The Shilp Samagam Mela 2026 that began on 21 October is being held in which city?
- A.Mysuru
- B.Guwahati
- C.Bhubaneswar
- D.Patna
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Explanation
The correct answer is Guwahati, the capital of Assam, where the eight-day fair opened at Farm Gate in Khanapara and will run until the twenty-eighth of the month. Option A names Mysuru, which is a tempting choice because the first edition of the series this year was indeed held there, at the Dasara Exhibition Ground in Karnataka, but that fair had already closed on the nineteenth after nine days. Options C and D name Bhubaneswar and Patna, neither of which hosted an edition described here. Candidates should keep the pair of cities straight, since a question may test either leg: Mysuru for the edition that ended and Guwahati for the one that has just begun, with the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment as the organiser in both cases and artisans from the North-Eastern states joining the second one.
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Practice Questions
How many artisans are participating in the Guwahati edition of the Shilp Samagam Mela 2026, and how many of them are women?
- A.60 artisans, including 25 women
- B.75 artisans, including 31 women
- C.90 artisans, including 45 women
- D.120 artisans, including 50 women
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The ministry put the participation at that level for the Guwahati leg, and between them the craftspeople are showing about forty varieties of handloom and handicraft products, drawn from the North-Eastern states as well as other regions of the country.
Read the full explanation →BHARAT-TULIP, promoted at the Shilp Samagam Mela, stands for which programme?
- A.Traditional Artisans' Upliftment Livelihood Programme
- B.Tribal Urban Linkage and Investment Programme
- C.Textile Units and Local Industry Promotion
- D.Training for Urban Livelihoods in Production
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It is an initiative of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment aimed at selling the goods made by artisans of the target groups, namely the Scheduled Castes, the Other Backward Classes, Safai Mitras and Denotified Tribes, through physical outlets as well as e-commerce platforms, so that a craftsperson reaches…
Read the full explanation →What is the National De-Addiction Helpline number mentioned in connection with the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan?
- A.1800
- B.14416
- C.14446
- D.15100
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This is the National De-Addiction Helpline, and it gives individuals and families a way to seek information and assistance on substance-use concerns, which fits the campaign's emphasis on making help easier to reach and on reducing the stigma that keeps people from asking for it.
Read the full explanation →By which date did Union Home Minister Amit Shah say the drug trade would be uprooted from India?
- A.31 December 2027
- B.15 August 2028
- C.31 December 2029
- D.15 August 2047
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The Union Home Minister stated this deadline while addressing the third National Conference of Anti-Narcotics Task Force Heads of States and Union Territories in New Delhi in September, and he coupled it with a call for coordinated action, clear targets, accountability and the dismantling of drug networks.
Read the full explanation →How many vulnerable districts did the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan focus on when it was launched?
- A.112
- B.272
- C.372
- D.750
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The campaign began on 15 August 2020 with that many vulnerable districts, selected because substance use was found to be especially widespread in them, and it has since widened its reach to the country as a whole.
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