APSC CCE 2024 · Question 158 of 178

You are teaching in a class. A student gets up and asks a question, whose answer you are not aware of. What will you do?

Decision Making

AYou will censure the student for disrupting the proceedings of the class
BYou will try to answer the question by beating around the bush so that the student may not get the impression of your ignorance about the answer
CAsk the student a counter-question and ask him to study more
DTell the student that at the moment you do not know the answer, but you will try to find an answer for him next dayCorrect

Answer: D. Tell the student that at the moment you do not know the answer, but you will try to find an answer for him next day

Honesty is the right approach: admit not knowing and promise to find the answer; official key gives (D).

Source: APSC CCE Prelims 2024 GS Paper-II, official Series-A paper (DUCN-II-24/44-A), answer from official Series-A key

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APSC CCE 2024 · Question 158 of 178

Decision Making

AYou will censure the student for disrupting the proceedings of the class
BYou will try to answer the question by beating around the bush so that the student may not get the impression of your ignorance about the answer
CAsk the student a counter-question and ask him to study more
DTell the student that at the moment you do not know the answer, but you will try to find an answer for him next dayCorrect

Honesty is the right approach: admit not knowing and promise to find the answer; official key gives (D).

Source: APSC CCE Prelims 2024 GS Paper-II, official Series-A paper (DUCN-II-24/44-A), answer from official Series-A key

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