According to the WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2026, by what percentage have tuberculosis deaths in India fallen since 2015?
- A.28%
- B.35%
- C.38%
- D.46%
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Explanation
The correct answer is 38%. The report records that India has achieved its highest-ever reduction in tuberculosis mortality, a fall of 38% measured from the year 2015. Option B, 35%, is the decline recorded for the world as a whole over the same period, and India's performance is deliberately described as outpacing that global figure, so it cannot be the Indian number. Option A, 28%, confuses the percentage with the mortality rate: India reported 28 tuberculosis deaths for every lakh of population in the base year, a rate that later eased to 18 per lakh. Option D is simply higher than any figure in the data and does not match either the national or the global decline. Candidates should keep the pair clear in memory, India at 38% and the world at 35%, because questions often set one against the other.
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Practice Questions
What is India's treatment success rate among patients with drug-susceptible tuberculosis, as noted in the WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2026?
- A.76%
- B.84%
- C.88%
- D.94%
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Among patients whose tuberculosis responds to standard medicines, that share now completes treatment successfully, and the health ministry traces the result to faster diagnosis, prompt start of medication, regular follow-up of patients and the wider support offered under the National TB Elimination Programme.
Read the full explanation →How many Panchayats in India were declared tuberculosis-free in 2025?
- A.17,933
- B.45,620
- C.67,933
- D.82,145
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Village-level ownership has become a defining feature of the national response to tuberculosis, and that many Panchayats earned the TB-free label during the year in question.
Read the full explanation →Which agency conducted the nationally representative TB prevalence survey of 2025 that has been shared with WHO?
- A.ICMR-NIRT
- B.Registrar General of India
- C.National Health Authority
- D.Central Bureau of Health Intelligence
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It carried out the nationally representative prevalence survey in 2025; the findings have gone to the World Health Organization, technical discussions are under way, and an updated country profile for India is to be published after that.
Read the full explanation →How many new TB cases were detected under the TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan between 7 December 2024 and 8 November 2026?
- A.25.14 lakh
- B.38.60 lakh
- C.48.64 lakh
- D.56.20 lakh
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Over that period the campaign identified 48.64 lakh new tuberculosis patients, and 14.97 lakh of them had shown no symptoms, which is the strongest argument for going out and screening rather than waiting for patients to come forward.
Read the full explanation →What is India's treatment success rate among patients with drug-susceptible tuberculosis?
- A.84%
- B.88%
- C.91%
- D.94%
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For patients with drug-susceptible TB, India completes treatment successfully in 94% of cases, a figure the WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2026 highlights alongside the fall in deaths.
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