UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

Statements A, B, C, D and F are correct because they distinguish prevention from control, highlight low-carbon options, show cost and impact benefits and recognise the interplay of technology, policy and behaviour. Statement E is false since green technologies can also create new jobs and transform employment patterns rather than always reducing opportunities. Thus, the combination that includes all the correct statements and excludes E is correct.

Option A:
Option A is correct as it offers a balanced view of cleaner technologies, showing both technical strategies and socio-economic interactions, while rejecting simplistic claims about inevitable job losses.

Option B:
Option B is incorrect because it omits F and therefore ignores how policies and user behaviour influence the actual environmental performance of technologies.

Option C:
Option C is incorrect as it includes E, which assumes employment always declines with cleaner technologies, contrary to evidence from many green sectors.

Option D:
Option D is incorrect since it leaves out B, so it fails to distinguish end-of-pipe controls from cleaner production, even though that distinction is important in this unit.