Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
'What's your name, boy?' said the gentleman in the high chair. Oliver was frightened at the sight of so many gentlemen, which made him tremble and speak in a very low and hesitating voice.
'Listen to me. You know you're an orphan, I suppose? And that you were brought up by the parish, don't you?'
'Yes, sir,' replied Oliver, weeping bitterly.
'I hope you say your prayers every night,' said another gentleman in a gruff voice, 'and pray for the people who feed you, and take care of you'.
'Yes, sir,' stammered the boy.
'Well! You have come here to be educated, and taught a useful trade,' said the red-faced gentleman in the high chair.
Poor Oliver! He little thought, as he lay sleeping, happily unconscious of things around him, that the board had that very day arrived at a decision which would exercise the most material influence over all his future fortunes.
But they had. They believed the workhouse was a regular place of public entertainment for the poorer classes; a tavern where there was nothing to pay; a public breakfast, dinner, tea, and supper all the year round; a brick and mortar place, where it was all play and no work. 'Oho!' said the board, looking very knowing; 'we are the fellows to set this to rights; we'll stop it all, in no time.'
So, they established the rule, that all poor people should be starved by a gradual process in the house. The water-works were asked to lay on an unlimited supply of water; a corn-factory asked to supply small quantities of oatmeal; and it was decided to issue three meals of thin gruel a day, with an onion twice a week, and half a roll of bread on Sundays.
Question:
What was Oliver's situation?
Option 1: He had no family and was living in a home for orphans
Option 2: His education would prepare him for the future
Option 3: He was enjoying a stay at a workhouse
Option 4: He was fortunate to be provided with good meals
Correct Answer: He had no family and was living in a home for orphans
Solution : The correct option is the first option.
Explanation:
Oliver's situation is described as that of an orphan who was brought up by the parish. He is brought before a group of gentlemen who inquire about his background and inform him of their decision regarding his education and future prospects. The passage indicates that Oliver, being an orphan, was brought up by the parish, suggesting he has no family and is under the care of the authorities or the parish.
Therefore, the correct option would be: "He had no family and was living in a home for orphans."
Question : Mission education coaching institute is organising a six days workshop for cbse teachers. In order to ensure smooth functioning of the event, mission education has made ms. Aakshi and ms. savia as co-ordinators to take care of activities related to registration and refreshment. Identify the function of management being carried out by mission education.
Option 1: Planning
Option 2: Organising
Option 3: Staffing
Option 4: Directing
Correct Answer: Organising
Solution : Organising can be defined as 'Identifying and grouping different activities in the organisation and bringing together the physical, financial and human resources to establish most productive relations for the achievement of specific goal of organisation. In the above case, In order to ensure smooth functioning of the event, mission education has made ms. Aakshi and ms. savia as co-ordinators to take care of activities related to registration and refreshment.
Hence, option 2 is the correct answer.
Question : As a Morally and physically weak Roman empire crumbled, Morally and physically strong teutonic barbarians overran the lends that once were pride of the Latins. The visigoths overran Spain, And vandals overran North Africa. The Francs overran Gaul, the angels and saxons overran Britain and the ostrogroths overran Italy. These invasions brought about the lowest ebb in literature and learning known to history.
Out of pagan and immoral Rome, Christianity and asceticism grew and thrived, certain individuals became incensed with immorality and Worldliness that existed in Roman society. They would not worship the Roman gods attend the bath or visit the games. They thought that all sorts of physical activity were foolish pursuits in that they designed to improve the body. They preached that the body and mind were distinct and separate entities in man and one had no bearing on the other. The Christian imperial theodosius abolished the Olympic games A.D.394 as being pagan.
Christianity believed that evil exists in the body, therefore, it should be subordinated to the spirit, which is pure. The body is possessed of the devil and should be tortured. Sach practices led to poor health and shattered nervous system on the part of many. As Christianity spread monasteries were built where Christians could isolate themselves from the world and its evils. Later schools were attached to these monasteries but early Christianity would not allow physical education to become a part of the curriculum. The medieval University also frowned physical education.
Another influence that has had a major impact on the history of physical education is scholasticism-the belief that facts are the most essential items is one's education. The key to a successful life is knowing the facts and developing one's mental and intellectual powers. Scholasticism the emphasized the physical as an unimportant and unnecessary. The moment developed among the scholarship and the universities of the medieval ages.
The Olympic games were abolished by :
Option 1: Romans
Option 2: Greeks
Option 3: Christians
Option 4: Latins
Correct Answer: Christians
Solution : They preached that the body and mind were distinct and separate entities in man and one had no bearing on the other. The Christian imperial theodosius abolished the Olympic games A.D.394 as being pagan.
Question : What was a significant policy initiative of the UPA government?
