UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

NEP 2020 explicitly calls for the development of new National Curriculum Frameworks for school education, teacher education, adult education and early childhood care and education. This ensures that curriculum and pedagogy at all these levels are aligned with the new policy vision.

Option A:
Limiting NCFs only to higher education would neglect the school, teacher and adult education sectors that the policy is trying to reform through new curriculum frameworks.

Option B:
This option is correct because it lists exactly the four areas mentioned in NEP 2020 for which new NCFs are to be prepared.

Option C:
Focusing only on professional courses like law and medicine ignores the broader system-wide curricular reforms that NEP envisages.

Option D:
Restricting NCFs to sports training alone is far too narrow and not aligned with the text of the policy.

DIKSHA is an initiative of the Ministry of Education in India that offers digital resources aligned with school curricula and professional development for teachers. It supports multiple languages and device types, including mobile phones. By centralising quality-assured content, it enhances access to learning materials across states. Therefore the school-focused platform described in the stem is DIKSHA.

Option A:
Option A, SWAYAM, targets MOOCs for higher and some school education but is not primarily framed as a classroom resource repository for school systems and teacher training in the way DIKSHA is.

Option B:
Option B, NAD (National Academic Depository), manages digital certificates and academic awards rather than everyday teaching–learning resources.

Option C:
Option C is correct because DIKSHA is explicitly branded as the national digital infrastructure for school education and teacher professional development, which fits the description.

Option D:
Option D, SHODHGANGA, is concerned with hosting theses and dissertations and is focused on research, not school-level teaching content.

DIKSHA provides a repository of digital resources aligned with school curricula and supports professional development for teachers. It uses QR codes in textbooks to link physical books with digital content. The platform is a key ICT initiative for school level education. Hence, the correct name for the portal mentioned is DIKSHA.

Option A:
Option A is correct because DIKSHA is officially recognised as the national platform for school education and teacher resources.

Option B:
Option B, SWAYAM Prabha, refers to DTH channels and not primarily to QR linked digital textbook content.

Option C:
Option C, Shodhganga, is a thesis repository for research scholars, not a school education portal.

Option D:
Option D, e ShodhSindhu, is a consortium for e journals and resources in higher education libraries.