Practice Test

We can usefully think of theoretical models as maps, which helps us navigate unfamiliar territory. The most accurate map that it is possible to construct would be of no practical use whatsoever, for it would be an exact replica, on exactly the same scale, of the place where we were. Good maps pull out the most important features and throw away a huge amount of much less valuable information. Of course, maps can be bad as well as good -- witness the attempts by medieval Europe to produce a map of the world. In the same way, a bad theory, no matter how impressive it may seem in principal, does little or nothing to help us understand a problem.

A. According to all statistical indications, the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan has managed to keep pace with its ambitions goals.
B. The Mid-day Meal Scheme has been a significant incentive for the poor to send their little ones to school, thus establishment the vital link between healthy bodies and healthy minds.
C. Only about 13 million children in the age group of 6 to 14 years are out of school.
D. The goal of universalisation of elementary education has to be a pre-requisite for the evolution and development of our country.

A. Inequitable distribution of all kinds of resources is certainly one of the strongest and most sinister sources of conflict.
B. Even without war, we know that conflicts continue to trouble us-they only change in character.
C. Extensive disarmament is the only insurance for our future; imagine the amount of resources that can be released and redeployed.
D. The economies of the industrialised western world derive 20% of their income from the sale of all kinds of arms.