Q. Statement: Should the education at all levels be offered only in vernacular medium?
Arguments:

I. Yes. This is the only way to enhance performance of the students.
II. No. This will severely affect acquiring knowledge for want of good text books in vernacular medium.

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Q. Statement: Should there be only one rate of interest for term deposits of varying durations in banks?
Arguments:

I. No. People will refrain from keeping money for longer duration resulting into reduction of liquidity level of banks.
II. Yes. This will be much simple for the common people and they may be encouraged to keep more money in banks.

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Q. Statement: Should all news be controlled by Government in a democracy?
Arguments:

I. Yes. Variety of news only confuses people.
II. No. Controlled news loses credibility.

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Q. Statement: Are nuclear families better than joint families?
Arguments:

I. No. Joint families ensure security and also reduce the burden of work.
II. Yes. Nuclear families ensure greater freedom.

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Q. Statement: Should government stop spending huge amounts of money on international sports?
Arguments:

I. Yes. This money can be utilized for upliftment of the poor.
II. No. Sports persons will be frustrated and will not get international exposure.

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Q. Statement: Should the railways immediately stop issuing free passes to all its employees?
Arguments:

I. No. The employees have the right to travel free.
II. Yes. This will help railways to provide better facility.

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Q. Statement: Should there be compulsory medical examination of both the man and the woman before they marry each other?
Arguments:

I. No. This is an intrusion to the privacy of an individual and hence cannot be tolerated.
II. Yes. This will substantially reduce the risk of giving birth to children with serious ailments.

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Q. Statement: Should there be a ban on product advertising?
Arguments:

I. No. It is an age of advertising. Unless your advertisement is better than your other competitors, the product will not be sold.
II. Yes. The money spent on advertising is very huge and it inflates the cost of the product.

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Q. Statement: Should luxury hotels be banned in India?
Arguments:

I. Yes. They are places from where international criminals operate.
II. No. Affluent foreign tourists will have no place to stay.

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Q. Statement: Should shifting agriculture be practised?
Arguments:

I. No. It is a wasteful practice.
II. Yes. Modern methods of farming are too expensive.

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Q. Statement: Should our country extend generous behaviour and goodwill to our erring and nagging neighbours?
Arguments:

I. Yes. Goodwill always pays dividend.
II. No. Our generous behaviour and goodwill will be considered as our weakness.

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Q. Statement: Is pen mightier than a sword?
Arguments:

I. Yes. Writers influence the thinking of the people.
II. No. With the help of physical force one can conquer all.

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Q. Statement: Should the sex determination test during pregnancy be completely banned?
Arguments:

I. Yes. This leads to indiscriminate female foeticide and eventually will lead to social imbalance.
II. No. People have a right to know about their unborn child.

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Q. Statement: Should people with educational qualification higher than the optimum requirements be debarred from seeking jobs?
Arguments:

I. No. It will further aggravate the problem of educated unemployment.
II. Yes. It creates complexes among employees and affects the work adversely.
III. No. This goes against the basic rights of the individuals.
IV. Yes. This will increase productivity.

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Q. Statement: Should India go in for computerization in all possible sectors?
Arguments:

I. Yes. It will bring efficiency and accuracy in the work.
II. No. It will be an injustice to the monumental human resources which are at present underutilized.
III. No. Computerization demands a lot of money. We should not waste money on it.
IV. Yes. When advanced countries are introducing computers in every field, how can India afford to lag behind?

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Q. Statement: Should all the school teachers be debarred from giving private tuitions?
Arguments:

No. The needy students will be deprived of the expertise of these teachers.
Yes. This is an injustice to the unemployed educated people who can earn their living by giving tuitions.
Yes. Only then the quality of teaching in schools will improve.Yes. Now salary of these teachers is reasonable.

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Q. Statement: Should education be made compulsory for all children up to the age of 14?
Arguments:

I. Yes. This will help to eradicate the system of forced employment of these children.
II. Yes. This is an effective way to make the entire population educated.
III. No. We do not have adequate infrastructure to educate the entire population.
IV. Yes. This would increase the standard of living.

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Q. Statement: Should trade unions be banned completely?
Arguments:

I. Yes. Workers can concentrate on production.
II. No. This is the only way through which employees can put their demands before the management.
III. Yes. Employees get their illegal demands fulfilled through these unions.
IV. No. Trade unions are not banned in other economically advanced countries.

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Q. Statement: Should religion be taught in our schools?
Arguments:

I. No. Ours is a secular state.
II. Yes. Teaching religion helps inculcate moral values among children.
III. No. How can one dream of such a step when we want the young generation to fulfil its role in the 21st century.

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Q. Statement: Should the parliamentary elections in India be held every three years as against five years at present?
Arguments:

I. No. This will enhance wastage of money and resources.
II. Yes. This will help the voters to change non-performing representatives without much delay.
III. No. The elected representatives will not have enough time to settle and concentrate on developmental activities.

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