Monday, August 15, 2022

Padma Shri awardees:-
Anwar Jalalpuri (Posthumous) – Literature and Education (Literature – Urdu)
Sitavva Joddati – Social Work
Manas Bihari Verma – Science & Engineering (Defence)
Abhay Bang (Duo) – Medicine
Rani Bang (Duo) – Medicine
Damodar Ganesh Bapat – Social Work
Prafulla Govinda Baruah – Literature and Education-Journalism
Mohan Swaroop Bhatia – Art-Folk Music
Sudhanshu Biswas – Social Work
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu – Sports-Weightlifting
Pandit Shyamlal Chaturvedi – Literature and Education-Journalism
Jose Ma Joey Concepcion III (Foreigner) – Trade & Industry
Langpoklakpam Subadani Devi – Art-Weaving
Somdev Devvarman – Sports-Tennis
Yeshi Dhoden – Medicine
Arup Kumar Dutta – Literature and Education
Doddarange Gowda – Art-Lyrics
Arvind Gupta – Literature and Education
Digamber Hansda – Literature and Education
Ramli Bin Ibrahim (Foreigner) – Art-Dance
Piyong Temjen Jamir – Literature and Education
Malti Joshi – Literature and Education
Manoj Joshi – Art-Acting
Rameshwarlal Kabra – Trade & Industry
Pran Kishore Kaul – Art
Bounlap Keokangna (Foreigner) – Others-Architecture
Vijay Kichlu – Art-Music
Tommy Koh (Foreigner) – Public Affairs
Lakshmikutty – Medicine-Traditional
Joyshree Goswami Mahanta – Literature and Education
Narayan Das Maharaj – Others-Spiritualism
Pravakara Maharana – Art-Sculpture
Hun Many (Foreigner) – Public Affairs
Nouf Marwaai (Foreigner) – Others- Yoga
Zaverilal Mehta – Literature and Education-Journalism
Krishna Bihari Mishra – Literature and Education
Sisir Purushottam Mishra – Art-Cinema
Subhasini Mistry – Social Work
Tomio Mizokami (Foreigner) – Literature and Education
Somdet Phra Maha Muniwong (Foreigner) – Others-Spiritualism
Keshav Rao Musalgaonkar – Literature and Education
Thant Myint – U (Foreigner) – Public Affairs
V Nanammal – Others-Yoga
Sulagitti Narasamma – Social Work
Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan – Art-Folk Music
I Nyoman Nuarta (Foreigner) – Art-Sculpture
Malai Haji Abdullah Bin Malai Haji Othman (Foreigner) – Social Work
Gobaradhan Panika – Art-Weaving
Bhabani Charan Pattanaik – Public Affairs
Murlikant Petkar – Sports-Swimming
Habibullo Rajabov (Foreigner) – Literature and Education
M R Rajagopal – Medicine-Palliative Care
Sampat Ramteke (Posthumous) – Social Work
Chandra Sekhar Rath – Literature and Education
S S Rathore – Civil Service
Amitava Roy – Science and Engineering
Sanduk Ruit (Foreigner) – Medicine-Ophthalmology
R Sathyanarayana – Art-Music
Pankaj M Shah – Medicine-Oncology
Bhajju Shyam – Art-Painting
Maharao Raghuveer Singh – Literature and Education
Kidambi Srikanth – Sports-Badminton
Ibrahim Sutar – Art-Music
Siddeshwara Swamiji – Others-Spiritualism
Lentina Ao Thakkar – Social Work
Vikram Chandra Thakur – Science and Engineering
Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Tharanathan (Duo) – Art-Music
Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Thyagarajan (Duo) – Art-Music
Nguyen Tien Thien (Foreigner) – Others-Spiritualism
Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi – Literature and Education
Rajagopalan Vasudevan – Science and Engineering
Panatawane Gangadhar Vithobaji – Literature and Education
Romulus Whitaker – Others-Wildlife Conservation
Baba Yogendra – Art
A Zakia – Literature and Education

