How many pairings of States and higher education institutions are covered under Yuva Sangam Phase VII?

The correct answer is Himachal Pradesh. Under Yuva Sangam Phase VII the Odisha delegation travelled to Himachal Pradesh, reaching the State on 5 October 2026, where NIT Hamirpur is hosting it. Option A, Assam, is wrong because Assam is paired with a different State in this phase and is not the host of the Odisha group. Options C and D, Uttarakhand and Telangana, are wrong as well; neither State is the destination of the Odisha delegation. The exchange is built on pairings, and each pairing sends students to a State or Union Territory other than their own so that they can see its culture, traditions, educational institutions and development record. The Odisha delegates also met the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, on 6 October 2026, and President Droupadi Murmu on 7 October 2026.

The correct answer is IIM Sambalpur. The Indian Institute of Management, Sambalpur, is the nodal institution leading the Odisha delegation on its Yuva Sangam Phase VII visit to Himachal Pradesh. Option B, IIT Bhubaneswar, option C, NIT Rourkela, and option D, Utkal University, are all institutions in Odisha, which makes them plausible distractors, but none of them is named as the nodal institution for this delegation. The host institution at the other end is NIT Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh, so candidates should separate the two roles: the nodal institution leads the visiting group while the host institution receives it. The delegation reached Himachal Pradesh on 5 October 2026, met the Chief Minister on 6 October and the President of India on 7 October 2026.

The correct answer is Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat. Yuva Sangam is run by the Department of Higher Education in the Union Ministry of Education under the Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat programme, whose purpose is to strengthen cultural and emotional bonds among the youth of India. Option A, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, option B, Samagra Shiksha, and option D, Khelo India, are all Union Government initiatives in education and sport, which makes them plausible, but none of them is the parent programme of Yuva Sangam. The exchange sends young participants to another State or Union Territory to experience its cultural heritage, traditions, educational landscape and development achievements, thereby building mutual understanding and national integration. Phase VII operates through 20 pairings of States and higher education institutions.

The correct answer is the Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Abhiyan. The minister said substance abuse threatens young people's potential, the well-being of families and national progress, and asked young citizens to spread awareness, encourage positive choices and mobilise their communities towards a drug-free society. Option B, the Fit India Movement, is a separate campaign of the same ministry promoting physical fitness. Option C names a scheme of the sports side of the ministry for identifying and training young athletes, which is close in spirit but not the campaign described here. Option D, Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat, is the initiative under which cultural exchanges between paired states are organised, so it belongs to a different programme altogether. The campaign in the correct option is the one the minister tied directly to the convention.

The correct answer is Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, who addressed the convention and asked young people to become ambassadors of a developed India. Option A is wrong because the convention was an event of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, not of the Ministry of Education, even though students who cleared the engineering entrance were felicitated. Option C names the Minister of State with independent charge for Youth Welfare and Sports in the Government of Uttar Pradesh, who attended but is a state minister and not a Union Minister. Option D names the Secretary of the Department of Youth Affairs, a civil servant who was present at the event rather than a minister addressing it.