a particular group.
Yes. This will help reduce the growing population in India as the parents will be encouraged to adopt single child norm.
The Government has already made provisions for reservation of jobs for the economically backward sections, which is a must. So, abolishing the practice of reservation altogether has no meaning. Thus, argument I is vague. Also, more reservations would lead to non-recruitment of many more deserving candidates. Besides, such a reservation, if implemented, will cater to the job requirements of only a small section of population and not a major part of it. So, argument II also does not hold strong.
10. Statement: Whenever you have any doubt on this subject, you may refer to the book by Enn and Enn.
The recommendation of the book by Enn and Enn implies that it is available. So, I is implicit. Also, the book has been referred to as a good one, but this does not mean that no other books are available on the subject. So, II is not implicit.