In the question below is given a statement followed by three courses of action…
2025
In the question below is given a statement followed by three courses of action numbered I, II and III. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true and on the basis of the information given in the statement, decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.
Statement: Poverty is increasing because the people, who are deciding how to tackle it, know absolutely nothing about the poor.
Courses of Action:
I. The decision makers should go to the grass root levels.
II. The decision makers should come from the poorer sections of the society.
III. A new set of decision makers should replace the existing one.
- A.
Only I follows
- B.
Only II follows
- C.
Only either I or III follows
- D.
All follow
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Correct answer: A
Concept: In a Statement-and-Course-of-Action question, a suggested course of action logically follows only if it is a practical, feasible step that addresses precisely the cause named in the statement, without assuming facts, causes, or guarantees beyond what the statement establishes. A course that overreaches the diagnosed cause, or that is too drastic to be a reasonable administrative step, does not follow.
Application: The statement establishes one fact: decision-makers know nothing about the poor, and this ignorance is causing poverty to rise. Course I proposes that decision-makers visit the grass-root levels; direct exposure to the poor there is a natural, practical way to close precisely this stated knowledge gap, so it follows. Course II proposes that decision-makers themselves come from poorer sections; the statement only establishes a knowledge gap, not a rule about who is eligible to decide, so requiring a specific economic background as the sole route to remedying that gap overreaches what is stated, and it does not follow. Course III proposes replacing the entire set of decision-makers; swapping people gives no guarantee that the new set knows any more about the poor than the old one did, so it does not address the stated cause and does not follow.
Cross-check: Pairing I and III as if they were equal alternatives fails because replacing decision-makers does not achieve what visiting the grassroots achieves. Accepting all three together fails for the same reason II and III fail individually — both introduce demands the statement never establishes.
Only Course of Action I logically follows.