Critical Reasoning practice questions on FIJ

Question 5:

1. Given the poor quality of service in the public sector, the HIV/AIDS affected should be switching to private initiatives that supply anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) at a low cost.

2. The government has been supplying free drugs since 2004, and 35000 have benefited up to now though the size of the affected population is 150 times this number.

3. The recent initiatives of networks and companies like AIDS Care Network, Emcure, Reliance-Cipla-CII, would lead to availability of much-needed drugs to a larger number of affected people.

4. But how ironic it is   that we should face a   perennial   shortage   of   drugs when India   is   one of   the world‘s largest suppliers of generic drugs to the developing world.

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Question 6:

1. Unemployed allowance should be given to all unemployed Indian youths above 18 years of age.

2. Lack of stimulation in the first four or five years of life can have adverse consequences.

3. At that age the child reaches appropriate level of development and ready to learn, so it is desirable to put the child in the school at the age of 5 or so.

4. No budgetary provision for the purpose of appointing additional faculty has been made in the context of institute’s changed financial priorities.

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Question 7:

1. Those people are mistaken, as is obvious from the fact that in each of the past six years, our state has spent more money per mile on road improvements than any other state.

2. Several of the particle accelerators at major research institutions were out of service the year before last of repairs, so it is likely that the low number of articles was due to the decline in availability of particle accelerators.

3. When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

4. Each rancher would be tempted to overuse common land because the benefits would accrue to the individual, while the costs of reduced land quality that results from overuse would be spread among all users.

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Question 8:

1. A compelling optical illusion called the illusion of velocity and size makes objects appear to be moving more slow the larger the objects are.

2. Biological functions of many plants and animals vary in cycles that are repeated every 24 hours.

3. When people move from one time zone to another, their daily biological rhythms adjust in a matter of days to the periods of sunlight and darkness in the new zone.

4. Although migraine headaches are believed to be caused by food allergies, putting patients on diets that eliminate those foods to which the patients have been demonstrated to have allergic migraine reactions frequently does not stop headaches.

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Question 9:

1. The net savings in medical resources achieved by some preventive health measures are smaller than the net losses attributable to certain other measures of this kind.

2. Recently a court ruled that current law allows companies to reject a job applicant if working in the job would entail a 90 percent chance that the applicant would suffer a heart attack.

3. Because the satellites can be repaired only in orbit, astronauts are needed to repair them.

4. In an attempt to promote the widespread use of paper rather than plastic, and thus reduce non biodegradable waste, the council of a small town plans to ban the sale of disposable plastic goods for which substitutes made of paper exist.

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Question 10:

1. The more frequently employees take time to exercise during working hours each week, the fewer sick days they take.

2. The development of cost-effective manufacturing techniques is of the highest priority for civilian business and would be neglected if resources go to military projects, which do not emphasize cost efficiency.

3. The increase in taxes or government debt needed to finance the project will severely reduce the vitality of the civilian economy.

4. According to a review of 61 studies of patients suffering from severely debilitating depression, in a large majority of the patients missing a night’s sleep immediately lifted their depression.

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Question 11:

1. If India has embarked on the liberalization route, she cannot afford to go back.

2. Under these circumstances, being an active supporter of WTO policies will be a good idea.

3. The WTO is a truly global organization aiming at freer trade.

4. Many member countries have already drafted plans to simplify tariff structures.

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Question 12:

 1)  The Minister definitely took the wrong step.

 2)  Under the circumstances, he had many other alternatives.

 3)  The Prime Minister is embarrassed due to the Minister’s decision.

  4) If he has put the government in jeopardy, the Minister must resign.

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Question 13:

 1)  The ideal solution will be to advertise aggressively.

 2)  One brand is already popular amongst the youth.

 3)  Reducing prices will mean trouble as our revenues are already dwindling.

 4)  The correct solution will be to consolidate by aggressive marketing.

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Question 14:

1) If democracy is to survive, the people must develop a sense of consumerism.

2)  Consumerism has helped improve the quality of goods in certain countries.

 3)  The protected environment in our country is helping the local manufacturers.

 4)  The quality of goods suffers if the manufacturers take undue advantage of this.

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Question 15

1) The prices of electronic goods are falling.

2) Since we have substantial reductions in import duties, this is obvious.

3) The trend is bound to continue in the near future.

4) But the turnover of the electronic industry is still rising, because the consumers are increasing at a rapid rate.

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 Question 16:

1) In the past, it appears, wealth distribution, and not wealth creation has dominated economic policy.

2) Clearly, the government has not bothered to eradicate poverty.

3)  Today’s liberalization is far from the hitherto Nehruvian socialism.

4) Results are evident in the form of a boom in the manufacturing sector output and turnover of all industries.

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Question 17:

1) Everyday social life is impossible without interpersonal relationships.

2) The root of many misunderstandings has been cited in poor relations among individuals.

3) Assuming the above to be true, social life will be much better if people understand the importance of good interpersonal relations.

4) A study reveals that interpersonal relations and life in general can be improved with a little effort on the part of individuals.

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Question 18:

1)  You don’t have to be a biologist or an anthropologist to see how closely the great apes- gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans – resemble us.

2) Even children often remark that their bodies are pretty much the same as ours, apart from some exaggerated proportions and extra body hair.

3) Their faces are quit expressive, showing a range of emotions that are familiar.

4) That why we delight in seeing chimps wearing tuxedo, playing the drums or riding bicycles.

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Question 19:

1)  Introducing organized sport programs for youngsters in the only hope for Indian golf.

2)  The general public is beginning to recognize the international standing of the Indian golf players who earn more money than the Indian cricketing icons.

3)   In this age when kids are electronically inclined and digitally divided, the high tech gizmo’s is also an attraction for kids to hit a ball and then check the digital read outs.

4)  News of corporate investment in the games at the junior level is required not only in golf but also in all other sports.

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