Padma Vibhushan:-
Illaiyaraja – Art-Music
Ghulam Mustafa Khan – Art-Music
P Parameswaran- Literature and Education

Padma Bhushan awardees:-
Pankaj Advani – Sports-Billiards/Snooker
Philipose Mar Chrysostom – Others-Spiritualism
Mahendra Singh Dhoni – Sports-Cricket
Alexander Kadakin (Foreigner/Posthumous) – Public affairs
Ramachandran Nagaswamy – Others-Archaeology
Ved Prakash Nanda (OCI) – Literature and Education
Laxman Pai – Art-Painting
Arvind Parikh – Art-Music
Sharda Sinha – Art-Music

Sociology UGC Net Paper 3rd | Lesson 8 | Most Important Question-Answer

1.    Structuration deals with System-Agency Relationship.

2.    The Major proponent of Structuration is Anthony Giddens.

3.    Who has been attributed with the use of term “Post-Modernism”?
(Charles Jencks)
'उत्तर-आधुनिकता' शब्द का उपयोग किसने किया है? (Charles Jencks)

4.    “The Language of Post-Modern Architecture? (Charles Jencks)

5.    Who has propounded the Mirror Theory of Knowledge? (Robert King Merton)
ज्ञान के दर्पण सिद्धांत को किसने पेश किया है? (Robert King Merton)

6.    Anthony Giddens was a British Sociologist.

7.    Giddens , in his works, is well known for Interdisciplinary Approach. (अंतःविषय दृष्टिकोण)

8.    Giddens Contribution of Structuration analyses the social structures and peoples Freedom to act.
Giddens संरचना के सिद्धांत का योगदान सामाजिक संरचनाओं और लोगों की स्वतंत्रता का विश्लेषण करती है।

9.    Giddens idea of Renaissance holds that both individual and society are defines in relation to one another.
Anthony Giddens का पुनजार्गरण के बारे में विचार है कि व्यक्ति और समाज दोनों एक दूसरे के सम्बन्ध में परिभाषित होते है|

1.  Third way is the Giddens Sociological Philosophy.

11.  Some Important Books:-
A.    The Class Structure of Advance Societies (Anthony Giddens)
B.    The Language of Post-Modern Architecture (Charles Jencks)
C.    Violence and Metaphysics (Jacques Derrida)

12.  Some Important Ideas:-
A.    Deconstruction (विखंडन) (Jacques Derrida)
B.    Third Way (Anthony Giddens)
C.    Mirror Theory of Knowledge (Rorty Richard)

