Higher Education System- Chapter-wise Quiz Khelo- NTA UGC NET

It caters to children between the age group of 5 to 16 years. Bal Bhavan is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD). (ref- it caters to children between the age group of 5 to 16 years. Bal Bhavan is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD).)

Dakshin Gangotri established in 26^th Jan 1984.

The current HRD minister is Ramesh Pokhriyal, a member of the Council of Ministers.

Gyan Darshan (GD) channel launched in year 2000 is a major milestone in the field of Educational Television in India. It is a joint venture of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (I & B Ministry), Prasar Bharati and IGNOU serving as the nodal agency.

An Act to make provision for the co-ordination and determination of standards in Universities and for that purpose, to establish a University Grants Commission. Currently UGC Chairman- D.P Singh, Headquarter- New Delhi.

As of 12 December 2018, The list of central universities published by the UGC includes 49 central universities.

Gyan Darshan (GD) channel launched in year 2000 is a major milestone in the field of Educational Television in India. It is a joint venture of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (I & B Ministry), Prasar Bharati and IGNOU serving as the nodal agency.

Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya is a central university located in Wardha, Maharashtra. Vice-Chancellor: Prof Rajneesh Kumar Shukla and Chancellor: Kamalesh Dutt Tripathi.

Vocational education is training that equips the students with practical experience and technical skills in a specific type of field.

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council is an organisation founded in 1994  that assesses and accredits higher education Institutions in India. It is an autonomous body funded by University Grants Commission of Government of India headquartered in Bangalore.

The National Council on Women’s Education set up in 1958 under the chairmanship of Smt. Durgabai Deshmukh recommended certain specific steps to expand and improve the education of women in the country.

The Indian Institute of Advanced Study (1965) is a research institute based in Shimla, India. NCERT (establisd in 1961); CSIR (established in 1942), ICCR (established in 1950).

Academic autonomy means to decide on degree supply, curriculum and teaching, and research methods and areas.

Click here to see the list of central universities in India.

The Radhakrishnan Commission was appointed with the specific aim ‘to report on Indian University Education and suggest improvements and extensions that may be desirable to suit present and future requirements of the country’.

National Museum, New Delhi established in 1949, it holds a variety of articles ranging from pre-historic era to modern works of art. It functions under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

Click here to see the list of central universities of India.

The list includes matters of local importance such as education, forests, economic and social planning, civil procedure and many more such laws which helps the state authority to run smoothly. Both union and state governments have powers to legislate on the subjects mentioned in the concurrent list.

National Education Commission, popularly known as Kothari Commission (1964-66), was an ad hoc commission set up by the Government of India to examine all aspects of the educational sector in India, to evolve a general pattern of education and to advise guidelines and policies for the development of education in India.

Universities offer regular campus-based programs as well as distance learning programs like the University of Delhi (DU) and University of Mumbai.

Indira Gandhi National Open University known as IGNOU, is a Central University located at Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, India. (wiki) Gyan Drashan is also available on webcast, thus extending the reach of IGNOU programmes to audiences world over. (ignou)

NCERT, UGC, NAAC, AICTE, NCTE are some of the educational organizations in India. National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) is a statutory body of Indian government set up under the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993. National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) was established in 1994 as an autonomous institution of the University Grants Commission of Government of India headquartered in Bangalore. (wiki)

National Knowledge Commission was an Indian think-tank charged with considering possible policies that might sharpen India’s comparative advantage in the knowledge-intensive service sectors. It was constituted on 13 June 2005, by the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh. (wikipedia)

Climate changes describes changes in the state of the atmosphere over time scales ranging from decades to millions of years. These changes can be caused by processes inside the Earth, forces from outside (e.g. variations in sunlight intensity) or, more recently, human activities. (simple.wikipedia)

The Central Advisory Board of Education or CABE is the apex advisory body responsible for advising the Central and the State Governments in the field of education. It was first established in the year 1920, but was dissolved later. It again came into existence in the year 1935. (icbse.com)

National Education Day is celebrated every year on November 11 in India. It is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of the first Education Minister of India, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. (indiatoday.in)

Deemed to be Universities enjoy full autonomy or independence in deciding courses, syllabus, admissions and fees.

