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ALL KERALA CAREER QUIZ- SEASON 3 ANSWER KEY SET-A 1. A) IIST Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) is a government aided institute and deemed university for the study and research of Space Science, located at Thiruvananthapuram. It is the first university in Asia to be solely dedicated to the study and research of outer space. IIST offers undergraduate, postgraduate, PhD and dual degrees under the departments of Aerospace Engineering, Avionics, Chemistry, Earth & Space Sciences, Humanities, Mathematics, and Physics. Admission to this university is based on JEE (UG) and GATE (PG) scores. 2. D) Sree Sankaracharya University Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit is a Sanskrit university in India, established in 1993 in Kalady, Kerala. It provides education in Sanskrit, other Indian and Foreign languages, Social Science and Fine Arts. The university has eight regional campuses across Kerala. For the PG courses, selection of candidates is based on entrance exam and interview. 3. B) a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3 Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) are a group of premier public research institutions in India. BS MS(Bachelor of Science - Master of Science) is an integrated dual degree programme in IISER which awards both graduate and postgraduate degrees with a duration of 10 semesters. Candidates can get admission in IISER through JEE Advanced, KVPY and SCB channel. Indian Institutes of Management(IIMs) are institutes of management education and research under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, Government of India. They primarily offer postgraduate, doctoral and executive programmes along with some additional courses in the field of business administration.PGP-LSM is a unique offering of IIM. It's a two year, six term programme that provides in-depth coverage in terms of lessons from liberal studies and core management principles in the first year followed by advanced courses and electives in the second year.Applicants must hold a duly recognized bachelor's /post-graduate degree in any discipline with minimum 50% marks or equivalent CGPA. National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are the premier autonomous public technical universities under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, Government of

India.These institutes are among the top-ranked engineering colleges in India and have one of the lowest acceptance rates for engineering institutes( around 1 to 2 percent). In 2020, National Institutional Ranking Framework ranked 24 NITs in the top 200 institutes of the engineering category. 4. C) SMRI Sports and Management Research Institute (SMRI), Kochi is a prominent Sports Management and Sports Engineering Research Institute in India specialized in nurturing sports enthusiasts to excellent sports professionals. (Experts in Sports Management, Sports Engineering, Sports Architecture and Sports Business Incubation). There is no age restriction for any of the courses. But candidates must possess minimum qualification to get admission in preferred courses. 5. A) Orange Tulip Scholarship Orange Tulip Scholarship Programme (OTS) gives talented students in several Neso(Netherlands Education Support Offices) countries including Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, South Korea and Vietnam, the opportunity to study in the Netherlands. It is offered by higher education institutes . The scholarship amount varies by university. Important part of the eligibility criteria is that candidates must be citizens of India not working in Netherlands. 6. D) National University of Advanced Legal Studies National University of Advanced Legal Studies is a public law school and a National Law University located in Kochi, India. It was the first National Law University established in the State of Kerala and one of 23 NLUs in India. Admissions to the university are done on the basis of the Common Law Admission Test. 7. A) Any degree with minimum 50% mark The Indian Maritime University (IMU) is a central university in India which deals with a wide range of topics related to the sea, ranging from oceanography to maritime law and history and including practical topics such as search and rescue at sea and transportation of dangerous goods.It has six campuses in Chennai, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai Port, Navi Mumbai and Visakhapatnam. To get admission, students need to appear in the Common Entrance Test (CET) conducted by the university 8. A) I.G.N.O.U Indira Gandhi National Open University known as IGNOU, is a Central Open Learning University located at Maidan Garhi, New Delhi.It is claimed to be the largest university in the world by enrollment of students. IGNOU launched the first virtual campus in India,beginning with the delivery of Computer and Information Sciences courses via the Internet. IGNOU awarded degrees received full recognition by the University Grants Commission in 1992 as being equivalent to those of other universities in the country.

