The All India Institute of Ayurveda is an autonomous institution under which Union Ministry?
- A.The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- B.The Ministry of Ayush
- C.The Ministry of Science and Technology
- D.The Ministry of Education
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Explanation
The correct answer is the Ministry of Ayush. The All India Institute of Ayurveda in New Delhi is an autonomous institution under this Ministry, and it works on Ayurveda through education, research, clinical services and public health initiatives. The link was visible at the workshop as well, where the Advisor to the Ministry of Ayush was the chief guest and the Director of the institute presided. Option A, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, is the strongest distractor, since it handles mainstream health administration; traditional systems of medicine were placed under a separate ministry precisely so that they would have their own institutional home. Option C, the Ministry of Science and Technology, is wrong, although a scientist from a laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research took part in the workshop. Option D, the Ministry of Education, is wrong as well, even though the institute teaches.
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Practice Questions
In which district did the All India Institute of Ayurveda conduct its community-based Ayurveda programme for elderly people?
- A.Gurugram, Haryana
- B.Faridabad, Haryana
- C.Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
- D.Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh
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The project was titled "Community-Based Ayurveda Intervention for Promotion of Physical and Mental Health in Elderly Population of Faridabad District, Haryana State", and under the institute’s Public Health Initiative it screened 5,594 people in the sixty to eighty year age group there over three months.
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- A.From 292.0 to 326.3
- B.From 277.4 to 364.2
- C.From 326.3 to 364.2
- D.From 292.0 to 277.4
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In the first component of the project a sixty-day intervention raised the total score on the World Health Organization Quality of Life assessment by that margin, and improvements were also recorded in all six parameters used to assess Agnibala, along with a gain in bone mineral density.
Read the full explanation →In the initial assessment of the elderly participants, what proportion was found to have vision-related problems?
- A.43.05 per cent
- B.6.85 per cent
- C.67.73 per cent
- D.92.12 per cent
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The first assessment of the participants identified vision-related problems in that share of them, making it the commonest of the difficulties recorded.
Read the full explanation →ESTIC-2026, held at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, is organised by which body?
- A.ISRO
- B.DRDO
- C.CSIR
- D.ICMR
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It is organising the second edition of the Emerging Science, Technology and Innovation Conclave, ESTIC-2026, from 27 to 29 October 2026 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, on the theme Creative Minds, Catalyzing Science, Empowering Technologies.
Read the full explanation →Which institute hosts India first integrated CCUS Field Laboratory?
- A.IIT Delhi
- B.IIT Bombay
- C.IIT Madras
- D.IISc Bengaluru
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The first integrated CCUS Field Laboratory was inaugurated there in May 2026 and brings capture, utilisation and permanent geological storage together on one pilot scale platform.
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