Operation Drishti: AFMS Does 220 Eye Surgeries at Tangdhar

The correct answer is 220. Surgeons of the Armed Forces Medical Services completed 220 sight-restoring surgeries during the two-day mega eye surgical camp at Tangdhar in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, held on 24 and 25 September 2026 under Operation Drishti. Most of these were cataract procedures, and the team also performed selected retinal procedures and minimally invasive glaucoma surgery. Options A, B and D are wrong because none of them matches the figure announced for this camp; they are placed as near-miss numbers of the kind that trip up a candidate who has read the item quickly. It is worth separating this figure from the totals for the whole series, where more than 3,500 surgeries have been performed across 10 cities and over 1.50 lakh patients have been screened.

The correct answer is Kupwara. Tangdhar lies in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, a shelling-prone area close to the Line of Control, and the camp there had to be run from an underground operation theatre for that reason. Options A, C and D name other districts of the union territory that also lie near the Line of Control, which is exactly why they work as distractors, but the camp described here was not held in any of them. Patients came from Khawarpora, Tangdar, Tadd, Bagbela, Yangdar and neighbouring hamlets after screening and after the camp was announced on Radio Rooh-e-Karnah, with the Indian Army guiding each patient from arrival to recovery. Remember also that the next camp in the series moves to Srinagar.

The correct answer is Brigadier Sanjay Kumar Mishra, Head of Ophthalmology at the Army Hospital (Research and Referral), Delhi Cantonment, whose team carried advanced phacoemulsification, vitreoretinal and glaucoma equipment across mountainous terrain to reach Tangdhar. Option A is wrong because Air Marshal Sandeep Thareja is the Director General of the Armed Forces Medical Services; he visited the camp and appreciated the surgeons and the local team, but did not lead the surgical team. Option B is wrong because General Dhiraj Seth is the Chief of the Army Staff, who visited the camp, interacted with patients and distributed medicines and gifts. Option D is wrong because Manoj Sinha is the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, who is to attend the closing ceremony of the next camp. Distinguishing these four roles is the whole point of the question.