Q. Consider the following statements:
1.The National Testing Agency (NTA) is an autonomous agency under the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education of India.
2.NTA is responsible for conducting Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) exam.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
Answer: A
Notes:
Explanation –
Statement 1 is correct. The National Testing Agency (NTA) is an autonomous agency under the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education of India.
Statement 2 is incorrect. While the NTA conducts many entrance exams, GATE is not one of them. GATE is jointly conducted by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) on behalf of the National Coordination Board (NCB)-GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India.
Source: The Hindu
