Correct answer: (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation
- A
1 only
Option (a) is 1 only. National Career Service is an initiative of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, not the Department of Personnel and Training. DoPT handles personnel of the civil services. Statement 1 is false, so this option is not the key.
- B
2 only
Option (b) is 2 only. NCS is a mission-mode employment platform for job-seekers and employers generally, not a scheme confined to uneducated youth. Statement 2 is therefore false. This option is not the key.
- C
Both 1 and 2
Option (c) is both. Both the nodal-ministry claim and the uneducated-youth claim fail. This option is therefore wrong.
- D
Neither 1 nor 2
Neither statement is correct: NCS sits with Labour and Employment, and it serves a wide job-seeker pool including skilled and educated candidates through a national portal and career centres. That is why (d) is the official key.
Summary. Official key is (d) Neither 1 nor 2. National Career Service is the Labour Ministry’s national employment portal and career-service mission. DoPT is the wrong parent department. The programme is not limited to uneducated youth. Both statements miss the institutional and target facts. Only (d) follows.
PYQ trend
When UPSC asked this
Related PYQs from other years, newest first. Open a question to read it.
-
2022 · Q19 · General Studies · 2 marks
With reference to Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, consider the following statements: 1. Private and public hospitals must adopt it. 2. As it aims to achieve universal health coverage, every citizen of India should be part of it ultimately. 3. It has seamless portability across the country. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? -
2018 · Q8 · General Studies · 2 marks
With reference to India's decision to levy an equalization tax of 6% on online advertisement services offered by non-resident entities, which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. It is introduced as a part of the Income Tax Act. 2. Non-resident entities that offer advertisement services in India can claim a tax credit in their home country under the "Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements". Select the correct answer using the code given below: -
2018 · Q78 · General Studies · 2 marks
With reference to Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, consider the following statements: 1. It is the flagship scheme of the Ministry of Labor and Employment. 2. It, among other things, will also impart training in soft skills, entrepreneurship, financial and digital literacy. 3. It aims to align the competencies of the unregulated workforce of the country to the National Skill Qualification Framework. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? -
2018 · Q91 · General Studies · 2 marks
Consider the following events: 1. The first democratically elected communist party government formed in a State in India. 2. India's then largest bank, 'Imperial Bank of India', was renamed 'State Bank of India'. 3. Air India was nationalised and became the national carrier. 4. Goa became a part of independent India. Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the above events? -
2017 · Q10 · General Studies · 2 marks
Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding Smart India Hackathon 2017? 1. It is a centrally sponsored scheme for developing every city of our country into Smart Cities in a decade. 2. It is an initiative to identify new digital technology innovations for solving the many problems faced by our country. 3. It is a programme aimed at making all the financial transactions in our country completely digital in a decade. Select the correct answer using the code given below: -
2016 · Q87 · General Studies · 2 marks
With reference to 'Astrosat', the astronomical observatory launched by India, which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. Other than USA and Russia, India is the only country to have launched a similar observatory into space. 2. Astrosat is a 2000 kg satellite placed in an orbit at 1650 km above the surface of the Earth. Select the correct answer using the code given below -
2015 · Q10 · General Studies · 2 marks
Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding National Innovation Foundation-India (NIF)? 1. NIF is an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology under the Central Government. 2. NIF is an initiative to strengthen the highly advanced scientific research in India's premier scientific institutions in collaboration with highly advanced foreign scientific institutions. Select the correct answer using the codes given below