Swami Vivekanand Scholarship for Academic Excellence Scheme MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers

Statement 1 reproduces the age condition: an applicant must be below 35 years on 1 July of the financial year. Statement 2 is incorrect because the official eligibility rules expressly bar candidates whose qualifying examination result is still awaited. Hence, only statement 1 is correct.

The assistance declines across the income categories. E1 receives 100% tuition and bench-fee support up to Rs 50 lakh; E2 receives 85% up to Rs 42.5 lakh; and E3 receives 70% up to Rs 35 lakh. Thus, the correct matching is 1-b, 2-c, 3-a.

For financial year 2025-26, the scheme provides 500 new awards. Of these, 150 are attached to eligible foreign universities and 350 to eligible Indian universities or institutions. Therefore, the 150-plus-350 division in option B is the notified allocation.

Both statements reproduce the notified selection rule. Thirty per cent of the 500 seats are earmarked only for women in E1 and E2, and E1 women receive preference over E2 women within that pool. Because E3 women are expressly excluded, the reason correctly explains the assertion.

The scholarship is a Rajasthan state scheme administered by the Department of College Education under the state's Higher and Technical Education Department. It is neither a Central scheme nor a University Grants Commission programme, so option A is correct.