UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — NATIONAL MISSION FOR MANUSCRIPTS
Q1. Regarding the institutional setup of the National Mission for Manuscripts, which of the following statements are correctly identified?
- It was launched by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
- It was initiated during the Tenth Five Year Plan.
- It was created as a statutory body under a dedicated Act of Parliament.
- Its nodal coordinating body is headquartered in Mumbai.
- A. 1 and 2
- B. 2 and 4
- C. 1, 2 and 4
- D. 3 only
Q2. Under which one of the following categories is the Gyan Bharatam Mission classified by the Ministry of Culture?
- A. Centrally Sponsored Scheme
- B. Central Sector Scheme
- C. Statutory mission under an Act of Parliament
- D. Autonomous society registered under the Societies Registration Act
Q3. Which of the following are correctly identified as verticals of the Gyan Bharatam Mission?
- Survey and Cataloguing
- Conservation and Capacity Building
- Linguistics and Translation
- Marketing and Commercial Sale of Manuscripts
- A. 1, 2 and 3
- B. 1 and 4
- C. 2, 3 and 4
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q4. The cumulative figures of about 5.2 million manuscripts documented and 90 million folios conserved by the National Mission for Manuscripts relate to its progress up to which point in time?
- A. September 2020
- B. September 2023
- C. March 2025
- D. September 2025
Q5. Approximately how many folios had been conserved by the National Mission for Manuscripts (from inception up to September 2023)?
- A. 5.2 million
- B. 90 million
- C. 3.30 crore
- D. 1.29 lakh
Q6. Under the Gyan Bharatam Mission, how many of the institutions that signed MoUs are designated to serve as Cluster Centres?
Q7. As per the working definition adopted by the National Mission for Manuscripts, a handwritten document must be at least how many years old to qualify as a manuscript?
- A. 50 years
- B. 60 years
- C. 75 years
- D. 100 years