RBI GRADE ‘B’ OFFICER’S EXAM Held on: 11.10.2009 (Part-III)

Total Questions: 50

41. making decisions about important questions, it is desirable to be able to distinguish between "strong" arguments and "weak" arguments. "Strong" arguments must be both important and directly related to the question. "Weak" arguments may not be directly related to the question and may be of minor importance or may be related to the trivial aspects of the question.

Each question below is followed by three arguments numbered I, II and III. You have to decide which of the argument(s) is/are "strong".

Should the Government restrict use of electricity for each household depending upon the requirement ?

Arguments : I. Yes, this will help government tide over the problem of inadequate generation of electricity.

II. No, every citizen has right to consume electricity as per their requirement as they pay for using electricity.

III. No, the Government does not have the machinery to put such a restriction on use of electricity.

(1) Only I is strong
(2) Only II is strong
(3) Only I and II are strong
(4) Only II and III are strong
(5) All I, II and III are strong

Correct Answer: (3) Only I and II are strong

Solution:Saving electricity is required to cope with the inadequate generation of electricity. Therefore, the argument I is strong.

Argument II also seems to be strong as every citizen pays for every unit of electricity he/she consumes.

Argument III does not seem strong as it is erroneous to assume that the Government does not have the machinery to put such a restriction on use of electricity.

42. making decisions about important questions, it is desirable to be able to distinguish between "strong" arguments and "weak" arguments. "Strong" arguments must be both important and directly related to the question. "Weak" arguments may not be directly related to the question and may be of minor importance or may be related to the trivial aspects of the question.

Each question below is followed by three arguments numbered I, II and III. You have to decide which of the argument(s) is/are "strong".

Should the Government order closure of all educational institutions for a month to avoid fast spreading of the contagious viral infection ?

Arguments : I. No, closure of educational institution alone is not the solution for curbing spread of viral infection.

II. No, students will visit crowded places like malls, markets, playgrounds etc. in more numbers and spread the disease, as they will have lot of spare time at their disposal.

III. Yes, young persons are more prone to get affected by the viral infection and hence they should remain indoors.

(1) None is strong
(2) Only I is strong
(3) Only III is strong
(4) Only I and II are strong
(5) All I, II and III are strong

Correct Answer: (2) Only I is strong

Solution:Only argument I is strong. In order to avoid fast spreading of the contagious viral infection only this measure is not adequate.

43. making decisions about important questions, it is desirable to be able to distinguish between "strong" arguments and "weak" arguments. "Strong" arguments must be both important and directly related to the question. "Weak" arguments may not be directly related to the question and may be of minor importance or may be related to the trivial aspects of the question.

Each question below is followed by three arguments numbered I, II and III. You have to decide which of the argument(s) is/are "strong".

Should the Government ban export of all types of food grains for the next one year to tide over the unprotected drought situation in the the country ?

Arguments :

I. Yes, there is no other way to provide food to its citizen during the year.

II. No, the Government does not have its jurisdiction over private exporters for banning exporters.

III. Yes, the Government should not allow the exporters to export food grains and procure all the food grains held by such exporters and make it available for home consumption.

(1) Only I and II are strong
(2) Only II and III are strong
(3) Only I and III are strong
(4) All I, II and III are strong
(5) None of these

Correct Answer: (5) None of these

Solution:Only argument III is strong. It is advisable to ban the exports of food grains to face the unprecedented draught situation in the country. The use of term 'no other way' in argument I makes it invalid.

44. making decisions about important questions, it is desirable to be able to distinguish between "strong" arguments and "weak" arguments. "Strong" arguments must be both important and directly related to the question. "Weak" arguments may not be directly related to the question and may be of minor importance or may be related to the trivial aspects of the question.

Each question below is followed by three arguments numbered I, II and III. You have to decide which of the argument(s) is/are "strong".

Should there be a common syllabus for all subjects in graduate courses in all the universities across the country ?

Arguments :

I. Yes, this is the only way to spring in uniformity in the education system in the country.

II. Yes, it will help standardise the quality of graduation certificates being given by different universities in the country.

III. No, each university should have the autonomy to decide its syllabus based on the specific requirement of the university.

(1) None is strong
(2) Only I is strong
(3) Only II is strong
(4) Only I and II are strong
(5) Only II and III are strong

Correct Answer: (5) Only II and III are strong

Solution:The use of term 'only' in the argument I makes it invalid.
Arguments II and III seem to be strong.

45. making decisions about important questions, it is desirable to be able to distinguish between "strong" arguments and "weak" arguments. "Strong" arguments must be both important and directly related to the question. "Weak" arguments may not be directly related to the question and may be of minor importance or may be related to the trivial aspects of the question.

