IBPS Government Jobs Exams Logical Reasoning Decision Making and Problem Solving

Exports and imports, a swelling favourable balance of trade, investments and bank-balances, are not an index or a balance sheet of national prosperity. Till the beginning of the Second World War, English exports were noticeably greater than what they are today. And yet England has greater national prosperity today than it ever had. Because the income of average Englishmen, working as field and factory labourers, clerks, policemen, petty shopkeepers and shop assistants, domestic workers and other low-paid workers, has gone up.

The passage best supports the statement that:

A. a country's economic standard can be best adjudged by per capital income.
B. a country's balance of trade is the main criteria of determining its economic prosperity.
C. a nation's economy strengthens with the increase in exports.
D. English trade has continually increased since the Second World War.

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IBPS Other Question
It is up to our government and planners to devise ways and means for the mobilisation of about ten crore workers whose families total up about forty crore men, women and children. Our agriculture is over-manned. A lesser number of agriculturists would mean more purchasing or spending power to every agriculturist. This will result in the shortage of man-power for many commodities to be produced for which there will be a new demand from a prosperous agrarian class. This shortage will be removed by surplus man-power released from agriculture as suggested above.

The passage best supports the statement that:

A. employment in production is more fruitful than employment in agriculture.
B. Indian economy is in a poor shape basically due to improper mobilisation of man-power.
C. a shift of labour from agricultural sector to the industrial sector would uplift the living standard.
D. the industrial sector is labour-deficient while the agricultural sector is over-manned in our country. Satisfaction with co-workers, promotion opportunities, the nature of work, and pay goes with high performance among those with strong growth needs. Among those with weak growth needs, no such relationship is present - and, in fact, satisfaction with promotion opportunities goes with low performance.

This passage best supports the statement that:

A. satisfaction is an inevitable organisational variable.
B. job satisfaction and performance are directly and closely related.
C. relationship between job satisfaction and performance is moderated by growth need.
D. every organisation has few employees having weak growth need.
E. high performance is essential for organisational effectiveness.