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The correct answer is To replace the 1986 policy and allow language choice based on student interest.

Explanation: The NEP 2020 was introduced in July 2020 to overhaul the existing education framework established by the 1986 policy. It aimed to modernize education by promoting inclusivity and flexibility, allowing students to choose their preferred language of instruction while respecting cultural diversity. This approach ensures that learning is more engaging and tailored to individual interests. By doing so, it fosters innovation, creativity, and a deeper understanding of subjects, aligning education with the needs of the 21st century.

The correct answer is 40 million.

Explanation: India currently has around 40 million higher-education students, reflecting the vast scale of its education system. This number highlights the country's efforts to expand access to higher education through numerous universities and institutions. With over 1,200 universities, India aims to improve its gross enrollment ratio and quality of education to meet the demands of its growing population. This figure underscores the importance of higher education in driving economic growth and addressing skill gaps in various sectors. The focus remains on increasing accessibility and inclusivity to ensure equitable opportunities for students nationwide.

The correct answer is All students must learn English as a mandatory subject.

Explanation: One of the principles of NEP 2020 is promoting multilingualism and flexibility in language learning. It emphasizes that students can choose any language to learn without compulsion and discourages imposing any specific language as mandatory. The policy does not mandate English as a compulsory subject for all students, focusing instead on preserving and promoting regional languages while offering students the freedom to select languages based on their preferences. This approach encourages linguistic diversity and inclusivity, aligning with the broader goals of holistic and flexible education reform.

The correct answer is To support India’s ambition to become a developed nation by 2047.

Explanation: The minister justified the full implementation of NEP 2020 as a critical step to support India's aspiration of becoming a developed nation by 2047. By focusing on transforming the education system, the policy aims to enhance the quality of education, promote innovation, and build a skilled workforce. This long-term vision aligns with national goals to drive social and economic progress, improve global competitiveness, and prepare future generations for emerging challenges. The policy emphasizes inclusive and equitable access to education, fostering critical thinking, and holistic development to build a stronger foundation for India's growth trajectory.

The correct answer is Increase from around 26–27% to 50% within five years.

Explanation: The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 envisions a significant increase in India’s Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) for higher education, aiming to rise from approximately 26–27% to 50% within the next five years. This transformative goal reflects the policy's focus on enhancing access and inclusivity in education. By expanding educational opportunities, improving infrastructure, and encouraging innovation, NEP 2020 seeks to address existing gaps in higher education participation. The projected increase underscores the commitment to fostering equitable growth and strengthening India’s human resource potential, ensuring better career prospects and societal development.

The correct answer is ​Buddhism.

• Pitaka has great importance in Buddhist literature.

Key Points

• These are Vinayapitaka, Sutpitaka, and Abhidhamma Pitaka. The simple meaning of Literature consists of a total of three pieces of literature.
• They were composed by disciples of Buddha after attaining Nirvana of Mahatma Buddha.
• In Vinayapitaka, thoughts related to the conduct of Buddhist monks are found.
• Sutapitaka contains a collection of sermons by Mahatma Buddha, while Abhidhamma Pitaka discusses Buddhist philosophy.
• These Pitakas are also called ‘Tipitaka’.
• The language of Tripitaka is 'Pali'.

Additional Information

The Theory of Multiple Intelligence which consists of eight different kinds of intelligence is propounded by an American psychologist 'Howard Gardner'. 

This theory emphasizes that:

• Intelligence is of several kinds.

• intelligence can't be tied to a single domain.

• each individual has his/her own unique abilities.

• intelligence is not dominated by a general factor.

Important Points

Spatial Intelligence:

• It is the capacity to perceive, understand and use spatial and visual information effectively.
• Such people are good at spatial orientation, forming visual images and patterns.  They can easily visualize the world with the mind’s eye, modify the surrounding based upon their perception and recreate aspects of their visual experiences. They are good at remembering images, figures, faces, fine details, and visualizing things from different angles.
• People with high visual/spatial intelligence are likely to be architects, painters, interior designers, surgeons, pilots, divers, and sailors.
• M. F. Husain, Amrita Sher-gil, Michael Angelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and I.M. Pei are examples of some people with good spatial intelligence. 

