MCQs on Education System & Governance - 3

1. Special Education Courses are controlled by

(A) Special Education Council of India

(B) Rehabilitation Council of India

(C) National Council of Teacher Education

(D) Medical Council of India

Answer - (B)

2. National Knowledge Commission is headed by

(A) D.S. Kothari

(B) Amartya Sen

(C) Sam Pitroda

(D) Azim Premji

Answer - (C)

3. First Open University in India was established in the year

(A) 1961

(B) 1982

(C) 1985

(D) 2001

Answer - (B)

4. Inclusive Education refers to

(A) Special teaching to disabled students

(B) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

(C) Equal educational opportunities to disabled and normal students

(D) Special education in special schools

Answer - (C)

5. Which of the following is the apex body in the area of Teacher Education in India?

(A) UGC

(B) MHRD

(C) NCTE

(D) NCERT

Answer - (C)

6. Who have signed MOU for accreditation of Teacher Education Institutions in India?

(A) NAAC and UGC

(B) NCTE and NAAC

(C) UGC and NCTE

(D) None of the above

Answer - (B)

7. As per NCTE norms, what should be the pattern of teaching staff for a unit of 100 students at B.Ed. level?

(A) 1 + 7

(B) 1 + 9

(C) 1 + 10

(D) 1 + 5

Answer - (A)

8. Which of the following commissions suggested silent meditation as a part of moral values?

(A) Secondary Education Commission

(B) University Education Commission

(C) National Education Commission

(D) Indian Education Commission

Answer - (B)

9. Which of the following is described as Magna-Carta of Indian Education?

(A) Sargent Commission

(B) Wood’s Dispatch

(C) Macaulay Minutes

(D) Hunter Commission

Answer - (B)

10. District Primary Education Programme (DPEP) was started in

(A) 1990

(B) 1994

(C) 1998

(D) 1996

Answer - (B)

11. University Education Commission constituted in 1948 was appointed by

(A) Ministry of Human Resource Development

(B) Ministry of Education

(C) NCERT

(D) ICSSR

Answer - (B)

12. Education falls under the

(A) Concurrent List

(B) Fundamental Rights

(C) Constitution of India

(D) State List

Answer - (A)

13. Which part of Indian Constitution allows every citizen to impart education as per ones own religion ?

(A) Directive Principles

(B) Concurrent list of centre and the States

(C) Democratic rights

(D) Fundamental Rights

Answer - (D)

14. Which of the following Commission first decentralized the primary education?

(A) Hunter Commission

(B) Mudaliar Commission

(C) Kothari Commission

(D) Sadler Commission

Answer - (A)

15. According to 2011 Census Report, the difference between literacy rates of men and women in India is about

(A) 10%

(B) 17%

(C) 21%

(D) 27%

Answer - (B)