PM Mementos e-Auction 2026: 31 Tamil Nadu Items in 8th Edition

The correct answer is the 8th edition. The auction of mementos, gifts and souvenirs received by the Prime Minister is being held online in its eighth round and remains open for bidding until the second day of October, with participation through the auction portal. The other options name earlier or later rounds that are not the one now in progress, and they are placed in the question only as distractors. Examiners like this kind of item because the answer combines an ordinal number with a closing date, and both can be asked separately. Tamil Nadu alone accounts for thirty-one of the pieces in this round, which range from temple art and traditional textiles to rackets and shoes connected with the state's leading para athletes.

The correct answer is 31. That is the number of pieces from Tamil Nadu placed in this round of the auction, and together they are meant to show the state's spiritual traditions, classical art, craftsmanship, historical figures, textiles and sporting achievements. The other three numbers are invented and appear only to test recall of the exact figure. Among the thirty-one items are a framed auspicious footprint from Kanyakumari presented by the Vivekananda Rock Memorial, a memento of Sant Shri Ramanujacharya in a teaching pose, a handcrafted Thiruvalluvar Chariot, a metallic Nataraja statue, a Tanjore-style Veena artwork decorated with gold foil and Kundan stones, a brass memento depicting the Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple, and South Indian angavastras worked with zari and woven borders. Sporting memorabilia forms the other part of the same set, so a candidate who remembers the figure should also be able to name at least one art piece and one sports item from the state.

The correct answer is Mariyappan Thangavelu, who has won Paralympic medals three times in the high jump and whose shoes form part of the sporting memorabilia in this collection. Option B, Thulasimathi Murugesan, is wrong because her contribution is a signed badminton racket, and she is remembered for winning silver in badminton singles at the Paralympics. Option C, Nithya Sre Sivan, is wrong for a similar reason: the item linked to her is a badminton racket, and she won a medal at the Paralympics held in Paris. Option D is wrong because that table tennis player's equipment does not figure in the list of Tamil Nadu pieces described for this round of the auction. Note that all three genuine sports items belong to para athletes.