Given below are two statements: Statement I: According to NEP, 2020,…
2023
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: According to NEP, 2020, value-based education shall include universal values and scientific temper.
Statement II: Value-based education did not include life skills and constitutional values as per the NEP document.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer: C. Statement I is true but Statement II is false — ConceptA statement-combination question is decided by testing each assertion separately against the governing source. An assertion is true only when its…
- A.
Both Statement I and Statement II are true
- B.
Both Statement I and Statement II are false
- C.
Statement I is true but Statement II is false
- D.
Statement I is false but Statement II is true
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: C
Concept
A statement-combination question is decided by testing each assertion separately against the governing source. An assertion is true only when its wording matches the source without reversing an inclusive clause into an exclusion.
For a policy document, words such as “include” and “also” are decisive: an item that says a named value was not included conflicts with an expressly inclusive list.
Application
NEP 2020, clause 11.8, places universal human values and scientific temper among the values and capacities that students will be taught. This supports Statement I.
The same clause also names Constitutional values and life-skills. Statement II says these were not included, which reverses the policy’s inclusive wording.
Contrast
“Both Statement I and Statement II are true” treats the exclusion in Statement II as compatible with the policy’s inclusive list.
“Both Statement I and Statement II are false” overlooks the policy’s express inclusion of universal human values and scientific temper.
“Statement I is false but Statement II is true” reverses the source on both the universal-values clause and the life-skills clause.
Result
Statement I is true, but Statement II is false.