NMDC has commissioned a 2 MTPA pellet plant at Nagarnar. In which state is Nagarnar located?

The correct answer is the Secretary, Ministry of Steel. The Steel Industry Safety Council is being created as an apex body for the whole steel industry, with the mandate of strengthening safety standards, preventing accidents and building a safety culture, and the Secretary of the ministry will head it. The technical work will fall to a separate Steel Industry Safety Directorate, which will conduct safety audits, investigate serious incidents and issue safety standards suited to Indian conditions, covering iron and steel producers as well as the mines of central public sector enterprises. Option A names the political head of the ministry, who has not been given this charge. Option B names the head of a single producer, which cannot preside over a body that oversees the entire industry. Option D names the mining company that commissioned the Nagarnar pellet plant, a different item in the same review.

The correct answer is 101. Under the Green Steel Initiative of the Ministry of Steel, Green Steel Certificates have been issued to 101 distinct producers across the lists brought out up to September 2026. The certification spans TMT bars, hot rolled and cold rolled coils, plates, wire rods, pipes and other steel products, and a large majority of the certified products have earned a five star rating, which the ministry treats as a sign that lower emission steelmaking is spreading through the industry. The other three options are near figures of the kind a paper setter uses to check whether the exact number has been learnt. Aspirants should link this with the second green item in the same review, the Centre of Excellence for green hydrogen research that Jadavpur University is setting up with SAIL, DVC and HURL at a cost of Rs 8.18 crore.

The correct answer is Bharat Coking Coal Limited. The agreement covers the joint development and operation of two blocks in West Bengal, the Indikatta Ramnagore coal block held by SAIL and the East of Damagoria or Kalyaneshwari block held by BCCL. Both are central public sector enterprises, and the tie up is meant to deepen cooperation between them and widen domestic sources of coking coal, which Indian steel plants otherwise import in large quantity. Option A names the parent coal producer, not the partner named in this memorandum. Option C names the iron ore miner that commissioned the pellet plant at Nagarnar in the same review, so it is a distractor drawn from a neighbouring item. Option D, Damodar Valley Corporation, does appear in the review, but in the green hydrogen Centre of Excellence with Jadavpur University, SAIL and HURL, not in this coal block agreement.

The correct answer is Section 166(2). The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs pointed to this provision of the Companies Act, 2013 to argue that the law itself recognises that a company works within society and owes responsibility to its workers, the community and the environment, and not only to its shareholders. Options A, B and D name other provisions of the same Act and are plausible distractors, since questions on corporate social responsibility often turn on the section cited. The address also traced how the framework has grown, from the early comply or explain phase through the amendments of 2019 to the Rules of 2021, which brought in the Unspent CSR Account, projects spread over several years, certification of the use of funds and impact assessment. Spending has risen from about Rs 10,000 crore in the first year of the mandate to nearly Rs 35,000 crore in 2023-24.

The correct answer is Ram Nath Kovind. The observance of CSR Day draws on a suggestion he made as President of India at the National CSR Awards in 2019, that 2 October be set apart for corporate social responsibility. The choice of date links the observance with the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and with his idea of trusteeship, which the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs treats as the foundation of corporate responsibility in the country. Option A names a President who held office before him and option C one who held office earlier still, while option D names the President in office at present. None of them is connected with this suggestion. The institute has observed CSR Day three times so far, the latest observance serving as the curtain raiser to NCCSR 2026 in New Delhi. Only option B is correct.