UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

NEP 2020 envisages NTA as a specialised body that offers high quality common entrance tests which universities and colleges can use for fair and efficient admissions.

Option A:
Option A is incorrect because running school canteens is an administrative task unrelated to NTA’s testing mandate.

Option B:
Option B is correct as it describes NTA’s role in conducting standardised entrance examinations that reduce the need for multiple separate tests.

Option C:
Option C is wrong since internal assessment marks are normally determined by schools and teachers, not by a national testing agency.

Option D:
Option D is incorrect because building classrooms and hostels concerns infrastructure development, not testing.

An interview schedule is a structured list of questions and response categories that guides the interviewer during data collection. It ensures that each respondent is asked the same questions in the same order, thereby enhancing comparability and reducing interviewer bias. The schedule may be used in face-to-face or telephone interviews. Thus, the list of standardised questions described in the stem is appropriately called an interview schedule.

Option A:
A frame usually refers to the sampling frame, which is the list of population elements from which a sample is drawn, and is not specific to interviewing. It does not guide question asking during the interview itself.

Option B:
A sample is the subset of the population selected for study, not the instrument used for questioning them. While a sample is necessary, it does not maintain consistency in questioning.

Option C:
The interview schedule spells out exact wording and sequence, allowing multiple interviewers to follow the same protocol. This structure ensures uniform coverage of topics and aligns exactly with the stem’s description, making this option correct.

Option D:
A pilot refers to a preliminary test of instruments or procedures, not the list of questions itself. Although an interview schedule might be piloted, that does not change the name of the list of questions.