UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

Indoctrination involves imposing beliefs on learners without allowing critical scrutiny or alternative perspectives. It discourages questioning and demands conformity to a fixed doctrine. The stem describes a kind of teaching that does the opposite: it promotes critical thinking and questioning. Therefore,it is clearly opposed to indoctrination,making this the correct answer.

Option A:
Supervision refers to monitoring learners’ activities and ensuring order in the institution,not to suppressing or encouraging critical thought. It is not the conceptual opposite of questioning-based teaching.

Option B:
Orientation is an introductory process to familiarise learners with new environments or courses and does not imply forced belief or suppression of doubt. Hence,this option does not contrast with the stem.

Option C:
Indoctrination conflicts with democratic and reflective aims of education because it discourages autonomy and rational judgement,which the stem explicitly values.

Option D:
Administration concerns management of institutional affairs such as scheduling and budgeting,rather than controlling belief systems. It is not the conceptual opposite of critical teaching.