Higher Education System MCQs (UGC NET paper 1 FREE Updated Notes 2020)

221. Who was the first Chairman of the National Development Council?

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Ballabh Bhai Patel
(c) Doctor Rajendra Prasad
(d) None of the above
Ans. a

222. Who of the following is not the member of the National Development Council?

(a) Governor of the State
(b) Chief Minister of the State
(c) Members of the Planning Commission
(d) All cabinet Ministers
Ans. a

223. National Development Council meeting should be held at least ……. in a year?

(a) 1 time
(b) 2 times
(c) 3 times
(d) 5 times
Ans. b

224. Total number of High courts in India?

(a) 25
(b) 30
(c) 35
(d) 40
Ans. a

225. Which of the following is known as ‘Magna Carta of English Education in India’?

(a) Wood’s dispatch
(b) Hunter commission
(c) Charter act
(d) University commission
Ans. a

226. In which year was the Hindu College established at Calcutta?

(a) 1817
(b) 1813
(c) 1923
(d) 1845
Ans. a

227. Who introduced English to Indian Education System?

(a) Mountstuart Elphinstone
(b) LordMacualay
(c) W.W. Hunter
(d) LordCurzon
Ans. b

228. Who fragmented education into Primary and Secondary education in India?

(a) Mountstuart Elphinstone
(b) LordMacualay
(c) W.W. Hunter
(d) LordCurzon
Ans. c

229. Which of the following is related to the Basic Education or Buniyadi Talim?

(a) Zakir Hussain committee
(b) Sargent report
(c) Sapru committee
(d) Hartog committee
Ans. a

230. UGC was established in

(a) 1950
(b) 1966
(c) 1948
(d) 1953
Ans. d