Option 1: Introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Option 2: Implementation of the Right to Education Act
Option 3: Demonetization of high-value currency notes
Option 4: Abolition of the Planning Commission
Correct Answer: Implementation of the Right to Education Act
Solution : The UPA government implemented the Right to Education Act, which aimed to provide free and compulsory education to children aged 6 to 14 years.
Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Plato is the earliest important educational thinker, and education is an essential element in 'The Republic' (his most important work on philosophy and political theory, written around 360 B.C.). In it, he advocates some rather extreme methods: removing children from their mothers' care and raising them as wards of the state, and differentiating children suitable to the various castes, the highest receiving the most education, so that they could act as guardians of the city and care for the less able. He believed that education should be holistic, including facts, skills, physical discipline, music, and art. Plato believed that talent and intelligence are not distributed genetically and thus can be found in children born to all classes, although his proposed system of selective public education for an educated minority of the population does not really follow a democratic model.
Aristotle considered human nature, habit, and reason to be equally important forces to be cultivated in education, the ultimate aim of which should be to produce good and virtuous citizens. He proposed that teachers lead their students systematically, and that repetition be used as a key tool to develop good habits, unlike Socrates' emphasis on questioning his listeners to bring out their own ideas. He emphasized the balancing of the theoretical and practical aspects of subjects taught, among which he explicitly mentions reading, writing, mathematics, music, physical education, literature, history, and a wide range of sciences, as well as play, which he also considered important.
Question:
Which of these methods is NOT advocated in 'The Republic'?
Option 1: Differentiating children based on castes
Option 2: Imparting similar education to all children
Option 3: Bringing up children under state guardianship
Option 4: Keeping children away from mothers
Correct Answer: Imparting similar education to all children
Solution : The second option is the correct choice.
The method not advocated in The Republic is imparting similar education to all children.
Explanation:
In the given passage, it is mentioned that in The Republic, Plato advocates some rather extreme methods, including removing children from their mothers' care raising them as wards of the state and differentiating children suitable to the various castes.
Plato believed in a hierarchical system where the highest caste received the most education to act as guardians of the city.
Question : The "Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY)" aims to:
Option 1: Provide maternity benefits to rural women
Option 2: Promote family planning and population control
Option 3: Improve maternal and child healthcare services
Option 4: Enhance access to education for girls
Correct Answer: Improve maternal and child healthcare services
Solution : The correct answer is (c) Improve maternal and child healthcare services.
The Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is a government scheme in India that aims to improve maternal and child healthcare services, particularly for women in rural areas. It provides financial assistance to pregnant women to encourage institutional deliveries and access to quality healthcare during childbirth. The scheme aims to reduce maternal and infant mortality rates by promoting safe deliveries, ensuring skilled birth attendance, and facilitating postnatal care. The Janani Suraksha Yojana helps women avail necessary healthcare services, including prenatal and postnatal care, to ensure the well-being of both the mother and the child.
Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
All state universities and colleges in Uttar Pradesh, one of the (1)________ in India, will now (2)______ a "save water" ritual named 'Jal Bharo' in place of 'lamp lighting' to inaugurate their annual convocations. The governor of the state, who is also chancellor of state universities, instructed that every university and college in the state should install rainwater harvesting plants on its campus. 'Jal Bharo' signifies (3)_______ the vision of 'Jal Shakti'. This ceremony symbolises the (4)________ importance of water conservation, whereas the lamp lighting ceremony symbolised removing darkness through education and spreading the light of learning. It is really a (5)________ initiative. Every educational institute in India should ensure to save and recharge groundwater by installing rainwater harvesting plants. These kinds of initiatives provide awareness of using and saving water, the elixir of life.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2.
Option 1: organise
Option 2: organising
Option 3: have managed
Option 4: managing
Correct Answer: organise
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
The verb organise means to arrange something. Here, the first form of the verb is used, indicating an action that is set in the present.
Question : Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose 'No Error'.
Neither teachers or the principal revolted against the new education policy.
Option 1: the new education policy.
Option 2: the principal revolted against
Option 3: No Error
Option 4: Neither teachers or
Correct Answer: Neither teachers or
Solution : The fourth option is correct.
- "Neither...nor" are correlative conjunctions used to connect two or more words or phrases that are related in a negative sense.
- Neither...nor indicate that none of the connected items or actions are true or applicable.
- The conjunction "neither...nor" should be followed by two elements that agree in number.
Therefore, the correct answer is: "Neither teachers nor the principal revolted against the new education policy."
Question : What was one of the achievements of the UPA government in the field of education?
Option 1: Introduction of the Right to Education Act
Option 2: Privatization of higher education
Option 3: Abolition of the University Grants Commission
Option 4: Establishment of new IITs and IIMs
Correct Answer: Introduction of the Right to Education Act
Solution : One of the achievements of the UPA government in the field of education was the introduction of the Right to Education Act, which aimed to provide free and compulsory education to children aged 6 to 14 years.