UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds) is India’s national MOOC platform. It offers free online courses from school to postgraduate level, including credit-bearing courses that can be transferred to university programmes. The stem mentions a national online platform that hosts MOOCs from Indian institutions for learners anywhere, which directly points to SWAYAM. Therefore, Option B is the correct answer.

Option A:
e-Pathshala is primarily a digital platform for school-level textbooks and resources, not a full-fledged MOOC platform for higher education. It does not provide structured university-level online courses with credit transfer mechanisms, so it is not the best match here.

Option B:
SWAYAM integrates video lectures, reading materials, quizzes and discussion forums to support active learning. It is explicitly positioned as India’s main MOOC portal, aligning perfectly with the description given in the question.

Option C:
INSAT refers to Indian National Satellites used for communication and broadcasting, including educational telecasts, but it is not itself an online course platform. Thus, this option does not capture the meaning of the stem.

Option D:
PRAGATI is associated with scholarships and initiatives for girl students in technical education and does not refer to a MOOC delivery platform. Therefore, this option is not appropriate for this question.

Statements A, B and C correctly summarise three important digital initiatives, while statement D is incorrect. These platforms extend ICT-based resources to learners at different levels and often include teacher training modules as well. The claim that such initiatives always exclude teacher training does not match actual practice. Hence, the combination A, B and C only is the correct set of statements.

Option A:
Option A is correct because it includes all three true statements about SWAYAM, NPTEL and e-PG Pathshala, and excludes the false one. It recognises the scope of these initiatives in expanding ICT-enabled higher education. By rejecting D, it remains consistent with national policy directions.

Option B:
Option B is incorrect because it lists only A and B and omits C. Statement C is also true in describing e-PG Pathshala’s focus on postgraduate content. Any correct answer should include all three valid descriptions.

Option C:
Option C is incorrect because it groups B, C and D as correct, thus accepting D. Statement D wrongly suggests that teacher training is always excluded, which is contrary to many ICT-based faculty development efforts. Including D invalidates the combination.

Option D:
Option D is incorrect because it assumes all four statements are correct. Since D is incorrect, this set cannot be accepted as the correct answer.