The Vice-President paid tribute, on his death anniversary, to which former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu?

The correct answer is Vijay Ghat. On the birth anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri, both the Prime Minister and the Vice-President went to Vijay Ghat to lay flowers at the memorial of the former Prime Minister. Option A, Rajghat, is wrong because Rajghat is the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, and that is where the tributes of the day for the Father of the Nation were offered; the two memorials are distinct and candidates should not mix them up. Option C, Shanti Van, is wrong because it is a different memorial in the same stretch of Delhi and no tribute to Shastri was offered there on this occasion. Option D, Shakti Sthal, is wrong for the same reason, as it is another memorial site and did not figure in the tributes of the day. The pairing to memorise is simple: Mahatma Gandhi with Rajghat, and Lal Bahadur Shastri with Vijay Ghat.

The correct answer is buy at least one Khadi product. In his Gandhi Jayanti message the Prime Minister recalled the stress that Mahatma Gandhi laid on Swadeshi, with Khadi foremost among its symbols, and he urged every citizen to purchase at least one Khadi item on 2 October and to say with pride that it is Swadeshi. He added the hope that the timeless message of Bapu would continue to guide the country towards a better society and a Viksit Bharat. Option B is wrong because the appeal of the day was about Khadi and Swadeshi, not about a planting target. Option C is wrong because no appeal for a salary contribution was made on this occasion. Option D is wrong because it invents a step count that formed no part of the message. The fact worth remembering is the pairing of Gandhi Jayanti with the Khadi and Swadeshi appeal.

The correct answer is Mizoram. State Blood Transfusion Councils were felicitated at the national observance for their record in blood collection, and among the North-Eastern States, Mizoram stood first with Sikkim in the second position. Option A, Sikkim, is therefore the closest wrong answer, since it took second place in the same group and a hurried reading can swap the two. Options C and D, Assam and Manipur, are also North-Eastern States but were not among those placed first or second in this group. For the full picture, remember the other two groups as well: Chandigarh came first among the Union Territories with Delhi second, while among the remaining States Haryana was first, Uttarakhand second and Punjab third. Organisations honoured on the occasion included Thalassaemics India, All India Radio and the Indian Red Cross Society.

The correct answer is 1 October. The day is observed on this date every year to spread awareness about voluntary blood donation and to encourage healthy, eligible people to donate regularly and without payment. The national observance for the year was held at the Swarn Jayanti Auditorium of Lady Hardinge Medical College in New Delhi. Option B, 14 June, is a strong distractor because it marks the global observance for blood donors, not this national one, so read the question carefully to see whether the national or the world day is being asked. Option C, 1 December, is associated with a different health observance altogether. Option D, 7 April, marks the day of global health and is again a separate occasion. Keep the national day and the world day apart in memory, and remember this year’s theme, "One Drop of Humanity. Give Blood. Save Lives."

The correct answer is "One Drop of Humanity. Give Blood. Save Lives." The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare set this theme for the observance, and officials explained that it points to the humanitarian spirit behind donation and calls on eligible citizens, particularly the young, to come forward. The other three options read like donation slogans and are placed to test whether the exact wording has been noted, because a theme question is usually answered word for word. At the same observance it was said that about 75 per cent of the blood collected in the country now comes from voluntary donors, that the e-RaktKosh portal is used for donor registration and monitoring, and that Lady Hardinge Medical College provides free treatment and transfusion support to about 700 registered thalassemia patients, among the largest such services in a government hospital.