Q11 Statement: Severe drought is reported to have set in several parts of the country.


Courses of Action:

I. Government should immediately make arrangements for providing financial assistance to those affected.

II. Food, water, and fodder should immediately be sent to all these areas to save the people and cattle.

Q12 Statement: Since its launching in 1981, Vayudoot has so far accumulated losses amounting to Rs 153 crore.


Courses of Action:

I.Vayudoot should be directed to reduce wasteful expenditure and to increase passenger fare.

II. An amount of about Rs 300 crore should be provided to Vayudoot to make the airliner economically viable.

Q13 Statement: Exporters in the capital are alleging that commercial banks are violating a Reserve Bank of India directive to operate a post-shipment export credit denominated in foreign currency at international rates from January this year.


Courses of Action:

I. The officers concerned in the commercial banks are to be suspended.

II. The RBI should be asked to stop giving such directives to commercial banks.

Q14 Statement: A large number of people die every year due to drinking polluted water during the summer.


Courses of Action:

I.The government should make adequate arrangements to provide safe drinking water to all its citizens.

II.The people should be educated about the dangers of drinking polluted water.

Q15 Statement: There is an unprecedented increase in the migration of villagers to urban areas as repeated crop failure has put them into precarious financial situations.


Courses of Action:

I. The villagers should be provided with alternative sources of income in their villages which will make them stay put.

II.The migrated villagers should be provided with jobs in the urban areas to help them survive.

Q16 Statement: Four districts in State A have been experiencing severe drought for the last three years resulting in an exodus of people from these districts.


Courses of Action:
I. The government should immediately start the food for work program in the district to put a halt to the exodus.

II.The government should make efforts to provide drinking/potable water to these districts

Q17 Statement: The number of people using public transportation in the city has decreased drastically since the introduction of high parking fees in the downtown area.


Courses of Action:

I. The city should lower the parking fees to encourage the use of public transportation.

II. Public transportation fares should be reduced to make them more attractive to people.

Q18 Statement: The Minister said that the teachers are still not familiarised with the need, importance, and meaning of population education in the higher education system. They are not even clearly aware of their role and responsibilities in the population education program.


Courses of Action:

I. Population education programs should be included in the college curriculum.

II. Orientation program should be conducted for teachers on population education

Q19 Statement: The Kharif crops have been affected by the insects for consecutive three years in the district and the farmers harvested less than fifty percent of produce during these years.


Courses of Action:

I. The farmers should seek measures to control the attack of insects to protect their crops next year.

II.The Government should increase the support price of Kharif crops considerably to protect the economic interests of farmers.

Q20 Statement: The State Government has decided to declare 'Kala Azar' as a notifiable disease under the Epidemics Act. Family members or neighbors of the patient are liable to be punished in case they did not inform the State authorities.


Courses of Action:

I. Efforts should be made to effectively implement the Act.

II. The cases of punishment should be propagated through mass media so that more people become aware of the stern actions.