In the context of the 2012 UGC NET Paper I item, India had the highest number…
2012
In the context of the 2012 UGC NET Paper I item, India had the highest number of college students after which country?
Answer: B. the U.S.A. — ConceptInternational comparisons of higher-education systems depend on a common measure, such as total student enrolment, and on a fixed reference period. In…
- A.
the U.K.
- B.
the U.S.A.
- C.
Australia
- D.
Canada
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Correct answer: B
Concept
International comparisons of higher-education systems depend on a common measure, such as total student enrolment, and on a fixed reference period.
In the phrase “India ranks after X,” X denotes the country placed immediately ahead of India under that comparison.
Application
The source item is UGC NET Paper I, December 2012. Its official updated answer key identifies the United States of America for this historical comparison, so the item is interpreted in that source-period sense rather than as a claim about every later dataset.
Contrast
HESA recorded 2,501,295 students at United Kingdom higher-education institutions in 2010/11.
Australia’s Department of Education recorded 1,192,657 higher-education students in 2010.
Statistics Canada recorded just over 1,955,300 students at Canadian public postsecondary institutions in 2010/11.
Cross-check
The official updated UGC key and the much larger source-period U.S. postsecondary count point to the United States of America among the offered countries. The historical claim should not be transferred to later rankings that use different years or measures.
Result
The country is the United States of America.