उपर्युक्त परिच्छेद के संदर्भ में निम्नलिखित पूर्वधारणाएँ बनाई गई हैं :
- 1.अवसर की समानता को एक वास्तविकता बना देना भारतीय शिक्षा प्रणाली का आधारभूत लक्ष्य है ।
- 2.वर्तमान भारतीय विद्यालय प्रणाली समतावादी शिक्षा प्रदान करने में असमर्थ है ।
- 3.ग़ैर-सरकारी विद्यालयों का उन्मूलन और अधिकाधिक सरकारी विद्यालयों की स्थापना ही समतावादी शिक्षा सुनिश्चित करने का एकमात्र मार्ग है ।
उपर्युक्त में से कौन-सी पूर्वधारणा/पूर्वधारणाएँ वैध है/हैं ?
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With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:
1. Making equality of opportunity a reality is the fundamental goal of the Indian education system.
2. The present Indian school system is unable to provide egalitarian education.
3. Abolition of private schools and establishment of more government schools is the only way to ensure egalitarian education.
Which of the above assumptions is/are valid?
(a) 1 and 2 only · (b) 2 only · (c) 2 and 3 only · (d) 3 only
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (b) केवल 2
Access to schooling is nearly universal, but access to quality falls sharply with socio-economic status, and private schools resist the equity quotas. So the present system does not deliver egalitarian education. The passage neither states the goal of the whole system nor proposes abolishing private schools.
- ✗ 1. The passage says equality of opportunity lies 'outside the space' of private school principals; it does not declare it the fundamental goal of the whole system.
- ✓ 2. 'Access to quality exhibits a sharp gradient with socio-economic status' — schooling today is not egalitarian.
- ✗ 3. The passage even calls the resistance 'sometimes justified'; abolition and 'the only way' are extreme and nowhere in it.
Remember · Accept the statement that restates the passage's diagnosis; reject remedies it never proposes, especially 'the only way'.
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper II (2019, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·