Indian National Defence University (INDU) is a national defence university of the Government of India at Binola village in Gurgram district of Haryana state in India that is being built. (wikipedia)

The Planning Commission was established in March 1950 by a Government of India resolution with Prime Minister as Chairperson. The initial mandate was to establish heavy industries through public investment as a means for achieving rapid industrialization. (pib.gov.in)

The Supreme Court of India is the highest judicial court under the Constitution of India, the highest constitutional court, with the power of judicial review. (wikipedia)

India is a federal parliamentary democratic republic in which the President of India is the head of state and the Prime Minister of India is the head of government. (wikipedia)

A State Public Service Commission (SPSC) comprises of a chairman and other members appointed by the governor of the state. One half of the appointed members of the commission should have held office for at least ten years either under the government of India or under the government of a state. (jagranjosh.com)

The University Grants Commission of India is a statutory body set up by the Government of India in accordance to the UGC Act 1956 under Ministry of Human Resource Development, and is charged with coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of higher education. (wikipedia)

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) was set up in November 1945 as a national-level Apex Advisory Body to conduct a survey on the facilities available for technical education and to promote development in the country in a coordinated and integrated manner.(aicte-india.org)

It provides recognition to universities in India, and disbursements of funds to such recognised universities and colleges. Its headquarters is in New Delhi, and has six regional centres in Pune, Bhopal, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Guwahati and Bangalore.

The Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS) is a research institute based in Shimla, India. t was set up by the Ministry of Education, Government of India in 1964.

The National Council of Educational Research and Training is an autonomous organisation of the Government of India which was established in 1961 as a literary, scientific and charitable Society under the Societies’ Registration Act.

In a boost for the higher education sector in the country, the enrolment of students has risen to 25.8 per cent this year from 25.2 per cent in 2017. It also shows a rising enrolment of OBC category students while a decline in the general category.

The University Grants Commission of India is a statutory body set up by the Government of India in accordance to the UGC Act 1956 under Ministry of Human Resource Development, and is charged with coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of higher education.

St. Stephen’s College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi. Widely regarded as one of the oldest and most prestigious colleges for arts and sciences in India, the institution has produced a line of distinguished alumni. It was established by the Cambridge Mission to Delhi.

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is India’s central recruiting agency. It is responsible for appointments to and examinations for All India services and group A & group B of Central services.

A virtual university is an online learning institution that uses the Internet to deliver classes and seminars. Students can earn a certificate or degree if they have a computer system that meets the technological requirements of that particular virtual university.

The Distant Education Bureau is a bureau of the University Grants Commission based in New Delhi, India, in charge of regulating distance education in India. It was established in 2012, replacing the Distance Education Council, an organisation that was responsible for open learning and distance education since 1985.

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council is an organisation that assesses and accredits higher education Institutions in India. It is an autonomous body funded by University Grants Commission of Government of India headquartered in Bangalore.

Delhi University and Jamia Millia Islamia, the concept of Meta University is all set for a pan India replication. Meta University allows students to move between various universities.

Central university is funded and controlled by central government.

UGC declares 23 universities as ‘self-styled, unrecognised’; maximum in UP followed by Delhi. Eight of these universities are in Uttar Pradesh, followed by Delhi (seven). Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Puducherry have a fake university each.

Under Section 22(1) of UGC Act, 1956, the right of conferring or granting degrees shall be exercised only by a University established or incorporated by or under a central Act, a Provincial Act, a State Act or an institution deemed to be a University under section 3 or an institution specially empowered by an Act of Parliament to confer or grant degrees.

NUEPA stands for National University of Educational Planning and Administration. NUEPA is an autonomous body established by the ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. It is a prime organization dealing with capacity building and research in planning and management of education not only in India, but also in South Asia.

South Asian University is an International University sponsored by the eight Member States of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. The eight countries are: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher education in India is calculated for 18-23 years of age group. Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) or Gross Enrolment Index (GEI) is a statistical measure used in the education sector, and formerly by the UN in its Education Index, to determine the number of students enrolled in school at several different grade levels (like elementary, middle school and high school), and use it to show the ratio of the number of students who live in that country to those who qualify for the particular grade level.

There are as many as 49 Central Universities established in India, of which Allahabad University isthe oldest of all, being established in 1887.

Rashtriya Uchchattar Shiksha Abhiyan is a holistic scheme of development for higher education in India initiated in 2013 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.

Article 29(2) states: “No citizen shall be denied admission into any educational institution maintained by the State or receiving aid out of State funds on grounds only of religion, race, caste, language or any of them.”

Supreme court is called the guardian of the constitution because the supreme court is given the power to protect ,safeguard,and uphold the constitution and empower to declare a law null and void if it is found to be in consistant with the constitution.

The Fundamental Duties’ are defined as the moral obligations of all citizens to help promote a spirit of patriotism and to uphold the unity of India. These duties set out in Part IV–A of the Constitution, concern individuals and the nation.

