Statement:
If any of the faculty of sociology or social work sends his/her students to the inter-college debate, the college will definitely get some prizes.
Courses of Action:
(i) The management must make sure that either of the two faculties of sociology and social work makes his/her students participate in the debate.
(ii) The management must allow only the students of faculty of sociology and social work to take part in the debate.
(iii) Students from sociology or social work must be encouraged to participate in inter-collegiate debates.
Statement and Action Analysis
The core statement establishes a cause-and-effect relationship: If students from the sociology or social work faculty participate in an inter-college debate, then the college is guaranteed to win prizes.
This means participation by these specific faculties is a sufficient condition for winning prizes.
Course of Action (i) Evaluation
Action (i): The management must ensure participation by sociology or social work students.
- This action directly aims to meet the condition specified in the statement.
- By ensuring the condition is met, the guaranteed consequence (winning prizes) is likely to occur.
- Therefore, this action logically follows to achieve the desired outcome mentioned in the statement.
Course of Action (ii) Evaluation
Action (ii): The management must allow only sociology and social work students to participate.
- The statement guarantees prizes if sociology or social work students participate.
- It does not state that *only* these students must participate, nor does it imply that other students' participation would prevent prizes.
- This action imposes a restriction that is not directly supported by the logic of the statement. It is not a necessary logical follow-up.
Course of Action (iii) Evaluation
Action (iii): Students from sociology or social work should be encouraged to participate.
- This action promotes the fulfillment of the condition stated in the premise.
- Encouraging participation increases the likelihood of meeting the condition, which in turn leads to the guaranteed outcome of winning prizes.
- This is a logical step to work towards the positive result described.
Conclusion on Following Actions
Based on the analysis, actions (i) and (iii) are logical consequences of the statement. Action (i) focuses on ensuring the condition, while action (iii) focuses on encouraging it, both aiming towards the guaranteed prize-winning outcome.
Similar Questions
- Read the given statement and courses of action carefully and decide which of the courses of action logically follow(s) from the statement.
Statement:
If none of the employees submit their work report by tomorrow, then the monthly project will be in a crisis.
Courses of action:
i. The date of submission of work report must be extended.
ii. Some employees must speed up and submit their work report by tomorrow.
iii. The cause of late submission of work report by most employees must be figured out and proper counter-measures must be taken. - Read the given statement and courses of action carefully and decide which of the courses of action logically follow(s) from the statement.
Statement:
The weather bureau has recently forecasted next week's weather of Kashmir in which it said that there is going to be a heavy snowfall for the whole week.
Courses of Action:
(i) The weather bureau should propagate the information throughout Kashmir through various platforms.
(ii) The civic bodies must make arrangements to remove snow from roads.
(iii) The news must be stopped from spreading outside the state. Rahul has a deadline for a project in just two days and he has not yet started working on his project.
Based on the following courses of action, select the correct one.
Courses of action:
(i) He must immediately read a book on time management to avoid such problems in the future.
(ii) He must manage his time efficiently and start his project without delay.
(iii) He must plan a layout of his project first and then start following that layout.- Read the given statement and courses of action carefully and decide which of the courses of action logically follow(s) from the statement.
Statement:
Many cases of children's death are reported from AES (Acute encephalitis Syndrome) in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar.
Courses of Action:
I. The question should be raised in legislative assembly and health minister's resignation should be demanded with immediate effect.
II. A team of doctors should be rushed to the affected areas. - Read the given statement and courses of action carefully and decide which of the courses of action logically follow(s) from the statement.
Statement:
An epidemic disease has spread in an XYZ area due to contaminated water in a nearby pond.
Courses of Action:
(i) Awareness of preventive measures regarding the spread of that disease must be communicated in that area and in the areas nearby.
(ii) The people of XYZ area must be shifted to other areas populated with healthy people.
(iii) The contaminated water body must be treated. Read the given statement and courses of action carefully and decide which of the courses of action logically follow(s) from the statement.
