In which Union Territory was the five-day geriatric care training programme inaugurated?

The correct answer is the National Institute of Social Defence, which works under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and is running the course with the Office of the Collector, Diu, and the administration of the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. Its Senior Citizen Division is conducting the sessions through Course Coordinator Ms. Asha Sharma and Junior Consultant Ms. Ritu Dandriyal. Option B is a body that works in the field of child development and women, not elderly care training of this kind. Option C is a mental health and neurosciences institute, and option D works on educational planning, so neither is connected with this programme. Candidates should fix in mind that geriatric care and welfare of senior citizens fall under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, with the National Institute of Social Defence as its training arm.

The correct answer is the Pledge for Welfare of Senior Citizens, which Shri Sudhansh Pant, Secretary of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, administered to the trainees after the inaugural session. The other three pledges belong to different campaigns and were not taken at this programme, though each is familiar enough to tempt a candidate. The rest of the event is worth remembering with the pledge: Joint Secretaries Dr Sandeep R Rathod and Shri Sajeesh Kumar N and the Director of the National Institute of Social Defence, Shri Gaurav Singh Rajawat, attended, and the training is expected to leave a pool of about 50 trained and sensitised Anganwadi workers and other frontline functionaries in Diu district who can identify care needs early and arrange referral support.

The correct answer is more than Rs 274 crore, recommended in 9,085 cases over the 33 years since the Commission was established. The other three figures are close enough to be tempting but do not match the amount on record. Learn this number together with the rest of the cumulative account, because questions are set on all of them: the Commission has handled 24,33,716 cases in all, of which 3,100 were registered on its own motion, and it has issued 35 advisories on subjects ranging from the rights of widows and informal workers to the dignity of the dead. For the most recent year, from 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2026, it registered 54,673 complaints, held 80 spot enquiries, disposed of 53,733 cases and recommended relief in 157 cases.

The correct answer is Water as the Elixir of Life: Advancing Human Dignity through the Right to Water. The conference follows the Foundation Day function and has two technical sessions, one on the protection and restoration of water bodies and one on protecting drinking water sources so that access is safe and sustainable for all. Options B and C are themes of the two National Conferences the Commission organised during the previous year, so they are real but belong to earlier events. Option D was the subject of one of its Open House Discussions, again from the past year rather than the Foundation Day programme. Distinguishing the current theme from the Commission's earlier conferences is exactly the sort of trap a paper setter builds, so tie the right to water to the 33rd Foundation Day.

The correct answer is Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, who will address the function as chief guest. Option C names the Chairperson of the Commission, Justice V. Ramasubramanian, who will be present at the event along with Members Justice (Dr.) Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi, Smt. Vijaya Bharathi Sayani and Shri Priyank Kanoongo, and Secretary General Shri Piyush Goyal, but the host of a function is not its chief guest. Options A and D are not named for this programme at all, though the offices are senior enough to make the choices look reasonable. Candidates should link three names with this event: Justice Surya Kant as Chief Justice of India and chief guest, Justice V. Ramasubramanian as NHRC Chairperson, and Shri Piyush Goyal as Secretary General of the Commission.