Echolalia, the repetition of words or phrases spoken by others, is commonly associated with:
(1)Autism spectrum disorder✓ Correct answer
(2)Low vision
(3)Dwarfism
(4)Muscular dystrophy
Answer: (1) Autism spectrum disorder
Explanation
Echolalia is a common communication feature in children with autism spectrum disorder.
Q4
Understanding speech by watching the movements of the speaker's lips and face is called:
(1)Fingerspelling
(2)Echolalia
(3)Echolocation
(4)Speechreading (lip reading)✓ Correct answer
Answer: (4) Speechreading (lip reading)
Explanation
Speechreading or lip reading helps people with hearing impairment understand speech through visual cues from the speaker's lips and face.
Q5
Which integrated scheme, launched in 2018 by subsuming SSA, RMSA and Teacher Education, covers inclusive education of children with special needs from pre-school to Class XII?
(1)Mid-Day Meal Scheme
(2)Samagra Shiksha✓ Correct answer
(3)Operation Blackboard
(4)District Primary Education Programme
Answer: (2) Samagra Shiksha
Explanation
Samagra Shiksha (2018) subsumed SSA, RMSA (including IEDSS) and Teacher Education, and has a dedicated inclusive education component for CWSN from pre-school to Class XII.
Q6
The Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC) was established in which year?
(1)2011
(2)2015✓ Correct answer
(3)2016
(4)2019
Answer: (2) 2015
Explanation
ISLRTC was set up in 2015 under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities to develop and promote Indian Sign Language.
Q7
The principle of 'Least Restrictive Environment' (LRE) means that a child with a disability should be:
(1)Placed in a residential special school in all cases
(2)Kept at home until age ten
(3)Taught only by a special educator
(4)Educated with non-disabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate✓ Correct answer
Answer: (4) Educated with non-disabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate
Explanation
LRE requires that a child with a disability be educated alongside non-disabled peers as far as appropriate, with separate settings only when necessary.
Q8
A separate room in a regular school where a special educator gives supplementary support to children with disabilities for part of the day is called a:
(1)Resource room✓ Correct answer
(2)Staff room
(3)Sick room
(4)Examination hall
Answer: (1) Resource room
Explanation
In the resource room model, children attend regular classes and receive additional specialised help from a resource teacher for part of the day.
Q9
According to NEP 2020, what option is to be given to children with benchmark disabilities who cannot go to school?
(1)Exemption from all education
(2)Only vocational training after age 18
(3)Home-based education✓ Correct answer
(4)Admission only in hospital schools
Answer: (3) Home-based education
Explanation
NEP 2020 states that children with benchmark disabilities who cannot go to school will be given the option of home-based education.
Q10
The centrally sponsored scheme of Integrated Education for Disabled Children (IEDC) was launched in India in:
(1)1974✓ Correct answer
(2)1986
(3)1992
(4)2009
Answer: (1) 1974
Explanation
The IEDC scheme was launched in 1974 to place children with disabilities in regular schools; it was later replaced by IEDSS at the secondary stage.
Q11
According to ICD-10, the IQ range for mild intellectual disability (mild mental retardation) is:
(1)35–49
(2)50–69✓ Correct answer
(3)20–34
(4)70–84
Answer: (2) 50–69
Explanation
ICD-10 classifies IQ 50–69 as mild, 35–49 as moderate, 20–34 as severe and below 20 as profound mental retardation.
Q12
The long cane technique used in orientation and mobility training for the visually impaired is associated with:
(1)Samuel Gridley Howe
(2)Valentin Haüy
(3)Richard Hoover✓ Correct answer
(4)Thomas Gallaudet
Answer: (3) Richard Hoover
Explanation
Richard Hoover developed the long cane technique in the 1940s, which is why the long cane is also called the Hoover cane.
Q13
Consider the following statements about the Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE) examination programme for 2026:
1. Divyang candidates of RPwD Act, 2016 categories with at least 40% disability get one hour of extra time on producing the required certificate.
