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How many Civil Defence Volunteers is each trained Master Trainer expected to train in their own State or Union Territory?

  1. A.25
  2. B.50
  3. C.100
  4. D.500

Correct answer

C. 100

Explanation

The correct answer is 100. Under the structured Master Trainer model, every Master Trainer who completes the Army course will go back and train 100 Civil Defence Volunteers in their own State or Union Territory. This is the cascading mechanism that the Ministry of Home Affairs calls a multiplier effect, and it is what allows the first phase to reach 60,000 volunteers across the 12 participating States and UTs. Option B, 50, is the number of Master Trainers drawn from each State or UT, not the number of volunteers each one trains, and that is the commonest trap in this question. Options A and D do not match any figure in the announcement. The participating States and UTs in the pilot are Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

Read the full article: Indian Army to Train 600 Civil Defence Master Trainers

Practice Questions

Q1.NationalEasy

How many Civil Defence Master Trainers are to be trained by the Indian Army in the first phase of the new joint initiative?

  1. A.300
  2. B.600
  3. C.1,200
  4. D.6,000
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Correct answer: B. 600

The Ministry of Home Affairs has said that in the first phase a total of 600 Civil Defence Master Trainers, 50 from each participating State or Union Territory, are proposed to be trained by the second week of November 2026 through a three-day specialised programme at designated Indian Army training…

Q2.NationalMedium

Which body of the Ministry of Home Affairs is running the Civil Defence Master Trainer programme with the Indian Army?

  1. A.National Disaster Response Force
  2. B.National Disaster Management Authority
  3. C.Directorate General of Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards
  4. D.Bureau of Police Research and Development
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Correct answer: C. Directorate General of Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards

The announcement states that this directorate of the Ministry of Home Affairs, working in coordination with the Indian Army, is undertaking the pilot initiative to strengthen Civil Defence preparedness through specialised training of Master Trainers.

Q3.NationalEasy

Which department organises the National e-Governance Webinar series, whose 22nd edition was held in October 2026?

  1. A.Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances
  2. B.Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
  3. C.NITI Aayog
  4. D.Department of Personnel and Training
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Correct answer: A. Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances

DARPG organised the 22nd National e-Governance Webinar on 23 October 2026, chaired by its Joint Secretary Shri Avanish Kumar Mishra, and more than 360 officials from Union ministries, state governments, districts, local bodies and temple management bodies took part.

Q5.NationalEasy

The TRINETRA AI-based video surveillance system has been deployed around which temple?

  1. A.Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi
  2. B.Mahakaleshwar Temple, Ujjain
  3. C.Somnath Temple, Gujarat
  4. D.Jagannath Temple, Puri
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Correct answer: B. Mahakaleshwar Temple, Ujjain

TRINETRA was built for the Mahakal Rudrasagar Integrated Development Area in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, which includes the Mahakaleshwar Temple, and it was implemented with Ujjain Smart City Limited and the Shri Mahakaleshwar Temple Management Committee.