Question

There is a statement followed by two arguments. Choose the correct option which gives the decision on the arguments, which is derived from the statement.

Statement: The new amendment of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in India refers to bringing an overall positive impact on the communities, cultures, societies and environments. The fundamentals of CSR rest on the fact that not only public policy but even corporate should be responsible enough to address social issues.

Argument I: Government should not enforce companies to take up CSR.

Argument II: Companies moral responsibility is to take up CSR for a long run benefit.

• A. Argument II is correct but Argument I is wrong
• B. Argument I is correct but Argument II is wrong
• C. Both the arguments are false
• D. Both the arguments are correct

Hint:

Check each argument only against what the statement says about who should be responsible for CSR, government policy or the companies themselves.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

A quick way to solve this type of question is to underline the one idea the statement is built on, then test each argument only against that idea.

1. Core idea of the statement: CSR works only when both the government (through policy) and companies (on their own) share the job of helping society.
2. Argument I: It asks the government to step back from enforcing CSR. That removes one of the two pillars the statement relies on, so it clashes with the passage and cannot be treated as correct.
3. Argument II: It focuses on the company side of the same pillar, saying firms should take up CSR for their own long term gain. That keeps the "companies should be responsible" pillar intact, so it agrees with the statement.

Only Argument II survives this test, so the answer is option A.