Multiple choice

Directions: In the question given below, a statement is followed by three courses of action labelled (A), (B) and (C). A course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow-up or further action in regard to the problem, policy, etc. On the basis of the information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true and then decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.

Statement: The school dropout rate in many districts in the state has increased sharply during the last few years as the parents of these children make them work in the fields owned by others to earn enough for them to get at least one meal a day. Courses of action: (A) The government should put up a mechanism to provide food grains to the poor people in these districts through public distribution system to encourage the parents to send their wards to school. (B) The government should close down some of these schools in the district and deploy the teachers of these schools to nearby schools and also ask the remaining students to join these schools. (C) The government should issue arrest warrants for all the parents who force their children to work in fields instead of attending classes.

  1. Only (A)

  2. Only (B)

  3. Only (C)

  4. Only (A) and (B)

  5. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

(A) would be a step in the right direction; it would ensure that hunger does not deprive children of education. (B) is escapism. (C) is absurd.