Statement and Argument Questions

• Statement Do thin clothes suit people who are over-weight? Arguments I. Yes, they cling to wearer making one look less fat. II. No, in thin clothes bulges become more prominent.
• Statement Is investment of money in insurance policies a wise step? Arguments I. Yes, it ensures security and covers risks. II. No, by the time the policy matures, the value of money falls down considerably?
• Statement Should parents play with their children? Arguments I. Yes, it helps in building up a healthy and much needed companionship between children and parents. II. No children treat their parents like equals and there is no distance left.
• Statement Should cottage industries be encouraged in rural areas? Arguments I. Yes, rural people are creative. II. Yes, this would help to solve the problem of unemployment to some extent.
• Statement Do commoners, who marry distinguished persons have a happy life? Arguments I. Yes, they get so much honour and respect. II. No, their spouse and in laws don't respect them sufficiently and treat them with contempt.
• Statement Do children adopted from poor families love their new rich parents like their own poor ones? Arguments I. Yes, because they are loved, cared for and provided with comforts of life. II. No, because in the criminal world, they become selfish and hard boiled.
• Statements Should competitive examination for selecting candidates for job consist through objective test only? Arguments I. Yes, the assessment of objective test is reliable. II. No, the number of questions to be answered is always very large.
• Statement Is it necessary that education should be job oriented? Arguments I. Yes, the aim of education is to prepare persons for earning. II. Yes, educated person should stand on his own feet after completion of education. III. No, education should be for sake of knowledge only. IV. No, one may take up agriculture where education is not necessary.
• Statement Should all the school teachers be debarred from giving private tuitions? Arguments I. No, the needy students will be deprived of the expertise to these teachers. II. Yes, this is an injustice to the unemployed educated people who can earn their living by giving tuitions. III. Yes, only then the quality of teaching in schools will improve. IV. Yes, now salary of these teachers is reasonable.
• Statements Should people with educational qualification higher than the optimum requirements be debarred from seeking jobs? Arguments I. No, it will further aggravate the problem of educated unemployment. II. Yes, it creates complexes among employees and affects the work adversely. III. No, this goes against the basic rights of the indiviuals. IV. Yes, this will increase productivity.
• Statements Should there be reservation of jobs in the organisations in the private sector also as in the public sector undertakings in India? Arguments I. Yes, this would give more opportunities of development to the weaker sections of the society and thus help reduce the gap between affluent and the downtrodden in India. II. No, the private sector does not get any government assistance and therefore, they should not be saddled with such policies. III. No, now where else in the world such a practice is being followed. IV. No, the management of the private sector undertaking would not agree to such compulsions.
• Statement Should class IV children have Board examination? Arguments I. Yes, this will motivate the children to study and get higher marks and thus more knowledge can be imbibed at younger age. II. No, the children will be forced to study and won't enjoy the process. III. Yes, in today's competitive world the children need to the prepared right from the beginning to face such difficult examinations. IV. No, this will and pressure on tender aged children and leave very little time for them to play.
• Statement : Should the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) be brought under the direct control of the Cabinet Secretariat? Arguments : I. Yes, this will reduce cases of partiality and will make CBI more meaningful and purposeful. II. No, the move will empower the prime minister to harass leaders of coalition parties if these leaders do not go in his favor on any issue.
• Statement : Should the law ministry put in place a new corrective mechanism to make judges with 'deviant behavior 'more accountable to the system? Arguments: I. Yes, the mechanism will check the judiciary's sagging standards. II. No, any such mechanism can't be successful unless the executive plays a role in collaboration with the judiciary.
• Statement: Should India adopt open ballot system for election in Upper House? Arguments: I. Yes, it would lessen the problem of cross-voting as well as the problem of money power. II. No, this would increase the number of cases regarding anti-defection.
• Statement: Should surcharge imposed on companies in India be waived off? Arguments: I. Yes, the surcharge imposed on companies in India, is more in amount in comparison to foreign countries like USA, Japan etc. II. Yes, the amount earned though surcharge is very less.
• Statement: Should religious leave given to Central employees be reduced in India? Arguments: I. Yes, religious leave has a lion's share in the total leave (more than 150 days) given to the age -old problem of huge pending work of Central employees. II. No, India is a secular country.
• Statement: Should evidence of witnesses staying in foreign countries recorded by trial courts through video conferencing be legalized? Arguments: I. Yes, this will reduce the problem of witnesses regarding unnecessary traveling. II. No, a system initiated by our forefathers must not be changed at all.
• Statement: Should non- operational airports in India be closed down? Arguments: I. Yes, a lot of money goes in vain in order to maintain these airports. II. No, what will those people involved in the maintenance of these airports do?
• Statement: Should creation of infrastructure for sports be emphasised in India? Arguments: I. No, it will be futile to invest money because our sportsperson always dishearten our people and fail to show their miracles on the international arena on several occasions. II. Yes, despite being a country 100 crores, our performance in sports in international arena is very dismal; we are in dire need to foster new sports culture.