इस परिच्छेद में सारभूत संदेश क्या है?
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What is the essential message in this passage?
(a) The Right to Education now is a Fundamental Right. · (b) The Right to Education enables the children of poor and weaker sections of the society to attend schools. · (c) The Right to Free and Compulsory Education should include quality education for all. · (d) The Government as well as parents should ensure that all children attend schools.
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (c) निःशुल्क एवं अनिवार्य शिक्षा के अधिकार में सभी के लिए गुणतापूर्ण शिक्षा शामिल होना चाहिए।
The passage opens by saying access is no longer enough and builds to its thesis: 'The right to education goes beyond free and compulsory education to include quality education for all.' The essential message is quality, not mere enrolment.
- ✗ (a) A fact from outside the passage; the constitutional status of the right is never discussed.
- ✗ (b) The passage stresses that children of weaker sections may still stay away even where schools exist — which is why more than access is needed.
- ✓ (c) Quality is 'an integral part of the right to education', and without it children 'are being denied their right'.
- ✗ (d) Attendance is one point in the first paragraph, and the passage never assigns this duty to the Government and parents.
Remember · The essential message is the claim the whole passage builds towards — often a 'not just X but also Y' idea, here quality beyond access.
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper II (2018, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·