निम्नलिखित में से कौन-से निष्कर्ष वैध हैं?
- 1.खेल केवल क्रीड़ा (गेम) मात्र से भी अधिक कुछ है; यह एक जीवनशैली है।
- 2.खेल युवाओं के बीच अलगाव की समस्याओं को कम करने में सहायक हो सकता है।
- 3.खेल में प्रतिष्ठा अर्जित करने से, किसी व्यक्ति को नियत कोटे के आधार पर नौकरी पाने में सहायता मिल सकती है।
- 4.खेल के माध्यम से, निगमित क्षेत्र (कॉर्पोरेट सेक्टर) के मानक कौशल नहीं सीखे जा सकते।
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Which of the following conclusions are valid?
1. Sport is more than just games; it is a way of life.
2. Sport can help mitigate the problems of seclusion among the young.
3. Earning laurels in sport can help one secure a job on the basis of an assigned quota.
4. Standard corporate sector skills cannot be learnt through sport.
Select the answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 and 3 only · (b) 2 and 4 only · (c) 1, 2 and 4 · (d) 1, 2 and 3
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (d) 1, 2 और 3
The passage treats sport as a way of life, says it can help children who are inactive and rarely leave the house, and takes sports-quota jobs as a given benefit. Statement 4 contradicts the skills it lists — time management, teamwork, coordination.
- ✓ 1. The passage opens with 'Sport is not just about winning medals…' and ends by calling for sport to be seen 'as a way of life'.
- ✓ 2. Children who are 'inactive and rarely leave the house' are described, and 'Sport can help tackle these problems.'
- ✓ 3. 'getting jobs through a sports quota' is mentioned as one of the things sport already brings; the passage only adds that sport is more than that.
- ✗ 4. The passage lists time management, teamwork and coordination as things learnt from sport — the opposite of this statement.
Remember · A statement that denies something the passage lists as a benefit is invalid, however plausible it sounds.
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