Naturalistic Intelligence

• It is the ability to recognize and understand the various patterns in nature.
• It includes sensitivity to nature with all its features including flora, fauna, and all the biodiversity.
• Gardner has added this eighth type of intelligence to his original seven intelligences.
• Such people appreciate the beauty of nature and the subtle aspects of nature.
• Hunters, farmers, bird watchers, botanists, biologists, tourists, and gardeners are high in this aspect of intelligence.
• Charles Darwin, a naturalist and best known for his contribution to the science of evolution with his book ‘On The Origin of Species is an example of a person with high naturalistic intelligence.

Intrapersonal Intelligence:

• It is the ability to understand oneself and know one’s thoughts, emotions, feelings, motives, and desires, and how these influence their behavior.
• It includes awareness about one’s strengths, limitations, goals, and ambitions in life. Such intelligence includes one’s introspective and self-reflective capacities.
• Such people are usually introverted, intuitive type, love to work alone, and are least affected by any external events.
• Various people-oriented careers require intrapersonal intelligence, e.g., psychologists and spiritual leaders like Swami Vivekananda, Ramakrishna Paramahansa, and Sri Aurobindo. Philosophers and writers also have strong intrapersonal intelligence.

Bodily-kinesthetic Intelligence:

• It is the ability to use and control one’s body movements and actions.
• Dancers and sports persons are usually high in such intelligence.
• Further, it is also required in surgery and crafts making as it involves skills and dexterity for fine motor movements.
• People with high bodily-kinesthetic intelligence can become good athletes, actors, sportspersons, acrobats, yoga practitioners, surgeons, police officers, and soldiers.
• Cricketers like Bradman, Tendulkar, dancer Pt. Birju Maharaj, Sonal Mansingh, Sanjukta Panigrahi, Madhuri Dixit, Rekha, acrobat Rosa Maria Ritcher, Olympic medallist P.T. Usha, Vijendra Singh demonstrate high bodily-kinaesthetic intelligence.

Hence, As per Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligence, M. F. Husain demonstrates visual-spatial intelligence.

Refer to the table to know the category of intelligence suggested by Howard Gardner in his multiple intelligence theory. 

The correct answer is Gautam Buddha.

• The idea of the Eightfold Path appears in what's considered the primary sermon of the founding father of Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama, referred to as Buddha, which he delivered after his enlightenment.

Key Points

• There he introduced a middle way, the Eightfold Path, which shows the relation between the extremes of asceticism and sensual indulgence.
• Just as the Sanskrit term Chatvari-Arya-satyani is translated as:
• Four Noble Truths, the term Astangika-marga implies nobility and is typically rendered because of the “Eightfold Noble Path.”

Additional Information

• These are Vinayapitaka, Sutpitaka, and Abhidhamma Pitaka. The simple meaning of Literature consists of a total of three pieces of literature.
• They were composed by disciples of Buddha after attaining Nirvana of Mahatma Buddha.
• In Vinayapitaka, thoughts related to the conduct of Buddhist monks are found.
• Sutapitaka contains a collection of sermons by Mahatma Buddha, while Abhidhamma Pitaka discusses Buddhist philosophy.
• These Pitakas are also called ‘Tipitaka’.
• The language of Tripitaka is 'Pali'.

Important Points

The correct answer is 84.

Key Points

• Delimitation means the act or process of fixing limits or boundaries of territorial constituencies in a country to represent changes in population.
• Delimitation Commission is also known by the name of boundary commission of India.
• The boundary of the various assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies based on the recent consensus is redrawn by the commission.
• Each state represents the same seats during this process.
• The seats which are represented by SC and ST are changing as per the recommendations of the commission.
• In any court of law, the orders of the commission cannot be challenged.
• Modifications in the recommendations of the commission cannot be done.
  • It is used to provide equal representation to equal segments of a population.
  • It deals with fact that one political party doesn’t have an advantage over others in an election to ensure fair division of geographical areas.
  •  “One Vote One Value” is followed by it.
• As per the order issued by the delimitation commission in 2008, 84 seats are reserved for scheduled caste in Lok sabha.
• Under the provisions of the delimitation commission act, the commission was established by the Government of India.

