SafaiMitra Shivir Reaches 3.69 Lakh Beneficiaries

The correct answer is 3,69,469, about 3.69 lakh beneficiaries. Every other option is a real figure from the same Shivir attached to the wrong service, which is exactly how such a question is set. Option A is the number of personal protective equipment kits distributed among SafaiMitras, about 1.28 lakh. Option B is the number of NAMASTE Cards downloaded by beneficiaries, about 2.24 lakh. Option C is the number of health check-ups facilitated, about 3.02 lakh, and it is the closest distractor because it sits just below the attendance figure. Two more numbers from the same event are worth keeping separate: 57,967 Ayushman Cards distributed and 1,53,253 registrations under various government schemes. The Shivir spread across 3,870 urban local bodies, so D is the attendance figure being asked for.

The correct answer is the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. A senior official of this ministry gave out the attendance and service figures for the Shivir and named the states whose municipal corporations organised health camps, namely Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala and Bihar. Option A is a tempting distractor because urban local bodies ran the camps on the ground, but the urban affairs ministry is not the organiser here. Option C is wrong even though more than three lakh health check-ups were facilitated; the health service was delivered through the Shivir, not by that ministry as organiser. Option D is wrong although sanitation workers face occupational hazards, which is a labour concern. Remember the NAMASTE Card link, which belongs to the social justice ministry, and B follows.

The correct answer is 3,870 urban local bodies. The Shivir was conducted in hybrid mode, anchored from the national capital and held physically at participating locations, and more than 3,800 urban local bodies, rural local bodies and line departments took part in it. Options A, B and D are near misses designed to catch a candidate who remembers the thousand but not the hundreds. The sensible way to revise this is to pair the coverage figure with the attendance figure of 3,69,469 beneficiaries, since the two together describe the scale of the event. Also keep in mind the services it delivered: 3,02,958 health check-ups, 2,24,521 NAMASTE Card downloads, 57,967 Ayushman Cards, 1,53,253 scheme registrations and 1,28,928 PPE kits. So C is the right choice.