A monograph released at the 65th National Exhibition of Art was on which modern Indian painter?

The correct answer is the Lalit Kala Akademi, India's national academy of fine arts, which works under the Ministry of Culture and organises the National Exhibition of Art. At the sixty fifth edition the Union Minister of Culture and Tourism, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, was the Chief Guest and felicitated twenty award-winning artists. Option A, the Sangeet Natak Akademi, is the national academy for music, dance and drama, not for the visual arts, so it is wrong. Option B, the Sahitya Akademi, is the national academy of letters and deals with literature, which rules it out. Option D, the National Gallery of Modern Art, is a museum that displays modern and contemporary art but does not organise this exhibition, so it is incorrect too. Aspirants should keep the three national akademies and their fields clearly separated.

The correct answer is 270. The Secretary of the Lalit Kala Akademi said the edition attracted more than six thousand entries, and from that pool two hundred and seventy artists were chosen through a jury that screened the work in two rounds. A two-tier process of this kind keeps a national show of such size manageable while still giving lesser known artists a way in. Option A understates the number of selected artists and is wrong. Option C is a round figure that does not match the selection announced, so it is incorrect. Option D is closer to the scale of entries received than to the number of artists finally chosen, which makes it a tempting but wrong answer. Twenty of these artists were felicitated by the Chief Guest for their contribution to Indian visual arts.

The correct answer is 15. That is the number of forest officers honoured at the fourth edition of the Eco Warrior Awards for exemplary contribution to environmental conservation, in addition to the Lifetime Achievement Award presented separately to a senior officer of the service. The honours were spread across categories covering protected area management, wildlife protection and conservation, environment conservation, community connect, the best use of technology and a special jury citation, with two officers recognised in each of those categories. Options A, B and D give figures that do not match the count announced at the ceremony. For the examination it helps to remember the number alongside the edition of the award and the year, since a question may combine all three details in a single statement to be judged true or false.

The correct answer is Brij Kishore Singh. He is an Indian Forest Service officer of the 1976 batch from the Karnataka cadre, and the Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to him by the Union Environment Minister in recognition of decades of work in forest and wildlife conservation, including efforts against sandalwood smuggling and against the activities of the brigand Veerappan. Option A names the Director General of Forests and Special Secretary in the environment ministry, who attended the event but was not the awardee. Option C names a former Secretary General of the National Human Rights Commission, also present among the guests rather than among those honoured. Option D names the President of the Indian Forest Service Association, the body that organises the awards, which again is a different role from that of the recipient. Only option B matches the citation.

The correct answer is the Indian Forest Service Association, usually written as IFSA. It organises the Eco Warrior Awards and the Eco Warrior Conclave jointly with Indian Masterminds, and the fourth edition was held in New Delhi under the chairmanship of the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Option B, the Wildlife Institute of India, is a research and training institution in the wildlife field, not the organiser of these awards. Option C, the Botanical Survey of India, is the body that surveys the country's plant resources, a different mandate altogether. Option D is the research and education council for forestry, which conducts and coordinates forestry research rather than running this award programme. Candidates should link the Eco Warrior Awards firmly with IFSA and with Indian Masterminds.