UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

Statements A, B, D and E describe sound practices in digital content curation, emphasising purposeful selection, organisation and contextualisation. Teachers must align resources with learning outcomes and student characteristics, and tags help manage collections. Statement C is false because copyright and licensing restrictions still apply to online materials. Statement F is also false since evaluating the credibility and authority of sources is central to responsible curation, so the correct set keeps only A, B, D and E.

Option A:
Option A is correct because it encapsulates the pedagogical and organisational aspects of curation without ignoring ethical and quality considerations. It properly omits the assumptions that everything online is free to use and that credibility checks are unnecessary. This reflects how teachers are expected to handle digital materials in formal education.

Option B:
Option B is incorrect because it includes C, implying that search-engine discovery automatically implies unrestricted reuse. This ignores copyright law and open licensing conditions, and therefore the presence of C makes the combination invalid.

Option C:
Option C is incorrect because it includes F, which downplays the need for evaluating sources. Even though A, D and E are true, accepting F contradicts basic information literacy principles. This mixture of correct and incorrect statements cannot be accepted.

Option D:
Option D is incorrect because it also includes F and omits A. Without A, the very definition of curation is not stated, and adding F suggests teachers need not worry about source reliability. Thus this option fails both conceptually and ethically.