Reading Comprehension Passage: 56 | 100 RC`s for Government Exams Preparation - Bank Exams PDF Download

Who’s who is basically used to refer to people/entities who/ which are important in a particular group. In this case, NIRF ranks all institutions and the topmost here have been referred to as who’s who.
Only Option B fits in as per the explanation above.
Hence, option B is correct.

Refer to: ‘Even among the 3,954 institutions that participated, there is a clear skew towards southern, southeastern and western India.’
As per the fragment highlighted, only III and IV are correct.
Hence, option A is correct.

Refer to: ‘To the faculty and students in many colleges, what matters is the vision of the administrative leaders and a commitment to excellence. The governing bodies should make available adequate financial and academic resources to colleges, particularly the younger ones, to help them improve performance.’
As per the highlighted fragments, only I and III are correct while II has not been mentioned.
Hence, option D is correct.

Refer to: ‘These are measured by the NIRF in terms of the percentage of faculty with doctoral degrees, papers published in credentialed journals, inclusivity and diversity of students, and median salaries for the graduates.’
All of the statements above are correct as per the highlighted fragment.
Hence, option E is correct.

Refer to:
‘Participation levels are inadequate: there were 40,026 colleges and 11,669 standalone institutions according to the HRD Ministry’s All India Survey on Higher Education for 2016-17.’
I is incorrect.
II is not mentioned anywhere in the passage and is incorrect.
‘Its assessment of some of the top institutions such as the Indian Institute of Science, the Jawaharlal Nehru University, the IITs and the IIMs is unsurprising, given their record of research, peer-reviewed publications and outcomes for graduates.’
III is correct.
Only III is correct.
Hence, option A is correct.