The Government of India has recently established a committee under the chairmanship of S. K. Thorat. What was the mandate of the committee?
To review the working of the NCERT
To frame some guidelines for preparing the syllabus of the central schools
To review political cartoons and other contents of the social science and political science textbooks for class IX to XII
To determine the guidelines to prepare the test items
Answer is Wrong!
Answer is Right!
This question was previously asked in
UPSC CAPF – 2012
– The mandate was specifically to examine the content of social science and political science textbooks for higher secondary classes to identify and recommend removal of objectionable material.
– The committee’s work focused on reviewing specific content like cartoons, pictures, and text that were deemed inappropriate or potentially offensive.