The NITI Aayog is National Institution for Transforming India. It is a policy think tank that was established to achieve sustainable development goals through cooperative federalism. Cooperative Federalism encourage healthy competition among states. NITI aayog was established in 2015 replacing Planning Commission.

National Judicial Appointments Commission was a proposed body which would have been responsible for the appointment and transfer of judges to the higher judiciary in India.

The Indian Institute of Science is a public, deemed, research university for higher education and research in science, engineering, design, and management. It is located in Bangalore city, in the Indian state of Karnataka.

The Distance Education Council which was the erstwhile regulator of Distance Education programmes has been dissolved and all regulatory functions are being undertaken by the UGC.

Statutory body or authority means a non-constitutional body which is set up by a parliament. Statutory bodies are authorized to pass the law and take the decision on the behalf of state or country. Statutory body has official permission for Legislation i.e process of enacting laws.

Globalization is an important concept for students in higher education to understand and appreciate because of the demand in business and industry to hire people who can work with people of other nations and cultures and if need be can travel independently internationally to promote their business or industry.

“Deemed” is a status of autonomy granted to a university by DHE under MHRD, on the advice of UGC. Deemed to be Universities enjoy full autonomy or independence in deciding courses, syllabus, admissions and fees.

The purpose of values-based education is to make the student work with the right attitude and standards to face the outside world. Value Education is a process of increasing the overall character of a student, it also includes character development, personality development and spiritual development.

The Visitor’s Award has gone to Hyderabad Central University (2015), Tezpur University (2016) and Jawaharlal Nehru University (2017). Research and Innovation are two other categories in which the Visitor’s Award was originally instituted to be conferred.

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) has been launched by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India on 29th September, 2015. This framework outlines a methodology to rank institutions across the country.

Miranda House is a constituent college for women at the University of Delhi in India. It was ranked as the best college in India in 2019 by NIRF rankings. Established in 1948, it offers degrees in the sciences and liberal arts.

Which of the following are the goals of higher education in India?

(a) Access

(b) Equity

(c) Quality and Excellence

(d) Relevance

(e) Value based Education

(f) Compulsory and free education

Select the correct answer from the code given below:

India’s higher education system is the third largest in the world, next to the United States and China.

The Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF) scheme is aimed at attracting the talent pool of the country to doctoral (Ph.D.) programmes of Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Indian Institutes of Science Education & Research (IISERs), Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Central Universities (which are among the top 100 National Institutional Ranking Framework, NIRF ranked universities) for carrying out research in cutting edge science and technology domains, with focus on national priorities.

University Grants Commission (UGC) came into existence on 28th December, 1953 and became a statutory Organization of the Government of India by an Act of Parliament in 1956, for the coordination,determination and maintenance of standards of teaching, examination and research in university education.

The National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI) is India’s first and only transportation university located in Vadodara, Gujarat, India.

The University of Delhi, informally known as Delhi University, is a collegiate public central university, located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly.

In 1985, the UGC prepared a blueprint for promotion of Human Rights teaching and research at all levels of education. The policy has stated that in our culturally plural society education should factor universal and eternal values oriented towards the unity and integration of our people.

The annual range of temperature in the interior of the continents is high as compared to coastal. The annual range of temperature in the interior of the continents is high as compared to coastal areas.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) was formally inaugurated by late Shri Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the then Minister of Education, Natural Resources and Scientific Research on 28 December 1953. However the UGC got the status of statutory body of the Indian Government through an act of Parliament in November 1956.

National Education Commission, popularly known as Kothari Commission, was an ad hoc commission set up by the Government of India to examine all aspects of the educational sector in India, to evolve a general pattern of education and to advise guidelines and policies for the development of education in India.

Rashtriya Uchchattar Shiksha Abhiyan is a holistic scheme of development for higher education in India initiated in 2013 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. The centrally sponsored scheme aims at providing strategic funding to higher educational institutions throughout the country.

National Knowledge Commission was an Indian think-tank charged with considering possible policies that might sharpen India’s comparative advantage in the knowledge-intensive service sectors. It was constituted on 13 June 2005, by the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh.

The University Grants Commission of India is a statutory body set up by the Government of India in accordance to the UGC Act 1956 under Ministry of Human Resource Development, and is charged with coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of higher education.

The National Academic Depository is a digital database of academic awards provided by the Government of India. NAD is an inter-operable system for storage, retrieval, authentication and verification of academic awards. NAD allows the logging of academic awards.

The SPARC scheme aims at improving the research ecosystem of India’s higher educational institutions by facilitating academic and research collaborations between Indian Institutions and the best institutions in the world.

SWAYAM is India’s national MOOC platform. It offers over 2,150 courses taught by close to 1,300 instructors from over 135 Indian universities.