Paper 1 · Higher Education
UGC NET 06th Jan 2026 Shift 1
Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Assertion (A): To rejuvenate River Ganga and its tributaries the Government of India launched a programme in 2014-15 with multi sectoral and multi-discipline interventions.
Reason (R): The above programme is thus named as PM-Nirmal Ganga Abhiyan.
ABoth A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
BBoth A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
CA is correct but R is not correct ✓ Correct
DA is not correct but R is correct
Correct answer: (C) A is correct but R is not correct — The assertion is true, because the government did start a programme in 2014 to 15 to clean and revive the Ganga and the rivers that join it. But the reason…
Explanation
★The assertion is true, because the government did start a programme in 2014 to 15 to clean and revive the Ganga and the rivers that join it. But the reason is wrong about the name. That programme is called Namami Gange, not PM Nirmal Ganga Abhiyan. So A is correct but R is not.
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