Higher Education Set 1 MCQs

Q1 | The technical education system in the country is looked after by –

Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)

None of the above

Q2 | The National Knowledge Commission (NKC) was constituted on –

13th June, 2005

15th June, 2005

2nd October 2005

2nd October 2008

Q3 | National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) was first set up in –

1973

1986

1995

1996

Q4 | University Grants Commission (UGC) was set up as an Advisory Board on the recommendations of –

Curzon’s Policy

Sargent Report

Wood’s Despatch

Hunter Commission

Q5 | NKC was constituted by the Prime Minister of India -

Atal Behari Vajpayee

Dr. Manmohan Singh

I. K. Gujral

H.D. Deve Gowda

Q6 | Higher education refers to –

Colleges

Universities

Technical & Medical institutes

All the above

Q7 | Higher education includes -

Professional courses

Technological courses

Academic courses

All the above

Q8 | The basic entrance requirement into higher education is completion of -

secondary education

elementary education

primary education

None of the above

Q9 | The usual entrance age for higher education is -

16 years

18 years

20 years

21 years

Q10 | The main players in the higher education system in India are –

Central government

State government

Private bodies/organisations

All the above

Q11 | In India, higher education is broadly divided into -

General higher education

Technical higher education

Professional courses

All the above

Q12 | Courses covered at higher education include -

under graduate courses

post graduate courses

research studies

All the above

Q13 | Higher education in India is the purview of -

UGC

AICTE

NCTE

Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)

Q14 | The Visitor of all Central Universities is -

President of India

Prime Minister of India

Governor of a state

None of the above

Q15 | The chief expert and academic authority of a university is -

Vice Chancellor

Pro Vice Chancellor

Registrar

Dean

Q16 | The administrative work of the university is supervised by -

Vice Chancellor

Pro Vice Chancellor

Registrar

Dean

Q17 | Technical education system in India comprises of -

Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT’s)

Indian Institutes of Management (IIM’s)

National Institutes of Technology (NIT’s)

All the above

Q18 | The first open university in India was established in -

1982

1984

1985

1986

Q19 | The supreme authority which controls and regulates the standards of all OpenUniversities is -

Distance Education Council of India

UGC

NCERT

AICTE

Q20 | Open Universities are funded by -

Ministry of Human Resource Development

UGC

NCERT

AICTE

Q21 | Open Universities are characterized by -

use of print and communication media

no face-to-face contact

no fixed classroom

all the above

Q22 | The status of Deemed University is accorded by -

Ministry of Human Resource Development

UGC

NCERT

AICTE

Q23 | Deemed Universities have the power and authority to -

set their own courses and syllabi

set guidelines for admission fees

conduct examinations and award degrees

all the above

Q24 | Some of the most well known deemed universities are -

National Institutes of Technology (NIT’s)

National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA)

Indian Institute of Science (IIS)

all the above

Q25 | A private university is an institution of higher learning established through a -

State Act

Central Act

Both of the above

None of the above