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Q. In a school some sweets were to be distributed for independence day. The number of students in the class is 360 but 120 students were absent on the day and hence each child got an extra sweet. How many sweets would each student have got if every single one of them were present? (IBPS PO)

Q. In line 55, divergent experiences emphasizes that which of the following is particularly important for a developing child?

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A man , a woman and a child are doing a piece of work. A man can do it in 5 days, a woman can do it alone in 10 days and the child will take 20 days to complete it. During the first day the man is not feeling well and does not work properly, and from the next day onward he does not come for work. If the child got paid Rs.5100 out of a total of 18,000 for its share of work, find the efficiency of the man on the first day.

Q. Read the passage given below.

Boarding schools are widely believed to foster discipline and growth in children, especially those with a low-income family environment at home or from local schools with poor education. Also called residential schools, boarding schools are known to offer healthier and sometimes more experimental learning options, which make them an attractive choice for parents. Amidst all the conversations about what’s best for a child, however, it’s not just a school's educational quality that needs to be considered. It should be imperative to consider a child’s mental health, which influences their learning ability when deciding to send them away.
A child can grow more independent, disciplined, and well-rounded after going away to learn at a boarding school — but this isn’t a universal phenomenon. If a child is inherently flexible, not highly sensitive, and has been in social circles before, boarding school can be a good experience. But if a child has an intricately sensitive personality, then boarding school can be toxic. In a sensitive, isolated, and emotionally scarred child, the chances of developing childhood depression, anxiety disorders, and social phobias are very high.
Children are often sent to boarding schools because the parents are not getting along well and need to distance the kid from problems at home. The kid could then feel guilty for causing problems and see being sent to boarding school as a punishment rather than a learning experience. Away from home, the child finds a lack of intimate contact and love, forcing them to construct an armour around themselves to protect them from the intensity of emotion they are not yet equipped to handle.
When a child grows at home, their environment and family adjust themselves around the child's evolving personality. At boarding school, however, the process is reversed, leading to a “psychological splitting”. While the child learns skills to be independent and disciplined at boarding school and appears to be well-adjusted, it’s merely a shield to protect the vulnerable self, which results in a cluster of symptoms called the “Boarding School Syndrome”.
The child then makes no emotional demands but also no longer recognizes the need for intimacy. This unconscious behavioural pattern can extend into adulthood. It is important to note that every child is different, and no two children will have the same reaction to boarding schools. For example, a child at 13 is more mature, psychologically and physically, than a preparatory school child. At 16, some make an informed choice to complete their education away from home. The ideal decision-making process should involve a medical health professional who can evaluate the child with the help of sessions and psychometric tests.

(Source: https://theswaddle.com/boarding-schools-are-only-advantageous-for-kids-equipped-to-handle-them/)

Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions that follow.

The ultimate intention of the author is to _____ the reader of this passage about the effects of boarding schools on children.

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Q. Child development specialists have observed that adolescents who receive large weekly allowances tend to spend money on items considered frivolous by their parents whereas adolescents who receive small weekly allowances do not. Thus, in order to ensure that their children do not spend money on frivolous items, parents should not give their children large weekly allowances.

Which of the following pieces of information would be most useful in evaluating the validity of the conclusion above?

The passage emphasizes _____.