Consider the following statements about New National Education Policy approved by Union Cabinet of India on 29th July, 2020 :
1. It was drafted by a Committee headed by Dr. K. Kasturirangan.
2. It wil

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Consider the following statements about New National Education Policy approved by Union Cabinet of India on 29th July, 2020 :
1. It was drafted by a Committee headed by Dr. K. Kasturirangan.
2. It will replace the previous Education Policy which has been followed since last 38 years.
Select the correct statement(s) from the codes given below.
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Correct — A, 1 only. Statement 1 is true: the draft NEP was prepared by a committee chaired by Dr. K. Kasturirangan (former ISRO Chairman), which submitted its report in 2019. Statement 2 is false on the number: NEP 2020 replaced the previous National Policy on Education, which dated from 1986 (revised 1992) — that is about 34 years, not 38. Since only statement 1 holds, the answer is (a).

Why the other options are wrong — (b) Reverses the truth values — statement 1 (Kasturirangan committee) is the correct one; statement 2's '38 years' is the error (it was 34 years, from 1986).  (c) Statement 2 is false: the previous policy (1986) was ~34 years old, not 38, so both cannot be correct.  (d) Statement 1 is factually correct (the Kasturirangan committee drafted the policy), so 'neither' is wrong.

Concept: The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, approved by the Union Cabinet on 29 July 2020, is India's first comprehensive education policy of the 21st century. It replaced the National Policy on Education (NPE) 1986 (modified 1992). The drafting committee was chaired by Dr. K. Kasturirangan; the policy also renamed the Ministry of Human Resource Development back to the Ministry of Education.

State PCS 2020 Q65 — Current Affairs PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2020 Q65 — Current Affairs PYQ with Answer