MPPSC 2020 Prelims Q100: Akanksha Scheme is related

Q: What is the answer to MPPSC 2020 Prelims Q100?

A. Correct — A, coaching for Scheduled Tribe students for competitive examinations. Madhya Pradesh's Akanksha Scheme provides free coaching to Scheduled Tribe (ST) students to prepare for competitive and entrance examinations such as engineering (JEE), medical (NEET) and other national tests.

MPPSC 2020 Prelims Paper-I · Question 100 of 100

Verified against the official question paper. Answer as per the official MPPSC answer key.

Akanksha Scheme is related to

(a)Coaching for Scheduled Tribe Students for competitive examination
(b)Coaching for Scheduled Tribe Students for sports
(c)To promote entrepreneurship among the Scheduled Tribe Students
(d)None of the above

Answer

Why

Correct — A, coaching for Scheduled Tribe students for competitive examinations. Madhya Pradesh's Akanksha Scheme provides free coaching to Scheduled Tribe (ST) students to prepare for competitive and entrance examinations such as engineering (JEE), medical (NEET) and other national tests.

Why the others are wrong

(b)Coaching for Scheduled Tribe Students for sports — Akanksha is an academic coaching scheme for competitive exams, not a sports programme.
(c)To promote entrepreneurship among the Scheduled Tribe Students — Its aim is exam coaching, not entrepreneurship promotion.
(d)None of the above — Option (a) correctly describes the scheme, so 'none' is wrong.

Concept

The Akanksha Yojana, run by the MP Tribal Welfare Department, gives selected ST students free residential coaching (with lodging) for competitive entrance exams — engineering, medical and other national-level tests — to widen their access to higher education.

Scheme-to-aim matching: Akanksha (MP) = free coaching for ST students for competitive exams.

Key facts

Akanksha Yojana is a Madhya Pradesh Tribal Welfare scheme.
It provides free coaching to ST students for competitive/entrance exams (JEE, NEET, etc.).
It targets wider access to professional and higher education.
Coaching is offered in centres such as Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur.

Study next

Tribal welfare schemes of Madhya PradeshCoaching and scholarship schemes for STsEducational upliftment of Scheduled TribesMP Tribal Welfare Department programmes

Common traps

Confusing Akanksha (exam coaching) with sports or entrepreneurship schemes
Mixing it up with central ST scholarship schemes

Scheme-to-purpose matching for MP welfare schemes.

Related PYQs

No directly related past PYQ was found.

Practice

practice — not a real PYQ
The Akanksha Yojana of Madhya Pradesh is run by which department?
- (a)Tribal Welfare Department
- (b)Sports Department
- (c)Industries Department
- (d)Health Department
Answer(a) Tribal Welfare Department.
practice — not a real PYQ
Akanksha Scheme prepares Scheduled Tribe students mainly for:
- (a)Competitive/entrance examinations
- (b)State-level sports meets
- (c)Handicraft training
- (d)Agricultural work
Answer(a) Competitive/entrance examinations.