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<u>Statement :</u> A recent study shows that children below five die in the cities of the developing countries mainly from diarrhoea and parasitic intestinal worms.<br><br><u>Courses of Action :</u><br>I. Governments of the developing countries should take adequate measures to improve the hygienic conditions in the cities.<br>II. Children below five years in the cities of the developing countries need to be kept under periodic medical check-up.

Correct Answer: Both I and II follow
Clearly, the two diseases mentioned are caused by unhygienic conditions. So, improving the hygienic conditions is a step towards their eradication. Also, periodic medical check-up will help timely detection of the disease and hence a proper treatment. So, both I and II follow.

It is well known that the world urgently needs adequate distribution of food, so that everyone gets enough. Adequate distribution of medicine is just as urgent. Medical expertise and medical supplies need to be redistributed throughout the world so that people in emerging nations will have proper medical care.
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Directions : Following question consists of a statement followed by four arguments I, II, III and IV. You have to decide which of the arguments is a STRONG arguments and which is a WEAK Argument.

Statement : Should class IV children have Board examination?

Arguments :
I. Yes. This will motivate the children to study and get higher marks, and thus more knowledge can be imbibed at a younger age.
II. No. The children will be forced to study and won't enjoy the process.
III. Yes. In today's competitive world the children need to be prepared right from the beginning to face such difficult examinations.
IV. No. This will add pressure on tender aged children and leave very little time for them to play.

S1: Governments are instituted among men to secure their certain inalienable rights.
P: Accordingly, men are more disposed to suffer than to right themselves by abolishing the forms of governments to which they are accustomed.
Q: But prudence will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes.
R: They derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, and therefore, can also be changed by them.
S: But whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these rights of the people, it is their duty to throw off such a government.
S6: Such was the necessity which constrained the united colonies of America to give up their allegiance to the British Crown and declare themselves free and independent states.

The Proper sequence should be:

Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statements : Population increase coupled with depleting resources is going to be the scenario of many developing countries in days to come.

Conclusions :
I. The population of developing countries will not continue to increase in future.
II. It will be very difficult for the governments of developing countries to provide its people decent quality of life.

Ten new television shows appeared during the month of September. Five of the shows were sitcoms, three were hour-long dramas, and two were news-magazine shows. By January, only seven of these new shows were still on the air. Five of the shows that remained were sitcoms.

Statement : A large number of students studying in municipal schools could not pass the Xth Std. Board examination causing frustration among the students and their parents.

Courses of Action :
I. The municipal authority should immediately review the position and initiate measures to improve the situation.
II. The municipal authority should immediately fill up the teachers' vacancies in the municipal schools.
III. The municipal authority should close down some of their schools and concentrate their attention on remaining schools to improve the conditions.

Which of the following statements is/are false regarding modern periodic table?
1. Elements in the modern periodic table are arranged in decreasing order of their atomic numbers.
2. Elements in the modern periodic table are arranged in increasing order of their atomic masses.
3. In the modern periodic table, isotopes are placed in adjacent groups.
4. Elements in modern periodic table are arranged in increasing order of their atomic numbers.

S1: Urban problem differ from State to State and city to city.
P: Most of the cities have neither water nor the required pipelines.
Q: The population in these cities has grown beyond the planners imagination.
R: However, certain basic problems are common to all cities.
S: Only broad macro - planning done for such cities, without envisaging the future growth, and this has failed to meet the requirements.
S6: There is no underground drainage system in most cities, and the narrow historical roads are already congested.

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Directions : In each of the following questions a statement is given, followed by two conclusions. Give answer :

Statements : Recent trends also indicate that the number of child migrants in large cities is increasing. These children leave their families to join the ranks of urban poor doing odd jobs in markets, workshops, hotels or in service sectors.

Conclusions :
I. Migration to big cities should be checked.
II. The plight of poor children should be thoroughly studied.

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.