National Voluntary Blood Donation Day is observed in India on which date every year?

The correct answer is "One Drop of Humanity. Give Blood. Save Lives." The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare set this theme for the observance, and officials explained that it points to the humanitarian spirit behind donation and calls on eligible citizens, particularly the young, to come forward. The other three options read like donation slogans and are placed to test whether the exact wording has been noted, because a theme question is usually answered word for word. At the same observance it was said that about 75 per cent of the blood collected in the country now comes from voluntary donors, that the e-RaktKosh portal is used for donor registration and monitoring, and that Lady Hardinge Medical College provides free treatment and transfusion support to about 700 registered thalassemia patients, among the largest such services in a government hospital.

The correct answer is Mizoram. State Blood Transfusion Councils were felicitated at the national observance for their record in blood collection, and among the North-Eastern States, Mizoram stood first with Sikkim in the second position. Option A, Sikkim, is therefore the closest wrong answer, since it took second place in the same group and a hurried reading can swap the two. Options C and D, Assam and Manipur, are also North-Eastern States but were not among those placed first or second in this group. For the full picture, remember the other two groups as well: Chandigarh came first among the Union Territories with Delhi second, while among the remaining States Haryana was first, Uttarakhand second and Punjab third. Organisations honoured on the occasion included Thalassaemics India, All India Radio and the Indian Red Cross Society.

The correct answer is five. The ministry exchanged agreements with Airbnb India for homestay development and host skilling, with FlixBus India for destination promotion and responsible travel through intercity mobility, with Glance Digital Experience of the InMobi Group for digital tourism content and responsible visitor messaging, with Eicher Group Foundation for community-led heritage tourism in the Himalayan region, and with MakeMyTrip for promoting unexplored villages and authentic local shopping. All five are described as non-commercial, non-financial, non-binding and non-exclusive, so no money changes hands under them. Options A, B and D do not match the count of partnerships announced. The same event also saw a television campaign on Swachhta at pilgrimage and heritage sites and the release of India Tourism Statistics 2026. Aspirants should note the count together with the sector each partner covers, since a question may ask which company was tied to homestays, to intercity buses or to Himalayan heritage tourism.

The correct answer is Digital Agenda and Artificial Intelligence to Redesign Tourism. India marked the day at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, and the keynote on this theme was given by Dr Vivek Raghavan, Co-Founder of Sarvam AI, who described how technology can reshape every stage of travel, from discovering a destination to booking and sharing the experience. Options A, C and D name themes of other observances and years and were not the subject of this year's programme. The choice of theme explains why the two launches of the day were digital in character: the National Digital Tourism Stack, a shared digital layer for the sector, and a mission to redistribute demand using data and online promotion. Tourism Secretary Bhuvnesh Kumar linked the theme to India's record with Digital Public Infrastructure.

The correct answer is ONDC, the Open Network for Digital Commerce, with support from the International Centre for DPI Innovation and Advancement. The stack is meant to make India's tourism offerings easier to find, reach and trust: providers will be able to list themselves across participating platforms, backed by verified identities and supplier credentials, search and discovery, payments, ratings and a grievance redressal route. Options A, C and D are other digital public platforms, for payments, government procurement and document storage respectively, and none of them was named as the collaborating platform for this stack. The programme will be built with States, Union Territories and industry, and will be rolled out in phases with a pilot planned for January 2027, a date worth noting for the examination.