Multiple choice

The government has asked its employees to cut their expenses by traveling in lower classes of trains and airplanes for official purposes. The obvious implication is that employees should not treat such cost cutting measures as impinging on the status and prestige of the posts they hold. A majority has already started toeing the line but there are still many who feel that traveling economy class is an infructuous measure for cost cutting and rather counterproductive.

Which of the following, if true, would best resolve the divergence in the opinions of government and its employees?

  1. The employees are not used to the discomfort of traveling economy class and treat it as an unwarranted encumbrance on their privileges.

  2. The populist measures such as those now put forth by the government are but transitory and just meant to create an impression on the general public.

  3. The government has not reckoned with the fatigue factor that has a bearing on the employees' performance.

  4. Class consciousness is an overriding concern in most societies.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Class consciousness is a state of mind and has nothing to do with the measure being infructuous and counter-productive.

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