UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Adi Vaani

Q1. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. Adi Vaani has had to build its text and speech corpora for tribal languages largely from scratch, instead of drawing on existing digital resources.
  2. Most of these languages are passed on mainly through speech and have little written or digitised material for AI models to learn from.
  • A. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
  • B. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
  • C. Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
  • D. Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct

Q2. With reference to the languages covered by Adi Vaani and the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Gondi, Bhili and Mundari entered the Eighth Schedule through the same amendment that added Santali.
  2. Santali, one of the first languages made live on Adi Vaani, is a language listed in the Eighth Schedule.
  3. A language enters the Eighth Schedule through an amendment of the Constitution, not through an executive notification of the Union Government.
  • A. 2 and 3 only
  • B. 1 only
  • C. 1, 2 and 3
  • D. 1 and 3 only

Q3. With reference to Article 350A of the Constitution of India, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. It places on every State and every local authority within it the duty to endeavour to provide such facilities, and lets the President issue directions to a State to secure them.
  2. It extends the facility of instruction in the mother tongue beyond the primary stage, up to the end of secondary schooling.
  3. It is one of the Directive Principles of State Policy listed in Part IV of the Constitution.
  • A. 1 and 3 only
  • B. 1 and 2 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1 only

Q4. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. The National Education Policy 2020 recommends that, wherever possible, the home language or mother tongue be the medium of instruction at least till Grade 5.
  2. Article 350A of the Constitution makes primary education in the mother tongue a fundamental right that every child can enforce through the courts.
  • A. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
  • B. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
  • C. Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
  • D. Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct

Q5. With reference to Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) in India, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Since TRIs receive full grant-in-aid from the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs, they function as Union institutions outside the administrative framework of State governments.
  2. TRIs serve as a Centre–State link: the Union Ministry supports State governments in setting them up and strengthening them, while TRIs provide research and data for tribal policy.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 2 only
  • C. Both 1 and 2
  • D. Neither 1 nor 2