Course of Action MCQs

Statement : If the retired Professors of the same Institutes are also invited to deliberate on restructuring of the organisation, their contribution may be beneficial to the Institute. Courses of Action : I. Management may seek opinion of the employees before calling retired professors. II. Management should involve experienced people for the systematic restructuring of the organisation.

Statement : The sale of a particular product has gone down considerably causing great concern to the company. Courses of Action : I. The company should make a proper study of rival products in the market. II. The price of the product should be reduced and quality improved.

Statement : The Asian Development Bank has approved a $285 million loan to finance a project to construct coal ports by Paradip and Madras Port Trusts. Courses of Action : I. India should use financial assistance from other international financial organisations to develop such ports in other places. II. India should not seek such financial assistance from the international financial agencies.

Statement : Doordarshan is concerned about the quality of its programmes particularly in view of stiff competition it is facing from STAR and other satellite TV channels and is contemplating various measures to attract talent for its programmes. Courses of Action : I. In an effort to attract talent, the Doordarshan has decided to revise its fee structure for the artists. II. The fee structure should not be revised until other electronic media also revise it.

Statement : The Minister said that the teachers are still not familiarised with the need, importance and meaning of population education in the higher education system. They are not even clearly aware about their role and responsibilities in the population education programme. Courses of Action : I. Population education programme should be included in the college curriculum. II. Orientation programme should be conducted for teachers on population education.

Statement : A recent study shows that children below five die in the cities of the developing countries mainly from diarrhoea and parasitic intestinal worms. Courses of Action : I. Governments of the developing countries should take adequate measures to improve the hygienic conditions in the cities. II. Children below five years in the cities of the developing countries need to be kept under periodic medical check-up.

Statement : The kharif crops have been affected by the insects for consecutive three years in the district and the farmers harvested less than fifty percent of produce during these years. Courses of Action : I. The farmers should seek measures to control the attack of insects to protect their crops next year. II. The Government should increase the support price of kharif crops considerably to protect the economic interests of farmers.

Statement : The car dealer found that there was a tremendous response for the new XYZ's car-booking with long queues of people complaining about the duration of business hours and arrangements. Courses of Action : I. People should make their arrangement of lunch and snacks while going for car XYZ's booking and be ready to spend several hours. II. Arrangement should be made for more booking desks and increased business hours to serve more people in less time.

Statement : The State Government has decided to declare 'Kala Azar' as a notifiable disease under the Epidemics Act. Family members or neighbours of the patient are liable to be punished in case they did not inform the State authorities. Courses of Action : I. Efforts should be made to effectively implement the Act. II. The cases of punishment should be propagated through mass media so that more people become aware of the stern actions.