Question

Directions: The critical reasoning question is based on a short argument, a set of statements, or a plan of action. For each question, select the best answer of the choices given and explain why the chosen answer is the right fit.

Statement: Graduates in India waste a lot of their employable years preparing for Government Exams like UPSC CSE and SSC. While in exams like UPSC CSE, competition is so stiff that it can take around 5 years effort to crack the exam, in exams like SSC, the exam process itself takes 5 years to complete.

Which of the following statements is/are a viable course of action to tackle the problem?

I. The government should abolish exams like UPSC CSE and SSC

II. The government should reduce both the upper age limit and maximum number of attempts for the said examinations.

III. The government should do everything in their power to speed up the exam process.

1. Only (I) and (II)
2. Only (II) and (III)
3. Only (I) and (III)
4. Only (III)
5. None of the above

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Only (II) and (III)

The problem here is inordinate delay and multiple attempts by students over many years in government exams which waste their prime years of productivity in the non-productive study. Also, the remedial course of action should suggest a solution to both delay and wastage of years by students so that their productivity can be improved.

Answer options I does not help us solve the problem since it creates another problem related to employment. Hence, I does not follow.

II helps tackle the problem by ensuring that graduates do not waste too many years in preparation

III helps to tackle the problem by reducing the amount wasted in the exam process.

Hence, only (II) and (III) follows