Which of the following commissions recommended setting up the UGC and is also known as the University Education Commission?

ARadhakrishnan Commission ✓ Correct

BMudaliar Commission

CWardha Commission

DKothari Commission

Correct answer: (A) Radhakrishnan Commission

Explanation

The Radhakrishnan Commission, also called the University Education Commission, recommended setting up the UGC.

The Mudaliar Commission dealt with secondary education, not the UGC.

The Wardha scheme concerned the basic education promoted by Gandhi.

The Kothari Commission focused on the overall national education system in the 1960s.

The Radhakrishnan Commission was appointed in 1948 under Dr S. Radhakrishnan.

Teachers' Day in India is observed on his birthday, 5 September.

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