Practice Questions: Course of Action | Logical Reasoning for CLAT PDF Download

Direction: In each of the question below is given statement followed by three courses of action number 1, 2 and 3. On the basis of information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true. Then decide which of three given suggested courses of action logically follows.

Mark your answer as:
(a) Only 1 follows
(b) Only 2 follows
(c) Only 3 follows
(d) None follows
(e) All follows
(f) Only 1 & 2 follows
(g) Only 2& 3 follows 

Q1: STATEMENT: The LIC has fixed for the investors a validity period of one year for transfer from for some of its listed schemes.

Course of Action: 

• LIC should consult investors before fixing the duration of validity period.
• The investors should be duly informed about the validity period.
• List of schemes covered under this validity period should be communicated.

Ans: (g)
The investors should be informed about the validity period and list of schemes covered under this validity period should be communicated so that the investors could be benefited for this facility.

Q2: STATEMENT: The Police has been alerted in the district following flood triggered by incessant rains.

Course of Action 

• Relief to flood affected people should be arranged.
• Supply of flood article should be arranged.
• Adequate medical facilities should be arranged.

Ans: (e)
All the courses of action are worth pursuing for the problem as defined in the statement, because flood affected person need all sort of relief.

Q3: STATEMENT: Any further increasing pollution level in the City, by the way of industrial effluent and automobile exhaustion would be pose a severe threat to the inhabitants.

Course of Action: 

• All the factory in the City should we immediately close down.
• Automobiles should not be allowed to ply on the road for more than 4 hours a day.
• The government should restrict the issue for fresh licence to factories and automobiles.

Ans: (c)
Only action 3rd is the right course of action because other courses are not feasible.

Q4:STATEMENT:  Over 27000 bonded workers identified and freed are still awaiting rehabilitation.

• Course of Action :
• More cases of bonded workers should be identified.
• Till the proper rehabilitation facilities are available, the bonded workers should not be freed.
• The impediments in the way of speedy and proper rehabilitation of bonded workers should be removed.

Ans: (c)
Only 3rd course of action provides a feasible and effective to combat the problem, impediment in the way of speedy and proper rehabilitation should be removed.

Q5: STATEMENT: According to the officials, paucity orphaned with organisation has led to the pathetic condition of this brilliant architectural structure.

Course of Action: 

•  A new architectural structure for the building should be design.
• Grant should be given to improve the condition of the structure.
• The reason for the poor condition of the structure should be find out.

Ans: (c)
Condition of architectural structure can be improved by the way of adequate finance, hence third that Grand should be given to improve the condition of structure, is the right course of action.

Q6: STATEMENT : Incessant rain for the past several days has causes the problem of overflowing and flood as the river bed is full of silt and mud.

Course of Action 

• The people residing near the rivers should be shifted to the safer place.
• The silt and mud from the river bed should be cleared immediately after the proceeding of water level.
• The people should be made aware about the immediate danger over television.

Ans: (d)
All actions given a right course of action following problem caused by the incessant rain for the past several days because each of the courses we provide relief to the victims.

Q7: STATEMENT:  A major Railway accident involving a mail train was averted due to the presence of mind of one signal man at the wayside cabin.

Course of Action:  

• The railway track for at least 50 kilometre should be cleared of any traffic ahead of the mail trains.
• The signalman should be rewarded as so as to encourage others.
• The railway signalling system should be immediately be made automatic.

Ans: (d)
Action 1 and 2 will directly improve the working condition of Railways to stop action 3 not directly related with improving Railway traffic condition but will encourage other signalman to be more watchful and their duties which in turn will reduce the probability of accident.

Q8: STATEMENT:  In the city, over 75% of the people are living in slums and substandard houses, which is reflection of the housing and Urban Development policy of the government.

Course of Action 

• There should be a separate Department looking after housing and Urban Development.
• The policies in regard to the urban housing should be reviewed.
• The policies regarding housing should also be reviewed so that such problem could be avoided in rural areas.

Ans: (b)
 The statement speaks of the failure of housing and Urban Development policies of the government, hence the policy in regard to the urban housing should be reviewed

Q9: STATEMENT: there has been a significant drop in the water level of all the lakes supplying water to the city.

Course of Action: 

• The government should appeal to all the residents through mass media for minimise the usage of water.
• The water supply authority should impose a partial cut in supply to take a the situation.

Ans: (f)
Both the courses of action are suitable for pursuing the water supply authority should impose a partial cut in supply to cope with prevailing situation. Also, the government should I feel the resident to use water economically.

Q10: STATEMENT:  Higher disposal cost encourage those who produce waste to look for cheaper way to get rid of it.

Course of Action:  

• The disposal cost should be made higher.
• The disposal cost should be brought down.
• A committee should be set up to study the details in this respect.

Ans: (g)
Course of action 2nd  and 3rd are feasible and effective to the combat the problem.