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Arrange the given sentences in a logical order.
1. What's more, English is the medium of higher education, even in non-English speaking countries.
2. Knowing the language, therefore, immediately opens up career opportunities in these fields regardless of your ethnicity and background.
3. For this reason, its imperative for you to be a competent user of the language.
4. One of the strongest arguments in favour of learning English is that English is considered to be the international language for business, science and technology.

Q. The Nai-Talim emphasised the importance of theoretical learning in Hindi, to combat the spread of English education.

Q. Physical classes have been suspended in schools in India for over 1.5 years now. While some students were able to study online, learning remained inaccessible for most. Two surveys — School Children’s Online and Offline Learning (SCHOOL) and Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) — evaluated the impact of the pandemic on learning outcomes. In August 2021, only 8% of children in rural areas and 25% of children in urban areas studied online regularly. Even those who were online found it difficult to follow the curriculum and had connectivity issues. As a result, the percentage of children who could read and perform calculations declined from pre-pandemic levels.
In March 2021, ASER conducted a study in 24 rural districts of Karnataka to estimate the learning loss and to understand the current status of learning. Nearly 18,000 children between the age group of 3 to 16 were assessed for their reading and arithmetic skills.
The SCHOOL survey covered nearly 1,400 underprivileged children in August this year across 15 States and UTs. The survey focused on children in rural hamlets and urban areas who generally attend govt. schools.

Many not in class

Only 28% of rural children studied regularly while 37% didn't study at all. Of those who were able to study, only 8% regularly attended online classes or learned through videos. In urban areas, the share of students who studied regularly was slightly better at 47% (though only 25% could study through online classes) while 19% of them did not study at all.
Educating children through television has not taken off despite regular educational broadcasts on television channels. Those who could afford private tuition studied more regularly.

Learning roadblocks

The major problems for children who didn't study online regularly were the lack of online material or the unavailability of a device. As many as 43% of parents in rural areas said no online material was sent by the school, while 36% said their children did not have their own smartphones. Among those children who studied online, the majority of them said that they faced connectivity issues and found online classes difficult to follow.
-Adapted from an article from The Hindu ‘Only 8% of children in rural areas studied online regularly in August’

Based on your understanding of the passage, answer below given question by choosing the correct option

What is meant by the statement that ‘learning remained inaccessible for most’ from the passage?

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Which of the following statements is/are correct about Wardha scheme?

1. The main principal of Mahatma Gandhi’s famous Basic Education System or Wardha Scheme was learning through activity.

2. A committee under Dr. Zakir Hussain was appointed to formulate the Wardha Scheme of the basic education.

3. Committee suggested that there should be no place for English in the curriculum and no place for religious education in this scheme.

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Question 96

In a survey, 200 students were asked what influenced them most to buy their latest CD. The results are shown in the circle graph

(a) How many students said radio influenced them most?
(b) How many students were influenced by radio than by a music video channel?
(c) How many said a friend or relative influenced them or they heard the CD in a Shop?

a):- nearly the four times most popular.