Devendra Singh Mahra

The life of entrepreneurs is very tough, before we create new entrepreneurs we need to see how existing and those who have started in past are feeling. Are their challenges sorted? When people see successful entrepreneurs in their vicinity, more will find it acceptable to try

Adam Smith on free markets. “If any particular manufacture was necessary, indeed, for the defence of the society, it might not always be prudent to depend upon our neighbours for the supply; and if such manufacture could not otherwise be supported at home, it might not be unreasonable that all the other branches of industry should be taxed in order to support it.” adamsmithworks.org/documents…

The best definition for nation I have read is by French historian and philosopher Ernest Renan. In his definition, there is no mention of government or administrative setup. In is lecture in 1882 he says "What Is a Nation?" A nation is a soul, a spiritual principle. Two things which, properly speaking, are really one and the same constitute this soul, this spiritual principle. One is the past, the other is the present. One is the possession in common of a rich legacy of memories; the other is present consent, the desire to live together, the desire to continue to invest in the heritage that we have jointly received. Messieurs, man does not improvise. The nation, like the individual, is the outcome of a long past of efforts, sacrifices, and devotions. Of all cults, that of the ancestors is the most legitimate: our ancestors have made us what we are.A heroic past with great men and glory (I mean true glory) is the social capital upon which the national idea rests. These are the essential conditions of being a people: having common glories in the past and a will to continue them in the present; having made great things together and wishing to make them again. One loves in proportion to the sacrifices that one has committed and the troubles that one has suffered. One loves the house that one has built and that one passes on. The Spartan chant, "We are what you were; we will be what you are", is, in its simplicity, the abridged hymn of every fatherland.

All govt jobs and admissions should be based on a first level filter that tests on things that are relevant for everything from private sector jobs, research, private colleges, govt jobs colleges. Comprehension, Reasoning, and 10th level Quantitative Aptitude All subsequent level exams can use the score of this exam to filter for further evaluation. This will also reduce number of candidates to manage. For JEE, NEET, NDA, UPSC, SSC anything. Private sector can also use this score and then add their evaluation An objective exam preferably multiple choices multiple answers, CBT, can be taken multiple times in a year. Will also make exam management easier This way we can hopefully ensure that exam prep is useful for any endeavor from private jobs, govt jobs to entrepreneurship. Anything you do in life, comprehension, and basic maths is critical Currently the prep is taking too much in one direction that other directions are getting closed. We need an evaluation and preparation that benefits anyone that participates with honest effort

I think there should be a single exam testing only comprehension, reasoning, and quantitative aptitude of secondary level. Like GRE, GMAT, it should be CBT, can be given multiple times in a year. For any other exam specific to institutes like CUET, NDA, CDS, NEET, JEE, CLAT and even jobs like UPSC, SSC, this exam should be mandatory with cutoff needed to be crossed. This exam serves as filter and reduces the number of aspirants to be tested. This exam score can also be used by private companies as filter, and they can later do their own assessment on top of it. This exam helps in ensuring that the preparation lands everyone preparing in a better position to get a job or do something of own, whether in govt or private. It also reduces the scale challenges for various other exams.