Course of Action Questions & Answers

Q11 Statement: The number of people using public transportation in the city has decreased drastically since the introduction of high parking fees in the downtown area.


Courses of Action:

I. The city should lower the parking fees to encourage the use of public transportation.

II. Public transportation fares should be reduced to make them more attractive to people.

Q12 Statement: The sale of a particular product has gone down considerably causing great concern to the company.


Courses of Action:

I. The company should make a proper study of rival products in the market.

II.The price of the product should be reduced and quality improved.

Q13 Statement: The Asian Development Bank has approved a $285 million loan to finance a project to construct coal ports by Paradip and Madras Port Trusts.


Courses of Action:

I. India should use financial assistance from other international financial organizations to develop such ports in other places.

II. India should not seek such financial assistance from the international financial agencies.

Q14 Statement: Doordarshan is concerned about the quality of its programs particularly in view of the stiff competition it is facing from STAR and other satellite TV channels and is contemplating various measures to attract talent for its programs.


Courses of Action:

I . In an effort to attract talent, Doordarshan has decided to revise its fee structure for the artists.

II. The fee structure should not be revised until other electronic media also revise it.

Q15 Statement: The Minister said that the teachers are still not familiarised with the need, importance, and meaning of population education in the higher education system. They are not even clearly aware of their role and responsibilities in the population education program.


Courses of Action:

I. Population education programs should be included in the college curriculum.

II. Orientation program should be conducted for teachers on population education

Q16 Statement: A recent study shows that children below five die in the cities of developing countries mainly from diarrhea and parasitic intestinal worms.


Courses of Action:

I. Governments of developing countries should take adequate measures to improve the hygienic conditions in the cities.

II. Children below five years in the cities of developing countries need to be kept under periodic medical check-ups.

Q17 Statement: The Kharif crops have been affected by the insects for consecutive three years in the district and the farmers harvested less than fifty percent of produce during these years.


Courses of Action:

I. The farmers should seek measures to control the attack of insects to protect their crops next year.

II.The Government should increase the support price of Kharif crops considerably to protect the economic interests of farmers.

Q18 Statement: The car dealer found that there was a tremendous response to the new XYZ car booking with long queues of people complaining about the duration of business hours and arrangements.


Courses of Action:

I. People should make their arrangements for lunch and snacks while going for car XYZ's booking and be ready to spend several hours.

II.Arrangement should be made for more booking desks and increased business hours to serve more people in less time.

Q19 Statement: The State Government has decided to declare 'Kala Azar' as a notifiable disease under the Epidemics Act. Family members or neighbors of the patient are liable to be punished in case they did not inform the State authorities.


Courses of Action:

I. Efforts should be made to effectively implement the Act.

II. The cases of punishment should be propagated through mass media so that more people become aware of the stern actions.

Q20 Statement: The Chairman stressed the need for making the education system more flexible and regretted that the curriculum has not been revised in keeping with the pace of the changes taking place.


Courses of Action:

I Curriculum should be reviewed and revised periodically.

II.System of education should be made more flexible.