1. Statement Should vacations of court judges be reduced? Arguments I. Yes it will speed up judicial process and many people are likely to get justice in reasonable time. II.Yes it is a sign of British Iegacy why should we carry it further?

2. According to a recent government directive all bank branches in rural areas should be computerized.Which of the following statements would weaken the governments argument?

3. e those which are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the question or may be related to a trivial aspect of the question.Each question below is followed by three arguments numbered I - II and III. You have to decide which of the argument Should all those students who failed in one or two subjects in HSC be allowed to take admissionin degree courses and corltinue their study subject to their successfully passing in the supplementary examination ? Arguments I.Yes this will help the students to complete their education without a break of one year. II.Yes this is a forward looking strategy to help the students and motivate them for higher studies. II. No such students do not choose to continue their studies without having passed in all the subjects in HSC.

4. Many organizations have been resorting to recruitment based upon performance at graduate postgraduate level exams rather than conducting exams for the same purpose.Which of the following Statements would strengthen the argument given in the above statement ?

5. e those which are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the question or may be related to a trivial aspect of the question.Each question below is followed by three arguments numbered I - II and III. You have to decide which of the argument Should the income generated out of agricultural activities be taxed? Arguments I. No farmers are otherwise suffering from natural calamities and low yield coupled with low procurement price and their income should not be taxed. II.Yes majority of the population is dependent on agriculture and hence their income should be taxed to augment the Government resources. III.Yes many big farmers earn much more than majority of the service earners and they should be taxed to remove the disparity.

6. Statement : Should trade Unions be banned completely? Arguments I. No. This is the only way through which employees can put their demands before management. II. Yes. Employees get their illegal demands fulfilled through these unions.

7. Should there be recruitment in banks on the basis of past academic performances rather than through competitive examinations? Arguments I.Yes. It will be beneficial for those candidates who are unable to bear the expenses of competitive examinations. II.No. The past academic performance cannot be made the basis of recruitment because there is no uniformity in the assessment by the universities.

8. Should all those secondaryschools from which less than fifty percent students pass the SSC examination be closed down ? Arguments I.No instead these schools should be advised to take corrective measures to improve the pass percentage. II.Yes this will deliver a strong message to all the secondary schools.

9. Should there be concentration of foreign investment in only few States? Arguments I.No. It is against the policy of overall development of country. IIYes. Because a large number of States lack infrastructure to attract foreign investment.

10. Statement : Should the habit of late coming in educational institutions be checked? Arguments I.No - Until it affects the work. II.Yes - Discipline must be maintained.

11. Should all those who are arriving from other countries and are suffering from communicable diseases be sent back to the countries which they came from? Arguments I.Yes this is the only way to curb the spread of communicable diseases. II.No this is just not advisable.

12. Should the admission to professional courses in India be given only on merit without any concession to any particular group of students ? Arguments I. Yes this will improve the quality of the professionals as they will be able to complete the courses successfully. II. No this will keep large number of socially and economically backward students out of the reach of the professional courses.

13. Should the tenure of the President be longer ? Arguments I.No. The President of India Is nonexecutive head. Therefore there is no need to extend his tenure. II.Yes. It will provide an opportunity to President to guide he Government to fulfil the long term objectives.

14. Should the railways in india be privatised in a phased manner like other public sector enterprises ? Arguments : Yes - this is the only way to bring incompetitiveness and provide better services to public. II. No - this will pose a threat to national secruity of our country as multinationals will enter into the fray.

15. Should all beggars on the roads in the big cities in India be forcibly sent to villages ? Arguments I.No this is grossly unfair and these people will die of hunger if they are sent to villages. II.Yes these people create abadimpression of our country in the eyes of the foreigners who visit our country and hence should be removed.

16. Read the following information carefully and answer the question which follows.Parents should intake strong efforts to Curtail the extreme for fashion from their childrens minds. A research report. Which of the following would weaken the argument presented in the report most appropriately ?

17. Should private organisations be allowed to carry on security related research activities ? Arguments I No. Private organisations are easily vulnerable to our enemies and therefore they should not be permitted to carry on such researches. II.Yes. The Government has notsufficient resources to carry on such researches and the private organisations would manage necessary resources.

18. Should all the utility services be immediately brought under essential services to avoid frequent agitation and strikes by the employees? Arguments I.No otherwise how the employees may voite their grievances and demands. II Yes the employees are be coming more and more greedy and they take the general public for a ride by striking work.

19. e those which are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the question or may be related to a trivial aspect of the question.Each question below is followed by three arguments numbered I - II and III. You have to decide which of the argument Should all the indirect taxes in India be combined into a single tax on all commodities ? Arguments I. Yes this will conisiderably simplify the tax collect tion mechanism and the cost of collecting tax will also reduce. II.Yes the manufacturers and traders will be benefited by this which in turn will boost tax col lection. III.No no other country has adopted such system.

20. The ministry of sports has been advised by a committee to take the highest award in the field of sports back from two players who were allegedlyinvolved in match fixing.Which of the following statements would weaken the argument put forward by the committee to the sports ministry ?

21. Shduld there be a total ban on giving new licenses to open liquor. shop throughout the country ? Arguments I.Yes this will help decrease in consumption of alcohol in futureII.No the Government will earniadditional taxes by way of giving new licenses as this will increase the sale of liquor

22. Should the Government substantially increase the water tax to the farmers for the fields which are supplied with water for irrigation? Arguments I.No the farmers are even otherwise hard pressed to meet their expenditure for cultivating their lands. II.Yes the rich farmers make huge profits as the water tax for Irrigation is considerably lower.

23. e those which are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the question or may be related to a trivial aspect of the question.Each question below is followed by three arguments numbered I - II and III. You have to decide which of the argument Should the Government ban export of all types of food grains for the next one year to tide over the unprotected drought situation in the the country ? Arguments I . Yes there is no other way to provide food to its citizen during the year. . . II.No the Government does not have its jurisdiction over private exporters for banning exporters. III. Yes the Government should not allow the exporters to export food grains and procure all the food grains held by such exporters and make it ava1 able for home consumption

24. e those which are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the question or may be related to a trivial aspect of the question.Each question below is followed by two arguments numbered (A) (B) and (C). You have to decide which of the argument Statement : Should there be a restriction on the construction of high rise addings in big cities in India. Arguments (A)No big cities in India do not have adequate open land plots to accommodate the growing population. (B)Yes only the builders and developers benefit from the construction of high rise buddings. (C)Yes the Government should first provide adequate infrastructure facilities to existing buddings before allowing the construction of new high rise buildings.

25. Should the oil companies be allowed to fix the price of petroleum products depending on market conditions? Arguments I. Yes this is the only way to make the oil companies commercially viable. II. No this will put additional burden on the retail prices of essential commodities and will cause lot of hardships to the masses.