Statement: 'There has been a significant rise in road accidents in urban areas during the rainy season.' Course of Action I: The traffic police should issue advisories and increase patrolling during monsoon. Course of Action II: All vehicular traffic should be banned during the rainy season. Which course(s) of action is/are appropriate?

Explanation

Course I follows because it is practical, targeted, and proportionate to the stated problem. The Delhi Traffic Police mission page supports this approach: its objectives include preventing and reducing accidents, enforcing traffic regulations effectively, educating road users on road safety, developing responsiveness to public needs, and encouraging public participation in traffic management. Advisories and extra patrolling directly fit those aims because they warn road users and improve enforcement during a risky period. Course II goes far beyond the problem. A complete ban on vehicular traffic during the rainy season would not be a workable traffic-management response; it would cripple daily life and the economy. Therefore, only Course I is appropriate.

Why the other options are wrong

• (A) Option A rejects Course I, although advisories and increased patrolling are a practical accident-prevention and enforcement response to the stated rise in rainy-season urban accidents.
• (B) Option B accepts only Course II, but banning all vehicular traffic during the rainy season is an extreme and impractical response that would disrupt daily life and the economy.
• (C) Option C incorrectly accepts Course II along with Course I, even though a total seasonal traffic ban is disproportionate to the problem and not a workable course of action.

Concept

This tests the reasoning topic of course of action: the proposed step must be practical, proportionate, and directly linked to the problem. RAS repeatedly asks such questions because they mirror administrative judgement under public-safety constraints.

Source

• Delhi Traffic Police

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