| Direction: Study the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below: |
| The idea of elitism also fosters social injustice. 'Elitism' means people with wealth, outstanding intelligence and talents, should have greater authority and dominance society. They are considered as superior to the others. In affluent countries, governments invest abundant resource in the education system and it is more mature compare to poorer nations, so children can receive ever-improving compulsory learning, while only minority of children in poorer nations struggle to enter universities. In fact, the university fees are increasingly expensive globally, therefore only rich elites are able to afford. Dorling also examined the discourse and practice of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), underpinning the idea that only people who are clever enough to achieve upper-class positions to noble universities. Test scores are mostly not awarded on the basis of intelligence and hard work but on the basis of race and class. College enrollment is not based on merit or first come first serve basis. Rather, the students from wealthy families and stable backgrounds are preferred, whereby only the children of rich families achieve higher education qualifications in top ranking universities. |
A) Social class has superseded the intelligence
B) The university fees are made expensive
C) Enrollment is made first come first serve
D) Clever students achieve top positions
Correct Answer: A
Solution :
(a) Reasoning type: Cause and effect Reasoning Focus of the question: Inference Relationship analogy: Performer and action analogy The elitists who have enough wealth and social advantages surpass the intelligent segment of the society. The test scores are mostly not awarded on the basis of intelligence and hard work but on the basis of race and class.
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