Read the following passage and answer the items that follow the passage. Your answers to these
items should be based on the passage only.
Conventional classrooms, by emphasizing fixed duration over learning effectiveness, resign themselves
to variable outcomes. The tyranny of the classroom is that every learner is subjected to the same set of
lectures in the same way for the same duration. In the end, a few learners shine, some survive, and the
rest are left behind. After the fixed duration, the classroom model moves on, with not a thought spared
for those left behind. This is how we end up with 10 percent employability in our graduates after a
decade and half of formal education. Repeating the same ineffectual script in the realm of skill education
will not produce different results.
items should be based on the passage only.
to variable outcomes. The tyranny of the classroom is that every learner is subjected to the same set of
lectures in the same way for the same duration. In the end, a few learners shine, some survive, and the
rest are left behind. After the fixed duration, the classroom model moves on, with not a thought spared
for those left behind. This is how we end up with 10 percent employability in our graduates after a
decade and half of formal education. Repeating the same ineffectual script in the realm of skill education
will not produce different results.
Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made :
1. As a large number of workers in our country are employed in unorganized sector, India
does not need to change its present conventional classroom system of education.
2. Even with its present conventional classroom system of education, India produces
sufficient number of skilled workers to fully realize the benefits of demographic dividend.
Which of the assumptions given above is/are valid?
Neither 1 nor 2
Neither 1 nor 2 is valid. The passage criticizes the conventional classroom system, so it does not support retaining it because of employment in the unorganized sector. It also highlights poor employability rather than a sufficient supply of skilled workers. Neither the unorganized-sector claim nor the demographic-dividend claim is established by the passage.
Which of the following statements best reflects/reflect the most logical and rational
inference/inferences that can be made from the passage?
1. In conventional classroom learning, the central goal is duration of learning rather than
attainment of competency.
2. Conventional classrooms encourage one-size-fits-all approach and stamp out all
differentiation.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Both 1 and 2
Both 1 and 2 follow from the passage. It says conventional classrooms prioritize a fixed duration over learning effectiveness, supporting statement 1. Giving every learner the same lectures in the same way for the same duration indicates uniform teaching without adaptation to individual needs, supporting statement 2.
Important Questions from Verbal Reasoning
- In this item, four words have been given, out of which three are alike in some manner and the fourth one is different. Choose the odd one out.
The word pair in which the relationship between the two words is similar to that of 'Golf : Course' is :
- If the mirror is related to Reflection, then in same way water is related to :
- If Physiology: Human Body, then :
Which one of the following is the most appropriate description about these three words Theta : Phi : Omega ?