9. D) Tier 4 Visa Tier 4 student visas allow people from outside of the European Economic Area to enter UK as a student, usually either at a school, college, or university.A student visa will be valid for the duration of your Masters degree and for a further four months after you complete your course. 10. B) EXCEL INDIA YES India started this project to identify talented undergraduate students and to give them information about premiere institutes. Interested students are given proper guidance and coaching to crack the entrance examinations for postgraduate courses. It also provides interactive sessions with students from primier institutes to know more about the academic and cultural atmosphere of these institutes. 11. A) Goa Central universities or union universities in India are established by an Act of Parliament and are under the purview of the Department of Higher Education in the Ministry of Education.The list of central universities published by the UGC includes 54 central universities. As per UGC, Goa has only one state university which is Goa University, and 2 institutes of National Importance. 12. B) B.Sc in Actuarial Science B.Sc in Actuarial Science is a 3 year course where students learn about insurance risk calculation, insurance premiums, application of economic and mathematical analyses for making any decision in financial planning, insurance investment, and management among others. Candidates can also apply for the ACET exam in order to pursue Actuarial Science course offered by Institute of Actuaries of India (IAI) after passing class 12. 13. B) Moulana Azad National Fellowship The objective of Maulana Azad Fellowship Scheme (MANF) is to provide five year fellowships in the form of financial assistance to students from six notified minority communities viz. Buddhist, Christian, Jain, Muslim, Parsi and Sikh, notified by the Central Government, to pursue M. Phil and Ph. D. A fellowship amount of INR 31,000 per month is given for the first two years and INR 35,000 per month for the rest of the tenure(similar to JRF).The applicants must have cleared UGC NET/ CSIR NET examination and must be from minority communities to be eligible for MANF. 14. D) Jawaharlal Nehru University QS World University Rankings is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds. According to QS ranking Tsinghua University is the number one university in Asia.The top 4 Indian universities to feature on the Asia Rankings are: IIT Bombay (Rank 42), IIT Delhi (Rank 45), and IISc Bangalore (Rank 56) and Delhi University(Rank 77). JNU is at rank 107.

15. D) Design Aptitude Test(DAT) NIDs are autonomous public design schools located across India and recognised by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research under the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, as a scientific and industrial design research organisation. NID's entrance exam Design Aptitude Test (DAT) which is also popularly called the National Entrance Examination for Design (NEED) is a National level entrance exam organised for admission to UG and PG courses separately by NID each year. These exams are for B. Des (Bachelor of Design)and M. Des(Master of Design). 16. D) M.Sc Biophysics Recently IIT Roorkee added six postgraduate degree programmes and one five-year Integrated programme into its curriculum. The seven new programs are : MTech (Artificial Intelligence) , MTech (Data Science),M. Des. (Industrial Design), MIM (Masters in Innovation Management), online M. Tech. (Microelectronics and VLSI) for working industry professionals, MS economics (five year integrated program), M. Tech. (Dam Safety and Rehabilitation). Biophysics is an advanced field of science which uses the techniques of physical science to study biological systems.Master of Science in Biophysics is a postgraduate Physics course. 17. B) Gandhi Fellowship Gandhi Fellowship is an intensive, experiential, 2-year residential professional program in Transformational Leadership that helps talented young people learn all the necessary soft skills to sustain in the 21st century. The aim is to create young leaders across the country to drive positive transformation at all levels by reforming the system of public education. Eligibility : ● Age : 18-26 years ● Achiever in Academics and Extracurricular activities (Sports, NCC, NSS, voluntary work, performing arts, debate, literature etc) ● Sensitive towards the pressing problems of the nation. ● Graduate and Post Graduate from any of the diverse streams: Engineering, Applied and Pure Science, Commerce, Management, Humanities and Liberal Arts, Social Work, Psychology and Behavioural Science, Mathematics, Journalism and Mass Communication, Education, Law etc. ● Single Gandhi Fellowship provides a stipend of Rs 14,000 (taxable), a fixed monthly phone allowance of Rs 600 (taxable) and rent-free accommodation, transport and other allowances.

18. A) Massachusetts institute of Technology QS ranks MIT the world's No. 1 university for 2021-22.Its ranked at the top for the 10th straight year. In QS rankings, Stanford University grabs 2nd rank and Oxford at 5 and Cambridge at 7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science.As of June 2021, 98 Nobel laureates, 26 Turing Award winners, and 8 Fields Medalists have been affiliated with MIT as alumni, faculty members, or researchers and so on. 19. A) IMPRESS IMPRESS (Impactful Policy Research in Social Science) is an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India and is being implemented by the Indian Council of Social Science Research. The basic idea of encouraging policy research in social sciences is to have visible impact on polity, economy, society, culture, media, governance, health, environment, technology, law etc. It also aims to have enhanced coordination between academics and policy makers. 20. A) BARC Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is a multi-disciplinary research centre with extensive infrastructure for advanced research and development covering the entire spectrum of Nuclear Science, Chemical Engineering, Material Sciences & Metallurgy, Electronic Instrumentation, Biology and Medicine, Supercomputing, Plasma physics and associated research for Indian Nuclear Program. It operates under the Department of Atomic Energy.