State PCS PYQPrelims 2020

UPPCS · Question 149

With reference to the Skill India Campaign, which of the following statement(s) is/are correct? 1. Prime Minister had launched the Skill India Campaign in July 2015. 2. The main objective of this Campaign was to train India's Youths in information technology. Select the correct answer from the codes given below.

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: (A) 1 only

Explanation

PM Modi launched the Skill India Mission on 15 July 2015 (World Youth Skills Day), so 1 is correct. Its aim is to skill youth across many sectors (target about 40 crore by 2022), not only in IT (2 wrong). So only 1.