15 March 2023 – Morning Shift – UGC NET Paper-1

Statement I: According to NEP 2020, Teaching and learning of Indian languages need to be integrated with school and higher education at every level.
Statement II: UNESCO has declared 220 Indian languages as 'endangered'.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Statement I: Fostering local competencies among students and teachers is one of the core values promoted by NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council) among the institutions of higher learning.
Statement II: Improving the overall quality of State institutions is one of the objectives of RUSA (Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan).

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A. Derecognition of the UGC.
B. Abolition of agricultutral universities.
C. Decentralisation of higher education.
D. Focus of universities on teaching of post-graduate classes and reasearch.
E. Inservice training for university and college teachers to improve quality of teaching.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Comprehension

Annual consumer price index (CPI) inflation fell to 5.88 percent in November, from the previous month's 6.77 percent and below the RBI 6 per cent upper tolerance limit for the first time since December, 2021. The index of industrial production (IIP) contracted 4 percent year-on-year in October, led by manufacturing (minus 5.6 percent) and also the sub-sectors that are proxies for consumption and investment activity:

Consumer durables (minus 15.3 percent), non-durables (minus 13.4 percent)and capital goods minus 2.3 percent). Clearly.the pent-up demand that fueled consumption spending post the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions has ebbed. Nor are there signs of a fresh investment cycle even as exports-which were doing well til September- have entered negative territory on the back of a global slowdown.

That said the evidence on growth slowing is more compelling than on inflation moderating The latter's decline in November had mainly to do with food, which registered a steep dip to 4.67 percent from 7.01 percent in October. That, in turn, was courtesy of vegetables and fruits.

These recorded inflation of minus 8.08 percent and 2.62 percent, basically reflecting a seasonal trend: Winter is when supply of fresh produce, from tomatoes to cole crops) (e.g Cauliflower, cabbage, broccoili,etc) and leafy greens, turns plentiful and affordable.

In October, the index of industrial production fell by

Assertion (A): Consumption levels increased sharply after Covid-19 restrictions were lifted.
Reason (R): The demand for goods had accumulated due to frequent Covid-19 restrictions and lockdowns.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Statement I: All the food items this November were cheaper as compared to November last year.
Statement II: Vegetables this November were cheaper than those last November.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Assertion (A): Food inflation in winters is generally low.
Reason (R): The demand for food items in winter is lower than that in other seasons.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: