UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — ‘UGC-like funding powers to fall under Shiksha Adhishthan’

Q1. With reference to the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025, consider the following statements: 1. The Bill seeks to replace the University Grants Commission, the All India Council for Technical Education and the National Council for Teacher Education with a single apex body. 2. Legal education and medical education are brought, for the first time, within the regulatory ambit of the new Commission. 3. Appeals against the decisions of the Commission and its Councils shall lie directly before the Supreme Court of India. 4. The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha in December 2025. Which of the above statements are NOT correct?

  1. The Bill seeks to replace the University Grants Commission, the All India Council for Technical Education and the National Council for Teacher Education with a single apex body.
  2. Legal education and medical education are brought, for the first time, within the regulatory ambit of the new Commission.
  3. Appeals against the decisions of the Commission and its Councils shall lie directly before the Supreme Court of India.
  4. The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha in December 2025.
  • A. 1 and 4 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1, 2 and 3
  • D. 3 and 4 only

Q2. The Joint Committee of Parliament constituted to examine the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025 is functioning under the chairship of which one of the following Members of Parliament?

  • A. D. Purandeswari
  • B. Bhartruhari Mahtab
  • C. Jagdambika Pal
  • D. P.P. Chaudhary

Q3. In the context of the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025, the 'Viksit Bharat Shiksha Viniyaman Parishad' is intended to function as which one of the following?

  • A. The common regulator for all higher educational institutions under the apex body
  • B. The accreditation oversight wing of the apex body
  • C. The body responsible for determining academic standards for higher education
  • D. A statutory grants-disbursal mechanism modelled on the erstwhile UGC

Q4. As per the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025, how many functional Councils are proposed to be constituted under the apex Commission?

  • A. Two
  • B. Three
  • C. Four
  • D. Five

Q5. With reference to the differences between the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan (VBSA) framework as originally proposed and the pre-existing UGC framework, consider the following statements: 1. Unlike the University Grants Commission, the VBSA, as originally introduced in the Bill, was explicitly stripped of any power to disburse funds to higher educational institutions. 2. The University Grants Commission Act, 1956, regulated technical and management education, a function that has now been inherited by the VBSA. 3. Legal and medical education, which lay outside the regulatory ambit of the UGC, will likewise remain outside the regulatory ambit of the VBSA. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Unlike the University Grants Commission, the VBSA, as originally introduced in the Bill, was explicitly stripped of any power to disburse funds to higher educational institutions.
  2. The University Grants Commission Act, 1956, regulated technical and management education, a function that has now been inherited by the VBSA.
  3. Legal and medical education, which lay outside the regulatory ambit of the UGC, will likewise remain outside the regulatory ambit of the VBSA.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 1 and 3 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3
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