Question

Statement: Several students of a school have fallen ill due to contaminated water supplied within the school premises. Courses of action: I. The water supply should be immediately tested and purified. II. The school should be shut down permanently.

• A. Only course of action I follows
• B. Only course of action II follows
• C. Both courses of action follow
• D. Neither course of action follows

Hint:

Focus on which course of action actually tackles the root cause of the illness, versus which is a disproportionate overreaction.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Step 1: Identify the root cause stated in the passage: contaminated water supplied within the school.
Step 2: Test course I - testing and purifying the water directly targets this root cause and is a proportionate, feasible administrative step, so it follows.
Step 3: Test course II - permanently shutting the school does nothing to fix the contaminated water itself, and it is a disproportionate overreaction that denies all students their education instead of solving the actual problem. It fails the root-cause and proportionality test.
Step 4: Only the course that fixes the root cause follows.
Correct option: (1) Only course of action I follows.