1. The term 'Demographic transition' was coined by
(a) T. Malthus
(b) D. Hobman
(c) Warren S. Thompson
(d) L.H. Morgan
2. Usually the developing countries are characterized by
(a) Low birth rate and low death rate
(b) High birth rate and low death rate
(c) High birth rate and high death rate
(d) Low birth rate and high death rate
3. The ideal stage in which the population would be provided with a level of well being is known as
(a) Incipient decline
(b) Transitional growth
(c) High potential growth
(d) Longitudinal growth
4. Conflicts usually emerge when there is social disequilibrium. Who makes us believe that conflicts take place when there is shortage in the supply of articles or subsistence?
(a) Malthus
(b) Vincent
(c) F.E. Lumby
(d) K. Young
5. Which of the following is best defined as change in the diversity and adoption of population of organisms?
(a) Cultural diffusion
(b) Vertical mobility
(c) Cultural evolution
(d) Biological evolution
6. A periodic enumeration and summation of information about a population is called
(a) Census
(b) Observation
(c) Case study
(d) Interval-sampling
7. Who wrote first "Essay on Population"
(a) John Locke
(b) Malthus?
(c) Rousseau
(d) T. Hobbes
8. Who opined that population grows an exponential rate while the means of subsistence grows at a linear rate?
(a) Malthus
(b) Marx
(c) Cose
(d) Spencer
9. Malthus was regarded as a
(a) Preventive measure
(b) Positive check
(c) Destructive element
(d) National calamity
10. The name of a population pyramid indicating a high proportion of children and rapid growth and which has a broad base is
(a) Structured pyramid
(b) Constructive pyramid
(c) Stationary pyramid
(d) Expansion pyramid
11. Who was of the view that demographic density is a major determinant of social revolution?
(a) Emile Durkheim
(b) Herbert Spencer
(c) G. Simmel
(d) Morgan
12. In which state of India men is outnumbered by women according to 1991 census?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Kerala
(d) Goa
13. Among the following causes of mortality which do you attribute to society?
(a) Capital punishment
(b) Medical treatment
(c) Child infanticide
(d) Magical treatment
14. Who among the following has developed the theory of 'step migration'?
(a) Revenstein
(b) R. Redfield
(c) Mumford
(d) H. Spencer
15. Who among the following voiced against Malthus and held that the core reason of overpopulation was not to be found in biological power of reproduction but in prevailing capitalist mode of production?
(a) Karl Marx
(b) Herbert Spencer
(c) F. Engels
(d) M. Weber
16. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
(a) Heterogeneity of population is a characteristic of a city community
(b) Social changes occur more rapidly in the cities than in the towns and villages
(c) The planning of cities is a modern innovation
(d)Most of the major cities of India located on the coast or on navigable rivers.
17. The capacity of women for giving live births is called
(a) Fecundity
(b) Fertility
(c) Mortality
(d) Morbidity
18. The discipline concerned with the statistical analysis and description of population composition and change is called
(a) Demography
(b) Census
(c) Population growth
(d)Population statistics
19. The study of composition of marital status of a group of population is called
(a) Eugenics
(b) Alliance
(c) Gamalogy
(d) Nuptiality
20. As per the 1991 census of India, the state with the highest percentage of urban population is
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Kerala
(c) Karnataka
(d) Gujarat
21. Demography is
(a) An experimental science
(b) A behavioural science
(c) More an experimental science than observational
(d) More an observational science than experimental
22. Malthus, a well known scholar of population studied
(a) Favoured population growth and thought that it leads to social solidarity
(b)Disfavored population growth and thought it to lead to mass poverty and misery
(c) Disfavored population growth but did not think that it will lead to any kind of change in society
(d) Fertility as a way to express herself for women.
23. Demographic Transition Theory is a way of conceptualizing the changes in population which accompanied industrialisation, seeing in these changes a transformation from a system with high birth rate balanced by high death rates to one with low death rates balanced by low
(a) Birth rate
(b) Death rate
(c) Fertility
(d) Feundity
24. Counting people for census purposes as residing in their usual or normal place of residence is called
(a) De facto census method
(b) De jure census method
(c) Demographic equation
(d) Normal census
25. Which among the following record selected population events as they occur?
(a) De factor census method
(b) Vital registration system
(c) De jure census method
(d) Reporting census

Answer Key

1. (c)
2. (b)
3. (a)
4. (a)
5. (d)
6.(a)
7. (b)
8. (a)
9.(b)
10. (c)
11. (a)
12. (c)
13. (c)
14. (a)
15. (a)
16.(c)
17. (a)
18. (a)
19. (d)
20. (a)
21. (b)
22. (b)
23. (a)
24. (b)
 25. (d)


1. Demographers do not take into account
(a) Age, sex and racial composition of the population
(b)Height and weight of the population
(c) Birth and death rate
(d)Density of population

2. What is meant by sex-ratio?
(a) The relation between male and female
(b)The ration between the number of adult male and adult females in a population
(c) The ratio between number of female and number of male in a population
(d)The number of females per 1000 males in a population

3. Which of the following statements is correct?
(a) Demographic studies do not forecast future population movement
(b)Demographic studies attempt to forecast future population movement
(c) Demographic studies only take present stock of population's size and its structure
(d)Demographic studies only take past account of a population in terms of age, sex and occupation of a population

