Recently you are appointed as the head of a department that looks after conserving trees in the area and prevention of illegal transport of logs. While traveling by public bus you got a chance to hear a conversation between fellow passengers occupying the next seats. They were praising the work of your predecessor who is now promoted as the state-wide head of the department. According to their discussion, your predecessor was a very good person, who never took bribes and did not prosecute persons for cutting trees in the area. He never objected to cutting trees even though in many instances it was illegal. You would, Correct Answer Conduct a survey related to the understanding of laws with the collaboration of schools and colleges in the area and conduct programs to make people aware of the importance of these laws The correct answer is option 3. Summary of the situation: You are appointed as the head of a department that looks after conserving trees in the area and preventing the illegal transport of logs. While traveling through the local bus you came across a discussion of the passengers talking about the previous officer's character, which seems to be neutral at the first glance, as he didn't take any action against the tree cutting, also never took any bribe, so it's your prime duty to create awareness in the local regarding the illegal tree cutting, this can be done with the help of the students from colleges and school nearby. Answer Statement Conclusion Marks Most Appropriate Conduct a survey related to the understanding of laws with the collaboration of schools and colleges in the area and conduct programs to make people aware of the importance of these laws Chossing this option will be most appropriate as in this without getting involved in the discussion with passengers and telling them that the previous officer was not right, and considering your responsibility, you should conduct a survey with the help of the students of schools and colleges and with help of program making people aware of all the laws, regarding the illegal tree cutting will be most expected. 2.5 Appropriate Participate in this conversation and know more about their understanding of laws related to cutting of trees and design your strategies of implementing concerned laws. This option can be given second priority as getting into the discussion with the passengers will help you in getting the knowledge about how much the locals are aware laws regarding the illegal tree cutting etc.. but compared to option 3 it must be given second priority. 1.5 Less considerable Participate in this conversation to find more about the popularity of your predecessor and plan your strategies of work for keeping people happy. choosing this will be less considerable as people must know that the previous officer was wrong but for that, again you should first consider option 3, and for this option, one should give less priority 1 Inappropriate Participate in the conversation and convince people that though your predecessor is a good person he did not execute his duty properly Participating in the discussion and telling the people about their previous officer will not be good in this case. It's not your duty, your duty is to prevent illegal tree cutting and protect the trees, so this option is inappropriate 0