Each of the questions consists of a statement, followed by two arguments
I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is 'strong'
argument and which is a 'weak' argument. Statement : Should all those who have come in contact with the patients infectious respiratory disease be quarantined in their houses? Arguments : I. No, nobody should be quarantined unless they are tested and found to be infected by the virus causing the disease. II. Yes, this is the only way to control the spread of the dreaded disease.
Answer: D I is weal argument because it has not been mentioned in statement that virus causing disease. II is also weak because it is not the only way.
Q. No. 20:
Each of the questions consists of a statement, followed by two arguments
I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is 'strong'
argument and which is a 'weak' argument. Statement : Should mutual fund be brought under strict Government control ? Arguments : I. Yes, that is one of the ways to protect the interest of the investors. II. No, strict Government controls are likely to be counter productive.
Answer: B I is strong argument because it advocates the interest of investors. II is weak because it is wrongly assumed that strict government controls are likely to be counter productive.
Q. No. 21:
Each of the questions consists of a statement, followed by two arguments
I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is 'strong'
argument and which is a 'weak' argument. Statement : Should all the profit making public sectors units be sold to private companies ? Arguments : I. Yes, this will help the government to augment its resources for implementing the development programmes. II. No, the private companies will not able to run these units effectively.
Answer: D I is weak because public sector units are profit making. II is also weak argument because, how we can say that private companies will not be able to run these units effectively.
Q. No. 22:
Each of the questions consists of a statement, followed by two arguments
I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is 'strong'
argument and which is a 'weak' argument. Statement : Should the public sector undertakings be allowed to adopt hire and fire policy ? Arguments : I. Yes, this will help the public sector undertakings to get rid of non-performing employees and will also help to reward the performing employees. II. No, the management may not be able to implement the policy in an unbiased manner and the employees will suffer due to the high-handedness of the management.
Answer: C I is strong because it will be helpful to increase productivity of public sector undertaking. II is also strong because this step will be against of employees. But both steps cannot be taken at the same time. Hence either I or II follows.
Q. No. 23:
Each of the questions consists of a statement, followed by two arguments
I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is 'strong'
argument and which is a 'weak' argument. Statement : Should there be a ceiling on the salary of top executives of multinationals in our country ? Arguments : I. Yes, otherwise it would lead to unhealthy competition and our own industry would not be able to withstand that. II. No, with the accent on liberalization of economy, any such move would be counter-productive. Once the economy picks up, this disparity will be reduced.
Answer: A I is not strong because it does not give sufficient reason. II is strong because it states genuine concern.
Q. No. 24:
Each of the questions consists of a statement, followed by two arguments
I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is 'strong'
argument and which is a 'weak' argument. Statement : Should India encourage exports, when most things are insufficient for internal use itself ? Arguments : I. Yes, we have to earn foreign exchange to pay for our imports. II. No, even selective encouragement would lead to shortages.
Answer: C Both I and II are weak arguments. I is weak because it does not explain the necessity of import. II is weak because selective encouragement cannot lead to shortage.