Directions (Q 15): Here in each of the following questions a statement is followed by two course of actions.

A course of action is taken for improvement, follow-up, etc. Read the statement carefully and give answers: 1. If only course of action I follows. 2. If only course of action II follows. 3. If either course of action I or II follows. 4. If both course of action I and II follows. 5. If neither course of action I nor II follows. 1. Statement: The financial performance of the Central public sector undertakings has touched a new low in 1998 99 Courses of Action: I. Each and every loss making public sector unit should be privatised. II.Management up gradation and total cost management should be emphasised. 2. Statement: Women have been found to be involved in crimes such as kidnapping, rape, robbery, murder, drug-pedaling and forcing young girls into prostitution Courses of Action: I. The police have to put up notices in police stations all over the city to track them down. II. The police should have separate teams to track down proclaimed offenders. 3. Statement: A rogue file disguised as an e-mail message from an acquaintance infects the nervous system of the computer. Courses of Action: I. The computer security experts should take antivirus precautions. II. No operator should open an e-mail message with an attachment. 4. Statement: Indian system encourages corruption due to the scarcity of goods and services, red tapism and lack of transparency and elaborate legal procedures.

Courses of Action: I. Government should bring in legislative reforms for more transparency in the dealings of different government departments simplifying procedures. II. Provision of effective punishment for corrupt government servants are to be introduced. 5. Statement: Unauthorised hawking, begging, vending of liquor, smoking in Railways are all prohibited by rules, but nevertheless they are all carried on with impunity. Courses of Action: I. Indian Railways Act should be amended to make smoking and other illegal activities in the train an offence. II. Those found breaking the law should be fined on the spot. Directions (Q 610): In each question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement. Give answer1. If only assumption I is implicit. 2. If only assumption II is implicit. 3. If either assumption I or II is implicit. 4. If neither assumption I nor II is implicit. 5. If both assumption I and II is implicit. 6. Statement: Teachers should strive to acquire learning competence, develop commitment to objectives and improve performance. Assumptions: I. Now a days, teachers are money minded and have strayed away from their main objective. II. The future of a country depends a lot on teachers. 7. Statement: Mr. Rupesh has already played the best part of his cricketing life and now he is just passing time. Assumptions: I. Mr Rupesh should now quit cricket. II. Mr Rupesh does not want to quit cricket.

8. Statement: Customers need to protect themselves against adulteration with the help of various food adulteration testing kits. Assumptions: I. Government seems unable to carry out the responsibility. II. Certain cases of food adulteration have come to notice. 9. Statement: In India, whenever a disaster occurs it is time for the government to constitute a committee. Assumptions: I. Making committees is an unnecessary exercise and is meant to fool the public. II. No committees recommendations has been implemented in the past. 10. Statement: Except emergency services like ambulance, fire brigade and the police, no vehicle should be given priority on the roads. Assumptions: I. There are some vehicles other than emergency services which are given priority on the roads. II. People will not mind the disturbance in traffic caused by emergency services vehicles