Paper 1 · Higher Education
UGC NET December 2021 June 2022 (21.09.2022) Shift-I
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion A and the other as Reason R. Assertion A: As per the National Knowledge Commission report, the number of engineering institutions in India is more than 1,500, but there is regional imbalance in their distribution in the country. Reason R: A major reason for this is the entry of private (aided as well as self-financing) institutions. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Assertion (A): Assertion A: Per the National Knowledge Commission, India has more than 1,500 engineering institutions but a regional imbalance in their distribution.
Reason (R): Reason R: A major reason for this is the entry of private aided and self-financing institutions.
ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A ✓ Correct
BBoth A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
CA is true but R is false
DA is false but R is true
Correct answer: (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A — The answer is that both A and R are true and R correctly explains A.
Explanation
★The answer is that both A and R are true and R correctly explains A.
★The National Knowledge Commission did report more than 1,500 engineering institutions with a regional imbalance, so Assertion A is true.
★The entry of many private, aided and self-financing institutions concentrated colleges in certain regions, so Reason R is true.
★Because these private institutions clustered unevenly, the distribution became imbalanced.
★So R is the correct explanation of A.
★Thus both are true and R explains A.
★So the answer is that both A and R are true and R correctly explains A.
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