Given below are two statements : Statement (I) : According to UGC regulations…
2023
Given below are two statements :
Statement (I) : According to UGC regulations 2018 on Prevention of Plagiarism, a student is required to give an undertaking while submitting a thesis stating that the document is his/her original work which is free from any plagiarism.
Statement (II) : According to UGC Regulations 2018 on Prevention of Plagiarism, the research supervisor is not required to certify that the work done by the researcher under him/her is plagiarism free.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
- A.
Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
- B.
Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
- C.
Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
- D.
Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
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Correct answer: C
According to UGC Regulations 2018, students must submit an undertaking confirming their thesis is original and free from plagiarism. Additionally, research supervisors are explicitly required to certify that the work done under them is also free from plagiarism. Therefore, Statement I is correct while Statement II is incorrect.