Deck 15: Equality of Educational Opportunities and Empowerment of Marginalized Communities

Question 1

Equality of educational opportunities is possible by

A)opening more educational institutions
B)privatizing the educational system in the country
C)extending portals of all without any discrimination
D)public funding of education

Answer 1

extending portals of all without any discrimination

Question 2

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 2

Central government and State government

Question 3

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 3

Mahila Samkhya Programme

Question 4

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

Question 5

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

Question 6

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

Question 7

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

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

Question 10

"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)

Question 11

"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

Question 12

What kind of society should be established for developing equality of educational opportunities?

A)Elitist
B)Egalitarian
C)Undemocratic
D)Industrial

Question 13

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

Question 14

Which of the following is the most appropriate reason for inequality of educational opportunities?

A)Poverty
B)Modernisation
C)Ignorance
D)Migration

Question 15

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

Question 16

Treating all the equals unequally is

A)Horizontal equality
B)Diagonal equality
C)Vertical equality
D)Transverse equality

Question 17

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

Question 18

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

Question 19

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%

Question 20

Those who suffer from the stigma of untouchability are classified as

A)Scheduled caste
B)Scheduled tribe
C)Denotified tribes
D)Ex criminal tribes

Question 21

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

Question 22

Those tribes who have been forced to commit crime are classified as

A)Scheduled caste
B)Scheduled tribe
C)Denotified tribes
D)Labourers

Question 23

Membership to the backward classes is determined by

A)Marriage
B)Region
C)Language
D)Birth