Questions

Who is the author of "The Immortals of Meluha (Shiva Trilogy)"?

If four angles of a quadrilateral are (6x-18), (80-4x), (4x+14), (12x-58), then find the value of the smallest angle of the quadrilateral.

If the line DE is drawn parallel to the base BC of a triangle ABC by intersecting the other two sides, then which of the following is the CORRECT equation for this case.

The height of a tower is 50√3 m. The angle of elevation of a tower from a distance 50 m from its feet is

Which of these is the only Bollywood actor who has won National Film Award for the category of Best Actor?

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

Your father said to me,"I should not have given my daughter such a long rope."

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

He said,"Gandhi ji faced many awkward situations when he was living in South Africa."

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