49. Reading Skills Comprehension: Schooling

SCHOOLING

(Bank P.O. 1994)

Read the Passage carefully and answers the following Questions:-

 The goals of our present system of primary and secondary schooling are to prepare students for the examination system which will take them to the best technical institutions in the country. While the teaching of science and mathematics has over the years been upgraded, the teaching of the humanities and social sciences continues to be straight-jacketed in grotesque ways. Those areas of the Indian reality which ought to a proper subject like caste, environmental degradation, if we are to create a responsible and aware body of citizens, form no part of the syllabus.

The capacity to think independently and critically about problems that plague modern Indian society, which ought really to be a prominent part of a humanities curriculum, is perceived to be intractable from the point of view of the examiner. Lest the evaluation become subjective, every effort is made to reduce both history and economics to a series of facts; a one-to-one correlation between facts ensures proper systems of grading.

1. What seems to be the purpose of the author in writing this passage?

(a) To appreciate the present educational system

 (b) To reduce the importance of science and mathematics in our system of education

 (c) To critically look into the methods of teaching of science and mathematics

 (d) To point out the deficiencies in the curriculum and examination system

(e) To put up a case for a proper objective system of grading

 2. According to the author, the present educational system ultimately helps the students in which of the following?

 1. Understanding the real problems of the people

 2. Acquiring various techniques to face the challenges of the future

3. Getting admission to renowned technical institutions

 (a) Only 1                   (b) Only 2

(c) Only 3                    (d) Only 1 and 2

(e) 1,2 and 3

3. According to the author which of the following is the main reason leading to up gradation of the teaching of science and mathematics?

 (a) It inculcates proper values for becoming an ideal citizen.

 (b) The syllabus of science and math mastics have been modified from time to time.

 (c) Science and mathematics can solve our problems.

(d) The evaluation of these subjects is objective and critical.

(e) Not mentioned in the passage

 4. According to the author, the teaching of science and mathematics develops the capacity of the students in which of the following?

1. Considering the pros and cons of each decision

2. Examining the problem minutely with proper analysis

 (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Either 1 or 2

(e) Not mentioned in the passage

 5. Does the author seem to believe in which of the following?

1. Proper education can help a person to become a responsible and responsive citizen.

2. Objective evaluation is necessary for social sciences.

3. The capacity to think can be developed by a properly designed curriculum of humanities and social sciences.

(a) Only 1                    (b) Only 2

(c) Only 3                    (d) Both 1 and 3

 (e) 1, 2 and 3     

6. What problems does the author see in the improvement of the teaching of humanities and social sciences?

1. The present system of evaluation

 2. The present syllabus of these subjects

3. The difficulties of the examiners

(a) Only 1                    (b) Only 2

 (c) Only 3                   (d) 1, 2 and 3

(e) Not mentioned in the passage

ANSWERS:-

1. (d)

2. (c) 

3. (d)

4. (e) 

5. (d)

6. (d)

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