Vice-President Visits Sainya Sampark Mela at Deoghar

The correct answer is Deoghar, Jharkhand. The mela, named Sainya Sampark Mela - Sadaiv Aapke Saath, was held at Deoghar and was organised by the Indian Army together with the Deoghar district administration. It served ex-servicemen, Veer Naris and their dependents from across the Santhal Pargana region, which is why the venue was placed there rather than in the State capital. Option A names Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, which is not where this mela was held. Option C names Dumka, another town of the Santhal Pargana region, but the event was not located there. Option D names Bokaro, an industrial centre of the State, which also does not match. Candidates should fix the pairing of the mela with Deoghar, and remember that the Vice-President, C. P. Radhakrishnan, is a former Governor of Jharkhand.

The correct answer is Always with You; for ex-servicemen, Veer Naris and their dependents. Sadaiv Aapke Saath translates as Always with You, and the Vice-President asked that it become a continuing national commitment rather than the slogan of one event. The mela itself was arranged to deliver welfare services and grievance redressal to ex-servicemen, to Veer Naris and to their dependents in the Santhal Pargana region. Option B gives a different motto and limits the beneficiaries to serving soldiers, which is not the case here. Option C misreads the theme and narrows it to NCC cadets, although NCC activities were only one of the stalls at the venue. Option D again gives a wrong meaning and wrongly restricts the event to families of serving officers.

The correct answer is the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme, known by its short form ECHS. Its services were set up at the mela along with displays of weapons and military equipment, disaster relief facilities, medical screening and blood donation camps, women's health awareness work, NCC activities and pension-related counters. The Vice-President praised this single-window arrangement, under which pension assistance, medical facilities, documentation and grievance redressal came together on one platform, and he described it as a meaningful example of last-mile delivery. Option A is a digital health records mission and not a veterans' scheme. Option B serves central government employees and pensioners, not ex-servicemen specifically. Option D covers organised sector workers through insurance contributions. Only ECHS is the health scheme meant for ex-servicemen and their dependents.

The correct answer is Lance Naik Albert Ekka. While recalling his tenure as Governor of Jharkhand and speaking of the State's proud tradition of military service and sacrifice, the Vice-President paid tribute to this Param Vir Chakra awardee, and in the same breath recalled the tribal freedom fighters of the region, among them Bhagwan Birsa Munda, Tilka Manjhi, Sidhu and Kanhu, and Nilambar and Pitambar. He said the spirit of patriotism and national service continues to inspire the people of Jharkhand. Options B, C and D name other recipients of the Param Vir Chakra, all of them well known, but none of them was the awardee honoured in this address. The connection to hold on to is Jharkhand with Albert Ekka, which is a frequent pairing in examination questions on gallantry awards.