UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

Statements A and C correctly summarise key features of institutional restructuring under NEP 2020. Statement A is true because NEP 2020 classifies higher education institutions into research-intensive universities, teaching-intensive universities and degree-granting colleges. Statement C is also true as the policy emphasises that all types should become large multidisciplinary institutions over time. Statement B is false because NEP 2020 explicitly proposes phasing out the traditional affiliating system. Statement D is false since the policy actually promotes greater academic, administrative and financial autonomy. Hence, the combination A and C only is correct.

Option A:
Option A is correct because it includes the two statements that align with NEP 2020’s vision of institutional types and multidisciplinary evolution, while rejecting B and D, which contradict the policy’s restructuring and autonomy goals.

Option B:
Option B is incorrect because it includes B, which wrongly asserts that affiliating universities will remain unchanged, despite NEP 2020’s plan to move away from this model.

Option C:
Option C is incorrect because it pairs C and D and omits A, thereby accepting D’s false claim that autonomy is rejected and failing to mention the threefold institutional classification.

Option D:
Option D is incorrect because it groups A, C and D, and therefore accepts D’s misrepresentation of NEP’s stance on autonomy, which undermines the accuracy of the combination.

Statements A, B and C correctly describe NEP 2020 institutional types. The policy speaks of research-intensive universities, teaching-intensive multidisciplinary institutions and autonomous degree-granting colleges as the three broad categories. It does not freeze institutions into single-stream teaching-only roles, and it allows evolution from one type to another as quality improves. Statements D, E and F distort the policy by denying multidisciplinary flexibility and integration of teacher education with the overall system.

Option A:
Option A is incorrect because it leaves out statement C, so it does not acknowledge autonomous degree-granting colleges as a distinct institutional type envisaged by NEP 2020. This makes the description of the new institutional structure incomplete.

Option B:
Option B is incorrect because it includes A and C but omits B, thereby not explicitly recognising teaching-intensive multidisciplinary institutions, which are a major category in NEP 2020.

Option C:
Option C is correct since it includes A, B and C, the three true statements about institutional types, and excludes D, E and F, which incorrectly portray NEP as enforcing single-stream colleges and permanent separations.

Option D:
Option D is incorrect because it treats D as part of the correct set even though D wrongly claims that all institutions must remain single-stream teaching colleges, which contradicts the multidisciplinary thrust of NEP 2020.