Analytical Reasoning for RRB PO/Clerk Mains 26 August 2018
Directions (Q. 1-5): In each question below is given a statement followed by three courses of action numbered I, II and III. A course of action is a step of administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow-up or further action in regard to the problem, policy, etc. On the basis of the information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.
1. Statement:Many people in the locality have fallen sick and admitted in the local hospital after consuming sweets served during a community meal.
Courses of action:I. The police should immediately arrest all the people responsible for making the sweets.II. The people admitted in the local hospital should immediately be shifted to bigger hospitals.III. The local food and drug authority should investigate to find out the cause of the sickness and take necessary action.
1) Only 1 follows2) Only I and II follow3) Only III follows4) Only II and III follow5) All follow
2. Statement:Large number of students have failed in the recently held SSC final examination due to their poor performance in the English Language paper.
Courses of action:I. The Government should immediately issue a circular to all the schools to appoint competent English Language teachers.II. The Government should immediately instruct all the schools to send their English Language teachers for refresher courses to be conducted by the Government.III. The Government should instruct the examining body to lower the difficulty level of the English Language paper in the future examination.
1) None follows2) Only I follows3) Only III follows4) Only II and III follow5) All follow
3. Statement:Every year during monsoon quite a few people get drowned and die while swimming in the sea on various beaches in the city.
Courses of action:I. The civic administration should deploy at least two life guards on each of the beaches during monsoon.II. The civic administration should make arrangements to caution people from swimming in the sea during monsoon.III. The civic administration should put up prominent sign posts near the treacherous parts of the beaches advising people not to venture into the sea in these areas.
1) Only I and II follow2) Only II and III follow3) Only I and III follow4) All follow5) None follows
4. Statement:Many management institutes in the city have enrolled a large number of students for management courses which are not recognized either by the local university or by the department of technical education.
Courses of action:I. All these management institutes should immediately be derecognised by the university and the Department of Technical Education.II. All these management institutes should be asked to refund fees to all such students and enroll them only for recognized courses.III. All such students should be advised to switch over to the recognized courses in other institutes.
1) Only I follows2) Only II follows3) Only III follows4) Only II and III follow5) None of these
5. Statement:It is feared by the experts that there may be deficient rainfall in many parts of the country due to weak monsoon.
Courses of action:I. The Government should immediately set up a committee of experts to study the amount of rainfall in various parts of the country.II. The Government should make arrangements for providing relief supplies to the areas affected due to poor monsoon.III. The farmers in the affected areas should be advised to switch over to crops requiring less water during the Kharif season.
1) Only I follows2) Only II follows3) Only III follows4) Only I and III follow5) None of these
Answers:
- 3; Only III follows. After finding the cause of the sickness, necessary action should be taken.
- 5; To improve the standard in English Language, all the courses of action are necessary.
- 4; In order to save the people from getting drowned all the courses of action are necessary.
- 1; Such institutes should immediately be derecognised by the university. Hence I course of action follows.
- 2; Only II follows because providing relief supplies to the affected areas is necessary.
