Paper 1 · Higher Education
UGC NET December 2022 (23.02.2023) Shift-I
Given below are two statements. Statement I: The Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR) was established in 2000 by the University Grants Commission (UGC) as an autonomous organisation. Statement II: The Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education (MGNCRE), formerly the National Council of Rural Institutes (NCRI), was established in 1995 as a registered autonomous society in Hyderabad. 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 — Statement I is incorrect and Statement II is correct, so the answer is Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
Explanation
★Statement I is incorrect and Statement II is correct, so the answer is Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
★The Indian Council of Philosophical Research was set up by the Ministry of Education.
★It was registered as a society in 1977 and began functioning in 1981, not established in 2000 by the UGC.
★So statement I misstates its founding and is incorrect.
★The MGNCRE, formerly the National Council of Rural Institutes, was set up as a registered autonomous society at Hyderabad.
★It was established in 1995, as statement II gives, so statement II is correct.
★Therefore statement I is incorrect while statement II is correct.
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