Q1. With reference to Sikkim being declared a fully literate State under the ULLAS Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram announced on 28 May 2026, consider the following statements:\n1. Sikkim achieved a literacy rate of 99.82 per cent, qualifying it as a fully literate State under the programme.\n2. The declaration was made at the Seventh Sikkim University Convocation held in Gangtok.\n3. Sikkim became the third State or Union Territory in India to be declared fully literate under ULLAS, after Mizoram and Goa.\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?
Explanation
Sikkim was declared a fully literate State under the ULLAS Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram on 28 May 2026 after reaching a literacy rate of 99.82 per cent, hence statement 1 is correct. The announcement was made by Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia at the Seventh Sikkim University Convocation in Gangtok, so statement 2 is correct. However, Sikkim became the sixth, not third, State or Union Territory to achieve this status under ULLAS, after Mizoram, Goa, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh, hence statement 3 is incorrect. Therefore the correct answer is 1 and 2 only.