UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — SC to hear petition on CBSE’s three-language rule in July

Q1. Under the three-language formula as revised by NEP 2020, what is the minimum number of the three languages that must be native to India?

  • A. One
  • B. Two
  • C. All three
  • D. None; the choice is left entirely to the student

Q2. In CBSE's revised three-language scheme, what does the designation 'R3' refer to?

  • A. The third language, assessed entirely through school-based internal assessment with no Class 10 Board examination
  • B. The third language, which must compulsorily be a foreign language
  • C. The regional language that serves as the medium of instruction for all subjects
  • D. The first/primary language chosen by the student

Q3. NEP 2020, under which the three-language formula for schools is framed, is operationalised at the Union level chiefly by which of the following?

  • A. Ministry of Education (Department of School Education and Literacy)
  • B. Ministry of Culture
  • C. Ministry of Home Affairs (Department of Official Language)
  • D. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

Q4. The Fundamental Right to free and compulsory education for children is enshrined primarily in which single Article of the Constitution?

  • A. Article 21A
  • B. Article 45
  • C. Article 51A(k)
  • D. Article 46

Q5. Following the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, the subject of 'education' is placed in which List of the Seventh Schedule, enabling both the Centre and the States to legislate on it?

  • A. Concurrent List (List III)
  • B. Union List (List I)
  • C. State List (List II)
  • D. It remains outside the Seventh Schedule as a residuary subject

Q6. In declining relief in the plea by the NGO 'Friends of People for Active Democracy', the Supreme Court 'tagged' the petition. In this context, tagging a petition means:

  • A. Clubbing it with other similar pending petitions so that they are heard together
  • B. Dismissing the petition for want of merit
  • C. Referring the matter to a larger Constitution Bench
  • D. Granting interim protection until the final hearing