UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

NEP 2020 recognises that an intense coaching culture around entrance exams creates stress and inequity and therefore aims to reduce dependence on coaching by improving school education and reforming examinations.

Option A:
Option A is incorrect because the policy does not encourage students to spend most of their time in coaching centres; it sees excessive coaching as a problem.

Option B:
Option B is correct as it explains that NEP seeks to strengthen schools and make exams more competency based and less high stakes, reducing the need for external coaching.

Option C:
Option C is wrong since making every school run profit oriented coaching centres would blur the line between education and commercial test preparation.

Option D:
Option D is incorrect because using coaching centre marks as the sole basis for admissions is not suggested anywhere in the document.

Statements A and B are correct: commercialisation treats education primarily as a tradable service for profit, and a major concern is that it may undermine equity and the public purpose of higher education. Statements C and D are incorrect because profit orientation does not automatically guarantee better quality, and public regulation remains important even when market forces operate. Hence, the correct set of statements is A and B only.

Option A:
Option A is correct because it includes only A and B, the two accurate statements, and excludes C and D, which make incorrect claims about guaranteed quality improvement and the absence of a regulatory role.

Option B:
Option B is incorrect because it pairs B and C and therefore treats C as if it were a valid statement. By suggesting that commercialisation always guarantees quality improvement, it ignores evidence that profit-driven models can also compromise quality and access.

Option C:
Option C is incorrect because it combines A, B and C and thus includes C, the statement that overgeneralises the impact of commercialisation, failing to acknowledge possible negative consequences.

Option D:
Option D is incorrect because it treats all four statements as if they were of the same validity, thereby accepting D’s claim that regulation has no place once markets operate, which is inconsistent with the need for quality assurance and consumer protection.