Each question given below consists of a statement, followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a 'strong' argument and which is a 'weak' argument.
Give answer:
Statement: Should the council of ministers once appointed be kept the same for the entire period intervening two elections?
Arguments:
1. No. Shuffling of ministers and portfolios is a healthy democratic process.
2. Yes. The ministers do not get a hold on their portfolio unless they are kept for a longer duration.
Answer: D
Shuffling of Cabinet ministers is just not a regular process, but a step to ensure proper working and implementation of schemes and avoid corruption. So, none of the arguments holds strong
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Each of the following questions consists of a statement followed by two arguments I and II.
Give answer:
(A) If only argument I is strong
(B) If only argument II is strong
(C) If either I or II is strong
(D) If neither I nor II is strong and
(E) If both I and II are strong.
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.
Answer: D
The free passes given to railway employees is a privilege for them, not their right. So, argument I does not hold. Argument II seems to be vague.
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Statement : Should number of holidays of government employees be reduced ?
Arguments : I. Yes. Our government employees are having maximum number of holidays among the other countries of the world.
II. Yes. It will lead to increased productivity of government offices.
Answer: B
No Explanation to this Question.
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Statement : Should there be reservation of seats and posts on communal basis ?
Arguments :
I. Yes. It will check most of the inter-communal biases.
II. No. Ours is a secular state
Answer: B
No Explantion To this Answer.
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Statement : Should government stop spending huge amounts of money on international sports ?
Arguments :
I. Yes. This money can be utilised for poor.
II. No. Sports-persons will be frustrated and will not get international exposure.
Answer: B
Clearly spending money on sports can not be avoided merely for social economic problems.
But Argument II is strong. Be a sports man and then think on this question. :)
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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 children.
II. Yes. This would increase the standard of living
Answer: D
None of argument stands valid.
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Statement : Should correspondence courses at the university level be discontinued in India ?
Arguments :
I. Yes. Only interaction between teachers and students at the college helps total development of personality.
II. No. The demand for discontinuance comes only from the elite who have no knowledge of what is meant by poverty.
Answer: A
No Explanation.
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Statement : Should the government levy tax on agricultural income also ?
Arguments :
I. Yes. That is the only way to fill government coffers.
II. No. Eighty percent of our population live in rural areas.
Answer: D
NO Explanation.
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Statement : Should all Government owned educational institutions be handed over to private institutions ?
Arguments :
I. Yes. Standard of education will improve.
II. No. Standard of education will fall
Answer: D
It is not that the government or the private institutions can provide higher standards of learning.
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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.
Answer: B
Only Argument II is strong as Argument I will not stand because advertisement will be banned for other competitors too.
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