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With reference to President Murmu's address at Rourkela on April 21, 2026, consider the following statements: 1. The President said that the year 2036 will mark the completion of one hundred years since the formation of the state of Odisha. 2. The President asserted that the Viksit Bharat 2047 vision can be achieved by limiting development efforts to a single sector of the economy. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct answer: (B) 1 only.

In President Droupadi Murmu's Rourkela address on April 21, 2026, only the statement that 2036 will mark one hundred years since Odisha's formation is correct.

  1. (A)

    2 only

  2. (B)

    1 only

  3. (C)

    Both 1 and 2

  4. (D)

    Neither 1 nor 2

Explanation

President Droupadi Murmu's Rourkela address links Odisha's state centenary with the wider Viksit Bharat timeline. She said India is moving towards Viksit Bharat by the centenary year of independence in 2047, and that 2036 will mark one hundred years since the formation of Odisha. That directly supports Statement 1. Statement 2 reverses the President's point. Her address did not argue for development limited to one sector; it said Viksit Odisha and Viksit Bharat require all-round development and participation from every section of society. The source also frames national development as possible only through the development of every section, making a single-sector reading untenable.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) Option A accepts Statement 2, but the address stresses all-round development and participation across society, not development confined to one sector.
  • (C) Option C is wrong because Statement 1 is supported by the address, while Statement 2 contradicts its emphasis on broad-based development.
  • (D) Option D rejects Statement 1, although the President explicitly said 2036 will mark one hundred years since Odisha's formation.

Concept

This tests current-affairs comprehension from an official constitutional office press release, especially the ability to separate an exact factual statement from a distorted policy inference. Such items recur in RAS because official speeches often combine dates, development goals and governance language in statement-based questions.

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