CAT 2017 Quant Based LR — Previous Year Question

The government of State D was recently criticised for accepting a proposal as per which schools in the State will not conduct exams up to standard nine. Rather, schools will promote all the students up to standard nine and from standard nine onwards the students would either be passed or failed depending upon their marks in the exams. Which of the following may not be a reason for the criticism of the government of State D for accepting the proposal? (a) Several parents have raised concern that students would not be willing to pay attention in class and retain the information because they do not have to write exams. (b) Students learn to write exam papers in a stipulated period of time with practice of solving exam papers over the years and many students may not be able to grasp this directly in the standard nine. (c) Many teachers are of the opinion that students have become very competitive and are mainly focused on acquiring marks rather than gaining knowledge. (d) Studies suggest that students become less prone to exam anxiety and exam fear when they get used to passing exams over the years as compared to when they do not appear for an exam at all.