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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Q. Statement: Majority of the students in many schools do not pass in the final examination.
Courses of Action:

I. These schools should be closed down as these have become unproductive.
II. The teachers of these schools should immediately be retrenched.

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Q. Statement: In spite of the Principal's repeated warnings, a child was caught exploding crackers secretly in the school.
Courses of Action:

I. All the crackers should be taken away from the child and he should be threatened not to do it again.
II. The child should be severely punished for his wrong act.

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Q. Statement: It is necessary to adopt suitable measures to prevent repetition of bad debts by learning from the past experiences of mounting non-performing assets of banks.
Courses of Action:

I. Before granting loan to customers their eligibility for loan should be evaluated strictly.
II. To ensure the payment of instalments of loan, the work, for which loan was granted, should be supervised minutely on regular basis.

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Q. Statement: A very large number of students have failed in the final high school examination due to faulty questions in one of the subjects.
Courses of Action:

I. All the students who have failed in the subject should be allowed to take supplementary examination.
II. All those who are responsible for the error should be suspended and an enquiry should be initiated to find out the facts.

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Q. Statement: A large number of engineering graduates in the country are not in a position to have gainful employment at present and the number of such engineers is likely to grow in the future.
Courses of Action:

I. The government should launch attractive employment generation schemes and encourage these graduates to opt for such schemes to use their expertise and knowledge effectively.
II. This happened due to proliferation of engineering colleges in the country and thereby lowered the quality of the engineering graduates. Those colleges which are not equipped to impart quality education should be closed down.

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Q. Statement: Every year, at the beginning or at the end of the monsoons, we have some cases of conjunctivitis, but this year, it seems to be a major epidemic, witnessed after nearly four years.
Courses of Action:

I. Precautionary measures should be taken after every four years to check this epidemic.
II. People should be advised to drink boiled water during rainy season.

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Q. Statement: Every year large number of devotees dies due to severe cold on their way to the shrine located at the top of the mountain range.
Courses of Action:

I. The devotees should be discouraged to visit the shrine without having proper warm clothes and other amenities.
II. The government should provide warm clothes and shelter to all the devotees visiting the shrine.

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Q. Statement: There has been an unprecedented increase in the number of requests for berths in most of the long distance trains during the current holiday season.
Courses of Action:

I. The railway authority should immediately increase the capacity in each of these trains by attaching additional coaches.
II. The people seeking accommodation should be advised to make their travel plan after the holiday.

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Q. Statement: The Finance Minister submits his resignation a month before the new budget is to be presented in the Parliament.
Courses of Action:

I. The resignation should be accepted and another person should be appointed as the Finance Minister.
II. The resignation should not be accepted.

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Q. Statement: Most of those who study in premier engineering colleges in India migrate to developed nations for better prospects in their professional pursuits.
Courses of Action:

I. All the students joining these colleges should be asked to sign a bond at the time of admission to the effect that they will remain in India at least for ten years after they complete education.
II. All those students who desire to settle in the developed nations should be asked to pay entire cost of their education which the government subsidises.

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Q. Statement: There is an unprecedented increase in migration of villagers to urban areas as repeated crop failure has put them into precarious financial situation.
Courses of Action:

I. The villagers should be provided with alternate source of income in their villages which will make them stay put.
II. The migrated villagers should be provided with jobs in the urban areas to help them survive.

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Q. Statement: As stated in the recent census report the female to male ratio is alarmingly low.
Courses of Action:

I. The government should conduct another census to verify the results.
II. The government should immediately issue orders to all the departments to encourage people to improve the ratio.

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