Additional Information

• India, Delimitation Commission has been constituted four times:
  •  In 1952 under the Delimitation Commission Act, 1952.
  • In 1963 under the Delimitation Commission Act 1962.
  • In 1973 under the Delimitation Commission Act, 1972 
  • In 2002 under the Delimitation Commission Act,2002.

The correct answer is option 2.

• Nyāya, literally meaning "rules", "method" or "judgment", is one of the six orthodox schools of Hinduism.
• This school's most significant contributions to Indian philosophy was the systematic development of the theory of logic, methodology, and its treatises on epistemology.
• Pūrva-Mīmāṃsā because of its focus on the earlier (pūrva) Vedic texts dealing with ritual actions, and similarly as Karma-Mīmāṃsā due to its focus on ritual action. It is one of six Vedic schools of Hinduism.
• Samkhya is one of the six āstika schools of Hindu philosophy. It is most related to the Yoga school of Hinduism
• Vedanta or Uttara Mīmāṃsā is one of the six schools of Hindu philosophy. Literally meaning "end of the Vedas".

ICT is a broad and comprehensive term, which comprises information technology and communication technology. Information technology includes radio, television, computer and internet, teleconferencing, and mobile technology. All these information technologies are powered by mainly two types of communication technologies. These are satellite-based communication and terrestrial-based communication.

• ICT integration: Integrating ICT in the classroom is a challenging task for any teacher today. Operational knowledge of ICT alone cannot help you to use ICT in the classroom. You must have fundamental ideas about the systematic ways (how and when) to integrate ICT in the classroom.
• ICT integration is broadly defined as a process of using any ICT tools (including information resources on the web, multimedia programs in CD-ROMs) to optimizing learning outcomes

Important Points

The purpose of ICT integration in Education: 

• The integration of ICT tools can be used to aid the teacher’s presentation and performance. Hand-outs, overhead projector(OHP) slides, models, etc. can be used to capture and retain the learner’s attention.
• ICT can be used extensively to help the learner make the sense of the tasks assigned and optimizing learning outcomes worksheets, informative and communicative tools of ICT need to be available to the learners on an individual basis or in a small group.
•  ICT may be of great use in achieving various objectives of the teaching-learning process.
• It provides correct information in a comprehensive manner with different examples.
• It helps learners to broaden their information base. 
• It makes the teachers qualitative and competitive in enhancing students learning.
• ICT provides variety in the presentation of content, which helps learners to learn according to their own pace. It helps in better understanding and long retention of information.

Hence, we can the purpose of ICT integration is for optimizing learning outcomes.

Curriculum models are designed to provide a basis for decisions regarding the selection, structuring and sequencing of the educational experiences

Important Points

• Statement I :Tyler’s goal attainment model or sometimes called the objectives-centered model is the basis for most common models in curriculum design, development and evaluation. The Tyler model is comprised of four major parts. These are:
  • defining objectives of the learning experience;
  • identifying learning activities for meeting the defined objectives;
  • organizing the learning activities for attaining the defined objectives; and
  • evaluating and assessing the learning experiences.
• Statement II : Stake’s model of curriculum evaluation is based explicitly on the assumption that the concerns of the stakeholders - those for whom the evaluation is done - should be paramount in determining the evaluation issues.

  • Stake’s model of curriculum evaluation is more than just an evaluation process. the responsive model is based explicitly on the assumption that the concerns of the stakeholders—those for whom the evaluation is done—should be paramount in determining the evaluation issues. 

Thus both the Statements are Correct. 

The correct answer is Speaker of Lok Sabha.

