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Given below is a statement followed by two arguments. Read carefully and decide which of the arguments strongly support the statement.

Statement: Should internal assessment in colleges and universities be abolished?

Arguments:
(i) Yes, this will eliminate the possibility of favoritism.
(ii) No, teaching faculty will lose control over the students and this would adversely affect their academic growth.

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Both arguments talk about a real effect of scrapping internal marks, one about bias by teachers and one about students losing the push to study through the year. Ask whether either can be dismissed as vague.
Updated On: Jul 17, 2026
  • Argument (i) is strong.
  • Argument (ii) is strong.
  • Both (i) and (ii) are strong.
  • Neither (i) nor (ii) is strong.
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The Correct Option is C

Solution and Explanation

Here the proposal is to abolish internal assessment in colleges and universities. Internal assessment means the marks a college awards on its own through class tests, assignments and attendance, as against the marks from the final board or university paper. The test for a strong argument is simple: does it stay on this proposal, and does it name an effect that really follows? Both arguments deserve a fair hearing.

  1. Argument (i), Yes, this will eliminate the possibility of favoritism: Internal marks come from the same teacher who takes the class, without anonymity and usually without any external check. That is the classic opening for bias, whether a teacher rewards a favourite or punishes a student he dislikes. Abolish the internal component and the discretion goes with it. The effect follows straight from the proposal, so the argument is strong.
  2. Argument (ii), No, teaching faculty will lose control over the students and this would adversely affect their academic growth: Internal marks are the reason students turn up, submit work on time and prepare for term tests. Strip them out and everything rides on one final paper, so year round study stops paying. This is a real and well known consequence of removing continuous evaluation, so this argument is strong too.

Each argument points to a genuine outcome, one against internal assessment and one in its favour. That makes option (C) correct.

Let us summarize:

  • Argument (i) attacks the real weakness of internal marks, which is unchecked teacher discretion.
  • Argument (ii) defends the real benefit of internal marks, which is sustained student effort across the year.
  • Both sides of a debate can carry strong arguments, so options (A) and (B) each throw away a valid one, and (D) throws away both.

So the correct answer is Both (i) and (ii) are strong.

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