89th Fit India Sundays on Cycle Held in Surat, Gujarat

The correct answer is Surat. The release says the 89th edition was organised there with the theme 'Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat', led by Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Dr Mansukh Mandaviya together with Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi. The ride began at the Sardar Patel Statue at Mangadh Chowk and covered 6 km towards the Sarthana Zoo, after a warm-up of fitness activities, yoga and zumba. Option D deserves care rather than a quick rejection: the same 89th edition was also held in the national capital at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, but on a special Teachers' Day theme honouring teachers and coaches, and the main event that the release headlines is the one in Surat. Options A and C name other large cities of Gujarat and do not appear in the release at all.

The correct answer is 'Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat'. The release names this theme for the 89th edition and links it to the Nasha Mukti Sankalp Abhiyan, under which the Union Minister, the Deputy Chief Minister and the participants together took the Nasha Mukt Pledge. Options B, C and D are invented slogans that sound like fitness campaign lines but appear nowhere in the release. Themes are among the most commonly asked details in current affairs, so learn this one with its surrounding facts. The Minister set out four benefits of cycling that the theme ties together: it is an effective form of exercise, it supports the Nasha Mukt Bharat campaign, it helps address pollution, and it reduces fuel consumption. He also urged people to cycle on working days for short trips rather than limiting it to Sundays.

The correct answer is the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The release states that it organises the initiative in collaboration with the Cycling Federation of India, the Raahgiri Foundation and MY Bharat, and that Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, who heads this ministry, led the 89th edition in Surat. The cycling drive runs at the same time across all States and Union Territories, including at regional centres of the Sports Authority of India, National Centres of Excellence, SAI Training Centres, Khelo India State Centres of Excellence and Khelo India Centres. Options A, B and D are ministries whose remit touches public health, road use or schooling, and the campaign does relate to all three in spirit, which is what makes them plausible. But the organising ministry named in the release is the sports ministry. Note also that over 6000 NAMO Fit India clubs hold the ride weekly.

The correct answer is over 25,000. The release says the 89th edition was held across the country at more than that many locations, with more than 5 million young people taking part and carrying the message of a drug-free youth for a developed India. Options A, C and D are round figures of the same order that do not appear in the release, and they are the sort of near-miss numbers a paper setter reaches for. Keep the two big figures of this edition together, since a question can ask for either: the participation of more than 5 million people and the spread across more than 25,000 locations. A third number belongs in the same group, namely the more than 6000 NAMO Fit India clubs that organise the cycling initiative nationwide every week, which explains how a campaign of this size is sustained.