The Nobility of Indian Education Reading Answers

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Reading Passage 1

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The Nobility of Indian Education 

A With its plurality and paradoxes, India never ceases to fascinate. What’s more, schooling in India is just one among different components that definitely stand out of the world. Various other countries are amazed by the quality of some of the human resources that the Indian education system has produced.

B The Vedas, Puranas, Ayurveda, Yoga, Kautilya’s conferring formal instruction in old India under the Gurukul framework. Under the Gurukul framework, little fellows who were going through the Brahmacharya phase of life needed to remain at the Guru or the educator’s home and complete their schooling. Although the ancient system of education has produced many geniuses and is still a major area of research. Jainism, Buddhism, Bhakti and Sufi developments of the nineteenth impact in pre-autonomous India. In this manner, the Britishers, albeit appropriately likewise be credited for acquiring upset the Indian instruction framework.

C Not long after acquiring freedom in 1947, has been a major impediment to the healthy development of Indian society, they have on a key ideal for youngsters between the age bunch 6 to 14. As per the 2001 enumeration, the all out education rate in India is 5%. The female literacy rate is only 54.16%. The gap between rural and urban literacy rates is also very significant in India. This is evident from the fact that only 59.4% of the rural population is literate as against 80.3% urban population according to the 2001 census. To foster the advanced education job of UGC has been to direct the norm and spread of advanced education in India. There has been marked progress in the expansion of higher education if we look at the increase of higher educational institutes in India. The higher education system in India comprises more than 17000 colleges, 20 central universities, 217 State Universities, 106 Deemed and 13 institutes of National importance. This number will before long swell as the setting up of 30 additional focal colleges, 8 new IITs, 7 IIMs and 5 new Indian Institutes of Science are currently proposed.

D The current training framework in India chiefly contains essential years of schooling. Each of secondary and senior secondary education consists of two years of education -the stream, doing graduation in additional schooling in India is simply one in all completely different elements that positively stand out of the world. Whereas the world organization is dispute concerning the presence of an oversized variety of illiterates, varied different countries are astonished by the standard of a number of the human resources can require three to five years of graduation, the scope for researching various educational institutes also remains open.

E As schooling is the means for getting financial change a general public, different measures are being taken to upgrade the entrance of training to the advanced education. Under the present law, 7.5% of seats in the higher educational institutes are reserved for the scheduled tribes, 15% for scheduled castes and 27% for the non-creamy layers of the Other Backward Classes (OBCs). Under the Indian constitution, different minority gatherings can likewise work on the admittance to advanced education among the ladies of India by distance learning courses and extension of the Open University democratization of advanced education in India.

F Notwithstanding every one of the endeavours to foster the schooling framework check the dropout rates among the minimized areas of the populace are women, Sudras and atisudras. However, it’s the English language and also the renewal developments of the nineteenth century that had the foremost liberating impact in pre-autonomous India. During this manner, the Britishers, albeit fittingly condemned for destroying the Indian economy, will likewise be attributable for deed reason for stress. In any case, the reestablished accentuation in the training area in the advanced education can go about as palliatives for the Indian instruction framework.”

1 Special provisions for educating lower sections of society.

2 The education system is followed in India these days.

3 Problems faced by the Indian education system these days.

4 The fact that other countries are surprised at the quality of Indian education.

5 How education was imparted in ancient India.

6 Some great literary works of ancient India.

7 Demographic distribution of education in India.

8 The role of the British in reforming Indian education.

Statements

9 As per the United Nations statistics, there are a large number of uneducated people in India.

10 In ancient India, education was imparted without discrimination.

11 Liberation of education in India was the result of several factors.

12 Improvement in higher education in India has been negligible in these years.

13 Higher education has become a lot cheaper due to the increasing number of educational institutes.

14 The literacy rates in both rural and urban areas are almost equal.

Reading Answers

1 Answer: B

Question type: Matching Information

Answer location: Paragraph B

Answer explanation: In Paragraph B, it is stated that “Under the Gurukul framework, little fellows who were going through the Brahmacharya phase of life needed to remain at the Guru or the educator’s home and complete their schooling.” This points to the fact that different provisions for educating the little children (lower sections of society). Hence, the answer is B.

2 Answer: D

Question type: Matching Information

Answer location: Paragraph D

Answer explanation: In Paragraph D, it is said that “The current training framework in India chiefly contains essential years of schooling.” This points to the fact that this paragraph explains the education system is followed in India these days (current training framework in India). Hence, the answer is D.

