Which of the following are functions of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)? Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

1.Encourage delinking of social science from natural sciences.

2.Provide scholarships for research in social sciences.

3.Give financial support to institutional journals of research.

4.Promote social science research.

5.Blacklist non-performing social science institutions from time to time.

A1, 2, 3 only

B2, 3, 4 only ✓ Correct

C3, 4, 5 only

D1, 4, 5 only

Correct answer: (B) 2, 3, 4 only

Explanation

ICSSR awards scholarships and fellowships for social science research.

It gives financial support to institutional and professional research journals.

Its core mandate is to promote and coordinate social science research in India.

Encouraging the delinking of social science from natural sciences runs against its integrative, interdisciplinary aim.

It has no function of blacklisting non-performing institutions, so that claim is false.

ICSSR was established in 1969 and functions under the Ministry of Education.

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