(SBI PO Sample Material) Descriptive English : Precis Writing (MCQs)

1. The graduate of a school of architecture expects to be an architect; the graduate of a dental school expects to be a dentist. But the graduate of a liberal arts college, what lies fit for? The very purpose of his training is to make him larger than any special task and to enable him to change, if need be, from one task to another without serious loss. A small knows in his first year in the college just what he is going to do. His range is narrow and his possibilities so little that life stretches before him as the steel track lies sharp and clear before the locomotive driver. But the larger a man is, the greater his perplexity on the day of his graduation from college. We congratulate him that he does not possess the certainty of a one-trade mind. (144 words)

Hint

The passage compares professional education with liberal education. The future of professional students is well defined, but their scope is narrow; students with liberal education find their future vague but their scope is quite wide.

Précis

Professional education Vs liberal education

Professional students with specialized training find their future determined once for all. Their scope is narrow but well-defined. The students of liberal arts, however for want of any specialized training, find their future obscure. Nevertheless, they enjoy a distinct advantage. Their mind is saved from being one-track and they can change jobs without much loss.

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