1. The main governing body at the tertiary level of education in India is-
(a) NCERT
(b) CBSE
(c) AICTE
(d) UGC✔
2. The Government established the University Grants Commission by an act of Parliament in the year-
(a) 1980
(b) 1948
(c) 1950
(d) 1956✔
3. 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 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 the 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 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 the 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 reports 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
26. 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) II, I, and III
(c) I, II, and III ✔
(d) I, III, and II
27. Which of the following committees recommended the spending of `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
28. The committee set up by the Ministry of Human Resource Development which recommended autonomy of IITs was headed by-
(a) Prof. Anil Kakodkar ✔
(b) Prof. Yashpal
(c) Sam Pitroda
(d) None of the above
29. National knowledge Commission (NKC) was headed by-
(a) Prof. Anil Kakodkar
(b) Prof. Yashpal
(c) Sam Pitroda ✔
(d) None of the above
30. A committee was set up in 1990 to review NPE (1986). Its report titled ‘Towards an Enlightened and Humane Society’ stated that the system of higher education encourages memorization of facts and regurgitation rather than creativity. The head of the committee was-
(a) Acharya Ramamurti ✔
(b) Prof. Yashpal
(c) Prof. M. M. Joshi
(d) None of the above
31. Which of the following committees recommended the setting up of the National Commission for Higher Education and Research (NCHER) for prescribed standards of academic quality and defining policies for the advancement of knowledge in higher educational institutions?
(a) Sam Pitroda committee
(b) Prof. Yashpal committee✔
(c) M. M. Sharma committee
(d) Gnanam committee
32. Chairman of UGC committee appointed in 1969 for the purpose of administrative legislation of the universities was-
(a) Dr. D. S. Kothari
(b) Dr P. B. Gajendragadkar✔
(c) Prof. Yashpal
(d) None of the above
33. Which of the following personalities headed the committee recommended setting up of 1500 universities so as to achieve the target gross enrolment of 30%?
(a) Dr. D. S. Kothari
(b) Sam Pitroda✔
(c) Prof. Yashpal
(d) None of the above
34. Which of the following percentage figures was recommended by both the Kothari Commission and the National Policy that should be spent on education (1986)?
(a) 4% of GDP
(b) 5% of GDP
(c) 6% of GDP ✔
(d) None of the above
35. Which of the following states has the maximum number of central universities?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Delhi✔
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above
36. Which of the following institution or organizations publishes the Universities Handbook?
(a) University Grants Commission
(b) Association of Indian Universities✔
(c) Inter-University Centres
(d) Central Advisory Board of Education
37. In which year was the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) originally set up?
(a) 1925 ✔
(b) 1945
(c) 1953
(d) None of the above
38. Which of the following authorities is not empowered to bring a university into existence?
(a) State government
(b) Central government
(c) UGC ✔
(d) None of the above
39. How many universities were set up under Central Universities Act, 2009?
(a) 12
(b) 16✔
(c) 40
(d) 43
40. Which among the following constitute the majority of institutions within the university system?
(a) Central universities
(b) State universities✔
(c) Deemed universities
(d) Private universities
41. Which of the following constitute the majority of enrolments within the university system?
(a) Central universities
(b) State universities✔
(c) Deemed universities
(d) Private universities
42. Universities having central campus for imparting education are called -
(a) Central universities
(b) Deemed universities✔
(c) Residential universities
(d) Open universities
43. 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
44. The university that telecasts interactive educational programs through its own channel is-
(a) Dr B. R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad
(b) IGNOU✔
(c) University of Pune
(d) Annamalai University
45. 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-Chancellor
46. The state with most universities is
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Rajasthan (d) Uttar Pradesh
47. The state with the most deemed universities is-
(a) Tamil Nadu ✔
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Karnataka
48. According to Times Higher Education’s research findings to rank the world’s higher educational institutions, which of the following educational has the top rank in India?
(a) Delhi University, Delhi
(b) IIT- Mumbai
(c) Panjab University, Chandigarh✔
(d) IIT- Delhi
49. Institute of National Importance is an institution in higher education that serves as a pivotal player in developing highly skilled personnel within the specified region of the country or state. This status can be conferred upon them by-
(a) University Grants Commission
(b) An act of Parliament✔
(c) All Indian Council for Technical Education
(d) All the above
50. Commonwealth of Learning (CoL) is the only official Commonwealth agency located outside Britain. It is located in-
(a) New Delhi, India
(b) Vancouver, Canada✔
(c) Sydney, Australia
(d) Islamabad, Pakistan