Directions: For the given question, select one entry for the blank from the given choices, to best complete the text.
For most of them, in the end, what the university offers is not skills or knowledge but ________: a diploma that signals employability and basic work discipline.
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education
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exposure
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credentials
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opportunity
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escapism
C
Correct answer
Explanation
(1) Incorrect. If it was education that the students were after, knowledge would be an integral part of the same.
(2) Incorrect. College education would give only limited exposure. Also, the option has to fit with the succeeding clause- a diploma that signals employability and basic work discipline.
(3) Correct. The option ties in neatly with the requirements for job eligibility mentioned in the succeeding clause.
(4) Incorrect; the option has to fit with the succeeding clause- a diploma that signals employability and basic work discipline.
(5) Incorrect; does not fit with the flow of the sentence.