Comprehension


Direction: In the following questions, you have two brief passages with 5 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE
Self-directed learning, in its broadest meaning, describes a process in which individuals take the initiative with or without the help of others, in diagnosing their learning needs, formulating learning goals, identifying resources for learning, choosing and implementing learning strategies and evaluating learning outcomes. Thus it is important to attain new knowledge easily and skillfully for the rest of his or her life. What is the need for self-directed learning? One reason is that there is convincing evidence that people, who take the initiative in learning, learn more things and learn better than people who sit at the feet of teachers passively waiting to be taught. The second reason is that self-directed learning is more in tune with our natural processes of psychological development; an essential aspect of maturing is developing the ability to take increasing responsibility of our own lives to become increasingly self-directed. The third reason is that many of the new developments in education put a heavy responsibility on the learners to take a good deal of initiative in their own learning. To meet the challenges in today’s instructive environment, self-directed learning is the most essential one.
SOME IMPORTANT WORDS
(1) passively (Adv.) : without trying to change anything/ oppose what happens/what people do
(2) in tune (with)(Id.) : in agreement

  1. The synonym of the word diagnosing is









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    identifying

    Correct Option: C

    identifying


  1. The modern environment according to the author is









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    instructive

    Correct Option: B

    instructive



  1. Which word best describes self-directed learning?









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    Active learning

    Correct Option: A

    Active learning


  1. There is need for self-directed learning because









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    it helps people to learn more things and learn better

    Correct Option: A

    it helps people to learn more things and learn better



  1. In self-directed learning, an individual









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    takes initiative with or without the help of others

    Correct Option: A

    takes initiative with or without the help of others