Given below are two statements:

Statement I: In India, the consortium for Academic and Research Ethics (CARE) has been established by UGC to prepare and maintain lists of quality research journals.

Statement II: Guidance document: Good Academic Research Practices (2020) has been published by CARE.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The correct answer is Statement I is true but Statement II is false.

Key Points 

Statement I: In India, the consortium for Academic and Research Ethics (CARE) has been established by UGC to prepare and maintain lists of quality research journals.

• This statement is true. In India, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has indeed established the Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics (CARE).
• CARE's primary responsibility is to create and maintain lists of quality research journals in order to assist researchers, scholars, and academicians in identifying credible and reputable publications for their research work.
• The purpose of maintaining such lists is to promote ethical research practices and ensure that researchers have access to reliable platforms for sharing their work.

Statement II: Guidance document: Good Academic Research Practices (2020) has been published by CARE.

• The Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics (CARE) was established by the University Grants Commission (UGC) in India in 2018.
• CARE's mission is to promote good academic and research practices, and to prevent research misconduct. One of CARE's primary activities is to prepare and maintain a list of quality research journals.
• This list, known as the CARE Reference List of Quality Journals, is used by the UGC to assess the quality of research outputs submitted for promotion and grant applications.

Additional Information However, CARE has not published a guidance document titled "Good Academic Research Practices (2020)." The document you are referring to is actually called "Good Academic Research Practices: A Framework for Promoting Research Integrity" and was published in 2019 by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR).

Hence, the correct answer is Statement I is true but Statement II is false