2. Such candidates may also be given a scribe (shrutlekhak) as per rules.
3. Thalassemia and haemophilia are among the conditions named in this provision.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(1)1 and 2 only
(2)2 and 3 only
(3)1 and 3 only
(4)1, 2 and 3✓ Correct answer
Answer: (4) 1, 2 and 3
Explanation
RBSE's 2026 programme gives one hour extra and a scribe as per rules to candidates with 40% or more disability, naming conditions such as LV, HI, CP, ASD, SLD, thalassemia and haemophilia.
Q14
As per the RBSE examination programme for 2026, what is provided to candidates with a learning disability (adhigam aksham)?
(1)Mild cases: a scribe; moderate and severe cases: one hour extra time
(2)Mild cases: one hour extra time; moderate and severe cases: a scribe✓ Correct answer
(3)All cases: a separate simplified paper and a reader
(4)All cases: 20 minutes extra per hour, without a scribe
Answer: (2) Mild cases: one hour extra time; moderate and severe cases: a scribe
Explanation
The RBSE 2026 programme states that learning-disabled candidates get one hour extra in mild cases and a scribe in moderate and severe cases.
Q15
In the RBSE examinations of 2026 for deaf-mute (CWSN) candidates, a theory paper lasts 4 hours 15 minutes in all. This duration:
(1)Includes 45 extra minutes over the normal 3 hours 30 minutes
(2)Includes one extra hour over the normal 3 hours 15 minutes✓ Correct answer
(3)Includes two extra hours over the normal 2 hours 15 minutes
(4)Has no extra time; the paper itself is longer
Answer: (2) Includes one extra hour over the normal 3 hours 15 minutes
Explanation
RBSE's 2026 CWSN time-table (8.30 to 12.45) says the 4 h 15 min includes the extra one hour for deaf-mute candidates; regular papers run 3 h 15 min.
Q16
In the RBSE Class 10 (Secondary) scheme for 2026, deaf-mute and CWSN students are exempted from:
(1)The third language✓ Correct answer
(2)Mathematics
(3)Science
(4)English
Answer: (1) The third language
Explanation
RBSE's Class 10 syllabus booklet (2026) exempts deaf-mute and CWSN students from the third language.
Q17
Consider the following statements about RBSE Class 10 provisions for deaf-mute (CWSN) students (2026):
1. Their exemption from the third language applies to both regular and self-study (swayampathi) candidates.
2. They take the same question papers, with the same subject codes, as other secondary candidates.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(1)1 only✓ Correct answer
(2)2 only
(3)Both 1 and 2
(4)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: (1) 1 only
Explanation
The exemption covers regular and self-study candidates; deaf-mute (CWSN) candidates have separate papers and codes (e.g. Hindi 121, English 122 instead of 01, 02).
Q18
RBSE publishes a separate syllabus, question bank and model papers for Class 10 for which group of candidates?
(1)Candidates with locomotor disability only
(2)Totally blind candidates only
(3)Deaf-mute and CWSN Category-I candidates✓ Correct answer
(4)Candidates with haemophilia only
Answer: (3) Deaf-mute and CWSN Category-I candidates
Explanation
RBSE issues the 'Madhyamik (Mook-Badhir evam CWSN Pratham Varg)' syllabus, question bank and model papers, with 4 h 15 min papers.
Q19
In RBSE examination notices, the term 'shrutlekhak' (श्रुतलेखक) refers to:
(1)A reader who only reads out the question paper
(2)A sign-language interpreter in the exam hall
(3)An invigilator appointed for divyang candidates
(4)A scribe who writes the answers dictated by the candidate✓ Correct answer
Answer: (4) A scribe who writes the answers dictated by the candidate
Explanation
A shrutlekhak is a scribe who writes down what the candidate dictates.
Q20
As per the RPwD Act, 2016, 'low vision' includes visual acuity in the better eye, with best possible correction, not exceeding:
(1)6/18✓ Correct answer
(2)6/60
(3)6/9
(4)6/36
Answer: (1) 6/18
Explanation
The Act defines low vision as visual acuity not exceeding 6/18 (or less than 20/60) up to 3/60, or a field of vision under 40 up to 10 degrees.