In each question below is given a statement followed by two courses of action…
2026
In each question below is given a statement followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. 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:
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $285 million loan to finance a project to construct coal ports by Paradip and Madras Port Trusts.
Courses of Action:
India should use financial assistance from other international financial organisations to develop such ports in other places.
India should not seek such financial assistance from the international financial agencies.
- A.
Only I follows
- B.
Only II follows
- C.
Either I or II follows
- D.
Neither I nor II follows
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Correct answer: A
Concept: A suggested course of action follows a statement only when it is a practical, proportionate next step that reasonably continues or responds to the fact reported — not a course that opposes the reported outcome, or a sweeping policy stance broader than what one instance can justify.
Application: The statement reports that the Asian Development Bank has already approved a $285 million loan to fund coal-port construction at Paradip and Madras — ports that will become long-term assets and income sources. Course I proposes seeking similar assistance from other international agencies to build such ports elsewhere: this is a direct, proportionate continuation of the very approach the statement shows working, so it follows. Course II proposes that India stop seeking such assistance altogether: this reverses the very policy that produced the beneficial project just described, so it does not follow.
Contrast with the other options:
"Only II follows" is ruled out because Course II, taken alone, argues against exactly the kind of assistance that funded this project — that is a rejection of the reported fact, not a follow-on step.
"Either I or II follows" misapplies the either/or format, which fits only when two courses are mutually exclusive responses to the same choice; Course I (expand the model elsewhere) and Course II (reject all such assistance) do not stand in that either/or relationship, and only one of them is a genuine action here.
"Neither I nor II follows" is ruled out because Course I, unlike Course II, is a direct and proportionate extension of the demonstrated success, so at least one course does follow.
So exactly one course — Course I — follows, making "Only I follows" the answer.