Which Union Ministry administers the National Fellowship for Scheduled Caste Students?
- A.Ministry of Education
- B.Ministry of Tribal Affairs
- C.Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
- D.Ministry of Science and Technology
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Explanation
The correct answer is the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, which runs this fellowship and which published both the accounts of supported scholars. Option A is the usual wrong choice because the fellowship is for higher education and research, but the scheme for Scheduled Caste students sits with the social justice ministry rather than with the education ministry. Option B is wrong because the tribal affairs ministry runs the corresponding schemes for Scheduled Tribes, not for Scheduled Castes, and that pairing is a favourite trap. Option D is wrong because the science ministry funds research of its own kind but not this fellowship. The same Ministry's educational and research assistance also supported the second scholar described, a Scheduled Caste student from Tamil Nadu now in the first year of a doctorate in medical and molecular research at Tampere University in Finland.
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Practice Questions
What does the abbreviation NFSC stand for?
- A.National Fund for Scheduled Castes
- B.National Fellowship for Scheduled Caste Students
- C.National Foundation for Social Change
- D.National Facility for Science Careers
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It is a scheme of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment that gives financial and academic support to Scheduled Caste students in higher education and research, and the account published by the Ministry describes a scholar from a poor rural household who is now an Assistant Professor with its…
Read the full explanation →On being upgraded from Junior Research Fellow to Senior Research Fellow in 2024, approximately how much additional government assistance did the beneficiary receive?
- A.Rs 25,000
- B.Rs 50,000
- C.Rs 75,000
- D.Rs 1,00,000
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That upgradation is the point at which support under the fellowship rises, and the extra amount strengthened his financial position so that he could carry on with his academic work.
Read the full explanation →The Scheduled Caste scholar from Tamil Nadu described in the Ministry's account is pursuing his doctorate at which university?
- A.Tampere University, Finland
- B.Uppsala University, Sweden
- C.Aarhus University, Denmark
- D.University of Oslo, Norway
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He comes from Tamil Nadu, completed an M.Tech before taking up doctoral work, and his research is in experimental cancer biology, covering animal model development, molecular signalling and therapeutic approaches to glioblastoma and other disorders related to brain cancer.
Read the full explanation →The Drug De-addiction Centre named in the account published on 9 November 2026 is in which state?
- A.Bihar
- B.Uttar Pradesh
- C.Madhya Pradesh
- D.Rajasthan
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The centre is the Drug De-addiction Centre at Sultanpur, a district of that state, and the man whose recovery is described was a resident of the same district.
Read the full explanation →Which Union Ministry runs the National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction?
- A.Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- B.Ministry of Home Affairs
- C.Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
- D.Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
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The plan belongs to that Ministry, and it was the same Ministry that published this account of a man from Sultanpur district who came out of substance dependence with the help of a Drug De-addiction Centre supported under the plan.
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