UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

Statements A, B, C and E accurately characterise interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary work, while D is false. Interdisciplinary research integrates perspectives and methods, multidisciplinary work often juxtaposes them, and such collaboration can generate new hybrid areas like educational neuroscience. Effective communication across disciplinary boundaries is essential for these endeavours. Statement D is incorrect because education frequently benefits from insights drawn from psychology, sociology, technology and other fields.

Option A:
Option A leaves out E, so it does not explicitly recognise the centrality of collaboration and communication, which are vital for any interdisciplinary project. This omission makes the combination incomplete.

Option B:
Option B omits B, thereby failing to describe the less integrated nature of multidisciplinary work, even though it mentions integration and collaboration. Because it does not include all true statements, it cannot be correct.

Option C:
Option C is correct because it collects all the accurate statements—about integration, parallel contributions, hybrid field formation and the need for collaboration—while excluding D, which wrongly dismisses the relevance of interdisciplinary research in education.

Option D:
Option D includes D, the false assertion that interdisciplinary research is irrelevant, and so it becomes incorrect despite containing some true elements.

Option E retains D and omits C, missing the point about hybrid fields while also accepting an incorrect statement, which makes the option invalid.