Paper 1 · ICT
UGC NET 05th Jan 2026 Shift 2
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): Search Engine is a hardware device that searches for any website on the World Wide Web.
Reason (R): Google and Microsoft's Bing are two popular search engines.
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)
C(A) is correct but (R) is not correct
D(A) is not correct but (R) is correct ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct — A search engine is software that crawls and indexes the web, not a hardware device, so the assertion is false. Google and Bing are indeed popular search engines, so the…
Explanation
★A search engine is software that crawls and indexes the web, not a hardware device, so the assertion is false. Google and Bing are indeed popular search engines, so the reason is true. Hence the assertion is not correct but the reason is correct.
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