Directions (1-8): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow by choosing the best alternative.
What is the future which awaits our children? The underlying assumption of the question that Indian children are the future is itself dubious. It can legitimately be asked whether a student who is well fed, attending a boarding school in the salubrious climate of the hills and learning to use computers has any future in common with a malnourished child who goes to a school with no blackboards, if indeed he does go to school. The latter may have no worthwhile future at all. And it might be worthwhile to analyze the significance of this marginalization of more than 75% of the children of this country. The failure to provide an infrastructure for primary education in the villages of India more than 60 years after independence is in sharp contrast with the sophisticated institutions, for technical institutes of higher education are funded by the government, which essentially means that the money to support them comes from taxes. And since indirect taxation forms a substantial part of the taxes collected by the government, the financial burden is borne by all the people. LK Jha put it graphically when he observed that 25 paise of every rupee spent on educating an IIT student comes from the pockets of men and women whose children may never enter a proper classroom.
Q1. The author is trying to highlight which of the following
(a) The greatness of L K Jha
(b) Need to have common future for Indian children
(c) Need of sophisticated education for rural poor
(d) Faulty system of direct taxes
Q2. What seems to be likely answer of the author to the question posed by him in the first sentence of the passage?
I. There is no common future for the Indian children.
II. The future is worthwhile for majority of Indian children
III. The majority may never enter a proper classroom.
Select the correct answer using the codes gives below
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Only III
(d)I and II
Q3. Which of the following pairs have been termed as ‘sharp contrast’ by the author?
I. Infrastructure for technical education.
II. Lack of infrastructure for rural primary schools.
III. Twenty five paisa of every rupee earned by government is spent on education.
IV. The financial burden of higher technical education is borne by all people.
Select the correct answer using the codes gives below
(a) II and IV
(b) II and III
(c) III and IV
(d) I and II
Q4. According to the author, who among the following does not have a hopeful and a prosperous future?
I. All students form technical institutes.
II. All students financial supported by the government.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II
Q5. Which of the following statements is not true?
I. The author welcomes Government’s initiative on primary education.
II. 75% of the children have a bright future.
III. 25% cost of educating a technocrat comes from poor people.
Select the correct answer using the codes gives below
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Only III
(d) I and II
Q6. Identify the word closest in meaning to the word: ‘Dubious’.
(a) Unarguable
(b) Uncertain
(c) Undoubted
(d) Undeniable
Q7. Identify the word opposite in meaning to the word: ‘Sophisticated’.
(a) Complicated
(b) Stylish
(c) Difficult
(d) Facile
Q8. What is the major concern reflected in the passage?
(a) The gap between different sections in Indian society is increasing
(b) Indian children do not enjoy common future
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Neither (a) and (b)
Q9. Language acquisition occurs only when
(a) The child is taught the rules of grammar
(b) The child is given a reward
(c) The child has exposure to the language
(d) The child absorbs the language without conscious attention
Q10. Correct pronunciation of individual sounds is related to
(a) Accuracy
(b) Fluency
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Neither accuracy nor fluency
S1. Ans.(b)
Sol.
The author is trying to emphasize the need of sophisticated education for the rural poor.
S2. Ans.(a)
Sol.
The answer lies in the concluding line of the passage
S3. Ans.(d)
Sol.
A sharp contrast exists between the infrastructure for technical education and the infrastructure for technical education and the infrastructure for rural primary schools.
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol.
The author has highlighted the plignt of rural poor children in the passage.
S5. Ans.(b)
Sol.
Only statement given by (iii) is correct.
S6. Ans.(b)
Sol.
Dubious, doubtful, uncertain are all synonyms.
S7. Ans.(d)
Sol.
Sophisticated means ‘not simple’ and facile means “done with little effort or simplicity”.
S8. Ans.(c)
Sol.
Statement given in (a) and (b) both depict the major concern reflected in the passage.
S9. Ans.(c)
Sol.
Only when the child has exposure to the language, language acquisition occur.
S10. Ans.(c)
Sol.
