Paper 1 · Higher Education
UGC NET December 2022 (15.03.2023) Shift-II (Sanskrit)
Given below are two statements. Statement I: According to NEP 2020, the teaching and learning of Indian languages need to be integrated with school and higher education at every level. Statement II: UNESCO has declared 220 Indian languages as 'endangered'. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- Statement I: According to NEP 2020, the teaching and learning of Indian languages need to be integrated with school and higher education at every level.
- Statement II: UNESCO has declared 220 Indian languages as endangered.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
CStatement I is true but Statement II is false ✓ Correct
DStatement I is false but Statement II is true
Correct answer: (C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false — The answer is that Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
Explanation
★The answer is that Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
★NEP 2020 calls for weaving Indian languages into school and higher education at every level.
★So Statement I is true.
★UNESCO has listed 197 Indian languages as endangered, not 220.
★So the figure of 220 in Statement II is wrong, making it false.
★Thus only the first statement holds.
★So the answer is that Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
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