Question : Which of the following statements are correct regarding the Supreme Court judgement on the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment Act? A. The Supreme Court of India’s Constitution Bench for this case consisted of 5 judges. B. The Constitution Bench upholds the 10% of EWS reservation with a 3-2 majority. C. As per the Supreme Court judgement, the 103rd Constitutional Amendment is valid although it violates the basic structure of the Indian Constitution.
Option 1: A, B and C
Option 2: A and C only
Option 3: B and C only
Option 4: A and B only
Correct Answer: A and B only
Solution : The correct answer is A and B only.
The amendment act establishes a 10% reservation for economically weaker members of society for admission to central government-run educational institutions. The Constitution (103 Amendment) Act, 2019, is the official name for the 103rd Amendment to the Indian Constitution. Thawar Chand Gehlot, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, introduced the bill. The Amendment does not violate the basic structure of the Constitution.
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Question : Comprehension: Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow. Plato is the earliest important educational thinker, and education is an essential element in 'The Republic' (his most important work on philosophy and political theory, written around 360 B.C.). In it, he advocates some rather extreme methods: removing children from their mothers' care and raising them as wards of the state, and differentiating children suitable to the various castes, the highest receiving the most education, so that they could act as guardians of the city and care for the less able. He believed that education should be holistic, including facts, skills, physical discipline, music, and art. Plato believed that talent and intelligence are not distributed genetically and thus can be found in children born to all classes, although his proposed system of selective public education for an educated minority of the population does not really follow a democratic model.
Aristotle considered human nature, habit, and reason to be equally important forces to be cultivated in education, the ultimate aim of which should be to produce good and virtuous citizens. He proposed that teachers lead their students systematically, and that repetition be used as a key tool to develop good habits, unlike Socrates' emphasis on questioning his listeners to bring out their own ideas. He emphasized the balancing of the theoretical and practical aspects of subjects taught, among which he explicitly mentions reading, writing, mathematics, music, physical education, literature, history, and a wide range of sciences, as well as play, which he also considered important.
Question: Aristotle believed that virtuous citizens could be produced by cultivating:
Option 1: art and music
Option 2: mathematics and science
Option 3: theoretical aspects of education
Option 4: habit and reason
Question: Children who are imparted the highest education would be responsible for:
Option 1: developing talent and skills
Option 2: inculcating good habits
Option 3: guarding the city
Option 4: teaching the illiterate
Question: Which of these methods is NOT advocated in 'The Republic'?
Option 1: Differentiating children based on castes
Option 2: Imparting similar education to all children
Option 3: Bringing up children under state guardianship
Option 4: Keeping children away from mothers
Question: What tool does Aristotle advocate to teachers to develop good habits in students?
Option 1: Writing
Option 2: Reading
Option 3: Questioning
Option 4: Repetition
Question: Which of these statements is NOT true?
Option 1: Socrates encouraged the listeners to come up with original ideas.
Option 2: The Republic was written around 360 A.D.
Option 3: Socrates considered music and physical education as important aspects of learning.
Option 4: Plato's methods of education can be called 'extreme'.
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