Q. With reference to GitHub, consider the following statements:
1. It is the world’s largest open-source developer community platform.
2. The platform is based on the Linux software.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

[A] 1 only

[B] 2 only

[C] Both 1 and 2

[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: A
Notes:

Statement 1 is correct. 

Statement 2 is incorrect: The platform uses the software Git, which was created in 2005 by Linus Torvalds, to track changes in a set of files and for coordination in software development.  

Torvalds is the developer of the open-source operating system Linux. 

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