PM Modi Joins UPSC Centenary Celebrations at Bharat Mandapam

The correct answer is Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. The hundredth-year celebrations of the Union Public Service Commission were held there, and the Prime Minister took part along with chairpersons of the Public Service Commissions of the states. Option A, Vigyan Bhawan, is a regular conference venue in the capital but was not the place chosen for this event. Option C, Rashtrapati Bhavan, is the official residence of the President and hosts investiture and oath ceremonies, not this celebration. Option D, Yashobhoomi in Dwarka, is another large convention centre in Delhi and was not the venue either. Bharat Mandapam is the correct choice to remember, since the same venue hosts many national events and often appears in questions on where a particular gathering took place. Along with the venue, note that a commemorative stamp, a special coin and a compilation of 100 significant case laws were released on the occasion.

The correct answer is 1926. The Commission began in that year under colonial rule, and the Prime Minister contrasted those origins with the way the body later turned its work towards the aims of an independent country, which is why the celebration in 2026 marks a full hundred years. Option A, 1919, is wrong for this body even though that year is remembered for other constitutional changes of the colonial period. Option C, 1935, is wrong as well; it is a year associated with another colonial statute, not with the setting up of this Commission. Option D, 1950, is the year the Republic came into being and is a tempting but wrong choice, because the Commission already existed and was only reshaped for a free nation afterwards. The Prime Minister credited Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel with providing the steel frame of administration needed to rebuild the country.

The correct answer is Nagrik Devo Bhava, which the Prime Minister explained as meaning that the citizen of the country is no less than a deity and that service of the citizen comes above everything else. He offered it in place of the old mai-baap attitude of officialdom. Option A is a well-known governance slogan about inclusive development, but it is not the mantra used here. Option C refers to the dignity of labour and belongs to a different context altogether. Option D, Atithi Devo Bhava, is the familiar line about treating the guest as divine and is associated with tourism and hospitality; it is the closest distractor because of its similar form, so read the wording carefully. Remember also the two touchstones he named for every selection process, Nation First and Citizen First, and the three principles of the new work culture, Pro-People, Pro-Active and Good Governance.

The correct answer is i-GOT, created under Mission Karmayogi. Urging the Commission and the state selection commissions to keep building their own capacity, the Prime Minister said the digital platform already created under the national mission for civil servants could be used for the purpose. Option B, DIKSHA, is a platform for school education and teachers and is not meant for selection commissions. Option C, SWAYAM, carries online courses for higher education learners and is again a different purpose. Option D, e-Shram, is a register of unorganised sector workers and has nothing to do with training civil servants. In the same address he asked examination agencies to adopt Time Certainty, shortening examination cycles without lowering standards, and called it an equity reform because long cycles burden families with coaching fees, rent and travel costs.