The awareness programme at Mandsaur was a follow-up to the memorandum of understanding signed by the CBN with which organisation?
- A.Brahma Kumaris
- B.Ramakrishna Mission
- C.Bharat Scouts and Guides
- D.Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan
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Explanation
The correct answer is the Brahma Kumaris. The bureau has signed a memorandum of understanding with this organisation, and the awareness programme held at Mandsaur was organised as a follow-up to it. About fifty opium cultivators and forty officers of the bureau attended that sitting, where participants were made aware of the harmful effects of drug abuse and of the part they can play in making the country drug-free; it ended with the Nasha Mukt Bharat anti-drug pledge. Options B, C and D name well-known organisations that work with young people and communities, but none of them was named as the partner in this programme. Mandsaur, along with Neemuch, is also where the bureau held its Jan Sunwayi hearings for cultivators, which more than 450 of them attended.
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Practice Questions
Under which mission did the Central Bureau of Narcotics hold the anti-drug awareness programme for students at Jaora?
- A.Mission Yuva Shakti
- B.Mission Yuva Raksha
- C.Mission Nasha Mukti
- D.Mission Suraksha Chakra
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This is the outreach under which the bureau sensitises students and young people about the harmful effects of drug abuse, the measures that prevent it, and the part the young can play in building a drug-free society.
Read the full explanation →How many opium cultivators took part in the Jan Sunwayi programmes held at Neemuch and Mandsaur?
- A.More than 150
- B.More than 250
- C.More than 450
- D.More than 650
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The bureau held Jan Sunwayi, or public hearing, programmes at Neemuch and Mandsaur so that the grievances of opium cultivators could be redressed promptly and without their having to travel far, and more than 450 cultivators took part in the two sittings taken together.
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- A.National Overseas Scholarship
- B.Top Class Education Scholarship
- C.Pre-Matric Scholarship for Scheduled Castes
- D.Babu Jagjivan Ram Chhatrawas Yojana
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Read the full explanation →The National Fellowship for Scheduled Caste Students (NFSC) provides which combination of support to a research scholar?
- A.Only a monthly fellowship amount
- B.Fellowship, House Rent Allowance and a contingency grant
- C.A one-time research grant and a laptop
- D.Tuition fee waiver and hostel accommodation
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- A.National Mission for Safe Toilets and Sanitation
- B.National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem
- C.National Agency for Municipal Sanitation and Training
- D.National Assistance for Manual Scavengers and Their Employment
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