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Education Systems and Career Paths

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This hub provides practice questions on education systems, professional degrees, and career paths. It covers vocational training, diploma courses, and higher education options. These topics are useful for general awareness sections in various competitive exams.

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Education Systems and Career Paths Questions

Multiple choice

_____ is the branch that deals with rockets.

  1. Ballistics

  2. Robotics

  3. Acrography

  4. Avariology

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Ballistics is the branch that deals with rockets . It is the science of mechanics that deals with the launching, flight, behavior and effects of projectiles, especially bullets, gravity bombs and rockets.

Multiple choice

___ university

  1. a

  2. an

  3. the

  4. none
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

 'A' is the correct answer because while pronouncing university, a consonant (y) sound is used.

Multiple choice

The term B.Ed. stands for

  1. Benefits of Education

  2. Bachelor of Education

  3. Board of Education

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

B.Ed. is the standard abbreviation for the Bachelor of Education degree.

Multiple choice

The term B.P.Ed. stands for

  1. Bachelor of Physical Education

  2. Benefits of Physical Education

  3. Board of Physical Education

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

B.P.Ed. stands for Bachelor of Physical Education.

Multiple choice

Which ministry deals with education?

  1. Commerce ministry

  2. Home Ministry

  3. Human Resource Ministry

  4. Education Ministry
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Human Resource Ministry (formerly MHRD) is the government department responsible for the education sector in India.

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below: (i) P, Q, R, S, T and U are six students who procured their masters degree in six different subjects-English, History, Philosophy, Physics, Statistics and Mathematics. (ii) Two of them stay in hostel, two stay as Paying Guest (PG) and the remaining two stay at their home. (iii) R does not stay as PG and studies Philosophy. (iv) The students studying Statistics and History do not stay as PG. (v) T studies Mathematics and S studies Physics. (vi) U and S stay in hostel. T stays as PG and Q stays at home.

Which subject (s) does Q study?

  1. History

  2. Statistics

  3. History or Statistics

  4. Data inadequate
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

  |||| |---|---|---| |Student|Subject|Stay | |R|Philosophy|Home| |Q/U|Statistics|Home / Hostel| |Q/U|History|Home / Hostel| |T|Mathematics|PG| |S|Physics|Hostel| |P|English|PG|