Each question below is followed by three arguments numbered I, II and III. You have to decide which of the argument(s) is/are "strong".

Should all those students who failed in one or two subjects in HSC be allowed to take admission in degree courses and continue their study subject to their successfully passing in the supplementary examination ?

Arguments :

I. Yes, this will help the students to complete their education without a break of one year.

II. Yes, this is a forward looking strategy to help the students and motivate them for higher studies.

II. No, such students do not choose to continue their studies without having passed in all the subjects in HSC.

(1) Only I is strong
(2) Only II is strong
(3) Only III is strong
(4) Only either II or III and I are strong
(5) None of these

Correct Answer: (1) Only I is strong

Solution:Only argument I seems to be strong. The measure will save one year of student.

46. Which of the following can be a probable cause of the above effect ?

At least twenty school children were seriously injured while going for a school picnic during the weekend.

(1) The teacher accompanying the school children fell ill during the journey.
(2) The bus in which the children were travelling met with an accident while taking turn on the main highway.
(3) The driver of the bus in which the children were travelling did not report after the break at the halting place on their journey.
(4) The school authority banned all school picnics for the next six months with immediate effect
(5) None of these

Correct Answer: (2) The bus in which the children were travelling met with an accident while taking turn on the main highway.

47. Which of the following will be a possible effect of the above cause?

Cause : Government has recently decided to hike the procurement price of paddy for the rabi crops.

(1) The farmers may be encouraged to cultivate paddy for the rabi season.
(2) The farmers may switch over to other cash crops in their paddy fields.
(3) There was a drop in production of paddy during kharif season.
(4) Government may not increase the procurement price of paddy during the next kharif season.
(5) Government will buy paddy from the open market during the next few months.

Correct Answer: (1) The farmers may be encouraged to cultivate paddy for the rabi season.

48. Which of the following would weaken the findings mentioned in the above statement ?

Statement : Many patients suffering from malaria were administered anti-malarial drug for a week. Some of them did not respond to the traditional drug and their condition deteriorated after four days.

(1) Those patients who responded to the traditional drugs and recovered were needed to be given additional doses as they reported relapse of symptoms.
(2) The mosquitoes carrying malaria are found to be resistant to traditional malarial drugs.
(3) Majority of the patients suffering from malaria responded well to the traditional malarial drugs and recovered from the illness.
(4) Many drug companies have stopped manufacturing traditional malarial drugs.
(5) None of these

Correct Answer: (3) Majority of the patients suffering from malaria responded well to the traditional malarial drugs and recovered from the illness.

49. Which of the following supports the conclusion drawn in the above statement ?

Statement : The cost of manufacturing cars in state A is thirty per cent less than the cost of manufacturing cars in state B. Even after transportation fee for the differential distances of states A and B and the interstate taxes, it is cheaper to manufacture cars in state B than state A for selling these cars in State C.

(1) The cost of transportation from state A to state C is more than thirty percent of the production cost.
(2) The production costs of cars in state B are lower in comparison to state A.
(3) Only Entry tax at state C is more for the products originated in state A.
(4) Entry tax at state C is more for the products originated in state B
(5) The total of transportation cost of cars from state B to state C and entry tax of cars at state C is less than thirty percent of the production cost of cars in state B.

Correct Answer: (5) The total of transportation cost of cars from state B to state C and entry tax of cars at state C is less than thirty percent of the production cost of cars in state B.

50. Which of the following contradicts the findings of stated in the above statement ?

Statement : Many people are of the opinion that use of cell phones in offices for personal use should totally be banned. It has been found in a research study, that there was significant drop in output of employees in the organisation where use of cell phones was liberally allowed vis-a-vis those organisations where use of cell phones are banned for making personal calls.

(1) People spend more time on talking while using cell phone for personal calls.
(2) Use of cell phones has be- come common in all the organisations.
(3) In the organisation where employees were allowed to use cell phones for making personal calls the employ- ees are found to be more motivated to carry out their duties than those working in other organisations
(4) Many organisations who provide cell phones to their employees for making official calls advise them to refrain from making personal calls during office hours
(5) None of these

Correct Answer: (3) In the organisation where employees were allowed to use cell phones for making personal calls the employ- ees are found to be more motivated to carry out their duties than those working in other organisations

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RBI GRADE ‘B’ OFFICER’S EXAM Held on: 11.10.2009 (Part-III)

46. Which of the following can be a probable cause of the above effect ?

47. Which of the following will be a possible effect of the above cause?

48. Which of the following would weaken the findings mentioned in the above statement ?

49. Which of the following supports the conclusion drawn in the above statement ?

50. Which of the following contradicts the findings of stated in the above statement ?

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