In which year was Dinamalar founded?

The correct answer is Dinamalar. The release records that the Vice President released a commemorative postage stamp in Chennai marking the 75th year of Dinamalar, and that the function itself was held to mark the paper's 75th year of publication along with the release of the stamp. Options A, C and D name other well-established newspapers of south India, and a candidate who remembers only that a Tamil newspaper was honoured may pick any of them, which is precisely how such distractors work. Two further details from the same release make the item safer to hold in memory. The newspaper was founded in 1951 with the resolve to serve as a touchstone of truth, and its founder was T. V. Ramasubbaiyer, whose contribution the Vice President recalled. The Vice President also praised the paper's 7-decade-long journey of upholding truth, patriotism and public service, and appreciated its Pattam publication meant for school students.

The correct answer is Pattam. The release states that the Vice President stressed the importance of nurturing the next generation and appreciated Dinamalar's efforts through its Pattam publication, which brings knowledge on general awareness, language skills and scientific innovations to school students. Options B, C and D are names that sound like children's or students' magazines, and one of them is a well-known children's title, which makes them natural distractors for a candidate who recalls only that a students' publication was praised. The wider content of the address is worth revising along with this: a newspaper earns and keeps the trust of readers only when it stands firm against pressure and upholds higher values such as patriotism and public service without fear, and Dinamalar's work over the past 75 years has built such a bond with its readers. The Vice President wished the paper continued growth and asked it to serve the nation and society for many more decades.

The correct answer is four. The Commission's note recalls that Section 14 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 was amended by the Election Laws (Amendment) Act of 2021, and that the amendment provides four qualifying dates in a year on which a citizen may be enrolled as a voter. Before this change a single qualifying date governed enrolment, which is what option A describes and which is now out of date. Options B and D give numbers the law does not use. The practical effect is that a young citizen who turns eighteen need not wait a full year for the roll to open. The Commission also notes that the rolls keep getting updated until the last date of filing nominations, for applications received up to ten days before that date, so the roll is not frozen the moment the election is announced.

The correct answer is West Bengal. The Commission's list places Nandigram along with Rejinagar in West Bengal, both vacant because the sitting members resigned. Option A names Assam, which appears on the list but with a parliamentary constituency, Nagaon, not an Assembly seat. Option B names Tamil Nadu, which contributes two reserved Assembly seats to this round, Madurantakam and Dharapuram, both Scheduled Caste constituencies. Option C names Puducherry, a Union Territory with a legislature, which contributes the single seat of Thattanchavady. Map the six seats to their four units of the Union while revising, because a question may equally ask how many States and Union Territories are involved. The answer to that would be three States, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Assam, and one Union Territory, Puducherry.

The correct answer is 6 October 2026, the date of poll in the schedule annexed to the Commission's announcement. The other three options are all real dates from the same schedule, which is exactly why this question separates the candidate who read the calendar from the one who only glanced at it. Option A is the last date for making nominations. Option B is the last date for the withdrawal of candidatures, which falls two days after the scrutiny of nominations. Option D is the date of counting of votes, which comes three days after the poll. One more date completes the sequence: the gazette notification is issued on 9 September 2026 and the whole election has to be completed before 11 October 2026. Learn the chain in order, notification, nomination, scrutiny, withdrawal, poll, counting, because examiners like to ask for one link out of it.