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In how many Indian languages is the PANCHAM communication platform available?

  1. A.11
  2. B.13
  3. C.17
  4. D.22

Correct answer

C. 17

Explanation

The correct answer is 17. PANCHAM is described in the Cabinet decision as an artificial-intelligence enabled, multilingual, two-way communication platform working in seventeen Indian languages, and the scheme will use it to explain central programmes to villagers in language they actually speak. Option D is the number of languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, a figure so familiar that candidates often reach for it by reflex when a question mentions Indian languages; that is precisely the trap here. Option A and option B are lower counts not connected with this platform. The two-way design is as examinable as the number, because it means villagers can respond and not merely receive messages, which is what makes the platform useful for Gram Sabha discussions rather than being a simple broadcast channel.

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Q2.Government SchemesHard

PM VGSY is approved for a period that is co-terminus with the award period of which body?

  1. A.The 8th Central Pay Commission
  2. B.The Sixteenth Finance Commission
  3. C.The Fifteenth Finance Commission
  4. D.NITI Aayog's governing council
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Correct answer: B. The Sixteenth Finance Commission

The scheme has been sanctioned for the years from 2026-27 to 2030-31, and the Cabinet decision states plainly that this term is co-terminus with that commission's period.