3 Answer: F

Question type: Matching Information

Answer location: Paragraph F

Answer explanation: In the introductory line of Paragraph F, it is said that “Notwithstanding every one of the endeavours to foster the schooling framework check the dropout rates among the minimized areas of the populace are women, Sudras and atisudras.” This proves the fact that the last paragraph discusses the problems, especially, increasing dropout rates, faced by the Indian education system these days. Hence, the answer is F.

4 Answer: A

Question type: Matching Information

Answer location: Paragraph A

Answer explanation: In the first paragraph, it is stated “Various other countries are amazed by the quality of some of the human resources that the Indian education system has produced”. It can be concluded that the first paragraph refers to the fact that other countries are surprised (amazed) at the quality of Indian education. Hence, the answer is A.

5 Answer: B

Question type: Matching Information

Answer location: Paragraph B

Answer explanation: In Paragraph B, it is said that “Under the Gurukul framework, little fellows who were going through the Brahmacharya phase of life needed to remain at the Guru or the educator’s home and complete their schooling. Although the ancient system of education has produced many geniuses…”. This points out that the second paragraph deals with the education system (Gurukul framework) that was followed in ancient India. Hence, the answer is B.

6 Answer: B

Question type: Matching Information

Answer location: Paragraph B

Answer explanation: The following line –The Vedas, Puranas, Ayurveda, Yoga, Kautilya’s conferring formal instruction in old India under the Gurukul framework.- proves the fact that in this paragraph the writer refers to some great literary works of ancient India, like The Vedas, Puranas, Ayurveda, Yoga. Hence, the answer is B.

7 Answer: C

Question type: Matching Information

Answer location: Paragraph C

Answer explanation: The specified line states that “As per the 2001 enumeration, the all out education rate in India 5%. The female literacy rate is only 54.16%. … the fact that only 59.4% of the rural population is literate as against 80.3% urban population according to the 2001 census.”. From these references, it can be said that the third paragraph points out the demographic distribution of education in India. Hence, the answer is C.

8 Answer: B

Question type: Matching Information

Answer location: Paragraph B

Answer explanation: The concluding line of Paragraph B mentions that “In this manner, the Britishers, albeit appropriately likewise be credited for acquiring upset the Indian instruction framework.”. This statement indicates that the role of the British in reforming Indian education is discussed in the second paragraph. Hence, the answer is B.

9 Answer: True

Question type: True/False/Not Given

Answer location: Paragraph C, line 2

Answer explanation: The given line of Paragraph C says that “As per the 2001 enumeration, the all out education rate in India is 5%.”. It is clear that only 5% of the Indian population is educated and therefore, 95% (a large number) of India are uneducated people according to the 2001 enumeration. Hence, the answer is True.

10 Answer: False

Question type: True/False/Not Given

Answer location: Paragraph B, line 2

Answer explanation: The given line of Paragraph B says that “Under the Gurukul framework, little fellows who were going through the Brahmacharya phase of life needed to remain at the Guru or the educator’s home and complete their schooling.”. It is clear that the Gurukul system in ancient India was meant only for those children who were going through the Brahmacharya phase of life and not for all. As this points out that there was discrimination based on the stage of life, the answer is False.

11 Answer: True

Question type: True/False/Not Given

Answer location: Paragraph F, line 1 – line 2

Answer explanation: The given lines in Paragraph F say that “Notwithstanding every one of the endeavours to foster the schooling framework check the dropout rates among the minimized areas of the populace are women, Sudras and atisudras. However, it’s the English language and also the renewal developments of the nineteenth century that had the foremost liberating impact in pre-autonomous India.” In light of the fact that several steps led to the liberation of education in India, the answer is True.

12 Answer: False

Question type: True/False/Not Given

Answer location: Paragraph C, line 7

Answer explanation: The suggested line of Paragraph C says that “There has been marked progress in the expansion of higher education if we look at the increase of higher educational institutes in India.”. From this reference, we can conclude that marked improvements in higher education in India have been going on in these years as can be seen in the increasing number of institutes. As the statement contradicts the information, the answer is False

13 Answer: Not Given

Question type: True/False/Not Given

Answer location: N.A.

Answer explanation: As there is no information related to whether higher education has become a lot cheaper due to the increasing number of educational institutes or not, the answer is Not Given.

14 Answer: False

Question type: True/False/Not Given

Answer location: Paragraph C, line 4 – line 5

Answer explanation: In Paragraph C, it is noted that “The gap between rural and urban literacy rates is also very significant in India. This is evident from the fact that only 59.4% of the rural population is literate as against 80.3% urban population according to the 2001 census.”. Based on these references, we can conclude that there is a huge gap in the literacy rates in both rural and urban areas, unlike mentioned in the statement. Hence, the answer is False.