APPSC Paper I · Hostel Welfare Officer Paper II · Topic 7
7 APPSC Paper I Universalisation of Elementary Education questions with answers
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7.1Constitutional guarantee and the RTE Act 2009Notes
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Free and compulsory education is provided to children of the age group
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Answer D. 6 – 14 years
Article 21A and the RTE Act, 2009 guarantee free and compulsory education to children aged 6 to 14.
Source: APPSC HWO 2025 Paper II (Notification 15/2025), Q40, final key
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Right to Education Act, 2007 is applicable under which Article of the Indian Constitution ?
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Answer B. Article – 21(A)
The right to education is Article 21A (86th Amendment, 2002); the RTE Act that gives it effect was passed in 2009 (the question's '2007' is a slip).
Source: APPSC HWO 2025 Paper II (Notification 15/2025), Q42, final key
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In which Section of RTE Act, 2009 it has been told that corporal punishment to a child is treated as torture ?
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Answer A. Section 17
Section 17 of the RTE Act, 2009 prohibits physical punishment and mental harassment of children.
Source: APPSC HWO 2025 Paper II (Notification 15/2025), Q43, final key
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The Right to Education Act recently passed by our Parliament is an extension of the following Article of our Constitution
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Answer C. 45
The RTE Act 2009 gives effect to Article 21A, which grew out of the Directive Principle in Article 45 on free and compulsory education for children; of the options, Article 45 is the source.
Source: APPSC HWO 2025 Paper II (Notification 15/2025), Q150, final key
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Consider the following statements about the Constitution (86th Amendment) Act, 2002:
I. It inserted Article 21A in Part III of the Constitution.
II. It substituted Article 45 to cover early childhood care and education.
III. It added a Fundamental Duty in Article 51A(k).
IV. Article 21A became enforceable on the day the amendment received assent in 2002.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
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Answer B. I, II and III only
Statements I to III are correct. Statement IV is wrong: Article 21A came into force only on 1 April 2010, together with the RTE Act.
Source: Medha AI, based on the APPSC HWO Paper II syllabus (25/2026)
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Under Section 15 of the RTE Act, a child who seeks admission after the extended admission period of the academic year
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Answer D. shall not be denied admission
Section 15: admission is normally at the start of the year or within an extended period, but a child coming later still cannot be refused; the Government prescribes how such a child completes studies.
Source: Medha AI, based on BRAOU B.Ed/Psychology textbooks (HWO Paper II)
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Clause (k) of Article 51A on the duty of parents to educate their children was added by the
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Answer D. 86th Amendment, 2002
The 42nd Amendment (1976) gave ten Fundamental Duties; the 86th Amendment (2002) added the eleventh, clause (k), on parents educating children of 6 to 14.
Source: Medha AI, based on BRAOU B.Ed/Psychology textbooks (HWO Paper II)
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Which activity of a school teacher is expressly prohibited by the RTE Act?
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Answer A. Engaging in private tuition or private teaching activity
Section 28 bars every teacher from private tuition or private teaching activity.
Source: Medha AI, based on the APPSC HWO Paper II syllabus (25/2026)
7.1Wastage and stagnationNotes
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Problem of 'wastage' and 'stagnation' is primarily related to which level of education ?
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Answer B. Primary level
Wastage (dropping out) and stagnation (repeating a class) were identified by the Hartog Committee (1929) mainly at the primary stage.
Source: APPSC HWO 2025 Paper II (Notification 15/2025), Q44, final key
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Removal of heterogeneity in the society is one of the remedial measure of
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Answer C. Wastage and Stagnation
Social and economic differences (heterogeneity) among pupils are a cause of wastage and stagnation, so reducing them is listed among its remedies.
Source: APPSC HWO 2025 Paper II (Notification 15/2025), Q45, final key
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The RTE (Amendment) Act, 2019 changed the no-detention rule by allowing states to hold back pupils who fail a re-examination in:
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Answer A. Classes V and VIII
The 2019 amendment allows a regular examination at the end of Classes V and VIII; a child who fails gets a re-examination within two months and may be held back if he or she fails again, if the state so decides.
Source: Medha AI, based on the APPSC HWO Paper II syllabus (25/2026)
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What is the main weakness of the apparent cohort method of estimating wastage?
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Answer B. It ignores repeaters and pupils who transfer in or out
The apparent cohort method simply compares enrolments of successive classes in successive years, so repeaters and transfers distort the figure; it is quick but rough.
Source: Medha AI, based on BRAOU B.Ed/Psychology textbooks (HWO Paper II)
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Retention of a pupil in a lower class for more than one year is known as:
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Answer C. Stagnation
Stagnation means a pupil stays in the same class for more than the normal one year, usually because of failure, so the pupil takes longer than the prescribed time to finish the stage.
Source: Medha AI, based on the APPSC HWO Paper II syllabus (25/2026)
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Sir Philip Hartog, who chaired the 1929 committee on wastage, had earlier been the first Vice-Chancellor of which university?
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Answer A. Dacca University
Sir Philip Hartog was the first Vice-Chancellor of Dacca University before heading the 1928-29 auxiliary committee.
Source: Medha AI, based on BRAOU B.Ed/Psychology textbooks (HWO Paper II)
7.1MLL, problems of UEE and national programmesNotes
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Operation Black Board was introduced under which policy ?
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Answer C. NPE 1986
Operation Blackboard (1987) came from the National Policy on Education 1986 to give primary schools basic facilities and teachers.
Source: APPSC HWO 2025 Paper II (Notification 15/2025), Q69, final key
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Consider the statements.
I. In primary education, 'wastage' means a child repeating the same class for more than a year.
II. 'Stagnation' means a child leaving school before completing the primary stage.
Which is correct?
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Answer D. Neither I nor II
The two terms are swapped: wastage is premature withdrawal (dropping out before completing the stage), and stagnation is detention, i.e. repeating a class.
Source: Medha AI, based on the APPSC HWO Paper II syllabus (25/2026)
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Which step, taken to speed up UEE, prepares children from deprived homes for school before they enter Class I?
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Answer B. Compensatory pre-school education
Compensatory pre-school education gives disadvantaged children early readiness for school, so they enrol in Class I and are less likely to drop out.
Source: Medha AI, based on BRAOU B.Ed/Psychology textbooks (HWO Paper II)
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Which social evil was cited as a hindrance to compulsory primary education, especially for girls?
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Answer B. Child marriage
Superstition, child marriage, untouchability, purdah and illiteracy were cited as social evils hindering compulsory primary education.
Source: Medha AI, based on BRAOU B.Ed/Psychology textbooks (HWO Paper II)
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Lok Jumbish ('people's movement'), a primary education project begun in 1992, was run in
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Answer A. Rajasthan
Lok Jumbish (1992) in Rajasthan, like the earlier Shiksha Karmi project there, mobilised the community for primary education.
Source: Medha AI, based on BRAOU B.Ed/Psychology textbooks (HWO Paper II)
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