4. Demography is derived from a
(a) Latin word
(b) Greek word
(c) Spanish word
(d) Polynesian word

5. According to Demographic Transition Theory 'a rapid increase in population consisting high fertility and falling mortality' represents
(a) Stage -1
(b) Stage - II
(c) Stage - II
(d) Stage -1V"

6. When did birth, as the controlling factor of status start declining?
(a) When religious renaissance started
(b) When socialist states started in world politics
(c) Since industrial revolution
(d) Since cold war

7. Fill in the blank _____________ is the number under 5 years of age divided by the of women 15-44 years of age mull 1000.
(a) Age Pyramid
(b) Sex Pyramid
(c) Fertility ratio
(d) Dependency ratio

8. Who among the following used the 'demography' for the first time?
(a) Achilles Guillard
(b) T. Malthus
(c) Herbert Spencer
(d) Ricardo L

9. 'Population tends to increase in geometrical ratio whereas agricultural produce inert in arithmetical ratio.' This statement is i by
(a) Spencer H.
(b) Malthus
(c) Plato
(d) Karl Marx

10. The concept of 'Positive' and 'Preventive checks were elaborated by
(a) T. Malthus
(b) H. Spencer
(c) C. Darwin
(d) W. Pareto

11. "The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power of the earth produce subsistence for man". It is said
(a) H. Spencer
(b) Adam Smith
(c) T. Malthus
(d) Pareto

12. In which theory does the total population follow an S-shaped curve?
(a) Social capillary theory
(b) Law of logistic curve
(c) Pivots principle
(d) Malthusian theory

13. 'De-facto' census method
(a) Distributes the people on the basis of their usual place of residence
(b) Counts the population where it is residing for month preceding the census
(c) It counts the population according to where it is on the night preceding the census
(d) It counts the population where it is residing since a decade

14. By transitional growth we mean
(a) High birth rate and low death rate
(b) High birth rate and high death rate
(c) Low death rate and low birth rate
(d) Low death rate and high birth rate
15. Which among the following covers the study of population and social structure including social groups and institutions according to Ginsberg?
(a) Social institutions
(b) Social morphology
(c) Social anatomy
(d) Social processes

16. Which among the following is not an important factor for India's rapidly growing population?
(a) Low death rate
(b) Immigration
(c) High birth rate
(d) Emigration

17. Male-female ratio i.e., sex ratio in India since 1901 has been
(a) Decreased
(b) Stagnant
(c) Increased
(d) Demographers now not taking this into account

18. The base of age pyramid in India is broad. This is due to
(a) High birth rate
(b) High death rate
(c) High morbidity
(d) High fecundity

19. Among the following causes of mortality, which do you attribute to society?
(a) Spread of communicable diseases
(b) High rate of capital punishment
(c) Practice of black magic
(d) Child infanticide

20. The word 'Optimum Population' means
(a) Maximum population size
(b) Best population size
(c) Negative growth of population
(d) High rate of fertility

21. Which among the following states has the largest population?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) West Bengal
(d) Maharashtra

22. The population of India is steadily increasing particularly in the metropolis and cities. The causes of this increase are many, therefore, the population check is most urgently required in the
(a) Metropolis
(b) Cities
(c) Towns
(d) Villages

23. Age specific birth rate is marked by
(a) The number of births annually per thousand persons of total population
(b) The number of births annually per thousand in the 15-49 children bearing ages
(c) The number of children born per thousand women in specific age class, say 30-34 years of age
(d) Children of a particular age group say 5- 9 or 9-14 years.

