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GATE 2020 CE (CE1) – Question 6

General Aptitude · Analytical Aptitude: Logical Reasoning and Deduction · 2 marks · Multiple choice

The American psychologist Howard Gardner expounds that human intelligence can be sub-categorised into multiple kinds, in such a way that individuals differ with respect to their relative competence in each kind. Based on this theory, modern educationists insist on prescribing multi-dimensional curriculum and evaluation parameters that enable development and assessment of multiple intelligences.

Which statement can be inferred?

  1. Howard Gardner insists that the teaching curriculum and evaluation needs to be multi-dimensional.
  2. Howard Gardner wants to develop and assess the theory of multiple intelligences.
  3. Modern educationists want to develop and assess the theory of multiple intelligences.
  4. Modern educationists insist that the teaching curriculum and evaluation needs to be multi-dimensional.

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Correct answer: (D) Modern educationists insist that the teaching curriculum and evaluation needs to be multi-dimensional.

Explanation

The passage explicitly attributes the curriculum and evaluation recommendation to modern educationists, drawing on Gardner’s theory. It does not say that they merely assess the theory itself. Thus **D** preserves both the stated actor and recommendation.