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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

Implanting standards, right values, the science of good and evil are an essential part of education. Many forces thwart this to work, but two of the most serious hindrances to it are examinations and specialization. The examination system is both an opiate and a poison. It is an opiate because it lulls Man into believing that all is well when most is ill. It is a poison because it paralyses or at least slows down the natural activities of the healthy mind. Man finds himself a creature of unknown capacities in an unknown world, wants to learn what the world is like, what he should be and do in it. To help him in answering these questions is the one and only purpose of education. However, tests of progress are useful and necessary. Examinations are harmless when the examinee is indifferent to their result, but as soon as they matter, they begin to distort his attitude to education and to conceal its purpose. For disinterestedness is the essence of all good education and liberal education is impossible without it.

The examination system is an opiate because

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.

P: The Great Depression that began on Black Tuesday, 1929 plunged the worldwide recession.
Q: The years between the first and second world wars were a time of instability.
R: Coming to power in 1933, Hitler capitalized on this economic decline and the deep German resentment due to the emasculating Treaty of Versailles, signed following the armistice of 1918.
S: Declaring that Germany needed Lebensraum or “living space,” Hitler

The surface area (in sq.cm.) of a sphere with radius 1 cm is :(pi = 22/7)

During the free fall of the object, the decrease in potential energy, at any point in its path, appears as an equal amount of increase in _________________.

Consider a hypothetical planet whose mass and radius are both half that of Earth. If g is the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of Earth, the acceleration due to gravity on the planet will be

What is the minimum age for getting elected to the Lok Sabha?

In July 2017, the Central Government has set the investment limit per fiscal year for ‘Hindu Undivided Family’ to ______ kg under ‘Sovereign Gold Bonds Scheme’.

As of 2018, who is the chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC)?