India's first port-based e-methanol production facility is coming up at which port?

The correct answer is 2,300 crore rupees. The plant is being set up in two scalable phases: the first adds 50 tonnes a day at a cost of 1,200 crore rupees and is targeted for January 2027, while the second adds another 100 tonnes a day for 1,100 crore rupees by March 2027, taking the total to 2,300 crore rupees. Option A is only the first phase outlay, so it is incomplete. Option B is the value of the separate shipbuilding project of the port authority with Cochin Shipyard Limited at Vadinar. Option D confuses money with people, because the figure of 3,500 refers to the direct and indirect jobs the plant is expected to create. The capital is shared between the two partners in the ratio 76:24.

The correct answer is Assam Petro-Chemicals Limited, the Namrup-based company that has tied up with the Deendayal Port Authority for the project. Capital is shared between them in the ratio 76:24, the port authority contributing 567.32 crore rupees of equity along with 75 acres of land, desalinated water and renewable energy in the form of green hydrogen. Options B, C and D name other energy companies that have no role in this particular plant, so they are wrong. The venture was described as an example of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat because it brings Assam and Gujarat together, and the Union Minister noted that the Assam company is based in Namrup in his own Dibrugarh constituency. Aspirants should remember both partners and the state each belongs to.

The correct answer is idols of Plaster of Paris and those with harmful chemical colours. Participants at the programme were sensitised about the use of eco-friendly clay idols and were advised to avoid immersing idols made of Plaster of Paris, or carrying harmful chemical colours, in drinking water tanks. Option A is wrong because clay idols were precisely what the programme recommended, not what it warned against. Options C and D name materials that were not discussed at the programme at all. Beyond the choice of idol, people were encouraged to use the immersion sites designated for the purpose, to keep idols and puja samagri out of natural water bodies, and to maintain cleanliness and take safety precautions at immersion sites, since protecting water resources rests on collective responsibility and community participation.

The correct answer is Swachhata Hi Seva. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research organised its awareness and cleanliness initiatives at its institutions as part of these activities, with the focus placed on cleanliness after Ganesh Visarjan, clean public spaces and responsible waste management. Option A, Namami Gange, is the programme for the rejuvenation of the Ganga and was not named here. Option B, Mission LiFE, promotes environment-friendly lifestyles but is not the campaign under which these programmes were held. Option D, the Jal Jeevan Mission, is about household tap water supply and has nothing to do with this drive. Under the campaign, participants were sensitised about eco-friendly clay idols, the use of designated immersion sites and the proper collection and disposal of flowers, puja samagri, plastic, thermocol and decorative waste.

The correct answer is ICAR-NISA, Ranchi and ICAR-CIRCOT, Mumbai. At these two institutes, one in Jharkhand and the other in Maharashtra, biodegradable offerings such as flowers and other puja samagri were collected and segregated from the rest of the festival waste, and the compostable material was then processed at composting facilities to prepare organic manure. That turned waste generated during the immersion into a useful resource for the soil. Options A, C and D name other well-known institutes of the council, but none of them was reported as carrying out this composting work. The activity formed part of the wider Swachhata Hi Seva drive at ICAR institutions, which also covered awareness at a local Ganesh pandal, cleaning of the surrounding area and segregation of the garbage collected there.