The Yuva Sangam Phase VII delegates from Uttarakhand interacted with the Governor of West Bengal. Who is he?

The correct answer is Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat. Yuva Sangam is the youth exchange carried out under that programme, and its seventh phase is being implemented by the Department of Higher Education in the Ministry of Education with the aim of strengthening national integration and building contact between young people from different regions. Participants come from twenty paired States and Union Territories and are shown the cultural traditions, educational institutions, innovation ecosystems and development work of the state they are matched with. Option B is wrong because that scheme funds higher education in the states rather than organising youth exchanges. Option C is wrong because the abhiyan named there connects institutions with village development work and is a separate initiative. Option D is wrong because that programme is aimed at bringing foreign students to Indian institutions, which is not what Yuva Sangam does.

The correct answer is West Bengal. The delegation from Uttarakhand, for which Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University is the nodal institute, travelled to West Bengal and is being hosted there by IIT Kharagpur. The group was welcomed at the start of the tour, called on the Governor of the host state, and went on to see riverside landmarks in Kolkata as part of its cultural itinerary. Option A, Odisha, is wrong because that state is not the one paired with Uttarakhand in this phase of the exchange. Option C, Assam, is wrong for the same reason, as the host institute named for the visit lies in West Bengal. Option D, Tamil Nadu, is also wrong: the delegates’ programme was built around the traditions, institutions and landmarks of West Bengal and not of a southern state.

The correct answer is IIT Kharagpur, which is hosting the visiting group and arranging its exposure to the cultural, spiritual and educational life of the host state. On the Uttarakhand side, the nodal institute for the delegation is Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, so the two institutions together anchor this pairing. Option A, Jadavpur University, is wrong because the release names the institute of national importance at Kharagpur as the host for this delegation. Option B, Visva-Bharati University, is wrong for the same reason, although it too is located in the host state. Option D, Presidency University, is wrong as well. Routing delegations through such institutes is deliberate, since it lets the academic exchange run alongside the cultural programme that Yuva Sangam is built around.

The correct answer is the SATHI portal, which stands for Seed Authentication, Traceability and Holistic Inventory. It follows the seed through its life cycle across generations by automating the supply chain from seed production to certification and sale, so that farmers receive seed of verified quality. Option B is wrong because Krishi Mapper is a mobile application used for geo-fencing, land geo-tagging and real-time tracking of seed variety demonstrations and yields, not for seed certification records. Option C is wrong because Vistaar, like e-Samriddhi, is a verification platform meant for direct payments, live market data and price stability rather than seed traceability. Option D is wrong for the same reason. Remember SATHI with seed, Krishi Mapper with geo-tagging, and e-Samriddhi and Vistaar with payments and market information.

The correct answer is NCCF and NAFED, that is the National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India Limited and the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited. Under the Mission they may buy the whole quantity of Tur, Masur and Urad offered by willing and registered farmers for four years, from 2025-26 to 2028-29, which gives growers an assured market at the Minimum Support Price. Option A is wrong because the Food Corporation of India and the Central Warehousing Corporation are not named as the procuring agencies for this Mission. Option C is wrong because NABARD is a development bank for agriculture and rural credit rather than a buyer of pulses. Option D is wrong because APEDA deals with export promotion of farm produce. Only option B names the two cooperative federations placed in charge of assured purchase.