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Each question below is followed by arguments. Choose the most appropriate choice from the options given.

Question: Should E-Governance be introduced at every level of public administration?
Argument I: Yes, it will reduce corruption
Argument II: No, it will lead to unemployment

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Compare the size of each claimed consequence. Cutting corruption across public administration is a large gain, while the job loss claim is speculative and small.
Updated On: Jul 17, 2026
  • Argument I is strong
  • Argument II is strong
  • Both the arguments are strong
  • Both the arguments are weak
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The Correct Option is A

Solution and Explanation

Weigh each argument by size and by soundness. A strong argument must be about this question and must point to a consequence that is both real and important. A consequence that is speculative, or real but small next to what is gained, does not qualify.

  1. Argument I is strong: Look at how a bribe is actually collected in a government office. Somebody must have the power to slow a file down, the citizen must have no way around that person, and nothing must be written down. Move the process online and all three supports fall away at once. The file follows a rule, not a mood. The citizen never meets the clerk. Every click is logged with a time and a user. That is why online land records, online tax filing and direct benefit transfer have cut leakage wherever they have been rolled out. The benefit is large, it is public, and it goes straight to the question. This argument is strong, so this is the answer.
  2. Argument II is strong: The unemployment claim does not survive a close look. Government employees enjoy security of service and are moved to other duties rather than sacked when a process is digitised. Meanwhile digitisation itself needs people: operators, maintenance staff, help desks and the village level service centres that walk citizens through the portal. The net effect on jobs is at worst small, and a possible small dip in clerical posts cannot outweigh cleaner and faster services for the whole population.
  3. Both the arguments are strong: This needs Argument II to stand up, and it does not. It rests on a fear rather than on a demonstrated consequence.
  4. Both the arguments are weak: This needs Argument I to fail. Cutting corruption is the single strongest and most widely accepted reason for e-governance, so calling it weak is not tenable.

Option (A) is therefore correct. Only Argument I is strong.

Let's summarize:

  • Corruption needs discretion, a gatekeeper and no record. Online systems remove all three.
  • Digitisation redeploys staff and creates technical and support jobs of its own.
  • A speculative or minor harm never outweighs a large and demonstrated public benefit.

The answer is option (A).

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