UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

Bagless days are meant to provide opportunities for practical, hands-on activities, local visits and vocational exposure so that students can connect classroom learning with real-life work and skills.

Option A:
Treating bagless days as complete holidays without learning ignores their intended educational and experiential purpose.

Option B:
This option correctly describes how NEP 2020 links bagless days to experiential and work-based learning with local experts.

Option C:
Filling bagless days with written tests contradicts the idea of light, exploratory, activity-based learning.

Option D:
Using the time only for cleaning activities misses the broader pedagogical goals of community and vocational exposure.

NEP 2020 recommends “bagless days” and short-term internships from about Grade 6, during which students visit workplaces and work with local experts to gain practical exposure and respect for different forms of work.

Option A:
Avoiding interaction with real workplaces would weaken vocational education and is contrary to NEP’s goal of integrating work-based learning with schooling.

Option B:
This option is correct because it describes the concrete mechanisms the policy proposes—bagless days and local internships—to connect students with crafts and trades.

Option C:
Online videos can support learning but cannot fully replace hands-on observation and interaction with practitioners.

Option D:
Focusing only on large multinational companies ignores the many local opportunities and is impractical for most schools.