How much revenue had Special Swachhata Campaign 6.0 earned from scrap disposal as on 19 October 2026?
- A.Rs 304.72 crore
- B.Rs 425.06 crore
- C.Rs 491.28 crore
- D.Rs 113.12 crore
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Explanation
The correct answer is Rs 491.28 crore. That is the amount earned through the disposal of scrap under Special Swachhata Campaign 6.0 up to 19 October 2026, as reported at the mid-campaign review taken by Dr Jitendra Singh. Option A, Rs 304.72 crore, is the figure for the corresponding period of Special Campaign 5.0 a year earlier, and the comparison between the two gives the 1.61-fold rise mentioned in the review. Option B, Rs 425.06 crore, is the contribution of a single ministry, the Ministry of Railways, which earned the most from scrap in this edition, so it is a part of the total rather than the total itself. Option D repeats a figure that belongs to office space freed in the earlier campaign, measured in lakh square feet and not in crore of rupees. Candidates should keep the whole set of figures separate.
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Practice Questions
Which department reported the highest number of cleanliness campaign sites under Special Campaign 6.0?
- A.Department of School Education and Literacy
- B.Department of Personnel and Training
- C.Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances
- D.Department of Biotechnology
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The correct answer is the Department of School Education and Literacy, which reported 4,15,353 cleanliness campaign sites as on 19 October 2026, the largest single contribution to the overall figure of 8,34,509 sites.
Read the full explanation →Special Swachhata Campaign 6.0 is being implemented during which period in 2026?
- A.2 September to 30 September
- B.2 October to 31 October
- C.16 September to 30 September
- D.1 November to 30 November
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The implementation phase of Special Swachhata Campaign 6.0 runs through that month, and the figures reviewed by Dr Jitendra Singh were those recorded up to 19 October 2026, roughly the midpoint of the drive.
Read the full explanation →Who is the chairperson of the BIS Sowa-Rigpa Sectional Committee and founding director of the National Institute of Sowa-Rigpa?
- A.Dr Padma Gurmet
- B.Shrishti Dixit
- C.Vaidya Jayant Deopujari
- D.Dr Arjun Singh
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The correct answer is Dr Padma Gurmet, a Padma Shri awardee who chairs the Sowa-Rigpa Sectional Committee of the Bureau of Indian Standards and founded the National Institute of Sowa-Rigpa at Leh.
Read the full explanation →The 5th Sowa-Rigpa Sectional Committee meeting of BIS was held at which place?
- A.Belagavi, Karnataka
- B.Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh
- C.Leh, Ladakh
- D.Gangtok, Sikkim
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The meeting, with a brainstorming session alongside it, was held at the National Institute of Sowa-Rigpa in Leh, which sits in the Union Territory of Ladakh and is the natural home for work on this system, since Sowa-Rigpa is the traditional medicine of the Himalayan belt.
Read the full explanation →PRAGATI 2026, the national seminar on standardisation in Ayurveda and Yoga, was organised by which body?
- A.Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
- B.Bureau of Indian Standards
- C.National Medical Commission
- D.Quality Council of India
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BIS is the national standards body of India, responsible for standardisation and conformity assessment, and its AYUSH department organised the seminar at Belagavi in Karnataka as well as a parallel session on Sowa-Rigpa at Leh.
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