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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.

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The number of valence electrons in an atom of Phosphorous is

In which language was 'Baburama', the Memoirs of Babur, composed?

Who has authored the book titled "Insomnia : Army Stories" featuring stories based on life in the armed forces?

An object travels 24 m in 3 s and then another 15 m in 2 s. What is the average speed of the object?

Length of three line segments isgiven. Is construction of a triangle possible with the segments in the given cases?

 Which organisation is a policy think tank of the Government of India, established with the aim to achieve Sustainable Development Goals and to enhance cooperative federalism by fostering the involvement of State Governments of India in the economic policy-making process using a bottomup approach? 

Where was the 2017 World Rapid Fire Chess Championship played, in which Viswanathan Anand regained his title?