24. Which among the following is an unconscious method of population control?
(a) Using contraceptives
(b) Limiting the size of family
(c) Social legislations prohibiting marriage before attaining a certain age
(d) Taboos on sexual 'intercourse

25. According to the theory of demographic transaction, in the pre-transitional stage
(a) Both death rates and the birth rates are high
(b) Death rate is low but birth rate is high
(c) Death rate is high but birth is low
(d) Both death rate and birth rates are low
Answer Key
1(b)
2.(d)
3. (b)
4.(b)
5. (a)
6. (a)
7. (c)
8. (a)
9. (b)
10. (a)
11.(c)
12. (b)
13. (c)
14. (d)
15. (b)
16. (b)
17. (a)
18. (a)
19. (d)
20. (b)
21.(b)
22. (d)
23. (c)
24. (d)
25. (a)


1.  
1. Sociology aims as explaining men
(a) Group behaviour
(b) Interpersonal relationship
(c) Both a & b
(d) None the above

2. The Central theme in Sociology is
(a) Biological interaction
(b) Social interaction
(c) Chemical interaction
(d) Physical interaction

3. Sociology analyzes the concept of
(a) Civilization
(b) Juvenile delinquency
(c) Other ills
(d) All of the above

4. Sociology also Studies the possibility of directing changes in the ultimate interest of
(a) Family welfare
(b) Social welfare
(c) Human welfare
(d) All of the above

5. Sociology is the study of the individual only from
(a) Cultural angle
(b) Economic angle
(c) Political angle
(d) None of the above

6. Social life consists of
(a) Music's
(b) Participation in drams
(c) Games
(d) All of the above

7. Sociology analyzes the 'process of interaction' as
(a) Cooperation
(b) Conflict
(c) Competition
(d) All of the above

8. 'Social development is which includes the development of
(a) Co-operativenes
(b) Friendliness
(c) Social attitudes
(d) All of the above

9. The theory that study of sociology is human relationship is given by
(a) Merritt
(b) Eldridge
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of the above

10. Sociology is the study of
(a) Human relationship
(b) Psychological relationship
(c) Cultural relationship
(d) All of the above

11. Sociology studies 'process of interaction' as
(a) Assimilation
(b) Accommodation
(c) Cooperation
(d) All of the above

12. When one learns something and makes use of what he has learned is called
(a) Assimilation
(b) Co-operation
(c) Competition
(d) Conflict

13. The idea that people of high and low status were all equal in the eyes of God first comes with
(a) Huns
(b) Muslims
(c) Portuguese
(d) Englishman

14. Sociology examines
(a) Social Change
(b) Social control
(c) Both a & b
(d) All the above

15. In Ginsberg's view Sociology is
(a) All that happens to society
(b) All that happens to human beings
(c) All that happens to animals
(d) All of the above

16. Incorporating learned behaviour into own personality and makes them his 'style of life' is
(a) Assimilation
(b) Co-operation
(c) Competition
(d) Conflict

17. The idea of equality was welcomed by the
(a) Lower caste in Hindu society
(b) Kshatriya
(c) Brahman
(d) Backwards

18. Sociology should reflect the
(a) Community
(b) Customs
(c) Culture
(d) All of the above

19. Caste system weakened in the 20th century's -
(a) Last fifty decades
(b) First fifty decades
(c) In the middle decades
(d) None of the above

20. When a group of people learn something and change their behaviour and attitudes as a result then we can say that this group has learning
(a) Co-operated
(b) Assimilated
(c) Competited
(d) Conflicted

21. Sociology is the study of society of the web tissue of human interaction and inter-relation said by
(a) Ginsberg
(b) Moore
(c) Merritt
(d) Duncan

22. Social interaction includes
(a) Interaction with culture
(b) Interaction with society
(c) Interaction with family
(d) All of the above

23. Which of the following is not correct?
(a) Apart from the above there can be named other pollutants of social environment such as backwardness, poverty, blind faith, bad social tradition of religion and society which have diseased our society and polluted the environment. The education is required to give light and someone all sorts of darkness from the minds of the students. The aim of education is to help in all round growth of the child and development of his mind, spirit and body. The effect of the polluted social environment is required to be washed away by the educational system.
(b) Polluted social environment deeply affects the development of the child. The students are required to be kept away from the criminal world. An educator has a great role to play in moulding the
(c) In the sphere of natural environment, we see lots of pollution in air, water, and around etc. All sorts of natural environment pollution affects our life in several ways and the government, the society and educators are required to do their lot to control the same.
(d) None of these

