1)  The first education commission in independent India was:

A) Secondary Education Commission

B) Education Commission of India

C) National Education Commission

D) University Education Commission

After independence, the first official commission on education was the University Education Commission (1948–49) chaired by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan. It reviewed the status of higher education, recommended aims and standards, and led to strengthening and later establishment of the UGC.

Secondary Education Commission (1952–53) came later (Mudaliar Commission).

National Education Commission (1964–66) is the Kothari Commission, also later.

“Education Commission of India” is not the official name of a distinct first commission

Ans)  D) University Education Commission


2)  Which of the following is a type of quantitative research?

A) Phenomenology

B) Grounded theory

C) Ethnography

D) Ex-post facto research

Ex-post facto research is a quantitative, non-experimental design that analyzes existing differences (already-occurred causes) to see their association with outcomes using statistical procedures.

Phenomenology, Grounded theory, and Ethnography are all qualitative approaches focused on lived experience, theory generation from data, and cultural/field studies, respectively.

Ans) D) Ex-post facto research