PRASHAST, in the news in October 2026, is a tool used for which purpose?

The correct answer is more than 60,000 schools, with participation expected to grow further during the month. The other options are wrong because they alter the figure, and a candidate should keep this number apart from the second reach figure in the same news, namely the more than seventy-two lakh teachers already sensitised through the dedicated module over the preceding three months. The two numbers measure different things: one counts institutions that screened the film on a single day, the other counts individual teachers covered by a continuing exercise. It is also worth remembering that the module itself runs for thirty minutes, is offered in twelve Indian languages, and is aimed not only at teachers but at every adult a child encounters in school, from the head of the institution to drivers and clerical staff.

The correct answer is the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. The conditions listed in that law define the scope of the PRASHAST checklist, which is how a classroom observation becomes a formal referral for assessment. Option A, the Right to Education Act, is wrong for this question even though it governs free and compulsory elementary schooling and is the usual first guess in a school-related question. Option C, the Juvenile Justice Act, is wrong because it deals with children in need of care and protection and children in conflict with law, not with disability screening in schools. Option D, the Mental Healthcare Act, is wrong as well; it concerns mental health care and rights of persons with mental illness rather than school-level identification. The department ties this work to the National Education Policy and to the disability law together.

The correct answer is 67,933 Panchayats across 697 districts. District-level TB Mukt Panchayats were felicitated at the event, and the Health Minister described the achievement as a measure of what community participation and local leadership can do, crediting health workers, elected representatives, Panchayati Raj institutions and volunteers for the result. Options A, C and D are wrong because each alters either the number of Panchayats or the number of districts, and the two parts of this fact are usually asked together. A related number to keep separate is the total count of districts in the country that joined the national launch virtually, which is higher than the number of districts with TB Mukt Panchayats. Candidates should also note that this recognition sits within the TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan, the campaign under which the JOSH Teams themselves were launched.

The correct answer is 21 per cent. Quoting the latest World Health Organization report, the Union Health Minister said tuberculosis incidence in India has come down by twenty-one per cent, which is well ahead of the global decline. Option A, twelve per cent, is wrong as the answer to this question, but it is worth remembering separately because that is the figure for the global decline over the same period, and the pairing of the two numbers is the most likely question in an examination. Option B, eighteen per cent, is wrong and is simply a plausible value between the two real ones. Option D, thirty-two per cent, overstates the achievement and is wrong. The companion figures to hold in mind are treatment coverage, which has risen to ninety-two per cent in India against seventy-eight per cent worldwide, and the goal of elimination by the year 2030 that India hopes to reach early.

The correct answer is five MY Bharat volunteers and five NCC cadets led by a Class-I officer. The design is deliberate: MY Bharat gives the platform for youth participation, the National Cadet Corps supplies discipline and reach, and a designated Class-I officer at the block or ward level provides official backing for the team's work. Option A is wrong because the teams are not made only of MY Bharat volunteers, and a doctor is not named as the leader. Option C is wrong, since ASHA workers and the National Service Scheme are not the two streams named for these squads, although health workers and volunteers of many kinds support the wider campaign. Option D is wrong on both counts, as the split is equal between the two streams and a district magistrate is not designated as the team leader. Note too that the Ministry of Defence is a partner precisely because NCC cadets are involved.