Questions

Which of these Indian Music Legends is the exponent of the instrument, Sitar?

The coil wire in the electric room heater or electric cooking heater is called __________.

The Speaker of the sixth Lok Sabha who later became the President of India was _____ .

___________ is a form of computer data storage which stores frequently used program instructions to increase the general speed of a system.

Which of the following institutions was not founded by Mahatama Gandhi?

Sri Lanka on 9 December, 2017 formally handed over the control of the southern deep sea port of Hambantota to which country for 99 year lease?

The Comptroller and Auditor General is closely connected with which of the following Committees of Parliament?

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 purpose of education is