Course of Action Questions

• Statement The army has been alerted in the district following floods triggered by incessant rains. Course of Action I. Relief to flood affected people should be arranged. II. Supply of flood articles should be arranged. III. Adequate medical facilities should be arranged.
• Statement Over 27000 bonded laborers identified and freed are still awaiting rehabilitation. Courses of Action I. More cases of bonded labourers should be identified. II. Till the proper rehabilitation facilities are available, the bonded labourers should not be freed. III. The impediments in the way of speedy and proper rehabilitation of bonded labourers should be removed.
• Statement Higher disposal costs encourage those who produce waste to look for cheaper ways to get rid of it. Courses of Action I. The disposal costs should be made higher. II. The disposal costs should be brought down. III. A committee should be set up to study the details in this respect.
• Statement According to the officials, paucity of funds with the organization has led to the pathetic condition of this brilliant architectural structure. Courses of Action I. A new architectural structure for the building should be designed. II. The reasons for the poor condition of the structure should be found out. III. Grant should be given to improve the condition of the structure.
• Statement In the Teacher's Day function, Shri sharma, a State Awardee and a retired Principal, had questioned the celebration of Teacher's Day in today's materialistic world. Courses of Action I. The expenditure of teacher's Day celebration should be reduced. II. More funds should be allocated for the celebration of Teacher's Day. III. The role and responsibilities of teacher should be seen in today's perspective.
• Statement The members belonging to two local clubs occasionally fight with each other on the main road and block traffic movement. Courses of Action I. The local police station should immediately deploy police personnel round the clock on the main road. II. Those involved in fighting should be identified and put behind bars. III. The local administration should disband the management of the two club with immediate effect.
• Statement Incessant rain for the past several days has posed the problem of overflowing and flood as the river bed is full of silt and mud. Courses of Action I. The people residing near the rivers should be shifted to a safer place. II. The people should be made aware about the immediately danger over radio/television.. III. The silt and mud from the river bed should be cleared immediately after the receding of the water level.
• Statement In the city, over 75% of the people are living in slums and sub standard houses, which is a reflection on the housing and urban development policies of the Government. Courses of Action I. There should be a separate department looking after housing and urban development. II. The policies in regard to urban housing should be reviewed. III. The policies regarding rural housing should also be reviewed, so that such problems could be avoided in rural areas.
• Statement Lack of coordination between the university, its colleges and various authorities has resulted in students ousted from one college seeking migration to another. Courses of Action I. If a student is ousted from a college, the information should be sent to all the other colleges of university. II. The admissions to all the colleges of the universities should be handle by the university directly. III. A separate section should be made for taking strict action against students indulging in anti- social activities.
• Statement The institute has fixed for the investors a validity period of one year for transfer forms for some of its listed schemes. Courses of Action I. The institute should consult investors before fixing the duration of validity period. II. The investors should be duly informed about the validity period. III. List of schemes covered under this validity period should be communicated.
• Statement Some strains of mosquito have become resistant to chloroquine, the widely used medicine for malaria patients. Courses of action I. Selling of chloroquine should be stopped. II. Researchers should develop a new medicine for patients affected by such mosquitoes III. All the patients suffering from malaria should be checked for identification of causal mosquito.
• Statement A blast was triggered off injuring many, when the night shift workers at an ordinance factory were handling 'fox signalling explosive'. Courses of Action I. The factory management should train its staff as regards to the safety aspects of handling such explosive materials. II. The service of the supervisor in charge of the night shift should be terminated immediately. III. The factory should immediately stop carrying out such exercises at night.
• Statement Any further increases in pollution level in the city, by way of industrial effluent and automobile exhaustion, would pose a severe treat to the inhabitants. Courses of Action I. All the factories in the city should be immediately closed down. II. The automobiles should not be allowed to be ply on the road for more than four hours a day. III. The Government should restrict the issue of fresh licenses to factories and automobiles.
• Statement Cholera broke out recently in most of the cities killing a large number of people and affecting hundreds of households. Courses of Action I. An inquiry should be initiated to identify the cause of the catastrophe. II. The civic administration should make the general public aware of, through mass media, the preventive measures to be adopted in such a situation. III. The para-military forces should be called into help the civic administration.
• Statement India's pre-eminent position in the world black pepper production and trade is in danger as some of the countries, which recently started production of the 'king of the spices' crop from India root stocks, are farming better by adopting modern cultivation practices. Courses of Action I. India should immediately stop supplying root stocks of black pepper to other countries. II. India should adopt modern technology for cultivating black pepper to compete in the international market. III. India should reduce the price of its black pepper to remain competitive in the world market.
• 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.
• Statement Without the active cooperation between the proprietor and the employees of the mill, it cannot remain a profitable concern for long. Courses of Action I. The mill should be closed down. II. The workers should be asked to cooperate with the owners. III. The owner should be asked to cooperate with the employees.
• Statement Many students of the local school fell ill for the fourth time in a row in the last six months after consuming food prepared by the school canteen. Courses of Action I. The school management should immediately terminate the contract of the school canteen and ask for compensation. II. The school management should advise all the students not a eat food articles the canteen. III. The owner of the canteen should immediately be arrested for negligence.
• Statement A major railway accident involving a mail train was averted due the presence of mind of one signal man at a wayside cabin. Courses of Action I. The railway track for at least 50 km should be cleared off any traffic ahead of all mail trains. II. The railway signaling systems should immediately be made automatic. III. The signal man should be rewarded so as to encourage others.
• Statement There has been large number of internet hacking in the recent months creating panic among the internet users. Courses of Action I. The Government machinery should make an all out effort to check those who are responsible and put them behind bars. II. The internet users should be advised to stay away from using internet till the culprits are caught.