The number of universities in India has grown from about 750 in 2014 to more than how many today?

The correct answer is 1975. The institution started that year as a single small school in the West Mambalam locality of Chennai, with only seven children on its rolls, no permanent building and very limited resources. Because it began in 1975, the school completed fifty years in 2026, which is why its golden jubilee was celebrated on 11 October 2026 with the Prime Minister present. From that one school the trust has grown into a group of 15 institutions spread across different parts of Tamil Nadu. Option A, 1965, and option B, 1970, are both too early and would place the golden jubilee well before the event that was actually held. Option D, 1980, is too late: a school founded then would complete fifty years only later in the decade and not in 2026. Candidates should link the founding year to the jubilee year, since paper setters often test the pair together.

The correct answer is 52. The Prime Minister said that in the QS Rankings of 2015 only 14 universities from India found a place, and that the latest edition of those rankings carries 52 Indian names. He offered the jump as evidence that the new education policy is lifting the quality of teaching and that institutions in the country are winning wider global recognition, which in turn leaves students with more institutions, more choices and more opportunities. Options A, B and C, namely 28, 36 and 44, are plausible looking intermediate numbers but none of them was the count given for the latest rankings. Aspirants should memorise this as a before and after pair, 14 in 2015 against 52 now, because questions on reports and rankings are usually framed around exactly such a comparison rather than a single year.

The correct answer is the Commonwealth Games. At the Chennai jubilee the Prime Minister said India is preparing to host the Commonwealth Games of 2030, and that alongside it the country is carrying forward the dream of hosting the Olympics in 2036. He set this in the context of sport being built up as a career, with new sporting facilities and better training and support reaching young athletes, which he said is raising India's standing in world sport. Option C, the Summer Olympic Games, is the event tied to 2036 rather than 2030, so pairing it with the earlier year is the trap in this question. Option D, the Winter Olympic Games, was not mentioned at all. Option A, the Asian Games, is a continental event and no Indian hosting year for it was announced here. Hosting the Olympics also appeared among the resolutions he repeated with the students, along with a developed India by 2047, a top three economy and an Indian on the Moon.

The correct answer is 'Waste to Wealth'. In its campaign work the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare has made electronic waste a priority area, collecting it, segregating it scientifically and disposing of it responsibly in keeping with the E-Waste (Management) Rules, and it frames that effort through the Waste to Wealth idea of turning discarded material into something useful. Option B, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, is a familiar general principle of waste handling but is not the phrase used for this initiative. Option C, a Zero Landfill Mission, and option D, Clean to Green, are invented labels that sound plausible but were not part of the department's stated approach. Candidates should pair the term with the rules cited for e-waste handling, since questions on such campaigns usually test the exact phrase along with the legal instrument behind it.

The correct answer is the Ministry of Defence. The Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, abbreviated DESW, is a department of that ministry and is responsible for the welfare of former service personnel and their families, which is why the faster disposal of grievances and Parliamentary assurances under the campaign matters to veterans and pensioners. Option A, the Ministry of Home Affairs, handles internal security and the central armed police forces, not ex-servicemen welfare. Option C, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, works on welfare for socially disadvantaged groups. Option D, the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, deals with civil service administration and the pensions of civilian government employees, and although it is closely associated with pendency reduction drives in general, the department named in this instance is squarely under Defence.