Operation Drishti Camps in Kashmir Do 364 Eye Surgeries

The correct answer is 364, the total across the two mega camps of the valley. Option B, 220, is the number done at Tangdhar over two days, and option A, 144, is the number done at 92 Base Hospital in Srinagar; the two add up to the total asked for, which is exactly why both appear here. Option D, 500, is the count of patients identified as needing surgery when nearly 6,000 people were screened in 18 camps beforehand, so it is a number from the same announcement but answers a different question. The surgeries covered cataract, glaucoma, pterygium and retinal procedures, and were carried out by a team from Army Hospital (Research and Referral) under Brigadier Sanjay Kumar Mishra. Candidates should separate the three figures by what each counts: screened, needing surgery, and operated.

The correct answer is that it was the first mega eye surgical camp held at the Line of Control, and it used an underground operation theatre. Tangdhar lies in a sensitive sector along the Line of Control, and taking cataract, glaucoma and retinal surgery there meant working below ground, where 220 operations were completed over two days. Option A is wrong because nothing in the announcement points to robotic surgery; the work was done by a visiting surgical team. Option C is wrong because the camp was run by Indian military medical units, namely Army Hospital (Research and Referral) with 92 Base Hospital and 328 Field Hospital. Option D is wrong because the venue was a land station in the valley, not a ship. This kind of first, place plus facility, is the detail examiners lift straight into a question.

The correct answer is Odisha, named as the venue of the next phase once the Kashmir leg closed. The announcement notes that with the valley complete, the drive has now reached the northern, western, eastern and central regions of the country, so the next stop continues a mapped spread rather than a random choice. Option A, Assam, option C, Rajasthan, and option D, Kerala, are not named in the announcement and are the sort of plausible alternatives added because each has districts far from specialist eye hospitals. The whole point of the drive is that people in such areas would otherwise have to travel long distances for sub-speciality care, which is why the camps go to them. Candidates should carry the sequence: Kashmir completed, Odisha next, under the Armed Forces Medical Services.