Question : The concept of secularism in India is enshrined in:

Option 1: The Preamble to the Constitution

Option 2: The Right to Education Act

Option 3: The Hindu Marriage Act

Option 4: The Indian Penal Code

Question :

Option 1: 1-C, 2-B, 3-A, 4-D

Option 2: 1-C, 2-B, 3-A, 4-D

Option 3: 1-B, 2-A, 3-C, 4-D

Option 4: 1-C, 2-D, 3-A, 4-B

Question : Assertion (A): Innovation, invention, and technical advancement are produced via the human capital formation process.
Reason (R): Since an educated workforce typically adapts to modern technologies and innovation, investments in education create the capacity to accept newer technologies, facilities inventions, and innovations.

Option 1: Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation
of Assertion (A).
 

Option 2: Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation
of Assertion (A).
 

Option 3: Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is False
 

Option 4: Assertion (A) is False but Reason (R) is true.

Question : Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.

Salvador Dali (1)________ a prominent Spanish surealist painter, (2)______ in Figueres, Catalonia, on 11 May 1904. Dali's father was strict in the education of his children unlike (3)________ mother. Dali had a brother named Salvador (4)_____ was born nine months before him and died of gastroenteritis. When he was five, Dali was taken to his brother's grave and was told that he was his brother's (5)_______.

Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 1.

Option 1: was

Option 2: were

Option 3: has

Option 4: is

Question : The Mandal Commission recommended reservations for OBCs in which sectors?  
 

Option 1: Agriculture and Industry  
 

Option 2: Education and Government Employment  
 

Option 3: Health and Transportation  

Option 4: Tourism and Hospitality

Question : Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.

Malti had to wait long to see her son, Abhik. She had worked hard to (1)______ her husband’s last wish that Abhik should (2)______ his higher education at Cambridge. Abhik (3)______ to be meritorious and hardworking and had secured a seat. Making ends meet was (4)______ and a trip back home in the vacation, (5)______ for the mother and son. 
 

Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 5.

Option 1: uncouth

Option 2: unbearable

Option 3: unaffordable

Option 4: uncomfortable

Question : Comprehension:

Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.

The number of Indian students going abroad for higher studies has increased by 68.79 per cent in the past year, according to data provided by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Subhas Sarkar. As per the data provided by him in the Lok Sabha, the number of Indians enrolled in foreign varsities increased from 4.44 lakh in 2021 to 7.5 lakh in 2022. He clarified that while the Bureau of Immigration and Ministry of Home Affairs maintain departure and arrival data of Indians, there is no index for capturing the category of Indians going abroad for higher education.

"Purpose of Indians going abroad for higher education is captured manually based either on their verbal disclosure or the type of visa of the destination country produced by them at the time of immigration clearance," Sarkar said.

According to the data provided by the ministry, the number of Indian nationals increased from 4.54 lakh in 2017 to 5.17 lakh in 2018. There was a significant increase in 2019 as well, with 5.86 lakh students flying out of the country. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of Indian nationals in foreign varsities saw a drastic dip as only 2.59 lakh students were registered. While the number continued to remain low, it saw a slight increase in 2021 with 4.44 lakh registrations. However, the number has significantly jumped to 7.5 lakh in 2022. The increase in the number of Indian nationals abroad corresponds with the latest immigration reports from some of the popular study-abroad destinations such as the US, UK, and Australia. For the UK, the Immigration Statistics Report states that 127,731 visas were granted to Indian students in September 2022, an increase of 93,470 (+273 per cent) against 34,261 in 2019. Similarly, in the US, the number of Indian students has more than doubled, and the Open Doors Report 2022 has predicted that the number of Indian students heading to America is likely to surpass those from China in 2022-23.

Question:

In 2019, how many Indian students went abroad?

Option 1: 5.17 lakh

Option 2: 4.54 lakh

Option 3: 5.86 lakh

Option 4: 4.44 lakh

Question : Which of the following factors contributes to human capital formation?

Option 1: Decreased investment in education and healthcare

Option 2: Low levels of literacy and numeracy in the population

Option 3: Lack of access to educational opportunities

Option 4: Government policies promoting education and healthcare

Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Plato is the earliest important educational thinker, and education is an essential element in 'The Republic' (his most important work on philosophy and political theory, written around 360 B.C.). In it, he advocates some rather extreme methods: removing children from their mothers' care and raising them as wards of the state, and differentiating children suitable to the various castes, the highest receiving the most education, so that they could act as guardians of the city and care for the less able. He believed that education should be holistic, including facts, skills, physical discipline, music, and art. Plato believed that talent and intelligence are not distributed genetically and thus can be found in children born to all classes, although his proposed system of selective public education for an educated minority of the population does not really follow a democratic model.

Aristotle considered human nature, habit, and reason to be equally important forces to be cultivated in education, the ultimate aim of which should be to produce good and virtuous citizens. He proposed that teachers lead their students systematically, and that repetition be used as a key tool to develop good habits, unlike Socrates' emphasis on questioning his listeners to bring out their own ideas. He emphasized the balancing of the theoretical and practical aspects of subjects taught, among which he explicitly mentions reading, writing, mathematics, music, physical education, literature, history, and a wide range of sciences, as well as play, which he also considered important.

Question:
What tool does Aristotle advocate to teachers to develop good habits in students?

Option 1: Writing

Option 2: Reading

Option 3: Questioning

Option 4: Repetition

Question : Which of the following organizations functions as an apex organization to provide quality school education?

Option 1: Universities Grants Commission

Option 2: All India Council of Technical Education

Option 3: National Council of Educational Research and Training

Option 4: Ministry of Education at the central level