UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Three authors pulled up by SC over NCERT chapter seek hearing

Question 1

The Supreme Court order recalling the direction that governments disassociate from the three NCERT chapter authors was delivered by a Bench headed by which Chief Justice of India?

Accepted Answer

Surya Kant

Answer

D.Y. Chandrachud

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Sanjiv Khanna

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B.R. Gavai

Question 2

The rules of natural justice, whose alleged breach was at the heart of the challenge to the disassociation order, are traditionally said to rest on how many fundamental principles?

Accepted Answer

Two

Answer

Three

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Four

Answer

Five

Question 3

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), which prepared the disputed Class 8 chapter, functions as an autonomous body under which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Ministry of Education

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Ministry of Culture

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Ministry of Women and Child Development

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Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

Question 4

The "5+3+3+4" curricular and pedagogical structure introduced under the National Education Policy 2020 divides school education into how many stages?

Accepted Answer

Four

Answer

Three

Answer

Five

Answer

Six

Question 5

Under the NEP 2020's "5+3+3+4" structure, the "Foundational Stage" is best described as covering which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Children aged 3 to 8 years, spanning pre-primary years and Grades 1–2

Answer

Grades 3 to 5, covering children aged 8 to 11 years

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Grades 6 to 8, covering children aged 11 to 14 years

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Grades 9 to 12, covering children aged 14 to 18 years

Question 6

The doctrine of separation of powers, invoked when questioning judicial directions over curriculum, distributes governmental power in India among how many organs of the State?

Accepted Answer

Three

Answer

Two

Answer

Four

Answer

Five

Question 7

Among the three educationists named in the Supreme Court's order, who served as the Chairperson of the NCERT social science curriculum committee that framed the disputed Class 8 chapter?

Accepted Answer

Michel Danino

Answer

Alok Prasanna Kumar

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Suparna Diwakar

Answer

Gopal Sankaranarayanan

Question 8

The Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, under which such curriculum-related proceedings can arise, classifies contempt of court into how many categories?

Accepted Answer

Two

Answer

Three

Answer

Four

Answer

Five

Question 9

While exercising suo motu jurisdiction, the Supreme Court's power to pass any order necessary for doing "complete justice" in a matter is derived from which Article of the Constitution?

Accepted Answer

Article 142

Answer

Article 32

Answer

Article 136

Answer

Article 143

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Three authors pulled up by SC over NCERT chapter seek hearing

Q1. The Supreme Court order recalling the direction that governments disassociate from the three NCERT chapter authors was delivered by a Bench headed by which Chief Justice of India?

Q2. The rules of natural justice, whose alleged breach was at the heart of the challenge to the disassociation order, are traditionally said to rest on how many fundamental principles?

Q3. The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), which prepared the disputed Class 8 chapter, functions as an autonomous body under which of the following?

Q4. The "5+3+3+4" curricular and pedagogical structure introduced under the National Education Policy 2020 divides school education into how many stages?

Q5. Under the NEP 2020's "5+3+3+4" structure, the "Foundational Stage" is best described as covering which of the following?

Q6. The doctrine of separation of powers, invoked when questioning judicial directions over curriculum, distributes governmental power in India among how many organs of the State?

Q7. Among the three educationists named in the Supreme Court's order, who served as the Chairperson of the NCERT social science curriculum committee that framed the disputed Class 8 chapter?

Q8. The Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, under which such curriculum-related proceedings can arise, classifies contempt of court into how many categories?

Q9. While exercising suo motu jurisdiction, the Supreme Court's power to pass any order necessary for doing "complete justice" in a matter is derived from which Article of the Constitution?