MY Bharat Starts Points, Rewards and Recognition Mechanism

The correct answer is 5,000. At that count the portal carries the achiever in a dedicated Digital Hall of Fame, showing the name, the MY Bharat identity number, a photograph and a short profile taken from the public profile. Option A is wrong because the first milestone brings a formal Letter of Recognition signed by the Director of the MY Bharat Division, not a place in the Hall of Fame. Option B is wrong because that step brings recognition on the official social media handles, and only with the consent of the young person concerned, since a name and photograph are published. Option D is wrong because that milestone carries a hardbound book rather than any form of listing on the portal. The ladder is best learnt in order, letter first, then social media, then the Hall of Fame, then books, then meetings with ministers.

The correct answer is The Golden Road, whose full title runs The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World. The copy handed over is hardbound and carries the signature of the Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports. Option B is wrong because Treasures of India: From Antiquity to Modernity is credited to DK and belongs to a higher milestone, where the signature is that of the Union Minister. Option C is wrong because Modi@20 sits a step lower on the ladder and is given unsigned. Option D names another title by the same author, but it has no place in this scheme and is offered to catch a candidate who recognises the writer without reading the title. Questions on books and authors are frequent, so pair each title with its author, its milestone and the minister who signs it.

The correct answer is the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, which runs the mechanism through Mera Yuva Bharat, its platform for engaging young people. The Union Minister of that ministry, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, announced it with the remark that Yuva Shakti is the strength of a developed India. Option A is wrong because, although schools and colleges are where many volunteers come from, the Ministry of Education does not run this portal. Option C is wrong because skill development is a separate ministry with its own programmes, and the points here are earned through volunteering and civic engagement rather than through training courses. Option D is wrong because the Ministry of Culture has no role in the mechanism. Link the ministry, the portal and the dialogue called VBYLD together while revising.