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Statement: It is estimated that about twenty lakh people will visit the city during the ensuing festival.
Courses of action:
a. The civic authority should monitor the crowd and restrict entry of the people beyond a manageable number.
b. The local police authority should be put on high alert to maintain law and order during the festival.
c. All the hospitals in the city should be put on high alert in case of any eventuality.

A) Only a follows B) Both b & c follows
C) Only c follows D) Both a and b sufficient
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Both b & c follows

Explanation:

Clearly, People cannot be deprived of enjoying the festival for lack of arrangements. Also, it becomes necessary to deploy police to regulate big crowds and avert any mishap in public gatherings. Further, it costs nothing but might prove useful to put hospitals on alert to be ready to provide quick medical aid to patients in case of any eventuality. So, both b and c follow.

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Statement: There was a spurt in criminal activities in the city during the recent festival season.
Courses of action:
a. The police should immediately investigate into the causes of this increase.
b. In future the police should take adequate precaution to avoid recurrence of such situation during festival.
c. The known criminals should be arrested before any such season.

A) Both a and b follows B) Only c follows
C) Only a follows D) Both b and c follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Both a and b follows

Explanation:

The police ought to find out the lackenings in existing security arrangements and make up for these inadequacies to strengthen security and thus prevent criminal activities in the forthcoming festival. So, both a and b follow. Arresting the known criminals does not ensure safety, for a novice can also indulge in crime. So, c does not follow.

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In an objective competitive exam, a correct answer score 4 marks and on a wrong answer 2 marks are negatively added. A student scores 420 marks from 150 question. How many answers were correct ?

A) 145 B) 138
C) 125 D) 120
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 120

Explanation:

let x be the correct answer and y be the wrong answer
so the total number of questions is (x + y) = 150.....(1)
=> 4x - 2y = 420.....(2)
By solving (1) & (2), we get
=> 6x = 720
hence x = 120
Therefore, number of correct answers are 120.

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Read the given statements carefully and answer the question.

 


The main reasons for vehicles crawling on city roads during peak hours are increasing number of private vehicles and double parking which is a very common sight. A survey reveals that vehicles move on an average at 20 kmph during peak hours.

 


Which of the following is true according to the given statement?

 

 

A) Vehicles move at 20 kmph during 5 pm to 9pm B) Double parking is not a violation of traffic rules in the city
C) The number of private vehicles have gone up D) The number of Government vehicles remain the same
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The number of private vehicles have gone up

Explanation:
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Statement: There is a substantial increase in the number of accidents causing deaths and severe injuries due to malfunctioning of the traffic signals.
Course of action:
a. The traffic police should immediately post traffic personnel at the junctions.
b. The signal system should immediately be repaired or replaced.

A) Only a follows B) Either a or b follows
C) Only b follows D) Neither a nor b follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Either a or b follows

Explanation:

Clearly, either the traffic signals should be made to function properly or traffic personnel should be deployed to guide vehicular movement in the right way. So either I or II follows.

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It is necessary to adopt suitable measures to prevent repetition of bad debts by learning from the past experiences of mounting non-performing assets of banks.

 

Courses of Action:

I. Before granting loan to customers their eligibility for loan should be evaluated strictly.

II.To ensure the payment of instalments of loan, the work, for which loan was granted, should be supervised minutely on regular basis.

A) Only I follows B) Only II follows
C) Neither I nor II follows D) Both I and II follow
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Both I and II follow

Explanation:

To ensure that debts taken are repaid promptly, the customer's requirements and future prospects ought to be studied and their work constantly checked. Thus, both the courses follow.

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A group of six cousins are sitting around a hexagonal table, each one at one corner of the hexagon. (facing the centre inside) Raju is sitting opposite to Rohan. Sweety is sitting next to Navya. Aadya is sitting opposite to Navya, but not next to Kalyan. Karthik has a person sitting between Rohan and himself. If Sweety sits to the right of Karthik, then who is sitting to the left of Karthik ?

A) Aadya B) Kalyan
C) Raju D) Rohan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Raju

Explanation:

Suppose Sweety is sitting between Rohan and Karthik such that she is to the right of him.....then as Raju is opposite to Rohan then Raju must be to the left of Karthik.

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A : There is increase in water level of all the water tanks supplying drinking water to the city during the last fornight

B : Most of the trains were cancelled last week due to waterlogging on the tracks.

A) If statement (A) is the cause and statement (B) is its effect B) If statement (B) is the cause and statement (A) is its effect
C) If both the statements (A) and (B) are independent causes D) If both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of some common cause
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) If both the statements (A) and (B) are independent causes

Explanation:

Increase in water level of all water tanks and the problem of water -logging on the tracks are the result of increase of water availability or surplus of water (due to rain). Hence, both the events are effects of the same cause.

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