Statement:
If Ritu studies effectively for 6 h daily from today, she will be able to pass the exam which is due after 10 days.
Courses of Action:
(i) Ritu must effectively study science for 6 h daily for 10 days to be able to prepare enough to pass her exam.
(ii) Ritu must plan her time ahead of preparation and give sufficient time to every subject.
(iii) Ritu must not play during these 10 days which are crucial for her for preparation for exams.
- Read the given statement and courses of action carefully and decide which of the courses of action logically follow(s) from the statement.
Statement:
Tonight, if I knead the dough, along with yeast and sugar, for my doughnuts, I will be able to bake and serve them fresh to my guest tomorrow evening.
Courses of Action:
(i) I must make arrangements to prevent the dough from getting spoilt and give good baking results.
(ii) I must cancel on my guest for tomorrow.
(iii) I must follow my doughnut recipe properly and bake them at the right temperature. - Read the given statement and courses of action carefully and decide which of the courses of action logically follow(s) from the statement.
Statement:
Many cases of children's death are reported from AES (Acute encephalitis Syndrome) in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar.
Courses of Action:
I. The question should be raised in legislative assembly and health minister's resignation should be demanded with immediate effect.
II. A team of doctors should be rushed to the affected areas. Read the given statement and courses of action carefully and decide which of the courses of action logically follow(s) from the statement.
Statement:
The recent survey has revealed that the construction activity for the metro in the city has increased air-pollution in the short-term by 30%.
Courses of Action:
1. The construction of the metro should be put to a halt in the city.
2. The government must seek over-the-counter measures like screening the whole construction site to check the spread of air pollution caused by the construction of the metro.
3. Dust from construction activity should be controlled by using fine water sprays to dampen down the site.Read the given statement and the courses of action carefully and decide which of the courses of action logically follow(s) from the statement.
Statement: There are chances that the dinner consumed by the students today was contaminated by typhoid causing bacteria.
Courses of Action:
(i) Some medical help must be immediately sought for the students.
(ii) Students must be asked to prepare well for exams.
(iii) The remainder of dinner (if any) must be thrown away.
Important Questions from Course of Action
In this question, a statement is followed by two courses of action, numbered I and II. You must assume everything in the statement to be true and on the basis of the information given in the statement, decide which course of action/s logically follows for pursuing.
Statement: A large number of the people of the city are diagnosed to be suffering from Malaria disease.
Course of Action:
I. The city municipal authorities should take immediate steps to carry out extensive fumigation in the city.
II. The people in the area should be advised to take steps to avoid mosquito bites.
In this question, a statement is followed by two courses of action, numbered I and II. You must assume everything in the statement to be true and on the basis of the information given in the statement, decide which course of action/s logically follows for pursuing.
Statement: There is a large increase in migration of villagers to urban areas as repeated crop failure has put them into financial problems.
Course of action:
I. The villagers should be provided with an alternate source of income in their villages which will make them stay there only.
II. To ensure their survival, the migrated villagers should be given access to all housing options in urban areas.
In this question, a statement is followed by two courses of actions, numbered I and II. You must assume everything in the statement to be true and on the basis of the information given in the statement, decide which of the course of action/s logically follow for pursuing.
Statement: Some serious mistakes were found in the technical section of a company. Course of Action:
I. An efficient technical team should be appointed to check the technical errors.
II. A reason explanation notice should be issued to all the employees involved in the irregularities.
Read the given statement and courses of action carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statement is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given courses of action logically follow(s) from the statement.
Statement:
Road accidents are going to increase day by day.
Courses of Action:
I. Government should start awareness programmes that promote following traffic rules strictly.
II. Government should put a limit on registration of new vehicles.
Consider the given statement to be true and decide which of the given courses of action logically follow(s) from the statement.
Statement:
Many private schools in Bangalore charge more fees than the government-prescribed limits.
Course of Action:
1. Strict action should be taken against such schools.
2. Such schools should be shut down.
