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· 1 Months ago

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in question 11 in rc..if there is N.O.T option then what would be the correct option?

Question:
DIRECTIONS: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions.


             History is the choicest of all the subjects for the competitive examinations. In the UPSC preliminary examination, nearly one-third of the candidates opt for history. Similarly for the main examination, more than 3,000 candidates out of 10,000 opt for history. Hence the utility of the subject history cannot be denied. But of this 3,000, many would have opted for history for the first time even though history might not have been their main subject during their graduation (both UG and PG). Once again, the statistics reveal a startling point that the non-history graduates fare rather well in the competitive exams opting for history rather than the so called history graduates (UG and PG). For a history graduate, the very knowledge he acquires during the course of his studies in UG and PG becomes a barrier to success.

             The crux of the problem lies somewhere in the evaluation system. No student of history walks out of any university examination without attempting all the required number of questions, even though he may not know the answer for all the questions. Many find it surprising that they pass the university examination, although they may have sincerely felt that dame luck was on their side. This loose evaluation system, in fact, lies at the very root of the problem. A student of history, after acquiring a first class in his graduation, finds it very tough to pass even the preliminary examination in UPSC and also restudies history anew. The question is, why?

             A student of history might very well pass the university examination without even referring or knowing the standard reference books or even the textbooks. When the same student armed with a degree in history, enters the arena of competitive examination, he feels that it is a different ball game altogether. The students who have the potential and are hardworking “redo” their studies and overcome their bad start but others are doomed with their degrees, ultimately, blaming history to be worthless.

             No doubt, history has a bad start as an academic discipline among other branches of knowledge. Most of the students would have opted for history as a subject of study for their degree with some reluctance. As it has been the practice, those who did not find seats in other branches would finally be shunted to history.

             Hence, the students lack an emotional bondage with the subject of their study. The situation is complicated further by the “opinion” of the laymen and “social value’ attached to the subject history —That it has nothing to tell except gossip, dates, names and things dead and gone. Even the practitioners of history normally discharge their duties with an epistemological barrier constructed around them that history deals only with the past and not with the present and contemporary.

The UPSC examination, for a student of history,
Options:
A) should have been an effortless task.
B) may be a cake walk.
C) will become an insurmountable barrier.
D) can no longer be a feasible option.
E) will mainly determine the level of preparation
Solution:
Answer: Option (a).

The statement towards the end of the 6th paragraph is quoted as, 'The students who have the potential and are hardworking “redo” their studies and overcome their bad start but others are doomed with their degrees, ultimately, blaming history to be worthless'

Knowledge Expert

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· 1 Months ago

Dear student,
We will look into it and will make changes in Question or solution where required to make thing easy to understand.

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