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DIRECTIONS:
Read the fol lowing passages carefully and answer the questions given below them. Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.
PASSAGE
It is an old saying that knowledge is power. Education is an instrument which imparts knowledge and, therefore, indirectly controls power. Therefore, ever since the dawn of civilization persons in power have always tried to supervise or control education. It has been the hand-maid of the ruling class. During the Christian era, the ecclesiastics controlled the institution of education and diffused among the people the gospel of the Bible and religious teachings. These gospels and teachings were no other than a philosophy for the maintenance of the existing society. It taught the poor man to be meek and to earn his bread with the sweat of his brow, while the priests and the landlords lived in luxury and fought duels for the slightest offence. During the Renaissance, education passed more from the clutches of the priest into the hand of the prince. In other words, it became more secular.
It was also due to the growth of the nationstate and powerful monarchs who united the country under their rule. Thus, under the control of the monarch, education began to devise and preach the infallibility of its masters, the monarch or king. It also invented and supported fantastic theories like the Divine Right Theory and that the king can do no wrong etc. With the advent of the industrial revolution education took a different turn and had to please the new masters. It now no longer remained the privilege of the baron class but was thrown open to the new rich merchant class of society. Yet education was still confined to the few elite. The philosophy which was in vogue during this period was that of 'laissez-faire' restricting the function of the State to a mere keeping of law and order while, on the other hand, in practice the law of the jungle prevailed in the form of free competition and the survival of the fittest.
Question : 47
Who controlled the institution of education during the Christian era?
a) The secular leaders of society
b) The common people
c) The monarchs
d) The church and the priests
e) None of these
Answer »Answer: (d)
During the Christian era, the ecclesiastics controlled the institution of education.
Question : 49
Why have persons in power always tried to supervise or control education?
a) Because it involved a huge expenditure on the state exchequer.
b) Because it is an instrument of knowledge and therefore power.
c) Because they wanted to deprive the common man of the benefits of education.
d) Because they wanted to educate the whole public.
e) None of these
Answer »Answer: (b)
Question : 50
What does the philosophy of Laissez-Faire stand for?
a) State control of the means of production
b) Full development of the individual’s personality
c) Individual freedom in the economic field
d) Joint control of the means of production by the state and private enterprise
e) None of these
Answer »Answer: (e)
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