Course of Action Questions

• Statement Cases of asthama sufferers have been rising, particularly in the big cities. Courses of Action I. Civic authorities should ensure adequate supply of medicine at normal rates. II. Civic authorities need to control the air pollution caused due to emission from vehicles. III. Act of tree-cutting without permission should be severely punished.
• Statement Large number of students have failed in the recently held SSC final examination due to their performance in the English language paper. Courses of Action I. The Government should immediately issue a circular to all the schools to appoint competent English language teachers. II. The Government should immediately instruct all the schools to send their English language teachers for refresher courses to be conducted by the Government. III. The Government should instruct the examining body to lower the difficulty level of the English language paper in the future examinations.
• Statement Every year during monsoon quite a few people get drowned and die while swimming in the sea on various beaches in the city. Courses of Action I. The civic administration should deploy atleast two life guard on each of the beaches during monsoon. II. The civic administration should make arrangements to caution people whole swimming in the sea during monsoon. III. The civic administration should put up prominent sing posts near the treacherous parts of the beaches advising people not to venture into the sea in the monsoon season.
• Statement Many people in the locality have fallen sick and admitted in the local hospital after consuming sweets served during a community meal. Courses of Action I. The police should immediately arrest all the people responsible for making the sweets II. The people admitted in the local hospital should immedaitely be shifted to bigger hospitals. III. The local food and drug authority should investigate to find out the cause of the sickness and take necessary action.
• Statement It is feared by the exports that there may be deficient rainfall in many parts of the country due to weak monsoon. Courses of Action I. This Government should immediately set up a committee of exports to study the amount of rainfall in various parts of the country. II. The Government should make arrangements for providing relief supplies to the areas affected due to poor monsoon. III. The farmers in the affected areas should be advised to the switch over to crops requiring less water during the Kharif season.
• Which of the following among A, B, D and F can be an immediate courses of action for the invigilator?
• Statement Many people in the locality have fallen sick and admitted in the local hospital after consuming sweets served during a community meal. Courses of Action I. The police should immediately arrest all the people responsible for making the sweets II. The people admitted in the local hospital should immedaitely be shifted to bigger hospitals. III. The local food and drug authority should investigate to find out the cause of the sickness and take necessary action.
• Statement Every year thousands of eligible students do not get admission in colleges, both in urban and rural areas, after passing their school leaving certificate examination. Courses of Action I. More colleges should be set up in both urban and rural areas. II. The number of schools in both urban and rural areas should be reduced. III. More schools should offer vocational courses to equip students for taking up their vocation after completing their school education.
• Statement The company X has rejected first lot of valves supplied by company A and has cancelled its entire huge order quoting use of inferior quality material and por craftsmanship. Courses of Action I. The company A needs to investigate functioning of its purchase, production and quality control departments. II. The company A should inspect all the valves rejected by company X. III . The company A should inform X that steps have been taken for improvement and renegotiate the schedule of supply.
• Statement: The member belonging to two local club occasionally fight with each other on the main road and block traffic movement. Course 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 clubs with immediate effect.
• 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. Course of action: I. The schools management should immediately terminate the contract of the canteen and ask for compensation II. The schools management should advice all the students not to eat food articles from the canteen. III. The owner of the canteen should immediately be arrested for negligence
• Statement: Many schools buses fitted have CNG kit without observing the safety guidelines property. This result into some instances of these buses catching fire due to short circuit and endangering the lives of the school children. Course of action: I. The regional transport authority should immediately carry out checks of all the schools buses fitted with CNG kit. II. The management of all the schools should stop hiring buses fitted with CNG kit. III. The govt. should issue a notification banning school buses for the use of CNG kit
• Statement: A sudden cloud burst over the island city resulted into unpredicted rainfall causing flood-like situation in the entire area. A Large number of people were caught unaware and were stranded on the road. Course of action: I. The local administration should immediately put in place an action plan for a avoiding such a situation in future II. The local administration should immediately deploy personnel to help the stranded people to move to safer place III. The local administration should advice all the citizens not to venture out on the road till the situation improves.
• Statement: It is reported that during the last fortnight there has been three cases of near-miss situation involving two aircraft came perilously close to each other and could avoid collision as the pilots acted just in time. Course of action: I. The pilots of all the six aircraft involved in this incident should be de-restored immediately II. Some fight should be diverted to other airports for the next few month to decongest the sky over the city airport III. The traffic controllers of the city should be sent the refresher courses in batches to prepare themselves to handle such a pressure situation.
• Statement: Due to cancellation of a huge export order for not adhering to the frame the company is likely to get into incurring losses in the current financial year. Courses of Action: I. The officer - in-charge of the production should be immediately suspended. II. The goods manufactured for the export order should be sold to other party. III. The company should change its machinery to maintain the time frame.
• 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.
• Statement: The Department of Education has recommended that the primary level admission to Government and Government aided schools should be done purely random selection and not by admission tests. This is necessitated as the number of admission seekers are much more than the available seats. Courses of Action: I. The Government should instruct the private school also to follow the same practice. II. The Government should set up an independent body to regulate the primary level admissions. III. The schools should be asked to select student only from those who stay in the neighboring areas of the school.
• Statement: A devastator earthquake has ravaged the city killing hundreds of people and rendering many more homeless. Courses of Action: I. The entry of outsiders into the city should be stopped. II. The civic administration should immediately make alternate temporary hous in arrangement for the victims. III. The affected people should immediately be shifted to a safer place.
• Statement : In one the worst accidents on a railway level crossing, fifty people died when a bus carrying them collided with a running train. Courses of Action: I. The train driver should immediately be suspended. II. The driver of the bus should be tried in court for negligence on his part. III. The railways authorities should be asked to man all its level crossings.
• Statement : A mass mortality of shrimps in ponds on entire Andhra coast has recently been reported due to the presence of a virus. Course of Action : I. The water of the ponds affected should immediately be treated for identifying the nature of the virus. II. The catching of shrimps from the ponds should temporaly be stopped. III. The fishermen should be asked to watch for the onset of such phenomenon in nature.