APSC MCQs / APSC Prelims Practice Questions based on Assam Tribune (Daily) – 28/04/2025
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APSC MCQs / APSC Prelims Practice Questions (Date: 28/04/2025)
📚 Topic 1: Assam’s Education Infrastructure Upgrade
Q1. The Government of Assam plans to rebuild around 4,000 high and higher secondary schools by:
A. 2030
B. 2035
C. 2040
D. 2028
✅ Answer: B
🧠 Explanation:
The Assam Government targets 2035 to complete the construction of 4,000 schools at the rate of about 200 schools per year.
Q2. In the education reform announced, which subjects are proposed to be taught in English in Assamese-medium schools?
A. Science and Mathematics
B. Social Studies and English
C. History and Civics
D. Only Mathematics
✅ Answer: A
🧠 Explanation:
The Assam government introduced Science and Mathematics in English medium to help students compete nationally.
🚔 Topic 2: Assam’s Crackdown on Coal Syndicate
Q3. Which term refers to the banned mining method common in Meghalaya, involving narrow tunnels without formal support?
A. Open-cast Mining
B. Rat-Hole Mining
C. Strip Mining
D. Drift Mining
✅ Answer: B
🧠 Explanation:
Rat-hole mining is the unsafe, banned method widely used in Meghalaya for coal extraction.
Q4. The Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), often invoked in coal syndicate crackdowns, was enacted in:
A. 1998
B. 2002
C. 2005
D. 2010
✅ Answer: B
🧠 Explanation:
PMLA was passed in 2002 and came into force in 2005, targeting money laundering activities.
🎓 Topic 3: Gauhati University’s Rise in NIRF Rankings
Q5. The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) evaluates institutions based on which of the following parameters?
- Teaching, Learning, and Resources
- Research and Professional Practice
- Graduation Outcomes
- Inclusivity and Perception
A. 1 and 3 only
B. 2 and 4 only
C. 1, 2 and 3 only
D. All of the above
✅ Answer: D
🧠 Explanation:
All four — Teaching, Research, Graduation Outcomes, Inclusivity, and Perception — are major parameters of NIRF rankings.
Q6. Which of the following government schemes primarily supports the funding and improvement of state public universities like Gauhati University?
A. RUSA
B. Samagra Shiksha
C. PM POSHAN
D. SWAYAM
✅ Answer: A
🧠 Explanation:
RUSA (Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan) funds and improves the quality of state public universities.
🛡️ Topic 4: Assam’s Cyber Security Battalion
Q7. CERT-In, India’s nodal agency for cybersecurity, operates under which Ministry?
A. Ministry of Defence
B. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
C. Ministry of Home Affairs
D. Ministry of Communications
✅ Answer: B
🧠 Explanation:
CERT-In functions under the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY).
Q8. Under which law are most cybercrimes like hacking, identity theft, and financial frauds prosecuted in India?
A. Indian Penal Code, 1860
B. Information Technology Act, 2000
C. National Security Act, 1980
D. Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
✅ Answer: B
🧠 Explanation:
Cybercrimes like hacking, phishing, and data breaches are prosecuted mainly under the IT Act, 2000 (amended in 2008).
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