The National Commission for Safai Karamcharis comes under which ministry?

The correct answer is Bhagwat Prasad Makwana. The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment appointed him Chairperson of the Commission, and the release sets out his background: a Master's degree in Economics, long experience in social work for Scheduled Caste communities, earlier service as Vice-Chairman and then Chairman of the Safai Karamchari Commission under the Government of Uttarakhand, a term as an Independent Director on the Board of NHPC, and membership of the Central Monitoring Committee constituted under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. Every wrong option here names someone appointed in the same order but to a different post. Kaishab Bihari in option A is the Vice-Chairperson, while option C and option D name two of the three Members. That is precisely how such questions are framed, so learn the post beside each name rather than the list of names alone.

The correct answer is 31 March 2028. The release states that the appointments will be effective up to that date, which corresponds to the remaining tenure of the present Commission. This is an important point of principle and not just a date to memorise: the new Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Members do not begin a fresh full term of their own but serve out the unexpired part of the Commission's existing tenure. Options B, C and D are plausible-looking dates that do not appear in the release. A related detail worth carrying is the composition: one Chairperson, one Vice-Chairperson and three Members were appointed in the same order, namely Bhagwat Prasad Makwana, Kaishab Bihari, Manoj Kumar Balmiki, Sushma Gaudiyal and Ravi Ramu Kalose. The appointments were made by the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment.

The correct answer is the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. The release records that Bhagwat Prasad Makwana served as a Member of the Central Monitoring Committee constituted under that Act, before his appointment as Chairperson of the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis. Option C names the earlier statute on the same subject, which the 2013 Act replaced, and it is therefore the most difficult distractor to reject. Options A and D are genuine laws protecting the Scheduled Castes but deal with untouchability offences and atrocities rather than manual scavenging, so neither is named here. Carry the Chairperson's other credentials with this: a Master's degree in Economics, earlier terms as Vice-Chairman and Chairman of the Uttarakhand Safai Karamchari Commission, and a stint as an Independent Director on the NHPC Board.

The correct answer is the Universal Postal Union. The release states plainly that the APPU works as a Regional Union of the UPU, which is the United Nations specialised agency for the postal sector. Option C, the International Telecommunication Union, is the trap worth naming: it is also a United Nations specialised agency and it also sits in the communications field, but it covers telecommunications and radio spectrum rather than posts. Option A deals with international trade rules and option D is a regional development bank, so neither belongs here. Carry the whole chain in memory, because questions are often set at one link of it: the United Nations, then the Universal Postal Union as its postal agency, then the Asian-Pacific Postal Union as a regional union of 32 member countries headquartered in Bangkok, and then Dr Vinaya Prakash Singh as its Secretary-General.

The correct answer is Bangkok. The release describes the Asian-Pacific Postal Union as an inter-governmental organisation headquartered in Bangkok with 32 member countries, and it was in Bangkok that the 14th Congress met on 4 September 2026 and re-elected its Secretary-General. Option A is the strongest distractor for anyone who has studied international organisations, because Bern is the seat of the Universal Postal Union, the United Nations specialised agency of which the APPU is a Regional Union. Keep the two cities apart: Bern for the global body, Bangkok for the Asia-Pacific regional one. Options B and D are not mentioned in the release. Remember the membership figure of 32 as well, since it is the kind of small, checkable number that examiners like to place against an organisation's name.