UPSC IAS exam preparation - Decision Making - Lecture 2

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Decision Making Session # 02

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1.0 SAMPLE QUESTIONS

• You have been asked to give an explanation for not attending an important official meeting. Your immediate boss who has not informed you about the meeting is now putting pressure on you not to place an allegation against him / her. You would

1. send a written reply explaining the fact. 
2. seek an appointment with the top boss to explain the situation. 
3. admit your fault to save the situation. 
4. put the responsibility on the coordinator of the meeting for not informing.

• A local thug (bad element) has started illegal construction on your vacant plot. He has refused your request to vacate and threatened you of dire consequences in  case you do not sell the property at a cheap price to him. You would 

1. sell the property at a cheap price to him.
2. go to the police for necessary action.
3. ask for help from your neighbours.
4. negotiate with the goon to get a higher price.

• You have to accomplish a very important task for your headquarters within the next two days. Suddenly you meet with an accident. Your office insists that you complete the task. You would

1. ask for an extension of deadline.
2. inform Headquarters of your inability to finish on time.
3. suggest an alternate person to headquarters who may do the needful.
4. stay away till you recover.

• You are an officer-in-charge for providing basic medical facilities to the survivors of an earthquake affected area. Despite your best possible effort, people put allegations against you for making money out of the funds given for relief. You would 

1. let an enquiry be set up to look into the matter. 
2. ask your senior to appoint some other person in your place. 
3. not pay attention to allegations. 
4. stop undertaking any initiative till the matter is resolved.

• You have been made responsible to hire boats at a short notice to be used for an area under flood. On seeing the price mentioned by the boat owners you found that the lowest price was approximately three times more than the approved rate of the Government. You would

1. reject the proposal and call for a fresh price. 
2. accept the lowest price. 
3. refer the matter to the Government and wait.
4. threaten the boat owners about a possible cancellation of the licence.

• You are the officer-in-charge of a village administering distribution of vaccine in an isolated epidemic hit village, and you are left with only one vaccine. There is a requirement of that vaccine from the GramPradhan and also a poor villager. You are being pressurised by the Gram Pradhan to issue the vaccine to him. You would 

1. initiate the procedure to expedite the next supply without issuing the vaccine to either. 
2. arrange vaccine for the poor villager from the distributor of another area. 
3. ask both to approach a doctor and get an input about the urgency. 
4. arrange vaccine for the Gram Pradhan from the distributor of another area. 

• You have taken up a project to create night-shelters for homeless people during the winter season. Within a week of establishing the shelters, you have received complaints from the residents of the area about the increase in theft cases with a demand to remove the shelters. You would 

1. ask them to lodge a written complaint in the police station. 
2. assure residents of an enquiry into the matter.
3. ask residents to consider the humanitarian effort made.
4. continue with the project and ignore their complaint. 

• You, as an administrative authority, have been approached, by the daughter-in-law of an influential person regarding harassment by her in-laws on account of insufficient dowry. Her parents are not able to approach you because of social pressures. You would 

1. call the in-laws for an explanation.
2. counsel the lady to adjust, given such a circumstance.             
3. take action after her parents approach you.                 
4. ask her to lodge complaint with the police.

• You have differences of the opinion regarding the final report prepared by your subordinate that is to be submitted urgently. The subordinate is justifying the information given in the report. You would 

1. Convince the subordinate that he is wrong
2. Tell him to reconsider the results 
3. Revise the report on your own
4. Tell him not to justify the mistake 

• You are competing with your batch-mate for the prestigious award to be decided based on an oral presentation. You have been asked by the committee to finish on time. Your friend however, is allowed more than the stipulated time period. 

1. Lodge a complaint to chairperson against the discrimination. 
2. Not listen to any justification from the committee 
3. Ask for withdrawal of your name 
4. Protest and leave the place 

• You are handling a time bound project. During the project review meeting, you find that project is likely to get delayed due to lack of cooperation of the team members. You would

1. Warn the team members for their non-cooperation.
2. Look into the reasons for non-cooperation. 
3. Ask for the replacement of the team members.
4. Ask for the extension of time citing reasons. 

• You are a chairperson of a state sports committee. You have received a complaint and later it was found that an athlete in junior age category who has won a medal has crossed the age criteria by 5 days. You would

1. Ask the screening committee for a clarification. 
2. Ask the athlete to return the medal. 
3. Ask the athlete to get an affidavit from the court declaring his/her age. 
4. Ask the members of the committee for their views. 

• You are handling a priority project and have been meeting all the deadlines and planning your leave during the project. Your immediate boss does not grant leave citing the urgency of the project. You would

1. Proceed on leave without waiting for the sanction.
2. Pretend to be sick and take leave. 
3. Approach higher authority to reconsider the leave application. 
4. Tell the boss that it is not justified. 

• You are involved in setting up a water supply project in a remote area. Full recovery of cost is impossible in any case. The income levels in the area are low and 25% of the population is below poverty line (BPL). When a decision has to be taken on pricing you would

1. Recommend that the supply of water be free of charge in all respects. 
2. Recommend that the users pay a onetime fixed sum for installation of taps and the usage of water be free. 
3. Recommend that a fixed monthly charges be levied on the non-BPL families and for BPL families water should be free. 
4. Recommend that the users pay a charge based on the consumption of water with differentiated charges for Non-BPL and BPL families. 

• As a citizen you have some work with a government department. The official calls you again and again; and without directly asking you, sends out feelers for a bribe. You want to get your work done. You would

1. Give a bribe. 
2. Behave as if you have not understood the feelers and persist with your application. 
3. Go to the higher officer for help verbally complaining about feelers. 
4. Send in a formal complaint. 
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