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Development of Education in India

31 MCQ questions with answers and explanations · page 1 of 2

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Q1. What is called the 'Magna Carta of English education in India'?

  1. AWood's Despatch (1854)
  2. BMacaulay's Statement (1835)
  3. CCharter of 1813
  4. DDescription of Auckland (1839)
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Answer: A) Wood's Despatch (1854)

Q2. In which year was the new National Education Policy of India announced?

  1. A1968 AD
  2. B1986 AD
  3. C1992 AD
  4. D1996 AD
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Answer: B) 1986 AD

Q3. In which year was the University Grants Commission (presently University Development Commission) established?

  1. A1956 AD
  2. B1961 AD
  3. C1965 AD
  4. D1986 AD
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Answer: A) 1956 AD

Q4. When was the National Council of Educational Research and Training established?

  1. A1951 AD
  2. B1956 AD
  3. C1961 AD
  4. D1968 AD
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Answer: C) 1961 AD

Q5. When was the National Literacy Mission started?

  1. A1985 AD
  2. B1986 AD
  3. C1987 AD
  4. D1988 AD
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Answer: D) 1988 AD

Q6. Who first suggested the 10+2+3 pattern of education?

  1. ABombay University Commission (1928–31)
  2. BMadras University Commission (1936–39)
  3. CCalcutta University Commission (1917–19)
  4. DDelhi University Commission (1954–58)
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Answer: C) Calcutta University Commission (1917–19)

Q7. Who recommended the 10+2+3 structure of Indian education?

  1. AKothari Commission
  2. BMudaliar Commission
  3. CRadhakrishnan Commission
  4. DRamamurthy Commission
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Answer: A) Kothari Commission

Q8. 10+2+3 education system was implemented—

  1. ANational Policy on Education (1986)
  2. BKothari Commission (1979)
  3. CSecondary Education Commission (1952)
  4. DMadhavan Committee's recommendation
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Answer: A) National Policy on Education (1986)

Q9. When was the program called 'Operation Blackboard' started?

  1. A1986-87 AD
  2. B1987-88 AD
  3. C1988-89 AD
  4. D1990-91 AD
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Answer: B) 1987-88 AD

Q10. The objective of the 'Operation Blackboard' programme is---

  1. AProviding basic facilities for education in primary schools
  2. BProviding for an additional teacher in a one-teacher school
  3. CRaising the standard of mathematics and science education at all levels
  4. Dall of the above
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Answer: D) all of the above

Q11. Which statement is correct regarding Navodaya Vidyalaya?

  1. AIn 1986, it was decided to establish a model school in every village of the country.
  2. BNavodaya Vidyalaya is a very popular educational institution, which admits 30,000 new students every year.
  3. CAbout 30% of ninth grade students are sent to multilingual areas to spend an academic term
  4. Dnone of the above
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Answer: B) Navodaya Vidyalaya is a very popular educational institution, which admits 30,000 new students every year.

Q12. In which class is admission done in Navodaya Vidyalaya?

  1. AFirst
  2. BFourth
  3. CSixth
  4. DSeventh
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Answer: C) Sixth

Q13. Where was the first open university established?

  1. AU.N.A.
  2. BGermany
  3. CEngland
  4. DIndia
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Answer: C) England

Q14. Who first proposed the idea of establishing an open university?

  1. AClement Attlee
  2. BWinston Churchill
  3. CHector Munro
  4. DHarold Wilson
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Answer: D) Harold Wilson

Q15. Where was the first open university established in India?

  1. APune
  2. BAnnamalai
  3. CJodhpur
  4. DNew Delhi
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Answer: B) Annamalai

Q16. When was Indira Gandhi National Open University established?

  1. A1982 AD
  2. B1985 AD
  3. C1987 AD
  4. D1989 AD
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Answer: B) 1985 AD

Q17. Where is the headquarters of Indira Gandhi National Open University?

  1. ANew Delhi
  2. BKolkata
  3. CAllahabad
  4. DMumbai
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Answer: A) New Delhi

Q18. Where is the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages?

  1. AHyderabad
  2. BNew Delhi
  3. CBengaluru
  4. DMumbai
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Answer: A) Hyderabad

Q19. Where is the Indian Veterinary Research Institute located?

  1. APantnagar
  2. BIzzatnagar
  3. CLucknow
  4. DDehradun
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Answer: B) Izzatnagar

Q20. Where is the Indian Statistical Institute (ISO) located?

  1. ADelhi
  2. BKolkata
  3. CChennai
  4. DBengaluru
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Answer: B) Kolkata

Q21. Where is the Indian School of Mines (ISM) located?

  1. AJamshedpur
  2. BDhanbad
  3. CRanchi
  4. DKolkata
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Answer: B) Dhanbad

Q22. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) is the total number of

  1. A7
  2. B12
  3. C19
  4. D23
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Answer: D) 23

Q23. First in IndiaIIT Where was it established?

  1. ANew Delhi
  2. BKanpur
  3. CMumbai
  4. DKharagpur
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Answer: D) Kharagpur

Q24. Where is Fort William College located?

  1. AAgra
  2. BDelhi
  3. CKolkata
  4. DMumbai
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Answer: C) Kolkata

Q25. The high-level 'Indian School of Business' (ISB) is located in-

  1. ANew Delhi
  2. BMumbai
  3. CBangalore
  4. DHyderabad
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Answer: D) Hyderabad

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