Course of Action MCQs

Statement : There was a spurt in criminal activities in the city during the recent festival season.

Courses of Action :
I. The police should immediately investigate into the causes of this increase.
II. In future the police should take adequate precaution to avoid recurrence of such situation during festival.
III. The known criminals should be arrested before any such season.

Statement : People residing in some tribal areas are far from education.

Courses of Action :
I. Government should render all help to the NGOs to open schools there.
II. A mass awareness programme must be initiated in these areas.
III. Social workers should be entrusted with the job of educating them.

Statement : The availability of imported fruits has increased in the indigenous market and so the demand for indigenous fruits has been decreased.

Courses of Action :
I. To help the indigenous producers of fruits, the Government should impose high import duty on these fruits, even if these are not of good quality.
II. The fruit vendors should stop selling imported fruits. So that the demand for indigenous fruits would be increased.

Statement : Youngsters are often found staring at obscene posters.

Courses of Action :
I. Children should be punished and penalized if they are found doing so.
II. Any display of such material should be banned.

Statement : Four districts in State A have been experiencing severe drought for the last three years resulting into exodus of people from these districts.

Courses of Action :
I. The government should immediately start food for work programme in the district to put a halt to the exodus.
II. The government should make since efforts to provide drinking/potable water to these districts.

Statement : Duty free technology parks where foreign firms can manufacture electronic hardware components are proposed to be established at various places in the country.

Courses of Action :
I. Government should immediately implement the proposal to augment the foreign currency reserve by exporting the products.
II. Government should not implement the proposal as it will hinder indigenous production of hardware components.

Statement : The vegetable traders feel that the prices of onion will again go up shortly in the State 'P'

Courses of Action :
I. The 'P' State Government should purchase and store sufficient quantity of onion in advance to control prices.
II. The 'P' State Government should make available network of fair price shops for the sale of onions during the period of shortage.

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 : The cinema halls are incurring heavy losses these days as people prefer to watch movies in home on TV than to visit cinema halls.

Courses of Action :
I. The cinema halls should be demolished and residential multi-storey buildings should be constructed there.
II. The cinema halls should be converted into shopping malls.