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 : Is buying things on installments profitable to the customer ? Arguments : I. Yes, He has to pay less. II. No. Paying installments upsets the family budget.
Answer: D Argument I is not strong because it is not necessary "customer has to pay less". Argument II is also not strong because it is not clear --"Paying installments upsets the finally budget".
Q. No. 2:
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 agriculture in rural India be mechanised ? Arguments :
I. Yes, it would lead to higher production.
II. No, then many villages would be left unemployed.
Answer: C Mechanised agriculture leads to higher production as well as unemployment. Hence, either argument I or II is strong.
Q. No. 3:
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 military service be made compulsory in our country ? Arguments :
I. No, it is against the policy of non-violence.
II. Yes, every citizen should protect his country.
Answer: B Military services is used for protection of any country in case of external or internal disturbances. It is not necessary that military service tale violence. Hence, argument I is not strong and it is duty of every citizen to protect his country. Hence argument II is strong.
Q. No. 4:
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 health care services be nationalised ? Arguments :
I. Yes, it has been done elsewhere also.
II. No, the quality of health care services will deteriorate.
Answer: D Both arguments are not strong. Argument I is weak because we should think about our country's health care services not else where. It is not necessary that after nationalisation of health care services, the quality of health care service will deteriorate.
Q. No. 5:
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 Central Government open well-equipped hospitals for every subdivision of every district ? Arguments :
I. Yes, Health and well-being of every citizen is the primary responsibility of the government.
II. No, it is not possible, society must come forward to help the government.
Answer: A Providing infrastructure for good health of the citizens is the primary responsibility of a modern state. Hence I is strong.
Q. No. 6:
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 school education be made free in India ? Arguments :
I. Yes, this is the only way to improve the level of literacy.
II. No, it would add to the already heavy burden on the exchequer.
Answer: D Argument I is weak because it is one of the ways not only way. Again in the other argument, it speaks about the burden on exchequer. Hence none of the arguments follow.