UPSC Prelims 2018 · CSAT
Question 17: Reading Comprehension
According to the passage, which of the following is/are of paramount importance under the Right to Education?
- 1.Sending of children to school by all parents
- 2.Provision of adequate physical infrastructure in schools
- 3.Curricular reforms for developing child-friendly learning system
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
AnswerUPSC’s answer is (c).
The passage pushes curricular reform hardest: a large programme to reshape the curriculum into a learning system that suits children, built on learning by doing and finding out, with quality as part of the right itself. Schooling facilities are called a necessary start but not enough, and getting children to attend is to be achieved by tackling social and economic barriers, not by placing a duty on parents. So only statement 3 is of paramount importance.
- 1. The focus is on removing barriers that keep children away, not on a duty of parents.
- 2. Facilities are a prerequisite but explicitly insufficient on their own.
- 3. A major curricular reform for a child-friendly system is demanded.
How you could have got this
- If you were sure statement 3 is correct, (a), (b) and (d) go: each of them leaves 3 out.
What you needed to know: A major curricular reform for a child-friendly system is demanded.
Only (c) is left. You didn’t need statements 1 or 2.
Which options go is worked out from UPSC’s key and the options, not by a model.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Parents' sending children is not presented as the priority; removing barriers is.
- (b) Statement 1 is not central and facilities are called insufficient.
- (c) Correct: only the curricular reform for a child-friendly system is central.
- (d) Statement 3 does hold, so this is wrong.
Answer: UPSC’s key. Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2018, General Studies Paper II (CSAT), Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.