Question

What is the slogan of the National Cadet Corps?
(A) Unity in Diversity
(B) Discipline and Unity
(C) Service before Self
(D) Discipline and Strength

Answer 1

Hint: The National Cadet Corps is the youth extension of Armed Forces with its headquarters at New Delhi, Delhi, India. It is exposed to school and college students on an intentional basis. National Cadet Corps is a Tri-Services Organisation, encompassing the Army, Navy and Air Wing, involved in training the youth of the nation into orderly and nationalistic citizens.

Complete answer:
The National Cadet Corps in India is an intentional establishment which employs trainees from high schools, higher secondary, colleges and universities from all over India. The Trainees are given rudimentary military guidance in small arms and drill. The officials and trainees have no obligation for vigorous military service once they conclude their curriculum. The conversation for the slogan of NCC was underway in the 11th Central Advisory Meeting (CAC) held on August 11, 1978. At that time there were many slogans in mind such as, "Duty and Discipline"; "Duty, Unity and Discipline"; "Duty and Unity"; "Unity and Discipline". Later, at the 12th CAC meeting on Oct 12, 1980, they nominated and acknowledged "Unity and Discipline" as a slogan for the NCC. In existing up to its slogan, the NCC endeavours to be and is one of the utmost unified militaries of the nation, carrying together the youth greeting from diverse parts of the nation and shaping them into amalgamated and orderly citizens of the country.

Thus, option (B) is correct.

Note: Throughout Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 & Bangladesh-Pakistani war of 1971, NCC trainees were the 2nd line of defence. They prepared campsites to aid artillery factories, delivering weapons and ammo to the front and also were used as perambulation groups to arrest adversary paratroopers. The NCC trainees also operated hand-in-hand with the Civil defence authorities and vigorously took part in liberation works and traffic management.