Teaching Current Affairs Quiz: 1 October 2026

The correct answer is 'Ek Din, Ek Ghanta, Ek Saath', which translates as one day, one hour, together. This is the theme under which the Swachhata Hi Seva 2026 campaign is being run across the country, and the spirit of joint action it stands for was what the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare echoed when its officers and staff joined a shramdaan in New Delhi on 1 October 2026. The theme puts a simple demand before every citizen: set aside one hour on a single day and work alongside others on cleanliness.

Option A, 'Swachhata Se Samriddhi', is not the theme of this campaign. Option C, 'Mera Shahar, Meri Zimmedari', is a plausible-sounding civic slogan but does not belong to Swachhata Hi Seva 2026 either. Option D, 'Ek Bharat, Swachh Bharat', mixes up the name of the wider Swachh Bharat effort, whose objectives the Ministry reaffirmed on the occasion, with the campaign theme, and so it is wrong as well.

The correct answer is Rs 12,000. A student selected under the scheme receives that amount every year, and the money is credited straight into the student's own bank account through Direct Benefit Transfer, which removes middlemen from the payment chain. The benefit begins in Class IX and can run up to Class XII through renewal, subject to the academic conditions the scheme lays down. Options A, C and D name amounts that the scheme does not pay. They look believable because different central and state scholarships pay sums of this order, and a candidate who has only a vague memory of the figure may be tempted by them. The ministry's own statement on the extended deadline is clear on the point: eligible students studying in state government, government-aided and local body schools get Rs 12,000 per annum, so only option B is right.

The correct answer is Scholarship for Education Transformation and Upliftment. The app carries this name together with the National Scholarship Portal and belongs to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, serving beneficiaries of the Pre-Matric and Post-Matric Scholarships for Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes. Option A is wrong because the first word is scholarship and not scheme, and nothing in the name refers to transfer or upgradation. Option C is wrong because, although the department does stress transparency as an aim of the app, that word does not appear in the expansion at all. Option D is wrong because tracking is only one of the services the app provides, alongside registration, biometric authentication and submission of applications, and it does not form part of the full form. Expansions of such names are standard one-mark questions.

The correct answer is Dr. Rajiv Bahl. He is Secretary of the Department of Health Research and also holds charge as Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research, and he led the voluntary cleanliness drive held near Gate No. 3 of Kartavya Bhavan-1 on Dr. Rajendra Prasad Marg in New Delhi. Speaking to the media there, he said cleanliness must become a sustained collective effort and asked officials and citizens alike to contribute.

Option A, Dr. Rakesh Gupta, is Additional Secretary and Director General of the National AIDS Control Organisation; he took part in the drive but did not lead it. Option B, Smt. Aradhana Patnaik, is Additional Secretary and Mission Director of the National Health Mission, and she spoke on Jan Bhagidari and individual responsibility, again as a participant. Option D, Dr. Loveneesh G. Krishna, is the Director General of Health Services and was also among the participants.

The correct answer is Class IX. Fresh scholarships under the scheme go to Class IX students who qualify in the selection examination conducted by the respective State or Union Territory government, and one lakh such awards are made every year. Option A is wrong, though it is the trickiest choice, because Class VII is the class whose marks decide eligibility: a candidate must have at least fifty-five per cent or the equivalent grade in Class VII, with a relaxation of five percentage points for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students. Option B is wrong because Class VIII is the stage beyond which the scheme is meant to keep weaker-section students in school, not the class in which the award is given. Option D is wrong because by Class XI a scholar is continuing through renewal, not entering afresh.

The correct answer is the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, through its Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, which launched the app in April 2026. Option A is wrong because the Ministry of Education runs its own scholarship schemes, and this app is tied specifically to the Pre-Matric and Post-Matric Scholarships for Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes. Option B is wrong because scholarships for Scheduled Tribes fall under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, a distinction that exams test often, whereas the categories covered here are Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes. Option D is wrong on the same principle, since minority scholarships sit with a different ministry altogether. Along with the ministry, remember that the app also serves Institutional, District and State Nodal Officers.

The correct answer is the National AIDS Control Organisation, abbreviated NACO. Dr. Rakesh Gupta serves as Additional Secretary in the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and as Director General of NACO, and in that capacity he was among the senior officers who joined the shramdaan in New Delhi.

Option A is wrong because the National Health Mission is headed, as Mission Director, by Smt. Aradhana Patnaik, who is also an Additional Secretary and who spoke at the event on the importance of people taking part. Option B is wrong because the Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research is Dr. Rajiv Bahl, who is Secretary of the Department of Health Research as well and who led the drive. Option D is wrong because Dr. Loveneesh G. Krishna is the Director General of Health Services. All four officials attended, but only one of them heads NACO.

The correct answer is Rs 3.50 lakh per annum. The scheme is built for meritorious children of economically weaker households, so an income test applies along with the marks test, and the parental income of an applicant must not cross that figure. Options A and B name lower ceilings; they are plausible because several welfare schemes use limits of that size, but neither is the limit set for this scholarship. Option D names a far higher ceiling of the kind used for some reservation and fee-waiver categories, which makes it attractive to a candidate who mixes up schemes, yet it is well above what this scheme allows. Along with the income condition, the applicant needs at least fifty-five per cent in Class VII, relaxed by five percentage points for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students, and must study in a state government, government-aided or local body school.

The correct answer is direct disbursal of loans to students, which is no part of what this app does. The SETU NSP App brings scholarship services onto a single platform, and lending has nothing to do with the Pre-Matric and Post-Matric Scholarships it serves. Option A is wrong as an answer because registration for scholarship schemes is one of the services expressly provided. Option B is wrong as an answer because biometric authentication can be completed through the app, which is one reason the department describes the platform as secure. Option C is wrong as an answer because tracking the status of an application is among its main features, and it is what allows a student to stay informed about progress without approaching an office. The app also offers user guides and support services.

The correct answer is Kartavya Bhavan-1 on Dr. Rajendra Prasad Marg in New Delhi, and more precisely the area near its Gate No. 3, where the voluntary cleanliness drive was carried out. The Ministry chose a working government precinct rather than a ceremonial venue, which fits the point it was making: that clean surroundings are the everyday responsibility of the people who use a place.

Option A, Nirman Bhavan, is a familiar seat of central ministries in the capital and therefore a tempting answer, but it was not the site of this drive. Option C, Vigyan Bhavan, is a conference venue in New Delhi and was not involved. Option D, Bharat Mandapam, hosts large national and international events in the capital and had no part in this shramdaan. Only Kartavya Bhavan-1 matches.