Logical Reasoning :: Statement and Argument
Each question given below consists of a statement, followed by three or four arguments numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to decide which of the arguments is/are 'strong' arguments) and which is/are 'weak' arguments) and accordingly choose your answer from the alternatives given below each question.
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Statement: Should admission to all professional courses be made on the basis of past academic performance rather than through entrance tests?
Arguments:
- Yes. It will be beneficial for those candidates who are unable to bear the expenses of entrance tests.
- Yes. Many deserving candidates securing high marks in their qualifying academic examinations do not perform well on such entrance tests.
- No. The standard of examinations and assessment conducted by different Boards and universities are not comparable and hence there is a need to conduct entrance tests to calibrate them on a common yardstick.
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Statement: Should there be reservation of jobs in the organizations in the private sector also as in the public sector undertakings in India?
Arguments:
- Yes. This would give more opportunities of development to the weaker sections of the society and thus help reduce the gap between the affluent and the downtrodden in India.
- No. The private sector does not get any government assistance and therefore they should not be saddled with such policies.
- No. Nowhere else in the world such a practice is being followed.
- No. The management of the private sector undertaking would not agree to such compulsions.
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Statement: Should workers/employees be allowed to participate in the management of factories in India?
Arguments:
- Yes. It is the present management theory.
- No. Many workers are illiterate and so their contributions will not be of any value.
- Yes. Employees-owned companies generally have higher productivity.
- No. Employee-union ownership drives up salaries and wages.
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Statement: Should women be given equal opportunity in the matter of employment in every field?
Arguments:
- Yes. They are equally capable.
- No. They have to shoulder household responsibilities.
- Yes. They should also go into the outside world.
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Statement: Should government established higher level Institutes of Technology (IIT's) be privatized?
Arguments:
- Yes. Privatization will make these institutes financially healthy, competitive and quality conscious.
- Yes. Privatization is the key of the new era - can we survive without it?
- No. Standard of education of these institutes will fall.
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Statement: Should there be only one university throughout India?
Arguments:
- Yes. This is the only way to bring about uniformity in the educational standards.
- No. This is administratively impossible.
- Yes. This will make the degrees procured by students, comparable for offering jobs.
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Statement: Should India immediately stop digging coal from its mines?
Arguments:
- Yes. The present stock of coal will not last long if we continue mining at the present rate.
- No. We do not have alternate energy source of sufficient quantity.
- No. This will put millions of people at a disadvantage and their lives will get adversely affected and also the industry.
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Statement: Should all the indirect taxes in India be combined into a single tax on all commodities?
Arguments:
- Yes. This will considerably simplify the tax collection mechanism and the cost of collecting tax will also reduce.
- Yes. The manufacturers and traders will be benefited by this which in turn will boost tax collection.
- No. No other country has adopted such system.
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Statement: Should there be complete ban on Indian professionals seeking jobs elsewhere after getting their education in India?
Arguments:
- Yes. This is the only way to sustain present rate of technological development in India.
- No. The Indians settled abroad send huge amount of foreign exchange and this constitutes a significant part of foreign exchange reserve.
- No. The practical knowledge gained by Indians by working in other countries help India develop its economy.
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Statement: Should there be a total ban on tobacco products and smoking in India?
Arguments:
- Yes. It is wrong to smoke away millions of money.
- No. It will throw thousands of workers in the tobacco industry out of employment.
- No. The government will lose huge amount of money as it will not earn by way of taxes on these products.
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