UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

NIRF is officially expanded as the National Institutional Ranking Framework, which evaluates higher education institutions on multiple performance indicators. Since the framework ranks whole institutions, the correct missing word is “Institutional.”

Option A:
Option A is correct because “Institutional” clearly indicates that the ranking exercise compares entire colleges and universities, not individual programmes or people, and matches the widely used acronym NIRF.

Option B:
Option B is incorrect as “Integrated” would create a different name and acronym and is not used in any official description of NIRF.

Option C:
Option C is wrong because “International” would suggest a global ranking of institutions worldwide, whereas NIRF is a national framework focused on Indian institutions.

Option D:
Option D is incorrect since “Innovative” is only one of the many dimensions evaluated and is not part of the official name of the framework.