Directions: The following seven (7) items consist of two statements: one labelled as the 'Assertion (A)' and the other as 'Reason (R)'. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the codes given below: (a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A; (b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A; (c) A is true but R is false; (d) A is false but R is true. 55.
- ABoth A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
- BBoth A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- CA is true but R is false
- DA is false but R is true
Explanation
The Assertion is true: in 2003 the four public-sector general insurance companies (National, New India, Oriental and United India) launched the community-based Universal Health Insurance Scheme. The Reason is false: under the Constitution, public health is primarily a State subject (State List, Entry 6), not a task resting primarily with the Union Government. Hence A is true but R is false.