UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Booster shot for education and skilling

Q1. As announced in the Union Budget 2026-27, how many University Townships are to be set up near major industrial and logistics corridors?

  • A. Three
  • B. Five
  • C. Seven
  • D. Ten

Q2. In the Union Budget 2026-27, which one of the following received the single highest-ever allocation, at ₹83,562 crore, within the Ministry of Education?

  • A. Department of Higher Education
  • B. Department of School Education and Literacy
  • C. Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
  • D. Samagra Shiksha

Q3. The revamp of Samagra Shiksha that introduced vocational education, digital literacy and gender components — under which document's framework was this carried out?

  • A. National Policy on Education, 1986
  • B. Right to Education Act, 2009
  • C. National Education Policy, 2020
  • D. Programme of Action, 1992

Q4. In the Budget 2026-27 announcement that 'girls' hostels in every district will be set up via Viability Gap Funding', the term Viability Gap Funding most precisely refers to which one of the following?

  • A. A capital grant by the Centre to bridge the financial shortfall of infrastructure projects that are economically justified but not commercially viable
  • B. An interest-subvention scheme that reduces the effective rate of bank loans for higher-education borrowers
  • C. A revenue-sharing mechanism between Centre and States to recover operating losses of public-sector enterprises
  • D. A guarantee fund that compensates private investors for foreign exchange losses on rupee-denominated bonds

Q5. The Atal Tinkering Labs scheme, whose allocation was raised to ₹3,200 crore in the Union Budget 2026-27, is operationalised by which one of the following?

  • A. All India Council for Technical Education under the Ministry of Education
  • B. Atal Innovation Mission under NITI Aayog
  • C. National Skill Development Corporation under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
  • D. Department of Science and Technology under the Ministry of Science and Technology