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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.

One of the core elements of education is :

Which Indian state hosted the 3 days long 'International Yoga Fest' held from 8th to 10th March, 2017?

To convert temperature from Celcius to Kelvin scale, you must ___ the given temperature.

The property of metal by which it can be drawn into wires is called _____________.

__________ is the number of individuals of the population who left the habitat and gone elsewhere during the time period under consideration.

The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has released the ‘All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) Report 2016-17. Which of the following state has topped in terms of Gross Enrolment Ratio in Higher Education?

"Taxes on lands and buildings" is listed in the __________ list given in the Seventh Schedule in the Constitution of India.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

A person’s last performance