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SSC GD 2023 PYQ — Question 32

SSC GD Constable (English) - 24 Jan 2023 - Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q32

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Swachh Bharat Mission was launched to fulfil the vision of a cleaner India by _______.

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is Option 4 i.e. October 2, 2014

  • "Swacch Bharat Mission" translates to "Clean India Mission", in English.
  • The campaign was officially launched on 2 October 2014 at Rajghat, New Delhi by PM Narendra Modi.
  •  It is India's largest cleanliness mission to date with three million government employees, students and citizens from all parts of India participating in 4,043 cities, towns, and rural communities.
  • Since India's independence in 1947, there have been three rural sanitation intervention attempts prior to Swachh Bharat Mission: the Central Rural Sanitation Programme, the Total Sanitation Campaign, and the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyaan.