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 National Board of Accreditation (NBA) was established by the UGC.

Statement II:The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) was established by AICTE.

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct

BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect ✓ Correct

CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

Correct answer: (B) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

Explanation

Both statements are false because they swap the founding bodies of the two accreditation councils.

Statement 1 is wrong because the National Board of Accreditation was established by the All India Council for Technical Education, not the University Grants Commission.

Statement 2 is wrong because the National Assessment and Accreditation Council was established by the University Grants Commission, not AICTE.

NBA accredits technical and professional programmes such as engineering and management.

NAAC assesses and grades whole institutions and awards them a cumulative grade point.

Both were set up in 1994 as autonomous accreditation bodies.

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