Statement and Argument Questions

• Statement: Should use of mobile phone be banned while driving? Arguments: I. Yes, most of the time it causes accident. II. No, this can create a major problem for mobile users.
• Statement : Should commercial vehicles which are more then 10 years old be banned on the road? Arguments: I. Yes, they cause more pollution on the road. II. No,there well be a major loss to the owners.
• Statement: Should there be jumbo size ministry in the Govt? Arguments: I. No, it causes more expenditure. II. Yes, there are so many portfolios that it is necessary.
• Statement: Professional education packages should be given more emphasis than traditional education. Arguments: I. Yes, professional education has much more productive implications for industries. II. No, other disciplines would face a though existence.
• Statement : Building of big dams should be stopped immediately. Arguments: I. Yes, the big dams have significant induced seismographic effects. II. Yes, it requires large amount of eviction of people from their roots of origin.
• Statement: MNCs who are not setting up plants in the country and marketing only their products at cheaper competitive prices should be delicensed . Arguments: I. Yes, this does not add much benefit to the employment scenario of the country. II. No, it gives benefits to the general consumers at large .
• Statement: Should the reservation of seats for ladies in buses and trains be lifted immediately? Arguments: I. No, physiologically women are considered to be weaker than their male counterpart . II. Yes, this explicitly exposes the sex bias in the society.
• Statement: Should legal professionals of India have the right to go on strike? Arguments: I. No, India is already facing a backlog of about three crore cases countrywide due to frequent strikes of aces of the aggrieved clients. II. Yes, legal professionals are also a part of our society.If they feel that their dignity, independence and integrity has been lowered, strike would be the only meaningful weapon for them .
• Statement: Should a rapist be sentenced to life imprisonment in India? Argument: I. Yes, there is an enormous increase in incidence of rape and crime against women all over India and the existing provisions for punishment are not so stringent that the cases of rapes can be reduced. II. Yes, punishment for rape should be more then that for murder as rape victim suffers for her entire life .
• Statement: Should proliferation of credit cards in the country be restricted? Arguments: I. Yes, the facility provided though it makes a person spendthrift. II. No, the facility provided through it makes the cardholder high-tech .
• Statement: Should Antipiracy Bill be brought in the parliament? Arguments: I. Yes, the help the film industry to fight against piracy as result of which the industry will be financially strong. II. No, we have already provisions such as copyright laws etc to fight against piracy.
• Statement: Should Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) be entitled to dual citizenship? Arguments: I. Yes. This will bolster the intimacy of the NRIs with the Indian soil . II. No. The move will not be fruitful for all NRIs because there is lack of provision for dual citizenship in many countries.
• Statement; Should reputed private driver training schools be allowed to issue driving licences? Arguments; I. Yes, This will enable more and more people to get driving licences . II. No, This will increase the congestion of the vehicles on the road and will result in traffic jams too.
• Statement: Should a trouble-torn state like Jammu & Kashmir release separatist leaders without any condition? Arguments: I. Yes, Release of separatist leaders will be useful as a goodwill gesture to make the situation peaceful in the state. II. No, Unconditional release of the separatist leaders will aggravate the existing situation because these leaders have not shown any flexibility in their views.
• Statement: Should medical colleges be allowed to admit students even after the commencement of their session, if the seats remain unfilled? Arguments: I. Yes, unfilled seats will weaken the economic condition of the colleges. II. No, this will hamper the study of the students of the entire batch .
• Statement: Should robots replace astronauts in space missions? Arguments: I. Yes, this will save the precious life of human beings. II. No, this will make space mission more expensive.
• Statement: Should cricket teams of smaller countries who have no long history in cricket be allowed to play in Word cup cricket matches? Arguments : I. Yes, this will help the globalisation of cricket -gentleman 's game . II. No, this will upset the records established in thought, more challenging situations.
• Statement: Should subsidy be given on blended fuel in India? Arguments: I. Yes, this will encourage the use of blended fuel ( an environment-friendly fuel ) as a result of which the burden of import of fuel will reduce and ultimately save the country 's foreign exchange reserves. II. No, blended fuel is not available in all states of India.
• Statement: Should user charge be increased in sectors like telecom? Arguments: I. Yes, revenue earned through hike in user charges will be helpful in improving the quality of services provided by these sector to the consumer. II. No, hike in user charges will deprive many consumers of the services provided by these sectors.
• Statement: Should government keep other oil PSUs out of the HPCL disinvestment. Arguments: I. yes, this will keep precious funds of other oil PSUs out of unproductive expenditure. II. No, these oil units will take keen interest and bid higher then the private units.