Statement and Arguments Reasoning

• 1. Statement : Should judicial activism be discouraged ?
  Arguments :
  I. No. If we leave everything in the hands of executive, justice may be distant dream.
  II. Yes. Judiciary should mind its own business. Executive will take its own course.

  1. Only argument I is strong
  2. Only argument II is strong
  3. Either I or II is strong
  4. Neither I nor II is strong
  5. Both I and II are strong

  Answer :

  Option D

• 2. Statement : Should correspondence courses at the university level be discontinued in India ?
  Arguments :
  I. Yes. Only interaction between teachers and students at the college helps total development of personality.
  II. No. The demand for discontinuance comes only from the elite who have no knowledge of what is meant by poverty.

  1. Only argument I is strong
  2. Only argument II is strong
  3. Either I or II is strong
  4. Neither I nor II is strong
  5. Both I and II are strong

  Answer :

  Option A

• 3. Statement : Should the government levy tax on agricultural income also ?
  Arguments :
  I. Yes. That is the only way to fill government coffers.
  II. No. Eighty percent of our population live in rural areas.

  1. Only argument I is strong
  2. Only argument II is strong
  3. Either I or II is strong
  4. Neither I nor II is strong
  5. Both I and II are strong

  Answer :

  Option D

• 4. Statement : Should all Government owned educational institutions be handed over to private institutions ?
  
  Arguments :
  I. Yes. Standard of education will improve.
  II. No. Standard of education will fall.

  1. Only argument I is strong
  2. Only argument II is strong
  3. Either I or II is strong
  4. Neither I nor II is strong
  5. Both I and II are strong

  Answer :

  Option D

  Explanation:

  It is not that the government or the private institutions can provide higher standards of learning.
  
  

• 5. Statement : Should new universities be established in India ?
  
  Argument :
  I. No. We have still not achieved the target of literacy.
  II. No. We will have to face the problem of unemployed but highly qualified people.
  
  

  1. Only argument I is strong
  2. Only argument II is strong
  3. Either I or II is strong
  4. Neither I nor II is strong
  5. Both I and II are strong

  Answer :

  Option E

  Explanation:

  Clearly, instead of improving upon higher education we should focus on increasing literacy rate first.
  Also more degree holders with the number of jobs remaining same will increase unemployment.
  So both arguments are strong.
  
  

• 6. Statement : Should there be a ban on product advertising ?
  Arguments :
  I. No. It is an age of advertising. Unless your advertisement is better than your other competitors, the product will not be sold.
  II. Yes. The money spent on advertising is very huge and it inflates the cost of the product.

  1. Only argument I is strong
  2. Only argument II is strong
  3. Either I or II is strong
  4. Neither I nor II is strong
  5. Both I and II are strong

  Answer :

  Option B

  Explanation:

  Only Argument II is strong as Argument I will not stand because advertisement will be banned for other competitors too.
  
  

• 7. Statement : Should school education be made free in India ?
  Arguments :
  I. Yes. This is the only way to improve the literacy rate in India.
  II. No. It would add the already heavy burden on the exchequer.

  1. Only argument I is strong
  2. Only argument II is strong
  3. Either I or II is strong
  4. Neither I nor II is strong
  5. Both I and II are strong

  Answer :

  Option B

  Explanation:

  Making education free can not ensure full literacy. So argument I is vague.
  Argument II stands strong.