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Q1) Consider the following statements :
A)The government is set to replace The University Grants
Commission (UGC), with Higher Education Commission of India
by repealing the UGC Act, 1947
B)Higher Education Commission of India will fund the institutions
instead of UGC
C)Government’s plan is to merge all higher education regulators
as proposed by HEERA, Higher Education Empowerment
Regulation Agency
Options:
1) None is correct
2) All are correct
3) A & B are correct
4) B & C are correct
Q2) Which of the following statements is true about Higher Education Commission of India ?
A)HECI will have the power to shut down the substandard
institutions
B)HECI will have the power to send the
management of the institution to jail also if it
doesn’t does not comply with the penalties
C) It shall comprise a Chairperson, a ViceChairperson,
and 12 members
Options:
1) None is correct
2) All are correct
3) A & C are correct
4) Only B is correct
Financial powers
UGC: It disburses grants to Central institutions out of its funds
HECI: It will specify standards for grant of authorisation to a university or
higher educational institution to commence its academic operations
Academic powers
UGC: It is mandated to promote and coordinate university education and
determine and maintain standards of teaching, examination and research.
HECI: It will specify standards for grant of authorisation to a universaity of
higher educational institution to commence its academic opeartions.
Inspection
UGC: To assess financial needs or standards of teaching in an institution,
UGC conducts periodic inspections
HECI: No inspections.The body will prescribe norms on academic
performance by higher educational institutions.
Action on bogus institutions
UGC: Affiliations of colleges to universities can be terminated for contravention of
its regulations. It can withhold grants to universities for violations of its
regulations. It occasionally publishes lists of bogus institutions.
HECI: It will be empowered to penalise or even shut down sub-standard
institutions without affecting students’ interests. If the management of the
institution does not comply with the penalties, they can land in jail for up to three
years.
Composition
UGC: Has a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman, and 10 members appointed by the
Central government, some ex-officia members and some from academia, industry.
The Chairman’s retirement age is 65 and has a term of 5 years, with an extension
of additional 5 years.
HECI: It shall comprise a Chairperson, a Vice-Chairperson, and 12 members to be
appointed by the Centre, including educationists and a member of the industry.
The Chairperson’s retirement age is 70, will hold office for five years.
Disputes
UGC: In case of any dispute between the Centre and the UGC
on policy, the Centre prevails.
HECI: The Centre prevails in case of any dispute between the
Centre and the HECI on policy.
Regular staff
The UGC appoints its own staff. The same will apply to the HECI as well. The present staff of UGC will be re-trained to work on fully digital mode — without physical files — at HECI.
Q3) Consider the following statements :
A)Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) was
constitutes to address the dispute over sharing of
river water among Tamil Nadu and Karnataka only
B)The chairman of the CWMA authority will be
appointed by the Central government for a tenure of
Three years.
C)There will be two part-time members
Options:
1) All are correct
2) B & C are correct
3) A & B are correct
4) A & C are correct
Q4) Consider the following tributaries :
A)Harangi
B)Kabini
C)Manjira
D)Indravati
Options :
Which of the above mentioned is / are not the tributary of the Cauvery River ?
1) A & D
2) A & B
3) B & C
4) C & D
Tributaries of Cauvery
Harangi River
Hemavati River
Lakshmana Tirtha
Kabini River
Shimsha River
Godavari
Dakshina Ganga
Tributaries
– left
Banganga, Kadva,
Shivana, Purna,
Kadam,
Pranahita, Indravati,
Taliperu, Sabari
– right
Nasardi,
Darna
, Pravara,
Sindphana
, Manjira
Manair, Kinnerasani
Q5) Consider the following statements :
A)Granite is a Sedimentary Rock.
B)The first-of-its-kind granite cluster will come at
Karimnagar, Telangana
C)The sharing pattern of the cluster is 70 : 10 : 20
among Centre, State Government and Local Granite
Industry Respectively
Options :
1) All are correct
2) B & C are correct
3) A & C are correct
4) A & B are correct
Q6) look at the map and Name the place which is asked ?
A) Table Bay
B) Hudson Bay
C) Botany Bay
D) Ha long Bay
Q7) Consider the following statements :
A)Drinking Uranium Contaminated water can damage one’s
kidneys.
B)In southern regions such as Telangana, crystalline rocks
such as granite seem to be the source of uranium.
C)World Health Organization’s prescribed Upper limit of
uranium is 30 mcg/L
Options :
1) A & C are correct
2) B & C are correct
3) A & B are correct
4) All are correct
Q8) Consider the following statements :
A)The disease is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
B)Symptoms include fever, weakness and headache
C)It has two forms, Bubonic and Septicemic
D)It is also called Black death
The above statements indicate which disease?
A) Rabies
B) Avian influenca
C) Plague
D) Q Fever
Q9) Match the following pairs :
Words Meaning
A) Aphelion 1) Position of earth when is it farthest from
the sun during its revolution around the sun
B) Perihelion 2) Position of earth when is it nearest to the
sun during its revolution around the sun
C) Convection 3) The process of vertical Heating of
atmosphere.
D) Advection 4) The transfer of heat through horizontal
movement of air
1) A – 2, B – 1, C – 4, D – 3 2) A – 1, B – 2, C – 3, D – 4
3) A – 1, B – 2, C – 4 , D – 3 4) A – 3, B – 4, C – 1, D – 2
Q9) Consider the following statements :
A) Articles 239 to 241 in Part VIII of the Constitution deal
with the Union Territories
B) An administrator of UT is an agent of the President.
C) Lieutenant governor is present in Delhi, Puducherry &
Andaman & Nicobar islands
Options:
1) All are correct
2) Only C is correct
3) Only B is correct
4) Only A is correct
Q11) Which of the following statements are correct w.r.t Hindi and its Dialects
A)Prithviraj Raso was the first Hindi
Book
B)During Bhakti movement, people
mostly used Sanskrit
Options:
1) Only A is correct
2) Only B is correct
3) None is correct
4) Both are correct
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