According to the UGC Regulations 2018 on plagiarism, common knowledge or coincidental terms up to how many consecutive words shall be excluded while checking similarity for the detection of plagiarism?

Common-knowledge or coincidental strings up to 14 consecutive words are left out while checking similarity.

A limit of 8 words is not the figure set by the rules.

A limit of 12 words is not the prescribed cut-off.

A limit of 18 words is not the stated threshold.

Quotations with proper attribution are likewise excluded from the count.

The bibliography and references are also kept outside the similarity check.