BITSAT English Test - 4

Fill in the blank with appropriate word.
His life consists of.......of drinking punctuated by periods of drunken sleep.

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A child born after the death of its father

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A remedy for all diseases.

Spot the error.

Spot the error.

Spot the error.

Find the Synonym of the word occurring in the sentence in capital letter as per the context.
I never believed that it was the AUTHENTIC signature of the Prime Minister.

Find the Synonym of RESCIND

Please go through following and answer question no.3 to no.6

The practice of appointing educated persons to join under government began more than a hundred and thirty years ago as a method of encouraging people to go in for the new system of education that had been established by the colonial administration. It worked well till about 1921 because expansion of jobs under the government could still keep pace with the output of the educational system. But since then, the undesirable consequences of this approach have come to the fore. To begin with, it over emphasizes the bread and butter objective of education and makes it a ladder which enables the ambitious to climb into privilege, even as it devalues the academic objective-the development of individuals dedicated to the pursuit of scholarship. Moreover, hunt for a place in the privileged sector or a well-paid and secure job in the organized sector creates immense pressure for the expansion of secondary and higher education because they grow more in terms of the large numbers of aspirants for jobs rather than in relation to the small number of jobs available. This necessarily leads to an over-production of college graduates and to large-scale unemployment of the educated. Which one of the following statements is correct?

3. Educated persons were given jobs under the government, more than a century ago, so that the young people

Please go through following and answer question no.3 to no.6

The practice of appointing educated persons to join under government began more than a hundred and thirty years ago as a method of encouraging people to go in for the new system of education that had been established by the colonial administration. It worked well till about 1921 because expansion of jobs under the government could still keep pace with the output of the educational system. But since then, the undesirable consequences of this approach have come to the fore. To begin with, it over emphasizes the bread and butter objective of education and makes it a ladder which enables the ambitious to climb into privilege, even as it devalues the academic objective-the development of individuals dedicated to the pursuit of scholarship. Moreover, hunt for a place in the privileged sector or a well-paid and secure job in the organized sector creates immense pressure for the expansion of secondary and higher education because they grow more in terms of the large numbers of aspirants for jobs rather than in relation to the small number of jobs available. This necessarily leads to an over-production of college graduates and to large-scale unemployment of the educated. Which one of the following statements is correct?

4. Which one of the following statements is correct? The policies of the colonial administration were effective till about 1921 because

Please go through following and answer question no.3 to no.6

The practice of appointing educated persons to join under government began more than a hundred and thirty years ago as a method of encouraging people to go in for the new system of education that had been established by the colonial administration. It worked well till about 1921 because expansion of jobs under the government could still keep pace with the output of the educational system. But since then, the undesirable consequences of this approach have come to the fore. To begin with, it over emphasizes the bread and butter objective of education and makes it a ladder which enables the ambitious to climb into privilege, even as it devalues the academic objective-the development of individuals dedicated to the pursuit of scholarship. Moreover, hunt for a place in the privileged sector or a well-paid and secure job in the organized sector creates immense pressure for the expansion of secondary and higher education because they grow more in terms of the large numbers of aspirants for jobs rather than in relation to the small number of jobs available. This necessarily leads to an over-production of college graduates and to large-scale unemployment of the educated. Which one of the following statements is correct?

5. Which one of the following statements is correct? The system failed later on because

Please go through following and answer question no.3 to no.6

The practice of appointing educated persons to join under government began more than a hundred and thirty years ago as a method of encouraging people to go in for the new system of education that had been established by the colonial administration. It worked well till about 1921 because expansion of jobs under the government could still keep pace with the output of the educational system. But since then, the undesirable consequences of this approach have come to the fore. To begin with, it over emphasizes the bread and butter objective of education and makes it a ladder which enables the ambitious to climb into privilege, even as it devalues the academic objective-the development of individuals dedicated to the pursuit of scholarship. Moreover, hunt for a place in the privileged sector or a well-paid and secure job in the organized sector creates immense pressure for the expansion of secondary and higher education because they grow more in terms of the large numbers of aspirants for jobs rather than in relation to the small number of jobs available. This necessarily leads to an over-production of college graduates and to large-scale unemployment of the educated. Which one of the following statements is correct?

6. The expansion of secondary and higher education leads to which one of the following?