24. The school socialized by imparting social interaction which is/are -
(a) Students vs staff
(b) Students vs student of different age
(c) Staff vs staff
(d) All of the above

25. From the sociological viewpoint the functions of education are
(a) Assimilation of tradition
(b) Development of new social patterns
(c) The creative and constructive role
(d) All of the above

Answer Key
1. (c)
2. (b)
3. (a)
4. (c)
5. (d)
6. (d)
7. (d)
8.(d)
9. (c)
10. (a)
11.(d)
12. (a)
13. (b)
14. (c)
15. (b)
16. (a)
17. (a)
18. (d)
19. (b)
20. (b)
21.(a)
22. (d)
23. (d)
24. (d)
25. (d)


1. The caste system showed signs of loosening up under the impact of
(a) Gandhiji
(b) Rajendra Prasad
(c) J.L. Nehru
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

2. Sociology Studies the effect if changes on behaviour and personality development in
(a) Society
(b) Individual
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of the above

3. From the Sociological viewpoint education is regarded as a process in which there are two aspects
(a) The psychological
(b) The sociological
(c) Both a & b
(d) Biological & Sociological

4. Robbins definition for sociology deals with
(a) Whole world
(b) Whole man
(c) Whole society
(d) Whole organism

5. Games and Sports are
(a) Competitive
(b) Co-operative
(c) Assimilative
(d) None of the above

6. In view of all sociological principals, the/ curriculum should include the subject of
(a) Social studies
(b) Physical education
(c) Health
(d) All of the above

7. The group or individual have competition in
(a) Social
(b) Economic
(c) Political
(d) Competition in all areas

8. During periods of prosperity and trade expansion in Indian history there appears to have been considerable -
(a) Social mobility
(b) Caste mobility
(c) Both of the above
(d) None of these

9. Education should bring a change not only in the amount of knowledge gained but in -
(a) To acquire habits
(b) To do
(c) Ability to think
(d) All of the above

10. How many types of social processes involved in education
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5

11. Sociological thinking in education has its impact -
(a) On objective
(b) Ends in education
(c) Both a & b
(d) None the above

12. In many socialist countries
(a) Co-operative housing
(b) There is co-operative farming
(c) Both a & b
(d) Either a or b

13. The phrase "Social aim in education" is the one which has been upheld in the -
(a) North America
(b) United kingdom
(c) Democratic countries
(d) All of the above

14. Education should train the
(a) Individual first
(b) Society first
(c) Nation first
(d) Family first

15. The common uniform dress abolishes all individual identity in the same way as the aims in
(a) Educations do
(b) Politics do
(c) Both a & b
(d) There is no relation between the subjects

16. The basic scheme of education emphasizes the need of a predominantly
(a) Agrarian population
(b) Rural population
(c) Both a & b
(d) All social classes

17. Education for social services or education for citizenship and aims at the good of the community laying stress on teaching
(a) Science
(b) Citizenship
(c) Religious
(d) Moral values

18. Social institution is/are -
(a) The state
(b) The school
(c) The family
(d) All of the above

19. A socially efficient individual conforms to
(a) Right way of conduct
(b) Moral standards of conduct
(c) Basic standards
(d) All of the above

20. The demands of society are given priority against the inclination of the -
(a) Community
(b) Individual
(c) Parents
(d) State

21. Social aims in education is the one which has been upheld in the -
(a) South Africa
(b) United Kingdom
(c) North America Smith Asia

22. Today enlighten thinking is needed, which can be promoted through the-
(a) In our schools
(b) Leaderships of teachers
(c) Both S & b
(d) All of the above

23. Several schools in different states are participating in the
(a) National Literacy Mission
(b) National unity
(c) National cultural change
(d) All of the above

24. If education is the result of social change it means that social change has created a demand for-
(a) Education
(b) Conscience
(c) Industrialization
(d) Economic prosperity