• Business Advisory Committee of Lok Sabha came into existence for the first time on 14th July 1952.
  • It consists of 15 members including the Speaker of Lok Sabha who acts as an ex-officio chairman of the committee and members are nominated by the speaker.
  • Every year in the first week of June a new committee formed by the Speakers assumes office.
  • The committee generally meets at the beginning of each session and after that as and when needed.
• The Speaker of Lok Sabha is the presiding officer and highest authority of the house of people also known as the lower house of Parliament.
  • The first speaker of Lok Sabha was Ganesh Vasudeo Mavalankar and the first female speaker was Meira Kumar.
  • The current speaker of Lok Sabha is Om Birla who succeeded Sumitra Mahajan. (January 2021)
  • The vote of the speaker is decisive i.e if there is a tie in voting on a particular matter then only the speaker can vote and his vote leads to the ultimate decision.
  • The tenure of the speaker of Lok Sabha is five years.
• Prime Minister has the real executive authority.
  • The term of Prime Minister is not fixed he/she holds office during the pleasure of the President.
  • If the Prime Minister loses the confidence of the Lok Sabha, he/she must resign or the President can dismiss him/her.
  • The Prime minister provides advice to the President for the appointment of the Attorney General of India, Solicitor General of India, Ministers, etc.
• Finance Ministry is the apex controlling authority of the Indian Revenue Service, Indian Economic Service, Indian Cost Accounts Service, and Indian Civil Accounts service.
  • The first Finance Minister of India is Ramasamy Kandasamy Shanmukham Chetty.
  • The current Finance Minister is Nirmala Sitharaman. (January 2020)
• President is the head of the ​country i.e He is considered to be the First Citizen of the country.
  • The President has the Supreme Command on the Defence Forces.
  • The President is elected by the method called Electoral College in which only elected members of both the houses of parliament i.e Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and the Legislative assemblies of the states can participate.
  • The President is elected after every 5 years but in between if the President desires he/she can give his resignation to the Vice-President and till the new President is appointed the Vice-President will act as President. The new President must be appointed within 6 months period.
  • The President can be removed from office by impeachment on the ground of violation of the Constitution of India.
  • The President can stay in his office until the new President is not elected or he is not removed by impeachment.
  • The person who is already the President is eligible for re-election.
  • The Oath or affirmation is given to the President by the Chief Justice of India and in his absence by the Senior-most judge of the Supreme Court.

The Scientific Management Theory is well known for its application of engineering science at the production floor or the operating levels.

Important Points

• The Scientific Management Theory is well known for its application of engineering science at the production floor or the operating levels.
• The major contributor of this theory is Fredrick Winslow Taylor, and that’s why the scientific management is often called as “Taylorism”.
• The scientific management theory focused on improving the efficiency of each individual in the organization.
• The major emphasis is on increasing the production through the use of intensive technology, and the human beings are just considered as adjuncts to machines in the performance of routine tasks.

Additional Information

• Gulick and Urwick :POSDCORB is an acronym widely used in the field of management and public administration that reflects the classic view of organizational theory. It appeared most prominently in a 1937 paper by Luther Gulick (in a set edited by himself and Lyndall Urwick).
• Elton Mayo: Elton Mayo's management theory promotes the hypothesis that workers are motivated by social and relational forces more than financial or environmental conditions.
• Drucker's management theory lie the concepts of decentralization, knowledge work (in fact, he coined the term “knowledge worker”), management by objectives (MBO), and the SMART goal method. Decentralization means that managers should empower employees by delegating tasks.

Thus F. W. Taylor has Propounded the scientific management theory. 

Howard Gardner proposed the 'theory of Multiple Intelligence'  Intelligence is practical goal-oriented activity.

Theory of Multiple Intelligence by Howard Gardner says- Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences proposes that people are not born with all of the intelligence they will ever have.

This theory challenged the traditional notion that there is one single type of intelligence, sometimes known as “g” for general intelligence, that only focuses on cognitive abilities.

Key Points He divided his theory into 8 types