Q. Statement: Orissa and Andhra Pradesh have agreed in principle to set up a joint control board for better control, management and productivity of several inter-state multipurpose projects.
Courses of Action:

I. Other neighbouring states should set up such control boards.
II. The proposed control board should not be allowed to function as such joint boards are always ineffective.

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Q. Statement: The Government has decided not to provide financial support to voluntary organisations from next Five Year Plan and has communicated that all such organisations should raise funds to meet their financial needs.
Courses of Action:

I. Voluntary organisations should collaborate with foreign agencies.
II. They should explore other sources of financial support.

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Q. Statement: The availability of imported fruits has increased in the indigenous market and so the demand for indigenous fruits has been decreased.
Courses of Action:

I. To help the indigenous producers of fruits, the Government should impose high import duty on these fruits, even if these are not of good quality.
II. The fruit vendors should stop selling imported fruits. So that the demand for indigenous fruits would be increased.

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Q. Statement: There has been an unprecedented increase in the number of successful candidates in this year's School Leaving Certificate Examination.
Courses of Action:

The government should make arrangements to increase number of seats of intermediate courses in existing colleges.
The government should take active steps to open new colleges to accommodate all these successful candidates.

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Q. Statement: Youngsters are often found staring at obscene posters.
Courses of Action:

Children should be punished and penalized if they are found doing so.
Any display of such material should be banned.

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Q. Statement: One of the problems facing the food processing industry is the irregular supply of raw material. The producers of raw material are not getting a reasonable price.
Courses of Action:

The government should regulate the supply of raw material to other industries also.
The government should announce an attractive package to ensure regular supply of raw material for food processing industry.

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Q. Statement: The Committee has criticized the Institute for its failure to implement a dozen of regular programmes despite an increase in the staff strength and not drawing up a firm action plan for studies and research.
Courses of Action:

I. The broad objectives of the Institute should be redefined to implement a practical action plan.
II. The Institute should give a report on reasons for not having implemented the planned programmes.

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Q. Statement: India has been continuously experiencing military threats from its neighbouring countries.
Courses of Action:

I. India should engage into an all out war to stop the nagging threats.
II. India should get the neighbours into a serious dialogue to reduce the tension at its borders.

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Q. Statement: As many as ten coaches of a passenger train have derailed and blocked both pairs of the railway tracks.
Courses of Action:

I. The railway authorities should immediately send men and equipment to the spot to clear the railway tracks.
II. All the trains running in both the directions should be diverted to other routes.

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Q. Statement: A large number of people visiting India from country X have been tested positive for carrying viruses of a killer disease.
Courses of Action:

I. The government of India should immediately put a complete ban on people coming to India from country X including those Indians who are settled in country X.
II. The government of India should immediately set up detection centres at all its airports and seaports to identify and quarantine those who are tested positive.

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Q. Statement: There has been less than forty percent voter turnout in the recent assembly elections.
Courses of Action:

I. The election commission should cancel the entire election process as the votes cast are not adequate to represent people.
II. The election commission should take away the voting rights of those who did not exercise their rights.

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Q. Statement: Most of the development plans develop in papers only.
Courses of Action:

I. The in-charges should be instructed to supervise the field-work regularly.
II. The supply of paper to such departments should be cut short.

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Q. Statement: The vegetable traders feel that the prices of onion will again go up shortly in the State 'P'
Courses of Action:

I. The 'P' State Government should purchase and store sufficient quantity of onion in advance to control prices.
II. The 'F' State Government should make available network of fair price shops for the sale of onions during the period of shortage.

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Q. Statement: It is reported that though Vitamin E present in fresh fruits and vegetables is beneficial for human body, capsule Vitamin E does not have the same effect on human body.
Courses of Action:

I. The sale of capsule Vitamin E should be banned.
II. People should be encouraged to take fresh fruits and vegetables to meet the body's requirement of Vitamin E.

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Q. Statement: A large number of people in ward X of the city are diagnosed to be suffering from a fatal malaria type.
Courses of Action:

I. The city municipal authority should take immediate steps to carry out extensive fumigation in ward X.
II. The people in the area should be advised to take steps to avoid mosquito bites.

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Q. Statement: Severe drought is reported to have set in several parts of the country.
Courses of Action:

I. Government should immediately make arrangement for providing financial assistance to those affected.
II. Food, water and fodder should immediately be sent to all these areas to save the people and cattle.

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Q. Statement: Since its launching in 1981, Vayudoot has so far accumulated losses amounting to Rs 153 crore.
Courses of Action:

I. Vayudoot should be directed to reduce wasteful expenditure and to increase passenger fare.
II. An amount of about Rs 300 crore should be provided to Vayudoot to make the airliner economically viable.

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Q. Statement: Exporters in the capital are alleging that commercial banks are violating a Reserve Bank of India directive to operate a post shipment export credit denominated in foreign currency at international rates from January this year.
Courses of Action:

I. The officers concerned in the commercial banks are to be suspended.
II. The RBI should be asked to stop giving such directives to commercial banks.

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Q. Statement: A large number of people die every year due to drinking polluted water during the summer.
Courses of Action:

I. The government should make adequate arrangements to provide safe drinking water to all its citizens.
II. The people should be educated about the dangers of drinking polluted water.

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Q. Statement: On an average, about twenty people are run over by trains and die every day while crossing the railway tracks through the level crossing.
Courses of Action:

I. The railway authorities should be instructed to close all the level crossings.
II. Those who are found crossing the tracks, when the gates are closed, should be fined heavily

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