Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists : List-I (Scheme) A) P. M. Jan Arogya Abhiyan B) P. M. Vaya Vandana Yojana C) P. M. Rojgar Protsahan Yojana D) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan List – II (Launching Year) 1) 2015 2) 2018 3) 2017 4) 2014 Codes:

The answer is A) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4. Start with the one match you can be surest of: Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was launched on 2 October 2014, so D-4. That rules out options B, C and D, because each of them pairs D with a different year.

Next, P.M. Jan Arogya Abhiyan (Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY) was launched on 23 September 2018, so A-2. This is the health assurance scheme built on the National Health Protection Mission, and it is a common Mains topic under universal health coverage.

P.M. Vaya Vandana Yojana is a pension scheme for senior citizens run through LIC. It was first introduced in 2015 and relaunched in 2017, so B-3 fits the paper's intent. The question treats 2017 as the launch year.

P.M. Rojgar Protsahan Yojana, the employment incentive scheme that subsidises EPF contributions for new formal-sector jobs, was launched in 2015, so C-1. Option A is the only one that gets all four matches consistent with this.

Trap: aspirants often confuse the 2015 and 2017 dates for the pension scheme and the employment scheme, and pick B on a hunch without checking that D-4 must hold.