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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Education (CBCS) .
Chapters
| 351. |
In India, education is the responsibility of |
| A. | Central government |
| B. | State government |
| C. | Central government and State government |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Central government and State government | |
| 352. |
The National Policy on Education (1986) recognized that the empowerment of women is the most important pre-condition for participation of girls and women in the educational process. What programme did it launch in 1988? |
| A. | Mahila Samkhya Programme |
| B. | Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan |
| C. | Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalaya |
| D. | National Programme for Education of Girls at Elementary Level |
| Answer» A. Mahila Samkhya Programme | |
| 353. |
Which Constitution ammendment has recommended the establishment of a Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes? |
| A. | 41st Constitutional Ammendment |
| B. | 65th Constitutional Ammendment |
| C. | 76th Constitutional Ammendment |
| D. | 82nd Constitutional Ammendment |
| Answer» B. 65th Constitutional Ammendment | |
| 354. |
Who appoints the chairman of the National Commission fo Scheduled Castes? |
| A. | President |
| B. | Prime Minister |
| C. | Lok Sabha Speaker |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. President | |
| 355. |
Which article of Indian Constitution gives the power to the government to make special provisions for the development of SC/ST/OBC against Article 15? |
| A. | Article 19 |
| B. | Article 29 |
| C. | Article 25 |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Article 29 | |
| 356. |
Which one of the following is a Human Right as well as a Fundamental Right under the Constitution of India? |
| A. | Right to Information |
| B. | Right to Education |
| C. | Right to Work |
| D. | Right to Housing |
| Answer» B. Right to Education | |
| 357. |
Which of the following scheme provide education to girls and their welfare? |
| A. | UJJAWALA |
| B. | One Stop Centre Scheme |
| C. | SWADHAR Scheme |
| D. | Beti Bachao Beti Padhao |
| Answer» D. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao | |
| 358. |
One of the major causes of high maternal mortality rate in India is |
| A. | Anemia among women |
| B. | Illiteracy |
| C. | Carelessness of doctors |
| D. | Adolescent pregnancies |
| Answer» B. Illiteracy | |
| 359. |
“The state to direct its policy towards securing for men and women equally and the right to an adequate livelihood” is found in which article of the Indian constitution? |
| A. | 39 A |
| B. | 15 (i) |
| C. | 45 |
| D. | 51 (a) (c) |
| Answer» A. 39 A | |
| 360. |
“Democracy only provides that all men should have equal opportunities for the development of their unequal talents”. This was pointed out by |
| A. | Gandhi |
| B. | Piaget |
| C. | Radhakrishnan |
| D. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| Answer» C. Radhakrishnan | |
| 361. |
What kind of society should be established for developing equality of educational opportunities? |
| A. | Elitist |
| B. | Egalitarian |
| C. | Undemocratic |
| D. | Industrial |
| Answer» D. Industrial | |
| 362. |
In which article of the Indian constitution is found Equality of opportunity in employment? |
| A. | 19 |
| B. | 39 |
| C. | 51 |
| D. | 16 |
| Answer» B. 39 | |
| 363. |
Which of the following is not given the same encouragement as boys education? |
| A. | Non formal education |
| B. | Girls education |
| C. | Adult education |
| D. | Informal education |
| Answer» D. Informal education | |
| 364. |
Which of the following is the most appropriate reason for inequality of educational opportunities? |
| A. | Poverty |
| B. | Modernisation |
| C. | Ignorance |
| D. | Migration |
| Answer» A. Poverty | |
| 365. |
Which of the following is the most appropriate reason for inequality of educational opportunities? |
| A. | Non existence of educational institutions |
| B. | Modernisation |
| C. | Ignorance |
| D. | Migration |
| Answer» A. Non existence of educational institutions | |
| 366. |
Treating all the equals unequally is |
| A. | Horizontal equality |
| B. | Diagonal equality |
| C. | Vertical equality |
| D. | Transverse equality |
| Answer» C. Vertical equality | |
| 367. |
One of the schemes adopted for equalization of educational opportunities in India is providing |
| A. | Counselling |
| B. | Free computer set |
| C. | Employment for parents |
| D. | Scholarships |
| Answer» D. Scholarships | |
| 368. |
One of the schemes adopted for equalization of educational opportunities in India is providing |
| A. | Counselling |
| B. | Free computer set |
| C. | Employment for parents |
| D. | Free textbooks and writing materials |
| Answer» D. Free textbooks and writing materials | |
| 369. |
What percentage of the Indian population do the backward classes constitute approximately in India? |
| A. | More than 30% |
| B. | More than 40 % |
| C. | More than 50% |
| D. | More than 60% |
| Answer» A. More than 30% | |
| 370. |
In which year was the report on backward classes given? |
| A. | 1955 |
| B. | 1956 |
| C. | 1957 |
| D. | 1958 |
| Answer» B. 1956 | |
| 371. |
Those who suffer from the stigma of untouchability are classified as |
| A. | Scheduled caste |
| B. | Scheduled tribe |
| C. | Denotified tribes |
| D. | Ex criminal tribes |
| Answer» A. Scheduled caste | |
| 372. |
Those who are not yet sufficiently assimilated into the mainstream of national life are classified as |
| A. | Scheduled caste |
| B. | Scheduled tribe |
| C. | Denotified tribes |
| D. | Ex criminal tribes |
