With reference to the Deakin University, which of the following statement/s is/are correct?
1. It will be the first Foreign University to enter India as an independent campus.
2. It is being set up in

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With reference to the Deakin University, which of the following statement/s is/are correct?
1. It will be the first Foreign University to enter India as an independent campus.
2. It is being set up in Maharashtra.
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Correct — A, Only 1. Statement 1 is correct: Australia's Deakin University received approval to establish the first independent branch campus of a foreign university in India. Statement 2 is wrong: the campus is being set up at GIFT City (Gujarat International Finance Tec-City), Gandhinagar, in GUJARAT — not Maharashtra. So only statement 1 is correct.

Why the other options are wrong — (b) Statement 2 is false — the campus is in Gujarat (GIFT City), not Maharashtra — so 'Only 2' cannot be right.  (c) Statement 1 is right but statement 2 (Maharashtra) is wrong, so both cannot be correct.  (d) Statement 1 is correct (Deakin is the first such foreign campus), so 'neither' is wrong.

Concept: Under the UGC (Setting up and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions in India) framework flowing from NEP 2020, top foreign universities can open independent Indian campuses. Deakin University (Australia) became the first to be approved, choosing GIFT City in Gujarat — India's international financial-services and business hub.

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