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Direction: In making decisions about important question, it is desirable to distinguish between a 'strong'argument and a 'weak' argument. A ' strong' argument must be both important and directly related to the question. A 'weak' argument may not be directly related to the question and may be of minor importance or may be related to the trivial aspect of the question. Each question below is followed by three arguments numbered I and II and III. You have to decide which of the argument is 'strong' and which is 'weak'.

  1. Statements
    Should the public sector undertakings be allowed to adopt hire and fire policy?
    Arguments
    I. Yes, this will help the public sector undertakings to get rid of non-performing employees and reward the performing employees.
    II. No, this will give an unjust handle to the management and they many use it indiscriminately.
    III. Yes, this will help increase the level of efficiency of these organisation and these will become profitable establishments.
    1. None is strong
    2. I and II are strong
    3. II and III are strong
    4. I and III are strong
    5. All are strong
Correct Option: D

In 'hire and fire' policy, performing employees are rewarded while non-performing employees are show the door. This increases the level of efficiency and profitability. So, Arguments I and III are strong while Argument II is not.



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