What would the following be classified as? 'Students launched a campaign called "Ride Right" promoting helmet use among two wheeler riders.' Select the appropriate response:
What would the following be classified as? 'Students launched a campaign called "Ride Right" promoting helmet use among two wheeler riders.' Select the appropriate response:
Options
Official answer
Correct option: (C) method of analysis.
The passage is structured like a report with labelled stages — Introduction, Methodology, Survey, Results, Implication. The 'Ride Right' campaign appears under the 'Survey' heading (paragraph 3), describing a ground-level, student-led method used to engage riders and gather commitment (pledges) — i.e., it is a method through which the issue was studied and addressed, not the report's stated purpose or its measured results.
Marking scheme
- 1.1 mark for selecting option (C), correctly classifying the campaign as a method described under the passage's 'Survey' section.
Hint
Check which labelled section of the report ('Introduction/Methodology/Survey/Results/Implication') this sentence falls under, then match it to the closest option.
Quick oral answer
Since the passage is organised into sections like Introduction, Methodology, Survey and Results, and the 'Ride Right' campaign falls under 'Survey', it should be classified as a method of analysis rather than a purpose or an outcome.
Common mistakes
- 1.Confusing the campaign's later numerical results (2000 pledges) with the statement itself, and wrongly selecting 'research outcome'.
- 2.Assuming any goal-related sentence must be a 'purpose' or 'objective' without checking the report's actual section labels.
- 3.Not noticing that the passage is deliberately structured under headings (Introduction/Methodology/Survey/Results/Implication), which is the key to answering this question.
Analysis and explanation
This question tests the ability to recognise the discourse function of a statement within a structured, report-style passage.
Why (C) is correct
- The passage is organised into clearly labelled functional sections: Introduction (the problem), Methodology (infrastructure fix), Survey (student-led campaign), Results (technology's impact), and Implication (personal responsibility).
- The 'Ride Right' campaign sits within the 'Survey' section — describing an on-ground method used to engage and study rider behaviour, not the report's core purpose or its final measured results.
Why the distractors are wrong
- (A) 'primary purpose' — the primary purpose of the passage/report is addressing India's road-safety challenge (stated in the Introduction), not a specific student campaign.
- (B) 'secondary objective' — the passage does not frame the campaign as a lesser or secondary goal; it is presented as an active method used alongside government action.
- (D) 'research outcome' — outcomes/results (like the 40% rise in fine collection) belong to paragraph 4, explicitly labelled 'Results'; the campaign itself is the method, not the outcome.
Interesting facts
Structured report-writing with labelled sections (Introduction, Methodology, Results) is a format borrowed from formal research papers, increasingly used in CBSE discursive passages to test text-structure awareness.
Youth-led road safety campaigns similar to 'Ride Right' have been run in real Indian cities in partnership with traffic police, sometimes leading to genuine policy consultations.
'No Helmet, No Selfie' style social-media challenges reflect a real global trend of using viral, peer-driven content to influence safety behaviour among young riders.
Question details
Q13 of 29 questions
- Board
- CBSE
- Class
- Class 12
- Subject
- English Core
- Year
- 2026
- Section
- Section A
- Marks
- 1
- Type
- MCQ
- Chapter
- Reading Comprehension (Unseen Passage) — CBSE English Core Section A
- Topic
- Text Structure — Classifying the Function of a Statement in a Report
- Bloom's level
- analyze
- Syllabus topic
- Unit 1: Reading Skills — Understanding Discourse Structure/Function within a Report-style Passage
- Author
- CBSE
- Reviewed by
- Padhantu Academic Team
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Frequently asked questions
Why is the 'Ride Right' campaign not a 'research outcome'?
Because it appears under the 'Survey' section of the passage, describing a method students used, while actual outcomes (like the 40% rise in fine collection) are reported separately under 'Results'.
How can students identify the section labels in a structured passage?
Look for explicit headings like Introduction, Methodology, Survey, Results, and Implication — these labels indicate the function of each paragraph and help classify statements accurately.