Statement: The Govt has decided to instruct the banks to open new branches in such a way that there is one branch of any of the banks in every village of population 1000 and above or a cluster of villages with population less than 1000 to provide banking
services to all the citizens. Which of the following 'will weaken' the step taken by the Govt?

Cause: The Govt has recently increased its taxes on petrol and diesel by about 10 per cent.

Which of the following can be a possible effect of the above cause?

 Statement: Most of the companies in IT and ITES sectors in India have started hiring from engineering college campuses this year and are likely to recruit much more than yearly recruitment of the earlier years.
Which of the following 'substantiates' the facts stated in the above statement?

Effect: Majority of the employees of the ailing organisation opted for voluntary retirement scheme and left the organisation with all their retirement benefits within a fortnight of launching the scheme.Which of the following can be a 'protable cause' of the above effect ?

Statement: One aspirant was killed due to stampede while participating in a recruitment drive of police constables.

Courses of action:
(A) The officials in charge of the recruitment process should immediately be suspended.
(B) A team of officials should be asked to find out the circumstances which led to the death of the aspirant and submit its report within a week.
(C) The Govt should ask the home department to stagger the number of aspirants over more number of days to avoid such incidents in future.

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 Govt should put up a mechanism to provide foodgrains to the poor people in these districts through public distribution system to encourage the parents to send their wards to school.
(B) The Govt should close down some of these schools in the district and deploy the teachers of these schools to nearby schools and also ask remaining students to join these schools.
(C) Govt should issue arrest warrants for all the parents who force their children to work in fields instead of
attending classes.