What is SWAYAM?
- A.Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds
- B.Study Webs of Active-Learning for Youth Aspiring Minds
- C.Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiration Minds
- D.Study Webs of Active-Learning for Youth of Aspiration Minds
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds. This is the full form of SWAYAM, the Government of India's free online course platform.
SWAYAM was launched in 2017 by the Ministry of Education (then the Ministry of Human Resource Development). It offers massive open online courses (MOOCs) from Class 9 to postgraduate level, taught by teachers from IITs, IIMs, central universities, NCERT, IGNOU and other institutions. Students can earn credits that universities may accept, and its DTH sister service, SWAYAM Prabha, broadcasts lessons on television channels.
B is wrong because it says "Youth Aspiring Minds"; the official name uses "Young".
C is wrong because it says "Aspiration Minds"; the official word is "Aspiring".
D is wrong because "Youth of Aspiration Minds" changes two words of the official name.
Exam tip: SWAYAM = Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds; SWAYAM Prabha = its educational TV channels.
Practice Questions
View allIn the field of tourism, which one of the following Indian States is described as 'One State Many Worlds'?
- A.Assam
- B.West Bengal
- C.Karnataka
- D.Rajasthan
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'One State, Many Worlds' is the tourism tagline of Karnataka, chosen to show how much variety a visitor can find within one State.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(Indian Army Corps : Headquarters)
- A.3 Corps : Dimapur
- B.4 Corps : Tezpur
- C.14 Corps : Leh
- D.33 Corps : Srinagar
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33 Corps has its headquarters at Sukna near Siliguri in West Bengal, not at Srinagar. 33 Corps, under the Eastern Command, guards Sikkim and the narrow Siliguri Corridor that links the North-East with the rest of India, which is why it sits at Sukna.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements about platforms for multilateral co-operation:
1. The 'Colombo Process' is a regional consultative process in which member states take binding decisions by consensus.
2. The 'Abu Dhabi Dialogue' is a voluntary non-binding consultative process among Asian countries of labour origin and destination to facilitate regional cooperation on contractual labour mobility.
3. The 'Global Forum for Migration and Development', created upon the proposal of a former UN Secretary General, is a voluntary forum whose decisions are non-binding in nature.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A.1, 2 and 3
- B.1 and 3 only
- C.2 and 3 only
- D.2 only
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All three are voluntary migration forums whose outcomes are non-binding, so statement 1 is wrong in calling the Colombo Process's decisions binding.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following pairs of countries with new names and old names is correctly matched?
New name : Old name
- A.Kingdom of eSwatini : Swaziland
- B.Malawi : Rhodesia
- C.Botswana : Nyasaland
- D.Zimbabwe : Ceylon
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In April 2018 King Mswati III renamed Swaziland as the Kingdom of eSwatini, meaning land of the Swazis. eSwatini is a small landlocked kingdom in southern Africa, bordered by South Africa and Mozambique.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements about birthplaces is correct?
- A.Lal Bahadur Shastri was born at Mughalsarai in Uttar Pradesh
- B.Lala Lajpat Rai was born at Ratnagiri in Maharashtra
- C.Sarojini Naidu was born at Chennai
- D.Maharana Pratap was born at Chittorgarh
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Lal Bahadur Shastri was born on 2 October 1904 at Mughalsarai in the Varanasi region of Uttar Pradesh, a town now named Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar; he shares his birthday with Mahatma Gandhi, which is why both are remembered on 2 October.
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