Reading Comprehension: Education as an Augmenting Tool
CMAT 2021 · Language Comprehension · Easy · Reading Comprehension
Passage / data set
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Education is not only an instrument for enhancing efficiency but also an effective tool of augmenting and widening democratic participation and upgrading the overall quality of individual and society. India has a vast population and to capture the potential demographic dividend to remove the acute regional, social and gender imbalances. the government is committed to make concerted efforts for improving the quality of education as mere quantitative expansion will not deliver the desired results in view of the fast changing domestic and global scenario.
Question 1 of 3
High quality education can help the individual to balance between
- A.
the mark system and the grading system
- B.
regional, social and gender differences
- C.
the inequalities between the rich and the poor
- D.
the past, present and the future
B
Explanation
The text directly states that quality education aims to remove 'acute regional, social and gender imbalances'.
Question 2 of 3
According to the author, education not only enhances the efficiency of the learner, it also
- A.
widens his / her democratic participation
- B.
upgrading overall quality of individual
- C.
improving society
- D.
all of the above
D
Explanation
The first sentence mentions enhancing efficiency, widening democratic participation, and upgrading the overall quality of individual and society.
Question 3 of 3
Mere quantitative expression of education doesn't deliver the desired results, because
- A.
education is the overall growth of a person
- B.
the fast-changing global scenario is challenging
- C.
it is the duty of the government to improve the quality of education
- D.
people are willing to invest more on education
B
Explanation
The passage ends stating 'mere quantitative expansion will not deliver the desired results in view of the fast changing domestic and global scenario.'
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