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  You want to get an Eton scholarship? All you need to do is answer four (not so simple) questions
  
  Application test included questions on the morals of killing protesters, ancient Persian thinkers and
  
  translating sentences in a made-up language
  
  It might not be such a great leap of faith for the applicants - but children taking one of Eton's entrance
  
  examinations were asked to imagine they were the Prime Minister.
  
  Given Eton's track record of producing 19 of them - including the present incumbent David Cameron -
  
  it could well have been on their parents' minds when they encouraged their children to sit the exam.
  
  The next part of the question was a touch more difficult, though. They had to write a script for a TV
  
  broadcast in which they defended the killing of 25 protesters by the Army after sending in the troops
  
  to quell protests.
  
  They had to say why the decision was both "necessary" and "moral" in the wake of the protesters
  
  killing police officers as they ransacked public buildings after an oil crisis in the Middle East led to
  
  the UK running out of petrol.
  
  Good training for high office, though. Perhaps you could call it a form of work experience.
  
  The question was one of four in a 2011 general paper sat by 13-year-olds seeking one of the 14 places
  
  a year set aside for King's Scholarships - where at least 10 per cent of the fees is subsidised,
  
  The format, though, has been changed for this year with two general papers - the second of which gives
  
  more freedom for more creative writing. One of the essay topics is "happiness".
  
  Now here's a possible question for next year: Imagine you are a member of the Bullingdon Club - what
  
  does happiness mean to you?
  
  No wonder their not in touch...............

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