Should the state govemments be allowed to retain major shares of the central taxes collected in the respective states ? Arguments I. No the central government should receive the major share as most of the developmental programmes arefunded by the central government. II. Yes most of the state gover ments are short of funds and they badly need more funds.

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.