Fundamentals of Ancient Indian Education - Today we will write on the education of India which comes in UGC NET. Comes under higher education in UGC NET. UGC is a part of the NET Syllabus India Education System.
Multiple Choice Questions on Higher Education for UGC NET :
1. The main government body at the tertiary level of education in India is______
(a) NCERT
(b) CBSE
(c) UGC
(d) AICTE
Answer: C- UGC
2. The Government established the University Grants Commission by an act of Parliament in the year________
(a) 1980
(c) 1950
(b) 1948
(d) 1956
Answer: 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)
Answer: D- Both (b) and (c)
4. Which of the following is the regulator of higher education?
(a) NCERT
(b) UGC
(c) AICTE
(d) MHRD
Answer: B- UGC
5. The idea of Four Pillars of Education was suggested by__________
(a) UNICEF
(b) NCTE
(c) UGC
(d) UNESCO
Answer: 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
Answer: A- Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)
7. Which of the following agency put forward the concept of proactive university?
(a) UNDP
(b) AICTE
(c) UNESCO
(d) UGC
Answer: C- UNESCO
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
Answer: A - Radhakrishnan commission
9. Which of the following committee's reports is titled as education and national development report?
(a) Radhakrishnan commission
(b) Kothari commission
(c) Mudaliar commission report
(d) None of the above
Answer: B- Kothari commission
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
Answer : A- Dr P. D. Shukla
11. The following commissions were set up by the government or its agencies after independence. Arrange the following in chronological order (in terms of their Occurrence).
I) University Education Commission
II) Secondary Education Commission
III) Education Commission
Codes:
(a) III, II and I
(b) I, Il and III
(c) II, I and III
(d) I, III and II
Answer: B
12. Which of the following committees recommended the spending of Rs. 500 crores to be spent on research in basic sciences every year by UGC every year?
(a) M. M. Sharma committee
(b) Kakodkar committee
(c) Prof. Yashpal committee
(d) None of the above
Answer: A- M. M. Sharma committee
13. Destiny of India is being shaped in her classroom'. This is stated in________
(a) National Policy on Education (1986)
(b) National Knowledge Commission (2005)
(c) Education Commission (1964-66)
(d) University Education Commission (1948-49)
Answer: C- Education Commission (1964-66)
14. CHEER stands for________
(a) Children Enrichment Education through Radio
(b) Child health education electronic recording
(c) Children for Engineers and Energy Requirement
(d) None of the Above
Answer: A- Children Enrichment Education through Radio
15. Which among the following constitute the majority of institutions within the university system?
(a) Central universities
(c) Deemed universities
(b) State universities
(d) Private universities
Answer: B
16. Enrolments within the university system__________
(a) Central universities
(b) Deemed universities
(c) State universities
(d) Private universities
Answer: B- Deemed universities
17. Universities having central campus for imparting education are called_________
(a) Central universities
(b) Deemed University
(c) Residential universities
(d) Open universities
Answer: B- Deemed University
18. Which of the following agencies provide funding to Indira Gandhi National Open University?
(a) University Grants Commission
(b) Ministry of Human Resource Development
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above
Answer: B- Ministry of Human Resource Development
19. The university that telecasts interactive educational programmes through its own channel is__________
(a) Dr B. R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad
(b) IGNOU
(c) University of Pune
(d) Annamalai University
Answer: B- IGNOU
20. Which of the following pairs of authorities are at the top of the hierarchy in the case of a Central University?
(a) Visitors and Chancellor
(b) Visitors and Vice-Chancellor
(c) Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor
(d) Vice President and Vice Chancellors
Answer: A- Visitors and Chancellor
21. The state with most universities is___________
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: A- Tamil Nadu
22. The state with most deemed universities is_________
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Karnataka
Answer: A- Tamil Nadu
23. What did teachers have autonomy for?
(a) Selecting students
(b) Designing their syllabi
(c) Concluding the course
(d) All of the Above
Answer:
24. What is the other name of Chanakya?
(a) Panini
(b) Magadh
(c) Chandragupta Maurya
(d) Kautilya
Answer- (d) Kautilya
25.Takshashila included religious teachings of___________.
(a) Hinduism
(b) Buddhism
(c) Christianity
(d) Islam
Answer-
26. Where did monks and nuns learn?
(a) Temples
(b) Viharas
(c) Gurukuls
(d) Tols
Answer-
27. How long did children stay away for their homes?
(a) For each standard
(b) For a year
(c) For a decade
(d) Till they achieved their goals
Answer-
28. Maitreyi, Viswambhara, Apala, Gargi and Lopamudra have been called _____.
(a) Queens
(b) Woman scholars
(c) Teachers
(d) Sisters of scholars
Answer-
29. How did students memorise what was taught in class?
(a) By writing
(b) By meditating
(c) By revising
(d) By playing
Answer-
30. “_____ were the residential places of learning”
(a) Temples
(b) Gurukul
(c) Tols
(d) Viharas
Answer- (b) Gurukul
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