Direction: In each of the questions below is given a statement followed by two courses of action. Courses of action is a step for administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follows-up further action in regard to the problem, policy etc. On basis of the information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then decide which of the given suggested courses of action is/are logically worth pursuing.
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Statement
Reports of steep and continued decline in the inflows into the Govindsagar reservoir of the Bhakhra Dam, coupled with a depleted stock of steam coal with the thermal power plants in the North, may lead to a serious power crisis in the region.
Courses of Action
I. The supply of steam coal to the thermal power plants needs to be immediately stepped up by the Government.
II. The Government should set up hydraulic power plants on other rivers in the region.
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- if only I follows
- if only II follows
- if eithe I or II follows
- if neither I nor II follows
Correct Option: A
Statement point out the crisis faced by the power plants and one of the crisis is depletion of stock of steam coal with the thermal power plants in the North. Therefore, it is the right course of action to supply the steam coal to the thermal power plants. Secondly, since the water inflows into the Gobindsagar has declined, setting up of another hydraulic power plant will be futile.