25. Participating in the removal of illiteracy is a
(a) Social change
(b) Conscience change
(c) Cultural change
(d) None of the above
Answer key
1. (a)
2. (b)
3. (b)
4. (b)
5. (a)
6.(d)
7. (d)
8. (c)
9.(d)
10. (c)
11. (c)
12. (c)
13. (d)
14. (a)
15. (a)
16. (c)
17. (b)
18. (d)
19. (b)
20. (b)
21. (b)
22. (c)
23. (a)
24. (b)
25. (a)


Sunday, July 31, 2022

Primary and Secondary Sources of Data in Research

Q. Which among the following is a secondary source of data? निम्न में से कौन डेटा का द्वितीयक स्रोत है?

(A) Archival data 

(B) Participants' diary 

(C) National Sample Survey Organization data 

(D) Oral narratives 


Correct Answer is Option (C) National Sample Survey Organization data


(Secondary data)

:- It refers to data that is collected by someone other than the primary user.

:- It is basically Past data.


Common sources of secondary data are :- Census data, tax records data, Information collected by government departments, like National Sample Survey Organization data  or Election commission of India, Organizational records and data that was originally collected for other research purposes.


(Primary data)

:- It refers to the first-hand data gathered by the researcher himself.

:- It is always specific to the researcher's needs.

:- It is available in the Crude form or Raw form.

:- Its examples include :- Surveys, Participants' diary, observations, experiments, Archival data, questionnaires, Oral narratives, personal interviews, etc.

Monday, June 20, 2022

Swayam & Swayam Prabha

(PYQ) UGC NET Paper 1 :- Held on 5th Jan 2022 Shift 1

Given below are two statements :-

Statement I :- The 4 quadrants of SWAYAM are :- 

(1) Video lecture 

(2) specially prepared reading materials that can be downloaded 

(3) online discussion forum for clarifying doubts 

(4) Time to time assessment by experts.


Statement II :- Swayam Prabha is a group of 34 DTH channels denoted to telecast high quality educational programmes on 24 × 7 basis.


In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :-

(1) Both Statement I and Statement II are true

(2) Both Statement I and Statement II are false 

(3) Statement I is true but Statement II is false

(4) Statement I is false but Statement II is true


Correct Answer is Option (4) Statement I is false but Statement II is true


SWAYAM is a Sanskrit acronym that stands for "Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds". It is an Indian Massive open online course platform.


(Key Points)


Statement I :- The 4 quadrants of SWAYAM are :- 

(1) Video lecture 

(2) specially prepared reading materials that can be downloaded 

(3) online discussion forum for clarifying doubts 

(4) Time to time assessment by experts.


Swayam is done through a platform that facilitates hosting of all the courses, taught in classrooms from Class 9 till post-graduation to be accessed by anyone, anywhere at any time.

All the courses are interactive, prepared by the best teachers in the country, and are available, free of cost to any learner.

More than 1,000 specially chosen faculty and teachers from across the country have participated in preparing these courses.


The courses hosted on SWAYAM are in 4 quadrants :-

:- Video lectures

:- Specially prepared reading material that can be downloaded/printed.

:- Self-assessment tests through tests and quizzes. 

:- An online discussion forum for clearing doubts.


Steps have been taken to enrich the learning experience by using audio-video and multi-media and state-of-the-art pedagogy/technology. Time to time assessment by experts is not one of the quadrants on SWAYAM.


Hence, the statement I is false.


Statement II :- Swayam Prabha is a group of 34 DTH channels devoted to telecasting high-quality educational programs on a 24 × 7 basis.


The SWAYAM PRABHA is a group of 34 DTH channels devoted to telecasting high-quality educational programs on a 24X7 basis using the GSAT-15 satellite.


Every day, there will be new content for at least 4 hours which would be repeated 5 more times a day, allowing the students to choose the time of their convenience.