| Answer» B. Scheduled tribe | |
| 373. |
Those tribes who have been forced to commit crime are classified as |
| A. | Scheduled caste |
| B. | Scheduled tribe |
| C. | Denotified tribes |
| D. | Labourers |
| Answer» C. Denotified tribes | |
| 374. |
Membership to the backward classes is determined by |
| A. | Marriage |
| B. | Region |
| C. | Language |
| D. | Birth |
| Answer» D. Birth | |
| 375. |
Which board/body gave recommendations for improving the educational status of the backward classes? |
| A. | CABE |
| B. | UGC |
| C. | NCERT |
| D. | DIET |
| Answer» A. CABE | |
| 376. |
Which among the following is provided for the backward classes for educational benefit by the central government? |
| A. | Free internet facility |
| B. | Post matric scholarship |
| C. | Plot of land |
| D. | Employment |
| Answer» B. Post matric scholarship | |
| 377. |
Which of the following recommended measures to improve educational status of Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes? |
| A. | National Policy on Education 1985 |
| B. | National Education Commission 1986 |
| C. | National Education Commission 1987 |
| D. | National Education Commission 1988 |
| Answer» B. National Education Commission 1986 | |
| 378. |
One of the recommendations of NPE 1986 for improving educational status of SCs and STs is |
| A. | Providing free computer sets |
| B. | Introducing foreign languages |
| C. | Appointing teachers from the category of STs and SCs |
| D. | Hindi as medium of instruction |
| Answer» C. Appointing teachers from the category of STs and SCs | |
| 379. |
“Ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, compute and use printed and written materials associated with varying contexts.” Who gave this definition? |
| A. | UNICEF |
| B. | NCERT |
| C. | WHO |
| D. | UNESCO |
| Answer» D. UNESCO | |
| 380. |
What is literacy according to national Literacy Mission? |
| A. | Acquiring the skills of reading, writing and arithmetic and the ability to apply them to one’s day-to-day life. |
| B. | Acquiring the skills of reading, writing and arithmetic and the ability to apply them to examinations. |
| C. | Acquiring the skills of reading, writing and arithmetic and the ability to apply them to the future. |
| D. | Acquiring the skills of reading, writing and arithmetic and the ability to apply them to teaching. |
| Answer» A. Acquiring the skills of reading, writing and arithmetic and the ability to apply them to one’s day-to-day life. | |
| 381. |
The denominator in counting the literacy percentage of an area at a particular time in the Indian census since 1991 is |
| A. | Aged 5 years or more |
| B. | Aged 6 years or more |
| C. | Aged 7 years or more |
| D. | Aged 8 years or more |
| Answer» C. Aged 7 years or more | |
| 382. |
What is the indicator of the level of socio economic development of a society? |
| A. | Literacy rate |
| B. | Per capita income |
| C. | Employment pattern |
| D. | Population |
| Answer» A. Literacy rate | |
| 383. |
Illiteracy is associated with |
| A. | Individual development |
| B. | Poverty |
| C. | Humility |
| D. | Knowledge |
| Answer» B. Poverty | |
| 384. |
The relation between female literacy and life expectancy is |
| A. | Neutral |
| B. | Negative |
| C. | Positive |
| D. | Indistinct |
| Answer» C. Positive | |
| 385. |
Female education is |
| A. | A waste |
| B. | Essential |
| C. | Not necessary |
| D. | Sufficiently provided |
| Answer» B. Essential | |
| 386. |
“Purdah” system is prevalent among |
| A. | Christian women |
| B. | Hindu women |
| C. | Jewish women |
| D. | Muslim women |
| Answer» D. Muslim women | |
| 387. |
According to Hunter Commission (1882), the ratio of girls to every hundred boys in primary schools was |
| A. | Six |
| B. | Seven |
| C. | Eight |
| D. | Nine |
| Answer» A. Six | |
| 388. |
When was the first Women college established? |
| A. | 1901 |
| B. | 1902 |
| C. | 1903 |
| D. | 1904 |
| Answer» A. 1901 | |
| 389. |
Where was the first Women’s college established? |
| A. | Bangalore |
| B. | Lucknow |
| C. | Vishakapatnam |
| D. | Ahmedabad |
| Answer» B. Lucknow | |
| 390. |
When was the first Women’s university established? |
| A. | 1913 |
| B. | 1914 |
| C. | 1915 |
| D. | 1916 |
| Answer» D. 1916 | |
| 391. |
In which article of the Indian constitution is provided “Equal pay for equal work’? |
| A. | 14 |
| B. | 15 (3) |
| C. | 3 |
| Answer» C. 3 | |
| 392. |
National Commission for women education was set up in |
| A. | 1938 |
| B. | 1948 |
| C. | 1958 |
| D. | 1968 |
| Answer» C. 1958 | |
| 393. |
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan was launched in the year |
| A. | 1970 |
| B. | 1980 |
| C. | 1990 |
| D. | 2000 |
| Answer» D. 2000 | |
| 394. |
Freedom is defined as the absence of |
| A. | Constraint |
| B. | Liberty |
| C. | Independence |
| D. | Autonomy |
| Answer» A. Constraint | |
| 395. |
Who is in favour of “freedom first, freedom second and freedom last”? |
| A. | Froebel |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | John Dewey |
| D. | Maria Montessori |
| Answer» D. Maria Montessori | |
| 396. |
What is considered to be the source of all first hand knowledge of children? |
| A. | Textbook |
| B. | Curiosity |
| C. | Parents |
| D. | Neighbourhood |
| Answer» B. Curiosity | |
| 397. |
From which word is the term ‘discipline’ derived from? |
| A. | Greek |
| B. | English |
| C. | Latin |
| D. | German |
| Answer» C. Latin | |
| 398. |
Discipline which is founded on fear is called |
| A. | Negative discipline |
| B. | Imposed discipline |
| C. | Positive discipline |
| D. | Forced discipline |
| Answer» A. Negative discipline | |
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