Choose the correct statements: (A) PhD in Chemistry is a professional degree…
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Choose the correct statements:
(A) PhD in Chemistry is a professional degree
(B) PhD in education is a professional degree
(C) LLM is a professional degree
(D) M. Pharma is a non-professional degree
(E) M.Sc. Computer Science is a professional degree
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer: A. (C) only — Concept: In the Indian higher-education classification, degrees are separated by their purpose. A professional degree trains a candidate for the practice of a…
- A.
(C) only
- B.
(A), (B), (D) only
- C.
(E) only
- D.
(C) and (E) only
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Correct answer: A
Concept:
In the Indian higher-education classification, degrees are separated by their purpose. A professional degree trains a candidate for the practice of a specific, statutorily regulated occupation — law, medicine, pharmacy, engineering, teaching, management — and normally sits under that occupation’s regulatory council. A general (non-professional) degree builds disciplinary knowledge or research capability in an academic subject and confers no entitlement to practise a named occupation.
Two corollaries follow from that definition, and they decide this item: a doctoral (PhD) degree is a research qualification in whatever discipline it is taken, so it stays in the general stream even when the discipline itself has a professional wing; and a science master’s (M.Sc.) is a general postgraduate degree, distinct from the engineering stream (B.Tech / M.Tech) that covers the same subject matter professionally.
Application to the five statements:
Statement | Stream | Reason |
|---|---|---|
(A) PhD in Chemistry | General | A doctorate in a basic science; it certifies research capability, not entry into a regulated occupation. |
(B) PhD in Education | General | Also a research doctorate. The professional teacher-preparation qualifications in this discipline are B.Ed. and M.Ed., not the PhD. |
(C) LL.M. | Professional | Law is a regulated profession; LL.M. is the postgraduate degree of that professional stream, continuing the LL.B. |
(D) M. Pharma | Professional | Pharmacy is a regulated occupation under the Pharmacy Council of India, so M.Pharm sits in the professional stream. |
(E) M.Sc. Computer Science | General | A science master’s in the academic stream; the professional route in the same subject is B.Tech / M.Tech. |
Cross-check:
Statement (C) asserts the professional character of LL.M., which the table confirms, so (C) holds.
Statements (A), (B) and (E) each assert a professional character for a general-stream degree, so none of them holds.
Statement (D) asserts that M. Pharma is non-professional, which reverses its actual stream, so it does not hold either.
Exactly one of the five statements survives, so the correct selection is (C) only.
Rule of thumb for this unit: ask whether the degree licenses or prepares for a named regulated occupation (professional) or advances knowledge in a discipline (general). A PhD always answers the second question, whatever its subject.