Insta–DART (Daily Aptitude and Reasoning Test) 19 June 2021

At every Olympic Games, rivals China and Russia walk away with multiple gold medals. For fans in India the event is an exercise in despair. The nation boasts immense human diversity, with limbs and muscles of all şizes, so race or genetic characteristics aren’t a valid explanation. High poverty levels aren’t a sufficient reason either, seeing other countries such as Kenya and Jamaica. Real reason is India does not have a sports culture. Indian athletes who have achieved international success are exceptions rather than products of the country’s sports system.

What are the most logical and rational inference(s)that can be made from the above passage?

1. Reducing the poverty levels may help India toincrease her medals tally to some extent.
2. Kenya and Jamaica draw less medals than India inOlympic Games.
3. Indian athletes who have achieved internationalsuccess are exceptionally talented.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

At every Olympic Games, rivals China and Russia walk away with multiple gold medals. For fans in India the event is an exercise in despair. The nation boasts immense human diversity, with limbs and muscles of all şizes, so race or genetic characteristics aren’t a valid explanation. High poverty levels aren’t a sufficient reason either, seeing other countries such as Kenya and Jamaica. Real reason is India does not have a sports culture. Indian athletes who have achieved international success are exceptions rather than products of the country’s sports system.

Which of the following is the most crucial message given by the passage, for improving India’s medals tally?

Certainly no society can claim to be a part of the modern civilised world unless it treats its women at par with men. The time for genuine and full empowerment of women, who constitute 50% of our population, is here and now. But, reserving a third of seats in national and state legislatures does not sufficiently guarantee that India will change its attitude towards women. Reservations and entitlements are not the best way for a democratic country to order its society. History has shown that once an entitlement or a reservation is put in place, it is impossible to revoke. Reservations create no incentives for those entitled to them to break away from them and enter the mainstream. Besides it is a fallacy to believe thatwomen legislators solve women’s problems better. While reservation will empower those women who make it to parliament, it will not do much for the majority of women. Creating powerful women is not quite the same as empowering women

Which of the following options is the author likely to disagree with?

Certainly no society can claim to be a part of the modern civilised world unless it treats its women at par with men. The time for genuine and full empowerment of women, who constitute 50% of our population, is here and now. But, reserving a third of seats in national and state legislatures does not sufficiently guarantee that India will change its attitude towards women. Reservations and entitlements are not the best way for a democratic country to order its society. History has shown that once an entitlement or a reservation is put in place, it is impossible to revoke. Reservations create no incentives for those entitled to them to break away from them and enter the mainstream. Besides it is a fallacy to believe thatwomen legislators solve women’s problems better. While reservation will empower those women who make it to parliament, it will not do much for the majority of women. Creating powerful women is not quite the same as empowering women

Which one of the following best explains author’s stand on reservation for women, in the above passage?

For much of the past two decades we have mistakenly focused our energies on the learning of new software and the functions of new tools with too little attention to pedagogy; how to use those new tools effectively to maximise student learning while orchestrating all of the other aspects of daily classroom practice. In this new century and new decade, many teachers and school leaders are awakening to the preeminent rolepedagogy should play when designing programmes andpreparing teachers to deliver those programmes effectively. Those who design adult learning with the purpose of encouraging appropriate and robust use of new technologies should start their instructional design process by asking how they might help teachers learn strategic classroom practice.Some would argue against this route, dusting off the discredited, insulting and simplistic idea of teacher proof lessons that are so highly scripted that “any old fool can get results. In my own thirty-six years of teaching, I have never seen robotic teaching work to the benefit of students, but here we are once again in 2003 hearing false promises of reform based on such simplistic factory models of schooling.

On the basis of the passage, the following assumptions have been made regarding instructional design for adult learning:

1. It must start with students learning the use of new technologies.
2. Its designers must enable teachers to learn strategic programmes successfully.
3. The teachers should be trained to convey thoseprogrammes successfully.

Which of the above assumptions are valid?