Courses Of Action
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Course of action is a likely solution/ suggestion/ remedy/ a tool to improve a given problem or difficult situations in question statement. You have to choose out of 2-3 courses of action given in answer statement -  which course of action is more effective to address the problem. In the following questions a factsituation is given followed by two suggested courses. Give answer A. if only course of action I follows B. if only course of action II follows C. if both the course of action follow D. If neither follows E.  If the data given is inadequate. In each question below is given a statement... Show more
Courses Of Action
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1. Statement: A large number of patients admitted in a particular hospital have been diagnosed with a serious contagious disease. Courses of action. I. These patients should be immediately evicted from the hospital for fear of spread of the disease - II. The hospital should make appropriate quarantine arrangements to control the spread of disease.
2. Statement: At least 15 people were killed and many others injured when a bus fell into a river near a bridge.' Courses of action. I. The protection walls of the bridge should be made strong' enough to avoid such accidents. II. The bus driver should be arrested immediately to make necessary inquiry.
3. Statement:Millions of pilgrims are effected to take a sip in the Ganges at the holy place during the next fortnight. Courses of action: I. The Government should restrict the number of pilgrims who can take dip each day during the fortnight.;II. The Government should deploy an adequate number of security personnel to maintain law and order during the next fortnight at the holy place.
4. Statement : Many teachers of the local school have rendered their resignation to the Principal to protest the management's decision for not implementing revised pay scales. Courses of action: I. The school management should accept the resignations and appoint new teachers. II. The school management should persuade the teachers to continue with an assurance of considering the pay hike issue. III. The school management should approach the government for guidelines.
5. Statement : The State Government has decided to make available food grains and clothes to flood affected people. Courses of action : I. Affected' people should be recognised by the Government machinery arid relief should he provided to them. II. The Government machinery should Collect sufficient food grains arid clothes to help the affected people.
6. Statement : Many students of the local school fell ill for the fourth time in a row in the last six months after consuming food prepared by the school canteen. Courses of action: I. The school management should immediately terminate the contract of the canteen and ask for compensation. II. The school management should advise all the students not to eat food articles from the canteen. III. The owner of the canteen should immediately be arrested for negligence.
7. Statement : There have been sporadic cases Of stone throwing and damaging vehicles in the locality suring the day following altercation between two local youth clubs last night. Courses of action. I. The local police administration should arrest all those who are caught committing these acts. II. The local police administration should call a meeting of office bearers of both the clubs of the locality to bring: ; the situation under control.
8. Statement: A huge tidal wave swept away many fishing boats and hutments of the fishermen living along the coastline. Courses of action: I. The fishermen should henceforth be restrained from constructing their huts along the coast line. II. The local administration should send a team of officials to assess the extent of damage and suggest remedial measures.
9. Statement: Avery large number of people gathered outside the local police station to submit a memorandum on behalf of the residents highlighting police in - action in curbing incidents of theft and burglary - in the neighbourhood for the past few months. Courses of action : I. The police authority should form a team of officers to talk to the representatives of the - residents and assure them that proper steps will be taken to stop the menace. II. The police authority should advise the people gathered - outside the police station to disburse and promise them quick action.
10. Statement : Very few students have been opting - for academic research as professional courses offer better economic dividends. Courses of action: I. Academic research should be linked to Industry so as to improve its economic perspective. II. Economic dividends of professional courses should be made less attractive so as to attract students to academic research as well.
11. Statement : Large number of students of the local school fell ill after having their midday meal provided by the school. Courses of action: I.. The government should immediately suspend the school Principal. II. The school authority should initiate an enquiry to find out the reason for students' sickness..III. The government should instruct all the schools to suspend their midday meal scheme till further order.
12. Statement : At least five students were killed due to a stampede in one city school as the students tried to leave the school building fearing short circuit. Courses of action: I. The principal of the school should immediately be arrested. II. The Government should immediately order closure of the school permanently. -
13. Statement : It is reported that during the last fortnight there has been three cases of near miss situation involving two aircrafts over the busy city airport. In all these cases both the aircrafts came perilously close to each other and could avoid collision as the pilots acted just in time. Courses of action: I. The pilots of all the six aircrafts involved in these incidents should immediately be destocked. II. Some flights should be diverted to other airports for the next few months to decongest the sky over the city airport. III. Air traffic controllers of the - city airport should be sent for refresher courses in batches to prepare themselves to handle such pressure-situation'.
14. Statement: The local college principal has ordered that all the students must strictly adhere to the dress code stipulated by the college authority in the admission brochure. Courses of action: I. Those students who are found to violate the dress code should be terminated from the college. II. Those students who are found to violate the dress code for the first time should be reprimanded and be warned against further violation.
15. Statement : The meteorological department has predicted good monsoon this' year for tenth consecutive year - which will result in good crop yield. Courses of action: I. The Government should offload the stores before harvesting. II. The Government should provide chemical fertilisers to farmers immediately.
16. Statement: A large number of Invitees who attended the marriage function fell ill due to food poisoning and were rushed to various hospitals located in the area. Courses of action. I. The government should ban such marriage functions tile further notice. II. The local hospitals should be advised by the government to provide best services to the affected people.
17. Statement : The members belonging to two local clubs occasionally fight with each other on the main road and block traffic movement. Courses of action: I. The local police station should immediately deploy police personnel round the clock on the main road. II. Those Involved in fighting should be identified and put behind bars. III. The local administration should disband the management of the two clubs with immediate effect.
18. Statement: The number of dropouts in government schools has significantly increased in the urban areas over the past few years. Courses of action: I. The government should immediately close down all such schools in the urban areas where the sropout goes beyond 20 per cent. II. The parents of all the students who dropped out of the - government schools in urban areas should be punished.
19. Statement: A plethora of bodies with no single one which can be held accountable for city's sevelopment is the key reason behind its rather stagnant state. Courses of action: I. Each body should be given a set of duties and there should be no duplication in such allocation. II. An umbrella committee should be appointed with powers to regulate actions of all other bodies.
20. Statement : Private airliners have increased the fare suring festive season by almost 50%. Courses of action::I. People should be advised to travel only by buses and trains during the festive season. II. Airfares should be - regulated by the government to a certain limit.
21. Statement: A practice march by the Army is scheduled to be held on one of the busiest roads in the city on Tuesday. Courses of action: I. Traffic should be diverted during the practice march so as to ease traffic congestion during that time - ; II. Public notices should be issued to avoid using the road till the practice march on Tuesday gets over.
22. Statement: Several passengers were stranded at the airport as all the flights had to be cancelled due to severe snowfall for the third consecutive day. Courses of action: I. All the flights should be immediately resumed. II. Airport authority should provide appropriate stay arrangements for the stranded passengers.
23. Statement: Many people have encroached into the government property and built their houses and business establishments. Courses of action : I. The government should take Immediate steps to remove all unauthorised constructions on government land. II. All the encroachers should immediately be put behind bars and also be slapped with a hefty fine.
24. Statement: There is no motivation among today's generation to join the - armed forces owing to frequent transfers to risky areas. Perhaps they are not aware of the good side of it. Courses of action : I. Short term internship should - be introduced at high school level to give students a peek into the adventurous lift of the forces and provide a more realistic job purview II. The salary levels of the defence forces should be increased with immediate effect.
25. Statement: The railways have decided to repair the main tracks within the city on the following Sunday and has decided to suspend operations for the whole say. Courses of action: I. The railway authority should issue public notification well in advance to ease inconvenience to the passengers. II. All the long distance trains entering the city suring the repair hours should be terminated outside the city limit.