The channels are uplinked from BISAG-N, Gandhinagar. The contents are provided by NPTEL, IITs, UGC, CEC, IGNOU. The INFLIBNET Centre maintains the web portal.


The DTH Channels shall cover the following :-

:- Higher Education

:- School education (9-12 levels)

:- Curriculum-based courses 


Hence, statement II is true.


Therefore, according to the above discussion Statement I is false but Statement II is true.

Thursday, June 02, 2022

Choice Based Credit System (CBCS)

The Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) is an educational model that offers students to opt for courses & subjects of their choice - core, elective courses, open or global electives & skill-based courses.


The Choice Based Credit System (CBCS)

:- It was introduced by the University Grants Commission (UGC).

:- Unlike the traditional marking-based system, the CBCS grading pattern is based on earned credits every semester.

:- The primary objective behind this thoughtful CBCS scheme is to encourage students to be all-rounders by taking their skills a notch higher.

:- CBCS system offers three types of course choices to the Students - Core, Elective, and Foundation.


(Core Course)

​:- Students need to choose a core subject compulsorily to complete the credit requirement.


(Elective Course)

​These subjects have more generic content and aim to increase the students' skills. They expose the student to subjects that are not in their curriculum. Students get the freedom to opt for the subjects of their personal interest.


(Foundation)

Also referred to as "Ability Enhancement Courses", the foundation courses offer value-based subjects that lead to knowledge enhancement. Such value-based subjects can help students grab excellent career opportunities in the long run.

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Q. In Jain logic and epistemology, what is the "knowledge of sadhya with the help of hetu" is called?

Q. In Jain logic and epistemology, what is the "knowledge of sadhya with the help of hetu" is called?
(A) Upanaya
(B) Anumana
(C) Pratyabhijna
(D) Shruta

(B) Anumana

According to Jainism, there are two types of knowledge :- Pramana and Naya.

:- According to Jaina epistemology, indirect knowledge is of five kinds-Smrti, Pratyabhijna, Tarka, Anumana, and Agama.

:- Smrti is genuine knowledge for Jains since it is the correct form of past perceptions.

:- Recognition (pratyabhijna) - This is the synthetic knowledge derived from direct perception and remembrance.

:- It contains information such as likeness (samanata), identity (tadatmya), differences (bheda), comparison (Tulana), and so on.

:- Logic (Tarka) is the understanding of Vyapti between paksa and sadhya.

:- Anumana is the knowledge of sadhya with the help of hetu.

:- This inference is either svarthanumana or pararthanumana. The former is the grasp for one’s own self. Hence it needs no amplification. For example, the frequent visibility of fire under smoke together suffices to convince us of their concomitance.

:- Afterwards, when we see smoke, we infer the existence of fire also with the help of Vyapti, which is already known to us. It is, svarthanumana. In it the place of smoke is paksa, smoke is paksa dharma.

:- In svarthanumana both Vyapti and paksa dharma are essential.

:- Pararthanumana is used for convincing others. So it must be more systematized and vivid.

:- It is fivefold. In the fivefold Pararthanumana an inference is drawn in five sentences.

:- These sentences are called the propositions (avayava) of inference; e.g., (a) Pratijna-The hill is fiery; (b) Hetu-because of smoke; (c) Drstanta- Wherever there is smoke there is fire, such as in the kitchen; (e) Upanaya- The smoke, which does not exist without fire (Vyaptivisistdhum) is in the hill; (f) Nigamana-Therefore the hill is fiery;

According to Jaina epistemology, Inference (anumana) is the understanding of sadhya through the use of hetu.

Thus in Jain's logic and epistemology, the "knowledge of sadhya with the help of hetu" is called Anumana.

:- Jainism offers a unique perspective on knowledge as a state of the soul, not something that can be comprehended and retained by the soul.

:- The doctrine of "The Doctrine of Relativity of Knowledge and Judgments" is promoted by Jainism.

:- All knowledge in Jainism is divided into two categories :- mediate (paroksa) and immediate (aparoksa).