Paper 1 · Comprehension
UGC NET December 2022 (24.02.2023) Shift-II
Passage
In 1882 the Punjab University was established by a Special Act of Incorporation, and in 1887 another Special Act of Incorporation established the fifth Indian university at Allahabad. The general framework of these two Special Acts of Incorporation was similar to the Acts of 1857, though power was given to the Senates of the Punjab and Allahabad Universities to appoint or provide for the appointment of professors and lecturers, a privilege which was denied by the Acts of Incorporation to the first three universities of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in 1857. The first three universities were deliberately intended to be examining universities only, in the same manner and on the same model as the then University of London. Thereby it ignored an important suggestion of the Education Dispatch of 1854, which suggested the possible institution of professorships for the delivery of lectures in various branches of learning for the acquisition of which, at any rate in an advanced degree, facilities did not then exist in other institutions in India. When Lahore and Allahabad got this privilege in 1882 and 1887 respectively, the Indians asked for its extension to Calcutta, Bombay and Madras, but European officials closely connected with the universities contested it on two grounds.
Given below are two statements. Statement I: The University of London was an examining university only. Statement II: All the suggestions of the Education Dispatch of 1854 were accepted when the University of Madras was established. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
- Statement I: The University of London was an examining university only.
- Statement II: All the suggestions of the Education Dispatch of 1854 were accepted when the University of Madras was established.
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 ✓ Correct
DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
Correct answer: (C) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect — Statement I is correct and Statement II is incorrect, so the answer is Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.
Explanation
★Statement I is correct and Statement II is incorrect, so the answer is Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.
★The passage says the first universities were modelled on the then University of London.
★That University of London was an examining university only, so statement I is correct.
★When Madras was established, the suggestion for professorships from the Dispatch was ignored.
★So not all suggestions of the 1854 Dispatch were accepted.
★So saying they were all accepted is wrong, making statement II incorrect.
★Therefore statement I is correct while statement II is incorrect.
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