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.

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.