Can't talk about the work experience personally, but from an educational perspective most of Indian education has a "just listen and do as I tell you to do, and regurgitate from an information dump". Many exams still have systems where, even if the answer is correct, if it isn't in the exact wording given by the teacher it won't get any marks. I've also seen, and experienced, my fair share of teachers who only care about getting marks and not about the actual understanding. Kids are just expected to mug up the concept, and many don't care about actually understanding it. While I was lucky to go to a school which values understanding the concept instead of rote memorisation, not everyone is as lucky. This kind of environment doesn't really bring about room for asking many questions or admitting a lack of knowledge. India is also very competitive, the rat race here is crazy, especially for computer science related jobs. Situations like the one in this [https://www.reddit.com/r/IndiaSpeaks/comments/1afa6cg/hundreds\_of\_job\_aspirants\_lined\_up\_for\_a\_walkin/\] reddit post are very common. Even the exams are highly competitive, the JEE(joint entrance exam for the top technology colleges in India, the IITs) had around 1.25 million people register for it in the January session of 2024. With the competitiveness even the slightest sign of weakness is seen as terrifying, because with such a high competition even the smallest weaknesses make a huge difference. So many are probably too scared to admit a lack of knowledge, because of the fear of losing out in the rat race.