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

Statement I:NPTEL is the smallest online repository in the world of engineering, basic sciences and selected humanities and management courses.

Statement II:NPTEL is a joint venture of the IITs and IISc, funded by the Ministry of Education, and was launched in 2003.

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

NPTEL is one of the largest online course repositories, and it is a joint venture of the IITs and IISc launched in 2003.

Statement 1 is wrong: NPTEL is among the biggest, not the smallest, such repositories.

Statement 2 is right: the IITs and IISc run it, funded by the Ministry of Education, from 2003.

It covers engineering, basic sciences and select humanities and management courses.

Its video and web lectures are freely available to learners everywhere.

NPTEL stands for the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning.

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