Tag: achieving equality
Questions Related to achieving equality
The government introduced free and compulsory education system for children in the age group of __________.
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6 to 14 years
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5 to 12 years
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5 to 10 years
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1 to 16 years
Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act or Right to Education Act (RTE) was enacted on 4th August 2009 by the parliament of India. This was inserted in Article 21-A of the constitution. Children in the age group of six to fourteen were given rights to full time elementary education of satisfactory and equitable quality in a formal school. Article 21-A and the RTE Act came into effect on 1st April 2010.
Main purpose of the adult education is to _______________.
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Increase the number of schools
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Increase the number of teachers
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Remove illiteracy
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Increase the knowledge of the people
Adult education is a practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self–educating activities in order to gain new forms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values. Purposes of adult education may vary, the general purposes of which are summarized as:
- Vocational
- Remove illiteracy
- Social
- Recreational
- Self-development
What is Net-Reproduction rate?
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Number of deaths of children below one year of age per 1000 live birth
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Birth rate minus death rate
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Average age to which a person at the time of his birth is expected to live
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The rate at which women are replaced by daughter who will have children.
Which of the following cities has got the highest sex ratio in India?
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Puducherry
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Salem
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Hubli
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Hyderabad
World Literacy Day is celebrated on ______.
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8th September
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2nd October
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15th July
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None of these
On 26th October, 1966 UNESCO declared 8th September as International Literacy Day. It was celebrated for the first time in 1967. Its main aim is to promote and highlight the importance of literacy.
What is/are the main problem or problems India faces?
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Inequality
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Poverty
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Illiteracy
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All of these
Though India is a democratic country and has achieved political equality still social and economic inequalities exist here. Some people are very rich and some are so poor that they can't afford two times meal for themselves. As some people are very poor as a result they are unable to give education to their children. This increases the number of illiterate people.
If we follow the rules, our day-to-day life becomes __________.
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Disciplined
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Abnormal
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Unusual
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None of these
Rules are the set of standards that are needed for any kind of activity. Rules are important for the smooth functioning of life, work, and society. Rules bring discipline in our life. It helps us in shaping and giving meaning to our life. Rules help us in getting the right thing done in a right manner.
Disobeying the rules leads to __________.
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Protection
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Encouragement
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Happiness
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Punishment
Rules usually refer to standards for any kind of activities whether it is related to human, government, education, work, etc. Rules are principles, not laws. Disobeying the rules leads to punishments. Rules play a very vital role in everyone's life. It gives meaning to what we are doing.
There is no discrimination in punishments for ____________.
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Following the rules
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Breaking the rules
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Both A and B
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None of these
Rules are the set of standards that are needed or followed for any activity. Rules are equal for everyone. There is no discrimination in punishment for breaking the rules. Every work has its own rule and is done accordingly.
Our society works according to certain __________.
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Rules
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Lawlessness
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Bad manners
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None of these
A set of standard followed by everyone for any work is termed a rule. Everyone work according to certain rules, whether it is a human being, any government agency, society, educational institutions etc. The society also needs to work according to certain rules to bring peace and harmony among people.