In January 2024, India’s first all-girls’ Sainik School was inaugurated at:
- (a)Bhopal
- (b)Kohima
- (c)Vrindavan
- (d)Namsai
Correct — C, Vrindavan. India's first all-girls' Sainik School, the Samvid Gurukulam Girls Sainik School, was inaugurated at Vrindavan in Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh under the scheme to open new Sainik Schools in partnership with private and trust-run bodies. Since the pioneering all-girls Sainik School is located at Vrindavan, option (c) is correct.
- (a)Bhopal — Bhopal was not the site of India's first all-girls' Sainik School; the pioneering all-girls institution opened at Vrindavan.
- (b)Kohima — Kohima, the capital of Nagaland, is not the location of this first all-girls' Sainik School.
- (d)Namsai — Namsai in Arunachal Pradesh is not where the first all-girls' Sainik School was inaugurated.
Sainik Schools are residential schools that prepare students for entry into the armed forces through the National Defence Academy and other academies, run under the Sainik Schools Society of the Ministry of Defence. Under a scheme to add new Sainik Schools in partnership with NGOs, private and State bodies, the country's first all-girls' Sainik School was set up at Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh.
The question rewards precise recall of a place. The distractors are all sites associated with education or the North-East, but the landmark 'first all-girls' Sainik School' is fixed to Vrindavan, in the Mathura region of Uttar Pradesh.
- India's first all-girls' Sainik School is the Samvid Gurukulam Girls Sainik School at Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh.
- Sainik Schools function under the Sainik Schools Society of the Ministry of Defence.
- Their aim is to prepare cadets for the National Defence Academy and armed-forces officer entries.
- New Sainik Schools are being opened in partnership with private, trust and State-run institutions.
- Guessing a North-Eastern site (Kohima, Namsai) because Sainik Schools are spread across India.
- Confusing Sainik Schools (Ministry of Defence) with Rashtriya Military Schools or Kendriya Vidyalayas.
Asked as a direct 'where was it inaugurated' recall — fix the first all-girls' Sainik School to Vrindavan.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Sainik Schools in India function under which Union Ministry?
- (a)Ministry of Education
- (b)Ministry of Defence
- (c)Ministry of Home Affairs
- (d)Ministry of Women and Child Development
Answer(b) Ministry of Defence — Sainik Schools are run by the Sainik Schools Society under the Ministry of Defence.
- practice — not a real PYQ
India's first all-girls' Sainik School at Vrindavan is located in which State?
- (a)Madhya Pradesh
- (b)Uttar Pradesh
- (c)Rajasthan
- (d)Bihar
Answer(b) Uttar Pradesh — Vrindavan lies in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh.