Course of action — Mathematical Reasoning Aptitude Question
Course of action: Statement: 'Many students fail mathematics every year in this school.' Courses of action: I. Answer and worked solution on CodeKairo.
- Topic: Mathematical Reasoning
- Section: Logical Reasoning
- Difficulty: Easy
- Time target: 75 seconds
Question
Statement: 'Many students fail mathematics every year in this school.'
Courses of action: I. The school should arrange extra coaching in mathematics. II. The school should stop teaching mathematics.
Which course of action follows?
Options
- Only I
- Only II
- Both
- Neither
Show the answer and the worked solution
Correct answer: A. Only I
Worked solution
- Extra coaching directly addresses the failures: I follows.
- Stopping the subject avoids the problem rather than solving it, and is not practical.
Answer: Only I.
The idea
A valid course of action must be both relevant to the problem and reasonable to carry out. Extreme responses almost never qualify.
Shortcut. A course of action must fix the problem, not remove the activity. Coaching fixes the failures; dropping mathematics merely ends the subject, so only I.
Common trap. "Both" — noting that nobody can fail a subject that is no longer taught; that removes the problem by abandoning the subject, not by solving it.