How many sight-restoring surgeries were performed at the mega eye camp held at Tangdhar under Operation Drishti?
- A.120
- B.180
- C.220
- D.320
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Explanation
The correct answer is 220. Surgeons of the Armed Forces Medical Services completed 220 sight-restoring surgeries during the two-day mega eye surgical camp at Tangdhar in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, held on 24 and 25 September 2026 under Operation Drishti. Most of these were cataract procedures, and the team also performed selected retinal procedures and minimally invasive glaucoma surgery. Options A, B and D are wrong because none of them matches the figure announced for this camp; they are placed as near-miss numbers of the kind that trip up a candidate who has read the item quickly. It is worth separating this figure from the totals for the whole series, where more than 3,500 surgeries have been performed across 10 cities and over 1.50 lakh patients have been screened.
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Practice Questions
The mega eye surgical camp at Tangdhar under Operation Drishti was held in which district of Jammu and Kashmir?
- A.Baramulla
- B.Kupwara
- C.Poonch
- D.Rajouri
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Tangdhar lies in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, a shelling-prone area close to the Line of Control, and the camp there had to be run from an underground operation theatre for that reason.
Read the full explanation →Who led the surgical team at the Tangdhar mega eye camp?
- A.Air Marshal Sandeep Thareja
- B.General Dhiraj Seth
- C.Brigadier Sanjay Kumar Mishra
- D.Manoj Sinha
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The correct answer is Brigadier Sanjay Kumar Mishra, Head of Ophthalmology at the Army Hospital (Research and Referral), Delhi Cantonment, whose team carried advanced phacoemulsification, vitreoretinal and glaucoma equipment across mountainous terrain to reach Tangdhar.
Read the full explanation →Approximately how many names of fallen heroes are inscribed in golden letters at the National War Memorial in New Delhi?
- A.16,000
- B.21,000
- C.26,000
- D.31,000
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Speaking in Sikkim, the Raksha Mantri recalled that the National War Memorial was established in New Delhi to honour the gallant soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice in the service of the nation, and said that approximately twenty six thousand names of the fallen have been inscribed there in golden…
Read the full explanation →Who is the Chief of the Army Staff who accompanied the Raksha Mantri to Sikkim for the Deepawali visit?
- A.General Dhiraj Seth
- B.Lieutenant General V M B Krishnan
- C.Lieutenant General Man Raj Singh Mann
- D.Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai
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The correct answer is General Dhiraj Seth, who is named as the Chief of the Army Staff accompanying the Raksha Mantri to the forward areas of Sikkim for the Deepawali celebration with the Trishakti Corps.
Read the full explanation →The Trishakti Corps, which the Raksha Mantri visited in Sikkim on Deepawali, is which Corps of the Indian Army?
- A.11 Corps
- B.22 Corps
- C.33 Corps
- D.44 Corps
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The Trishakti Corps is the designation of the Army's thirty-third Corps, and its soldiers are deployed in the forward areas of Sikkim, where the Raksha Mantri celebrated Deepawali with them.
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