Deck 16: Education, Literacy, and Equality: Issues and Initiatives

Question 1

Which board/body gave recommendations for improving the educational status of the backward classes?

A)CABE
B)UGC
C)NCERT
D)DIET

Answer 1

CABE

Question 2

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 2

Post matric scholarship

Question 3

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 3

National Education Commission 1986

Question 4

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

Question 5

"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

Question 6

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.

Question 7

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

Illiteracy is associated with

A)Individual development
B)Poverty
C)Humility
D)Knowledge

Question 10

The relation between female literacy and life expectancy is

A)Neutral
B)Negative
C)Positive
D)Indistinct

Question 11

Female education is

A)A waste
B)Essential
C)Not necessary
D)Sufficiently provided

Question 12

"Purdah" system is prevalent among

A)Christian women
B)Hindu women
C)Jewish women
D)Muslim women

Question 13

Freedom is defined as the absence of

A)Constraint
B)Liberty
C)Independence
D)Autonomy

Question 14

Who is in favour of "freedom first, freedom second and freedom last"?

A)Froebel
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)John Dewey
D)Maria Montessori

Question 15

What is considered to be the source of all first hand knowledge of children?

A)Textbook
B)Curiosity
C)Parents
D)Neighbourhood

Question 16

From which word is the term 'discipline' derived from?

A)Greek
B)English
C)Latin
D)German

Question 17

Discipline which is founded on fear is called

A)Negative discipline
B)Imposed discipline
C)Positive discipline
D)Forced discipline