NHRC to Mark 33rd Foundation Day on 12 October 2026

The correct answer is 12 October. The Commission was set up on 12 October 1993, so its Foundation Day falls on that date every year, and the 33rd edition will be held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi in 2026. Option A, 2 October, is Gandhi Jayanti and has no link with the founding of the Commission. Option B, 10 December, is observed the world over as Human Rights Day, which candidates often confuse with the Indian Commission's Foundation Day; the two are separate occasions. Option D, 24 October, is United Nations Day and again unrelated to the NHRC. A sure way to keep this straight in the examination hall is to remember that Human Rights Day belongs to the United Nations calendar, while 12 October belongs to the NHRC of India and marks the year 1993.

The correct answer is Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, who will address the function as chief guest. Option C names the Chairperson of the Commission, Justice V. Ramasubramanian, who will be present at the event along with Members Justice (Dr.) Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi, Smt. Vijaya Bharathi Sayani and Shri Priyank Kanoongo, and Secretary General Shri Piyush Goyal, but the host of a function is not its chief guest. Options A and D are not named for this programme at all, though the offices are senior enough to make the choices look reasonable. Candidates should link three names with this event: Justice Surya Kant as Chief Justice of India and chief guest, Justice V. Ramasubramanian as NHRC Chairperson, and Shri Piyush Goyal as Secretary General of the Commission.

The correct answer is Water as the Elixir of Life: Advancing Human Dignity through the Right to Water. The conference follows the Foundation Day function and has two technical sessions, one on the protection and restoration of water bodies and one on protecting drinking water sources so that access is safe and sustainable for all. Options B and C are themes of the two National Conferences the Commission organised during the previous year, so they are real but belong to earlier events. Option D was the subject of one of its Open House Discussions, again from the past year rather than the Foundation Day programme. Distinguishing the current theme from the Commission's earlier conferences is exactly the sort of trap a paper setter builds, so tie the right to water to the 33rd Foundation Day.

The correct answer is more than Rs 274 crore, recommended in 9,085 cases over the 33 years since the Commission was established. The other three figures are close enough to be tempting but do not match the amount on record. Learn this number together with the rest of the cumulative account, because questions are set on all of them: the Commission has handled 24,33,716 cases in all, of which 3,100 were registered on its own motion, and it has issued 35 advisories on subjects ranging from the rights of widows and informal workers to the dignity of the dead. For the most recent year, from 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2026, it registered 54,673 complaints, held 80 spot enquiries, disposed of 53,733 cases and recommended relief in 157 cases.