Given below are two statements: Statement I: The Internet is not regulated in…
2023
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: The Internet is not regulated in India; therefore, the information may be biased or inaccurate.
Statement II: The Internet is one of the services offered by World Wide Web (WWW).
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
Answer: C. Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false. — ConceptIn an assertion pair, each statement must be tested in the sense intended by the source. For Internet governance, “not regulated” may describe the…
- A.
Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are true
- B.
Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are false.
- C.
Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false.
- D.
Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true.
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Correct answer: C
Concept
In an assertion pair, each statement must be tested in the sense intended by the source. For Internet governance, “not regulated” may describe the absence of one central authority controlling all online information; it does not mean that no national law applies. Technically, the Internet is the network infrastructure, and the World Wide Web is a service that uses it.
Application
Statement I uses the source examination’s decentralised-governance sense: no single central regulator verifies all information placed on the Internet, so online material may be biased or inaccurate. India nevertheless regulates online conduct through laws such as the Information Technology Act, 2000; that legal qualification should not be confused with central verification of all content.
Statement II reverses the technical dependency. Web pages and web applications use Internet protocols and connectivity. The Web is therefore a service operating over the Internet, not the provider of the Internet.
Cross-check
The official NTA final key for source Question ID 2274276733 records “Statement I true and Statement II false.”
The architecture check independently places the Web above the Internet as an application service, confirming the second statement’s reversed relationship.
Result: Statement I is true in the source’s stated governance sense, but Statement II is false.