Swachh Sagar Surakshit Sagar 5.0 Launched for Ocean Cleanup

The correct answer is the fifth edition, written in official papers as SSSS v.5.0. The release says the campaign builds on its success over the last four years, which is the internal check an aspirant can apply: four earlier editions plus the one being launched makes this the fifth. Dr Jitendra Singh, Minister of State with Independent Charge for Earth Sciences, launched it, and the Ministry of Earth Sciences runs it. The week itself falls from 12 to 19 September 2026. Option B is the trap for anyone who counts only the completed editions and forgets to add the new one, and options A and D are placed on either side of the answer for the same reason. A safer way to hold the fact is through the official name: the campaign is styled 5.0, and the version number is the edition number.

The correct answer is the Ministry of Earth Sciences. The campaign is spearheaded by that ministry, and the minister who launched it, Dr Jitendra Singh, holds Earth Sciences as Minister of State with Independent Charge. The three wrong options are all ministries whose work touches the sea, the coast or cleanliness in some way, which is exactly why a candidate can be led astray; but none of them is named here. Two further links are worth carrying into the examination hall. The campaign draws on the Swachh Bharat vision for its cleanliness idea, and it draws on the Deep Ocean Mission, launched by the Prime Minister, for its ocean science idea. The ministry brings citizens, students, youth, coastal communities and volunteer organisations together for the drive under the banner of Jan Bhagidari, or public participation.

The correct answer is the Ocean Olympiad, described in the release as the first-ever national event of its kind under the campaign. It is aimed at students and young people and is meant to build awareness of the environment; citizens can register for it and test their knowledge of the seas. The other options are activities that the week really does include, which makes them plausible, but none of them is presented as a first. Marathons, a human chain and cycling rallies are listed among the engagement activities, alongside beach clean-up drives at more than 100 locations and programmes tied to ozone day. Along with the Olympiad, the launch covered an official ocean conservation pledge, the campaign website, an introductory video, a video on the schedule of activities and the SAGAR PRAHARI mobile application.

The correct answer is over 11,000 km. In his video message the Minister said India has one of the longest stretches of coastal area in the world, spanning more than that distance and extending from the eastern to the western parts of the country, and he used the figure to explain why a week-long national drive is worth running. Aspirants often carry an older coastline figure in memory from school textbooks, and option A is placed there precisely to catch that habit; for this question the number to reproduce is the one the Minister used in this launch. The rest of the campaign facts sit around it: the fifth edition, the dates of 12 to 19 September 2026, the Ministry of Earth Sciences as the organiser, clean-up drives at more than 100 locations and the first national Ocean Olympiad.