UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — UGC proposal to give practical work to students

Q1. Under the UGC Guidelines on the Apprenticeship Embedded Degree Programme (AEDP), 2025, the apprenticeship training component offered to undergraduate students derives its statutory authority primarily from which one of the following enactments?

  • A. The University Grants Commission Act, 1956
  • B. The Apprentices Act, 1961
  • C. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009
  • D. The National Skill Development Corporation Act, 2008

Q2. Within the UGC's Apprenticeship Embedded Degree Programme (AEDP), 2025, when stipends to student-apprentices are routed through the National Apprenticeship Training Scheme (NATS), which one of the following is the nodal authority that administers the scheme?

  • A. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
  • B. Ministry of Labour and Employment
  • C. Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education
  • D. All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)

Q3. As per the UGC Guidelines on the Apprenticeship Embedded Degree Programme (AEDP), 2025, one 'credit' of apprenticeship is defined as equivalent to how many hours of learning/work?

  • A. 30 hours
  • B. 40 hours
  • C. 45 hours
  • D. 60 hours

Q4. Under the UGC Guidelines on the Apprenticeship Embedded Degree Programme (AEDP), 2025, what is the minimum number of credits that must be dedicated to the apprenticeship component within an apprenticeship-embedded undergraduate degree?

  • A. 20 credits
  • B. 30 credits
  • C. 40 credits
  • D. 60 credits

Q5. With reference to the UGC Guidelines on the Apprenticeship Embedded Degree Programme (AEDP), 2025, as distinct from the earlier UGC Internship Guidelines for undergraduate students, consider the following statements: 1. AEDP permits Higher Educational Institutions to engage apprentices either through direct industry partnerships or via the National Apprenticeship Training Scheme (NATS) portal. 2. Eligibility to offer AEDP is restricted to Higher Educational Institutions meeting NIRF Top 200 or NAAC A-grade benchmarks. 3. Under AEDP, a one-year apprenticeship corresponds to 40 credits, equivalent to 1,200 hours of structured on-the-job training. Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. AEDP permits Higher Educational Institutions to engage apprentices either through direct industry partnerships or via the National Apprenticeship Training Scheme (NATS) portal.
  2. Eligibility to offer AEDP is restricted to Higher Educational Institutions meeting NIRF Top 200 or NAAC A-grade benchmarks.
  3. Under AEDP, a one-year apprenticeship corresponds to 40 credits, equivalent to 1,200 hours of structured on-the-job training.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3