Directions (Q. 1-5): A statement is given followed by three courses of action. A course of action is taken for improvement, follow – up etc. Read the statement carefully and pick the correct answer choice.
1.Statement: Tomorrow will be the first day of operation of Metro Railways for general public. No doubt a large number of people will turn up tomorrow to enjoy the facility of Metro Railways.
Course of action: I. Metro authorities should seek additional police force.
II.Sightseers should be appeled to come only during non – peak hours.
III. All the windows for issuing tickets should be ready to issue tickets and entry of the people should be regulated to manageable limits. (4)
(1) I and II follow
(2) II and III follow
(3) I and III follow
(4) All follow
(5) None of these
2.Statement: About 125 Dalits, including 15 women and five children, of Sikhara village converted to Christianity during a special Christmas prayer.
Course of action: I. All the 125 persons should be issued summons by the court.
II.An FIR should be lodged against the concerned persons who converted these Dalits into Christians.
III. A ritual bath ceremony should be organized to reconvert these Christians to Daits. (1)
(1) None follows
(2) I and II follow
(3) All follow
(4) II and III follow
(5) None of these
3.Statement: Three persons of an upper – caste family died of hunger in state X recently.
Course of action: I. A high – level inquiry should be made into irregularities in the listing of people under Below Poverty Line (BPL) scheme.
II.The remaining members of the family be enlisted under BPL scheme.
III. A committee should be constituted to find out ways to restrict such deaths further as well as the circumstances which caused them hunger. (4)
(1) All follow
(2) I and III follow
(3) II and III follow
(4) Only III follows
(5) None of these
4.Statement:”Despite the government’s continued efforts for the development of the Primitive Tribal Groups (PTGs) the progress made in relation to development of these groups ‘is negligible’.” – A leader of PTGs of country X
Course of action: I. Ministry of Tribal Affairs should collect authentic data of the PTG population in the country and conduct a tribe wise benchmark of PTGs within a timeframe.
II.Information, including PTGs’ social status, be gathered in a time – bound manner.
III. A rehabilitation programme should be launched to rehabilitate PTGs in their own areas and a Bill should be moved in the Parliament in this regard. (2)
(1) None follows
(2) All follow
(3) I and III follow
(4) II and III follow
(5) None of these
5.Statement: Tourism in India is an industry with huge potential. But India’s share is very less in world’s total tourism sector.
Course of action:I. Tourism should be declared ass an infrastructure industry.
II.A committee should be constituted under the Ministry of Tourism to address the problems of tourism industry.
III. Heritage monuments should be sold to a country which has better experience than India in this regard. (3)
(1) None follows
(2) All follow
(3) I and II follow
(4) II and III follow
(5) None of these
