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Assertion (A): Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius at sea level.
Reason (R): Atmospheric pressure affects the boiling point of water.
Assertion (A): Plants conduct photosynthesis.
Reason (R): Photosynthesis is essential for plant growth.
Statements:
Rural and semi-urban areas in the country have been suffering due to load shedding for quite some time.
If the Government is not able to overcome the power crisis, load shedding will be extended even to the urban areas.
Statements:
India has surpassed the value of tea exports this year over all the earlier years due to an increase in demand for quality tea in the European market.
There is an increase in demand of coffee in the domestic market during the last two years.
Statements:
All the schools in the area had to be kept closed for most part of the week.
Many parents have withdrawn their children from the local schools.
Statements:
The prices of petrol and diesel in the domestic market have remained unchanged for the past few months.
The crude oil prices in the international market have gone up substantially in the last few months.
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.
Statement :
The cinema halls are incurring heavy losses these days as people prefer to watch movies in home on TV than to visit cinema halls.
Courses of action :
I. The cinema halls should be demolished and residential multi storey buildings should be constructed there.
II. The cinema halls should be converted into the shopping malls.
Statement :
Orissa and Andhra Pradesh have agreed in principle to set up a joint control board for better control, management and productivity of several inter state multipurpose projects.
Courses of action :
I. Other neighbouring states should set up such control boards.
II. The proposed control board should not be allowed to function as such joint boards are always ineffective.
Statement: Should articles of only deserving authors be allowed to be published?
Arguments:
Yes. It will save a lot of paper which is in short supply.
No. It is not possible to draw a line between the deserving and the undeserving.
Statement: Should India give away Kashmir to Pakistan?
Arguments:
No. Kashmir is a beautiful state. It earns a lot of foreign exchange for India.
Yes. This would help settle conflicts.
Statement: Should India encourage exports, when most things are insufficient for internal use itself?
Arguments:
Yes. We have to earn foreign exchange to pay for our imports.
No. Even selective encouragement would lead to shortages.
Statement: "If you trouble me, I will slap you." - A mother warns her child.
Assumptions:
With the warning, the child may stop troubling her.
All children are basically naughty.
Statement: Unemployment allowance should be given to all unemployed Indian youth above 18 years of age.
Assumptions:
There are unemployed youth in India who needs monetary support.
The government has sufficient funds to provide allowance to all unemployed youth.
Statement: It is desirable to put the child in school at the age of 5 or so.
Assumptions:
At that age the child reaches appropriate level of development and is ready to learn.
The schools do not admit children after six years of age.