Multiple choice

Which one of the following statements most correctly suggests the central theme of the passage?

Directions: Read the passage and answer the following question.

Passage – IV
With the inevitable growth of specialization, we see the universities facing two great dangers. Firstly, it is very easy to get so involved in the technical details of education that the object of education is lost. Secondly, in an effort to condition a university to the needs of its students and to the needs of the State, it may lose its power to make or mould those students into responsible men, capable of thinking for themselves, and capable of expressing the results of their thoughts to others.

  1. The aim of education is specialisation.

  2. The aim of education is to mould the youth to work for the State.

  3. The aim of education is to make the youth capable of having an independent thought and independent expression.

  4. The aim of education is to enable the youth to earn a comfortable living.

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C Correct answer
Explanation

It is mentioned in the last line of the passage.