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Issue Report: Structural engineers have officially warned that unauthorized and aggressive sand extraction along the embankments of the Mithi River has eroded the base of the primary flood-control barrier, putting thousands of residents at immediate risk of inundation during the approaching monsoon season.

Proposed Courses of Action:
I. The local administration should urgently dispatch law enforcement to halt all unauthorized extraction in the vicinity and commission emergency reinforcement of the barrier.
II. The state government should permanently ban all commercial sand mining activities across the entire state to ensure such structural threats do not occur elsewhere.

Based on the report, which of the proposed courses of action logically follows?

  1. Only I followsAnswer
  2. B
    Only II follows
  3. C
    Neither I nor II follows
  4. D
    Both I and II follow

Answer

Only the first proposed course of action logically follows.
The first proposed action directly addresses the localized emergency by stopping the illegal activity and repairing the immediate danger, which is a practical and necessary administrative response. The second action is a disproportionate and extreme measure; banning all commercial sand mining statewide because of unauthorized activity in one specific location would severely disrupt the state's economy and construction sector. Therefore, only the first action is a logically sound step.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the core problem presented in the issue report.
The problem is localized, unauthorized sand extraction causing immediate structural threat to a specific flood-control barrier.
Understanding the scale and urgency of the problem is required to evaluate the validity of any proposed administrative actions.
2
Evaluate Course of Action I against the problem.
Dispatching law enforcement and reinforcing the barrier directly addresses both the illegal activity and the structural damage.
A valid course of action must be practical and directly mitigate the stated issue without causing disproportionate harm.
3
Evaluate Course of Action II against the problem.
A statewide ban on all commercial sand mining is a severe overreaction to localized unauthorized mining.
Courses of action that are extreme, economically destructive, or fail to target the specific parameters of the problem are logically invalid.

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Evaluating Administrative Courses of Action
Estimated Time:1m 15s
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