Higher Education System — Practice

Question 1

A university is established by an Act of the Parliament of India and funded chiefly by the central government. This is classified as a

Accepted Answer

A

Question 2

An institution has not been established by any specific founding Act of its own, but has instead been granted university-like degree-awarding autonomy by the central government, acting on UGC's recommendation, under a specific section of the UGC Act. This describes a

Accepted Answer

C

Question 3

Which statutory body is responsible specifically for regulating teacher-education programmes and institutions, such as B.Ed. courses, in India?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 4

Which body accredits an entire higher education institution as a whole, as distinct from accrediting a single technical or professional programme within it?

Accepted Answer

D

Question 5

As per NEP 2020's proposed reform, the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI)

Accepted Answer

A

Question 6

Under NEP 2020's four-year undergraduate structure, a student exiting after exactly two years of completed study receives a

Accepted Answer

C

Question 7

Under NEP 2020's four-year undergraduate structure, which of the following correctly matches each exit stage to the years of study completed?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 8

The Academic Bank of Credits (ABC), introduced under NEP 2020, primarily functions to

Accepted Answer

D

Question 9

Before the enactment of the IIM Act, 2017, the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs)

Accepted Answer

A

Question 10

Institutions of National Importance, such as the IITs and (since 2017) the IIMs, are granted this status through

Accepted Answer

C

Question 11

A college is directly owned and maintained by its parent university itself, rather than being a separate institution merely affiliated to it. This college is classified as a

Accepted Answer

A

Question 12

India's largest university, and the pioneering institution of the country's Open and Distance Learning (ODL) system, established in 1985 by an Act of Parliament, is

Accepted Answer

D

Question 13

The requirement that environmental studies be taught as a compulsory subject to undergraduate students across all disciplines in India was introduced following

Accepted Answer

A

Practice — Higher Education System

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