Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
Identify the distinctive feature of the traditional method of Indian education from the following.
A'Direct perception of truth' both as means and as end ✓ Correct
BAccepting everything on trust
CEvolving one's own ways of learning at will
DFollowing Nyaya philosophy with a deductive and inductive process
Correct answer: (A) 'Direct perception of truth' both as means and as end — 'Direct perception of truth' as both means and end is the distinctive feature, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★'Direct perception of truth' as both means and end is the distinctive feature, so that is the answer.
★Traditional Indian education aimed at direct realisation of truth, not mere information.
★This realisation was pursued both as the method and as the goal.
★It did not rest on blind trust or arbitrary self-devised methods.
★So its hallmark is truth-realisation as means and end together.
★So the answer is the first option.
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