UPSC Social Justice – Chapter 15: Higher Education and Research (22 MCQs)
UPSC Social Justice – Chapter 15: Higher Education and Research (22 MCQs) – 22 questions, subject: Social Justice. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.
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Coordination and determination of standards in institutions for higher education is a subject in the:
Correct Answer: D [Union List]
Explanation:
entry 66.
The University Grants Commission became a statutory body in:
Correct Answer: B [1956]
Explanation:
The UGC, set up in 1953, became a statutory body under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.
Accreditation of universities and colleges is done mainly by:
Correct Answer: C [NAAC]
Explanation:
NAAC, set up in 1994 at Bengaluru, assesses and accredits universities and colleges.
The Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher education is calculated for the age group:
Correct Answer: D [18–23]
Explanation:
AISHE calculates the higher education GER as enrolment as a share of the population aged 18–23.
NEP 2020 targets a GER in higher education of:
Correct Answer: A [50 per cent by 2035]
Explanation:
NEP 2020 sets a target of 50 per cent GER in higher education by 2035.
Under NEP 2020, which of the following is kept outside the proposed Higher Education Commission of India?
Correct Answer: A [Medical and legal education]
Explanation:
NEP 2020 brings all higher education under HECI except medical and legal education, which keep their own regulators.
The Academic Bank of Credits is meant to:
Correct Answer: D [store credits earned by students to allow multiple entry and exit]
Explanation:
The Academic Bank of Credits stores credits students earn, so they can leave and re-enter with credits counted.
The Anusandhan National Research Foundation replaced the:
Correct Answer: C [Science and Engineering Research Board]
Explanation:
The ANRF Act, 2023 repealed the SERB Act, 2008 and merged SERB into the new foundation.
The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006 provides OBC reservation of:
Correct Answer: A [27 per cent]
Explanation:
The 2006 Act reserves 27 per cent of seats in central educational institutions for OBCs.
Consider the following statements:
1. SWAYAM offers courses from Class 9 to the postgraduate level.
2. Unnat Bharat Abhiyan links higher education institutions with villages.
3. NIRF is the accreditation agency for colleges.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]
Explanation:
SWAYAM spans Class 9 to postgraduate level and Unnat Bharat links campuses with villages; NIRF ranks, not accredits.
Assertion (A): The Centre can regulate standards of State universities.
Reason (R): Coordination and determination of standards in higher education is in the Union List.
Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]
Explanation:
Union List entry 66 gives the Centre power over standards in all higher education, so it binds State universities too.
The Supreme Court upheld OBC reservation in central educational institutions, excluding the creamy layer, in:
Correct Answer: C [Ashoka Kumar Thakur case]
Explanation:
2008.
GIAN, launched in 2015, aims to:
Correct Answer: D [bring foreign academics to teach in Indian institutions]
Explanation:
GIAN invites foreign academics to teach short courses in Indian higher education institutions.
The Higher Education Financing Agency gives:
Correct Answer: C [loans for infrastructure in institutions]
Explanation:
HEFA, incorporated in 2017, lends to central institutions for building infrastructure.
The University Education Commission of 1948–49, which recommended a UGC, was chaired by:
Correct Answer: B [S. Radhakrishnan]
Explanation:
S. Radhakrishnan chaired the University Education Commission of 1948–49, which recommended a UGC.
SWAYAM Prabha refers to:
Correct Answer: B [a group of educational DTH channels]
Explanation:
SWAYAM Prabha is a group of DTH channels telecasting educational programmes free of cost.
Arrange the following in chronological order:
1. NAAC
2. ANRF Act
3. NIRF
4. UGC Act
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct Answer: C [4-1-3-2]
Explanation:
1956, 1994, 2015, 2023.
The ANRF is chaired by the:
Correct Answer: A [Prime Minister]
Explanation:
Under the ANRF Act, 2023 the Prime Minister is the ex officio President of the ANRF Governing Board.
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0 was launched in:
Correct Answer: B [2018]
Explanation:
The Ministry of Human Resource Development launched Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0 on 25 April 2018.
The Indian Institutes of Technology are governed mainly by the:
Correct Answer: D [Institutes of Technology Act, 1961]
Explanation:
IITs are Institutes of National Importance.
'SWAYAM', an initiative of the Government of India, aims at
Correct Answer: D [providing affordable and quality education to the citizens for free]
Explanation:
SWAYAM is a free online course platform; only certification carries a fee.
What is the aim of the programme 'Unnat Bharat Abhiyan'?
Correct Answer: B [Connecting institutions of higher education with local communities to address development challenges through appropriate technologies.]
Explanation:
institutions adopt villages and work on local problems.
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