1. The main governing body at the tertiary level
of education in India is
(a) NCERT
(b) CBSE
(c) AICTE
(d) UGC
2. Government established the University Grants
Commission by an act of Parliament in the year
(a) 1980
(b) 1948
(c) 1950
(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) AICTE
(c) UGC
(d) MHRD
5. The idea of Four Pillars of Education was
suggested by
(a) UNICEF
(b) UGC
(c) NCTE
(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) UNESCO
(c) AICTE
(d) UGC
8. ‘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)
9. 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
10. Educational TV was first introduced in India
in the year
(a) 1961
(b) 1959
(c) 1968
(d) 1965
11. Which of the following agencies or
organizations was constitutionally assigned the task of coordination and
determination of standards of institutions in higher education?
(a) UGC
(b) Concerned state governments
(c) Union government
(d) None of the above
12. Which of the following documents is termed as
the Magna Carta of English education in India?
(a) Charles Wood’s dispatch
(b) Macaulay minutes
(c) Mountstuart Elphinstone’s minutes
(d) Wardha system
13. In which of the following years, Presidency
Universities of Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras were set up following the
recommendations of Woods’ dispatch?
(a) 1854
(b) 1857
(c) 1858
(d) 1861
14. The University of Allahabad was founded in the
year
(a) 1887
(b) 1901
(c) 1905
(d) 1911
15. Which of the following institution was set up
in 1945 to look after the functioning of three Central Universities of Aligarh,
Banaras, and Delhi?
(a) University Grants Commission
(b) University Grants Committee
(c) Inter University Board
(d) Association of Indian Universities
16. The report of central advisory board of
education on post war educational development in India is also termed as (a)
Sargent report
(b) Nehru report
(c) Wardha report
(d) None of the above
17. Which section of the UGC Act provides for the
promotion and coordination of university education and for the maintenance of
standards of teaching, examination, and research?
(a) Section 12
(b) Section 15
(c) Section 25
(d) Section 28
18. It is said that the present higher education
system has its origin in Mountstuart Elphinstone’s minutes, which stressed upon
the need for establishing schools for teaching English and European sciences.
This reported was presented in the year
(a) 1823
(b) 1835
(c) 1858
(d) 1861
19. Inter University Board was set up in 1925 to
promote university activities, by sharing information and cooperation in the
field of education, culture, sports, and allied areas. Now, it is known as
(a) Association of Indian Universities
(b) Central Advisory Board of Education
(c) Central Board of Secondary Education
(d) None of the above
20. Which of the following is known as Calcutta
University Commission?
(a) Saddler Commission
(b) Kothari Commission
(c) Hunter Commission
(d) Wood Dispatch
21. Which of the following is regarded as the
first policy measure regarding higher education in India?
(a) Wood’s dispatch
(b) Macaulay’s minutes
(c) Elphinstone report
(d) None of the above
22. Which of the following is a precursor to 10 +
2 + 3?
(a) Saddler commission
(b) Wood dispatch
(c) Kothari commission
(d) None of the above
23. 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
24. 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
25. 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
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