Paper 1 · Higher Education UGC NET December 2022 (23.02.2023) Shift-I

Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

Statement I:The Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR) was established in 2000 by the UGC as an autonomous organisation.

Statement II:The Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education (MGNCRE), formerly NCRI, was established in 1995 as a registered autonomous society in Hyderabad.

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct

BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct ✓ Correct

Correct answer: (D) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

Explanation

Statement 2 is correct: the Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education, earlier the National Council of Rural Institutes, was set up in 1995 as a registered autonomous society in Hyderabad.

Statement 1 is false because the Indian Council of Philosophical Research was established in 1977, not 2000.

ICPR was created by the Ministry of Education rather than by the University Grants Commission as the statement claims.

MGNCRE works under the Ministry of Education to promote rural and community engagement in higher education.

ICPR promotes philosophical research and funds fellowships and journals in the discipline.

Both bodies are autonomous organisations, but only the details in Statement 2 are accurate.

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