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.

In making decisions about important questions, you should be able to distinguish between strong arguments and weak arguments. Strong arguments are those which are both important and directly related to the question. Weak arguments are 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 I and II. You have to decide which of the argument is a strong argument and which is a weak argument.