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Question

Which activities directly invest in developing knowledge and skills in human capital theory?

a) Providing contractual job security
b) Giving motivational encouragement without training
c) Investment in education
d) In-service education and training of staff
e) Recruiting already-trained staff without further learning provision

Choose the complete correct set.

The correct answer is

c and d only

Education and in-service training directly develop knowledge and skills, so c and d are correct. Job security, encouragement and recruitment can affect workforce management, but as described they do not themselves provide the learning investment asked about.

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Important Questions from History, Politics and Economics of Education

  1. Who among the following made a statement in the House of commons that "The destinies of our Indian Empire are covered with thick darkness. It may be that... having become instructed in European knowledge, they may in some future age demand European institutions... whether such a day will ever come I know not.... whenever it comes, it will be proudest day in English history."
  2. In which college a confrontation between the Principal D.L. Richardson and the student President of the "Society for the acquisition of General Knowledge" took place, while a paper was being read?
  3. Match List - I with List - II and choose correct answer from the code given below :
     

    List - I
    (Engineering Colleges/Science Institutes)
    List - II
    (Founded in the year)
    (a) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore(i) 1917
    (b) Thomason College of Civil Engineering, Roorkee(ii) 1911
    (c) Bose Research Institute, Calcutta(iii) 1921
    (d) The Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur(iv) 1847


    Code:
     

  4. Which of the two Universities out of the four following Universities were established in the same year ? Select the correct answer from the code given below :
    (a) Aligarh Muslim University
    (b) S.N.D.T. Women's University, Bombay
    (c) Banaras Hindu University
    (d) Vishvabharati University
    Code:
  5. Which of the following princely states given in pairs were the first to establish universities in their state ?
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