In which year was the Deepotsav festival at Ayodhya first held?
- A.2014
- B.2017
- C.2019
- D.2021
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Explanation
The correct answer is 2017. The Vice-President traced the growth of Deepotsav from its inception in 2017, when a little more than 1.7 lakh lamps were lit at Ayodhya. The festival expanded steadily after that: the count passed 26 lakh lamps in 2025, and the tenth edition in 2026 planned more than 30 lakh diyas at Ram Ki Paidi and over 70 lakh across the city as a whole. Options A, C and D are wrong because none of those years was given as the starting point of the festival; a candidate who remembers only that the celebration is recent may pick one of them. The arithmetic also supports 2017 as the answer, since the edition held in 2026 was described as the tenth, which places the first edition nine years earlier. The pairing to memorise is the first edition in 2017 with over 1.7 lakh lamps.
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Practice Questions
Who inaugurated the Deepotsav 2026 celebrations at Ram Ki Paidi in Ayodhya?
- A.The President of India
- B.The Vice-President of India
- C.The Prime Minister
- D.The Governor of Uttar Pradesh
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C. P. Radhakrishnan, the Vice-President, inaugurated Deepotsav 2026 at Ram Ki Paidi in Ayodhya as the chief guest. He witnessed the lighting of the ghats, cultural presentations based on the Ramayana and musical fireworks, and performed the Saryu Aarti at Naya Ghat.
Read the full explanation →How many indigenous drones depicted scenes from the Ramayana at Deepotsav 2026?
- A.More than 1,100
- B.More than 2,100
- C.More than 3,500
- D.More than 900
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The Vice-President welcomed the innovative use of technology at the festival, singling out the more than 2,100 indigenous drones that staged scenes from the Ramayana in the sky, and the participation of around 1,000 artists in the cultural programmes.
Read the full explanation →EPFO, which conducted Special Campaign 6, functions under which Union ministry?
- A.Ministry of Finance
- B.Ministry of Labour and Employment
- C.Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
- D.Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
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The correct answer is Ministry of Labour and Employment, which issued the announcement on the conclusion of Special Campaign 6 by EPFO.
Read the full explanation →How many public grievances did EPFO dispose of during Special Campaign 6?
- A.2,05,000
- B.1,80,000
- C.2,36,021
- D.2,02,984
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That is the total number of public grievances EPFO disposed of during the campaign, against a target of 2,05,000, a performance 15.1 per cent above the mark.
Read the full explanation →Special Campaign 6, concluded in October 2026 for grievance disposal and records management, was run by which organisation?
- A.Employees State Insurance Corporation
- B.Employees Provident Fund Organization
- C.Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority
- D.National Pension System Trust
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EPFO, which works under the Ministry of Labour and Employment, concluded Special Campaign 6 conducted during October 2026, and said the drive reaffirmed its commitment to administrative efficiency, cleanliness, transparency and better public service delivery.
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