What were the recommendations of Hunter commission on higher education in…
2023
What were the recommendations of Hunter commission on higher education in India?
A. The Government should leave the management of higher education to Indians themselves.
B. Government colleges should be established only where the demand existed.
C. The Government should provide grants to non-government colleges generously.
D. Students should study the prescribed subjects without any option.
E. There was no need for moral education in colleges.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer: A. A, B, C Only — CONCEPTIn a multiple-statement historical-policy item, first classify each statement by policy domain—management, finance, curriculum, or educational aims—and…
- A.
A, B, C Only
- B.
B, C, D Only
- C.
C, D, E Only
- D.
A, D, E Only
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Correct answer: A
CONCEPT
In a multiple-statement historical-policy item, first classify each statement by policy domain—management, finance, curriculum, or educational aims—and then compare it with the commission’s documented direction. A combination is acceptable only when every included statement survives that check; one unsupported statement rejects the whole combination.
APPLICATION
The five statements fall into distinct policy domains:
A — Management: the Commission favoured transferring the management of higher education to Indians.
B — Public provision: government colleges were to be opened where demand justified them.
C — Grants-in-aid: non-government colleges were to receive liberal financial assistance.
D — Curriculum: the Commission favoured diversification rather than compulsory study of one prescribed set without choice.
E — Educational aims: it did not recommend dispensing with moral education.
CONTRAST
A, B, C only combines the supported management, demand, and grants-in-aid statements.
B, C, D only includes the unsupported no-choice curriculum claim and omits the management recommendation in A.
C, D, E only includes the unsupported curriculum and moral-education claims and omits A and B.
A, D, E only includes the unsupported curriculum and moral-education claims and omits B and C.
CROSS-CHECK
Matching NTA’s final answer key for UGC NET 15 June 2023 Shift 2, General Paper question ID 150542, to the source paper identifies A, B, C only. Independent education-history accounts also describe the Commission’s preference for Indian or private initiative, demand-based public provision, and liberal grants-in-aid.
Therefore, the supported combination is A, B, C only.