A situation is given, followed by two conclusions I and II. Read the situation and both the conclusions carefully and select the correct answer.
 Situation: Since the past 15 years, 75% of the products in the world’s pottery market comes from Country K. However, the employment in the pottery industry of Country K has been consistently declining by 5-9% every year since the past 3 years.

Directions: Each question given below consists of a statement, followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a 'strong' argument and which is a 'weak' argument.
Give answer
( a ) if only argument I is strong.
( b ) if only argument II is strong.
( c) if either I or II is strong.
( d ) if neither I nor II is strong.
( e ) if both arguments I and II are strong.

Statement :
 Should new big industries be started in Mumbai?
 Arguments:
 I. Yes, it will create job opportunities.
 II. No, it will further add to the pollution of the city.

Directions: Each question given below consists of a statement, followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a 'strong' argument and which is a 'weak' argument.
Give answer 
( a ) if only argument I is strong.
( b ) if only argument II is strong.
( C ) if either I or II is strong.
( d ) if neither I nor II is strong.
( e ) if both arguments I and II are strong.

Statement : 
 Should the oil companies be allowed to fix the price of petroleum products depending on market conditions?
 Arguments: 
 I. Yes, this is the only way to make the oil companies commercially viable.
 II. No, this will put additional burden on the retail prices of essential commodities and will cause a lot of hardships to the masses

Statement: 

Should words like 'Smoking is injurious to health' essentially appear on cigarette packs? 

Arguments: 

I. Yes, it is a sort of brain wash to make the smokers realize that they are inhaling poisonous stuff. 

II. No, It hampers the enjoyment of smoking 

Statement: 

Should family planning be made compulsory in India? 

Arguments: 

I. Yes, looking to the miser able conditions in India there is no other go. 

II. No, in India there are people of various religions and family planning is against the tenet of some of the religions. 

Statement: 

Is paying ransom tow agreeing to the conditions of kidnappers of political figures, a proper course of action? 

Arguments 

I. Yes, The victims must be saved at all cost 

II. No, It encourages the kidnappers to continue their sinister activities. 

Given is a statement followed by two arguments. Decide which of the arguments is/are strong with respect to the statement.
Statement:
There is an increase in mobile usage and cell phone towers.
Arguments:
I. It shows global development and fast and easy way to get connected with the wider world.
II. In the long run, there will be more signals that will affect the normal functioning of the ecological systems.

Directions: - Each question given below consists of a statement, followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a ‘strong’ argument and which is a ‘weak’ argument.
Statement: 
Should there be concentration of foreign investment in only few states?
Arguments: 
I. No, it is against the policy of overall development of the country.
II. Yes, large number of states lack infrastructure to attract foreign investment