Mark the answer as<\/p>\n
(a) if only argument I is strong.<\/p>\n
(b) if only argument II is strong.<\/p>\n
(c) if either I or II is strong.<\/p>\n
(d) if neither I nor II is strong.<\/p>\n
(e ) Both are strong<\/p>\n
1. Should literacy be the minimum criterion for becoming a voter in India?<\/strong><\/p>\n I: Yes.\u00a0 Illiterate people are less likely to make politically wise decisions of voting for the right candidate or party<\/p>\n II: No. Voting is the constitutional right of every citizen<\/p>\n 2. Should the Government close down all loss-making public sector enterprises?<\/strong><\/p>\n I: No. The employees will lose their jobs, security and earning, what would they do?<\/p>\n II: Yes. In a competitive world, the rule is \u2018survival of the fittest\u2019.<\/p>\n 3. Should India have no military force at all?<\/strong><\/p>\n I. No. Other countries in the world do not believe in non – violence.<\/p>\n II. Yes. Many Indian believe in non-violence.<\/p>\n 4. Should those who received dowry, despite the law prohibiting it, be punished?<\/strong><\/p>\n I. Yes. Those who violate law must be punished.<\/p>\n II. No. Dowry system is firmly rooted in the society since time immemorial.<\/p>\n 5. Should the council of ministers be kept the same for the entire period intervening two elections?<\/strong><\/p>\n I: No. Shuffling of ministers and portfolios is a healthy democratic process<\/p>\n II: Yes. Ministers do not get a hold on their portfolio unless kept for a longer duration<\/p>\n 6. Should Indian writers be forced to write in Hindi?<\/strong><\/p>\n I. Yes, because Hindi is our national language.<\/p>\n II. No, because it is important to know other languages<\/p>\n 7. Should telecasting feature films be stopped?<\/strong><\/p>\n I. Yes. Young children are misguided by the feature films.<\/p>\n II. No. This is the only way to educate the masses.<\/p>\n 8. Should small states be formed out of bigger states in India?<\/strong><\/p>\n I. Yes. There will be administrative convenience.<\/p>\n II. No. It will be a danger to national integration.<\/p>\n 9. Agriculture in India should be mechanized?<\/strong><\/p>\n I: Yes, because it is high time that farming is taken to a higher step<\/p>\n II: No, because mechanization requires power and India is already short of it<\/p>\n 10. Should there be a world government?<\/strong><\/p>\n I: Yes, it will help in eliminating tensions among the nations<\/p>\n II: No. Thus only the developed nations will dominate the government<\/p>\n 11. Should health care service be nationalized?<\/strong><\/p>\n I. Yes. It has been done everywhere else.<\/p>\n II. No. The quality of health care service will deteriorate.<\/p>\n 12. Should we scrap the ‘Public Distribution System’ in India?<\/strong><\/p>\n I. Yes. Protectiveness is over, everyone must get the bread on his\/her own.<\/p>\n II. No. The poor do not get any benefit because of corruption.<\/p>\n 13. Should octroi be abolished?<\/strong><\/p>\n I. Yes. It will eliminate an important source of corruption.<\/p>\n II. No. It will adversely affect government.<\/p>\n 14. Should the government take-up interlinking of all the rivers in India?<\/strong><\/p>\n I. Yes. This will save the farmers from the erratic nature of monsoons.<\/p>\n II. No. The impact of such a measure on climate and ecology has not been assessed<\/p>\n 15. Primary education should be made compulsory<\/strong><\/p>\n I: Yes, because primary education has been found to be the only solution to decreasing crime rates everywhere in the world<\/p>\n II: No, because even if you make primary education compulsory, children run away from schools and the whole purpose is defeated.<\/p>\n 16. Should there reservation for the underprivileged in the private sector too?<\/strong><\/p>\n I: No, because the job of the private sector is to generate wealth and not to undertake social engineering.<\/p>\n II: Yes. To create an equal society, we need legislation ensuring job quotas for the underprivileged in the private sector as well<\/p>\n 17. Are nuclear families better than joint families?<\/strong><\/p>\n I. No Joint families ensure security and also reduce the burden of work.<\/p>\n II. Yes. Nuclear families ensure greater freedom.<\/p>\n 18. Should India encourage exports, when most things are insufficient for internal use itself?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0I: Yes. We have to earn foreign exchange to pay for our imports.<\/p>\n II: No. Even selective encouragement would lead to shortages.<\/p>\n 19. India should make voting in elections compulsory for every eligible citizen <\/strong><\/p>\n I: Yes, because India spends a lot on elections, which are very important in the Indian context and everyone should vote to make India a true democracy.<\/p>\n II: No, because the moment you make things compulsory, it is not a truly democratic way of getting things done.<\/p>\n 20. Should cutting of trees be banned altogether?<\/strong><\/p>\n I. Yes. It is very much necessary to do so to restore ecological balance.<\/p>\n II. No. A total ban would harm timber based industries.<\/p>\n 21. Should India remain secular?<\/strong><\/p>\n I : Yes, because that is the best way of maintaining harmony in a diverse culture like India.<\/p>\n II: No, because different religious groups do not see eye to eye.<\/p>\n 22. Should all those convicted for heinous crimes beyond all reasonable doubt be awarded death penalty?<\/strong><\/p>\n I: No. Those who are repentant for their crimes should be given a chance to improve and lead a normal life.<\/p>\n II: Yes. Such sever punishments only will make people refrain from committing such heinous acts and the society will be safer<\/p>\n 23. Should school teachers be debarred from giving private tuitions?<\/strong><\/p>\n I: No. The needy students will be deprived of the expertise of these teachers.<\/p>\n II: Yes. This is injustice to the unemployed educated people who can earn their living by giving tuitions.<\/p>\n 24. Should students union in universities be abolished?<\/strong><\/p>\n I. Yes. Students can pay full attention to their career development.<\/p>\n II. No. All the great leaders had been student union leaders.<\/p>\n 25. Should higher education be reserved for deserving few?<\/strong><\/p>\n I. No. It will increase unemployment.<\/p>\n II. Yes. It will minimize wastage in higher education.<\/p>\n Mark the answer as (a) if only argument I is strong. (b) if only argument II is strong. (c) if either I or II is strong. 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