UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

Statement C is the only wrong statement because industrial growth is not automatically environmentally benign; its impacts depend on regulation, technology and management. Statements A, B and D are correct: weak safeguards can cause pollution, cleaner production reduces impacts and regulations can stimulate innovation in control technologies. Thus, the correct option is the one that identifies C alone as the wrong statement.

Option A:
Option A is incorrect because it marks both A and C as wrong, even though A is a correct description of how poorly regulated industrialisation harms air and water. Including a true statement among wrong ones makes this combination invalid.

Option B:
Option B is incorrect as it treats B and C as wrong. B is in fact correct since cleaner production and efficiency are key strategies for reducing industrial environmental footprints. Grouping it with the wrong statement C cannot be accepted.

Option C:
Option C is correct because it isolates C as the only incorrect statement and leaves A, B and D acknowledged as true. It matches the requirement to select the wrong statement(s) and reflects the conditional nature of industrial impacts.

Option D:
Option D is incorrect because it labels A, B and C as wrong, misclassifying both A and B which are conceptually sound. This combination conflicts with the mainstream understanding of industrialisation and environment.