"Not me, but you" is the motto of which one of the following youth organizations/schemes?
- (a)Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran Karyakram
- (b)National Service Scheme (NSS)
- (c)National Young Leaders Programme
- (d)National Discipline Scheme (NDS)
Correct — B, National Service Scheme (NSS). The NSS motto is 'Not Me, But You' — a call to place community service above self. NSS is the flagship student volunteer programme launched in 1969 (Gandhi's birth centenary year) under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, active in schools, colleges and universities.
- (a)Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran Karyakram — RYSK is an umbrella youth-empowerment scheme of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; it has no 'Not Me, But You' motto — that identity belongs to NSS.
- (c)National Young Leaders Programme — The National Young Leaders Programme (NYLP) is a component under RYSK aimed at leadership development; the 'Not Me, But You' motto is specifically the NSS motto.
- (d)National Discipline Scheme (NDS) — The old National Discipline Scheme was a physical-training/discipline programme; it is not associated with this motto.
The National Service Scheme (NSS) is a Central Sector student-volunteer programme launched in 1969 to develop character through community service ('personality development through social/community service'). Its motto 'Not Me, But You' captures the spirit of selflessness, and it is run by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
The distractors are all real youth programmes, so the item tests whether you can attach the specific motto to the specific scheme. Link 'Not Me, But You' firmly to NSS and its 1969 launch.
- NSS motto: 'Not Me, But You'.
- Launched 24 September 1969; NSS Day is 24 September.
- Run by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; volunteers are called 'NSS volunteers'.
- NSS badge carries the Konark wheel (Sun Temple), symbolising continuity and progress.
'Not Me, But You' is the NSS motto — hence (b).
- Confusing the NSS motto with the NCC motto 'Unity and Discipline'.
- Attaching the motto to RYSK or NYLP because they are also youth schemes.
Static GK item — match a motto/tagline to its scheme, or the launch year of NSS.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The National Service Scheme (NSS) functions under which Union Ministry?
- (a)Ministry of Education
- (b)Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
- (c)Ministry of Home Affairs
- (d)Ministry of Culture
Answer(b) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The motto 'Unity and Discipline' belongs to which organization?
- (a)NSS
- (b)NCC
- (c)Scouts and Guides
- (d)NYKS
Answer(b) NCC — the National Cadet Corps; NSS's motto is 'Not Me, But You'.