Course of Action Questions

• 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. II. The people should be advised to stay indoors during this period.
• Statement The world will have to feed more than a billion people in the next century, of whom help will be in Asia and will eat rice as their staple food. Courses of Action I. More funds should immediately be allocated for rice research to help ensure adequate supplies. II. The people in Asia should be encouraged to change their food habits. III. The rice should be grown in countries outside Asia to meet the demand.
• Statement Most of the development plans are on paper only. Courses of Acton. I. The in charges should be instructed to supervisor the field work regularly. II. The supply of paper to such department should be cut short.
• Statement : The ground water in the locality has been found to contain high level of arsenic making it dangerous to drink. Courses of action : I. The people living in the area should be shifted to another area to avoid a catastrophic situation. II. The government should make arrangements for supply of safe drinking water.
• Statement : A large cache of live ammunition has been found in the scrap yard of a local steel factory. Courses of action : I. The steel factory should immediately be closed down till all these ammunition are located and shifted to safe places. II. The government should immediately set up an inquiry to unearth the details and take corrective measures to avoid such incidence in future.
• Statement : A group of school students was reported to be enjoying at a picnic sport during school hours. Courses of action : I. The principal of the school should contact the parents of those students and inform them with a real warning for future. II. Some disciplinary action must be taken against those students for the awareness of all the other student.
• Statement : There has been a significant drop in the water level of all the lakes supplying water to the city. Courses of action: I. The water supply authority should impose a partial cut in supply to tackle the situation. II. The government should appeal to all the residents through mass media for minimal use of water.
• Statement : India has been continuously experiencing military threats from its neighboring countries. Courses of action : I. India should engage into an all out war to stop the nagging threats. II. India should get the neighbor into a serious dialogue to reduce the tension at its borders.
• Statement : As many as ten coaches of a passenger train have derailed and blocked both pairs of the railway tracks. Courses of action : I. The railway authorities should immediately send men and equipment to the spot to clear the railway tracks II. All the trains running in both the directions should be diverted to other routes.
• Statement : There has been less than forty percent voter turn out in the recent assembly elections. Courses of action : I. The election commission should cancel the entire election process as the votes cast are not adequate to represent people. II. The election commission should take away the voting rights of those who did not exercise their rights.
• Statement : Many medical and engineering graduates are taking up job in administrative services and in banks Courses of action : I. All the professionals should be advised to refrain form taking up such jobs. II. The government should appoint a committee to find out the reasons for these professionals taking up such jobs and to suggest remedial measures
• Statement : Drinking water supply to many part of town has been disputed due to loss of water because of leakage in pipes supplying water. Course of action : I. The government should order an enquiry into the matter. II. The civic body should set up a fact-finding team to access the damage and take effective steps.
• Statement : There is an alarming increase in the number of people suffering from malaria in many part of the city Course of action : I. The Municipal corporation has advised all the govt. hospitals to store adequate supply of malaria drugs II. The Municipal corporation has urged people to use mosquito repellents and keep their premises clean.
• Statement : Many people have encroached should take immediate steps to remove all unauthorized Course of action : I.The Municipal corporation has advised all the govt. hospitals to store adequate supply of malaria drugs II. All the encroached should immediately be put behind bars and also be slapped with a hefty fine.
• Statement : The meteorological department has predicated normal rainfall throughout the country the current monsoon Course of action : I. The govt. should reduce the procurement price of food grains for the current years II. The govt. should reduce subsidy on fertilizers for the current years
• Statement : The number of dropouts in govt. schools has significantly increased in the urban area over the past years Course of action : The govt. should immediately close down all such schools in the urban area where the dropout goes beyond 20 percent II. The parents off all the students who dropped out of govt. schools in urban areas should be punished.
• Statement : A very large number of people gathered outside the local police station to submit a memorandum on behalf of the residents highlighting police inaction in curbing incidents of theft and burglary in the neighborhood for the past few month. Course of action: I The police authority should form a team of officers to talk to the representatives of the residents and assure them that proper steps will be taken to stop the menace. II. The police authority should advise the people gathered outside the police station to disburse and promise them quick action.
• Statement : At least five students were killed due to a stampede in one city school as the student tried to leave the school building, fearing short circuit. Course of action : I. The principal of the school should be arrested immediately. II. The Govt. should immediately order closure of the school permanently.
• Statement : Two local passenger train collided while running of opposites directions on the same track as the signalling system failed for a brief period. Course of action : I. The services of the motormen of the train should immediately be terminated. II. The Govt. should immediately constitute a task force to review the functioning of the functioning of signalling system
• Statement : Almost ninety per cent of the fights of one of the private airline companies were cancelling for the fourth consecutive day as the pilots refused to join their duties in protest against sacking of two of their colleagues by the airline management. Course of action : I. The management of the airline companies should be ordered by the Govt. to immediately reinstate the sacked pilots to end the crisis. II. The Govt. should immediately take steps to end the impasse between the management and the pilots to help the hapless passengers.