Dr. K. Kautilya Solutions for Chapter: ICT in Higher Education, Exercise 1: Multiple Choice Questions

Which one of the following is a purpose of National Repository of Open Educational Resources (NROER)?

Consider the following sentences regarding 'Prashikshak'.

I. Prashikshak is a unique IT Initiative taken up by the HRD Ministry, which would entail the establishment of a strong monitoring mechanism with a database of teacher education institutes with all relevant performance indicators.

II. The major users of Prashikshak will be Preservice teacher educators, DIET principals and faculty. Policymakers at District, State Government and National Level and the Public.

III. The objective of Prashikshak is to help DIETs make informed decisions about their institutes, compare the performance of their institute against other DIETs in the state/country, as well as help aspire teachers make informed decisions about which institute to join.

IV. Prashikshak Portal has been developed by the Ministry of HRD in collaboration with Central Square Foundation.

Which of the above sentence(s) is/are true?

Consider the following sentences regarding 'Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan' (PMGDISHA).

I. The outlay for this project is $₹2,351.38$ crore to usher in digital literacy in rural India by March $2019.$

II. PMGDISHA is expected to be one of the largest digital literacy programmes in the world.

III. The implementation of the Scheme would be carried out under the overall supervision of Ministry of Skill Development And Entrepreneurship.

Which of the above sentence(s) is/are true ?

Which institute has been adjudged the overall best Indian university in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF-$2018$)?

Consider the following sentences :

I. The Digital India Programme (DIP) is a cross-ministry initiative that aims to transform India into a digitally-enabled and empowered information society and knowledge economy.

II. The Programme, which seems like a larger than- the life-sized reincarnation of the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP), conceived by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (Deity) of Gol, has been allocated more than a trillion rupees for its successful execution.

III. The main goal of this colossal transformational initiative is to radically redesign and digitize government processes and make government services available and accessible electronically as well as to contribute towards new employment generation.

IV. The vision of DIP is centred around the following three key areas, infrastructure as a utility to every citizen; Governance and services on demand and Digital empowerment of citizens.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

I. The term 'digital divide' refers to the differences in resources and capabilities to access and effectively utilize ICT for development that exist within and between countries, regions, sectors and socio-economic groups.

II. The benefits of ICT have been evenly distributed within and between countries.

III. The digital divide is often characterized by low levels of access to technologies.

IV. Poverty, illiteracy, lack of computer literacy and language barriers are among the factors impeding access to ICT infrastructure, especially in developing countries.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

I. Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan is a unique concept developed by the Ministry of Science and Technology.

II. The Rashtriya Aavishkar Abhiyan (RAA) envisages motivating and engage children of the age group from $6$-$18$ years in Science, Mathematics and Technology.

III. Under Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan, government schools will be mentored by Institutes like IITs/IIMs/IISERs and other Central Universities and reputed organizations.

Which of the statements given above is/ are not correct?

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