Higher Education for NTA UGC NET JRF Paper 1

1. The main government body at the tertiary level of education in lndia is______

(a) NCERT
(b) CBSE
(c) UGC
(d) AICTE

2. The Government established the University Grants Commission by an act of Parliament in the year________

(a) 1980
(c) 1950
(b) 1948
(d) 1956

3. The tertiary education includes___________

(a) Primary and secondary education
(b) Higher education
(c) Vocational education and training
(d) Both (b) and (c)

4. Which of the following is the regulator of higher education?

(a) NCERT
(b) UGC
(c) AICTE
(d) MHRD

5. The idea of Four Pillars of Education was suggested by__________

(a) UNICEF
(b) NCTE
(c) UGC
(d) UNESCO

6. The name of the plan to increase enrolment in the higher education institutions is__________

(a) Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)
(b) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above

7. Which of the following agency put forward the concept of proactive university?

(a) UNDP
(b) AICTE
(c) UNESCO
(d) UGC

8. Which of the following commissions recommended setting up UGC and is also known as the University Education Commission?

(a) Radhakrishnan commission
(b) Mudaliar commission
(c) Wardha commission
(d) Kothari commission

9. Which of the following commission’s report is titled as education and national development report?

(a) Radhakrishnan commission
(b) Kothari commission
(c) Mudaliar commission report
(d) None of the above

10. National committee on 10 + 2 + 3 education structure set up in 1972 was headed by_______

(a) Dr P. D. Shukla
(b) Dr D. S. Kothari
(c) Dr Radhakrishnan
(d) None of the above