Under the Swachh Shehar Jodi initiative, how many mentor and mentee cities have been paired?
- A.43 mentor and 150 mentee cities
- B.70 mentor and 191 mentee cities
- C.100 mentor and 200 mentee cities
- D.33 mentor and 70 mentee cities
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Explanation
The correct answer is 70 mentor and 191 mentee cities. Swachh Shehar Jodi links these cities across 33 States and Union Territories, and the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26 will also honour its best performers. Launched by Union Minister Manohar Lal on 27 September 2025, it was the first mentorship and peer-learning programme in urban waste management, and a memorandum of understanding was signed between every mentor and mentee city at the launch. The results show why the pairing matters: mentee cities moved from 48 per cent to 70 per cent on visible cleanliness and from 52 per cent to 74 per cent on door-to-door collection. 43 mentor and 150 mentee cities is wrong, as 43 is the number of indicators used in the survey, not of mentor cities. 100 mentor and 200 mentee cities is wrong, and 33 mentor and 70 mentee cities confuses the count of States and Union Territories with the mentor figure.
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Practice Questions
What is the theme of the 10th edition of Swachh Survekshan, whose awards for 2025-26 are to be conferred on 11 November 2026?
- A.'Swachhata Ki Nayi Pehel- Badhayein Haath, Karein Safai Saath'
- B.'Waste to Wealth'
- C.'Sampoorna Swachhata'
- D.'Garbage Free Cities'
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The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs said that the 10th edition of Swachh Survekshan has been completed on this theme, and that its awards will be conferred by President Droupadi Murmu at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on 11 November 2026.
Read the full explanation →Who will confer the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26, and where?
- A.The Prime Minister, at Bharat Mandapam
- B.The President, at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
- C.The Vice-President, at Rashtrapati Bhavan
- D.The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister, at Nirman Bhawan
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President Droupadi Murmu will confer the awards across various categories at a ceremony there on 11 November 2026, in the presence of Manohar Lal, Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs and Power, and Tokhan Sahu, Minister of State in the same ministry.
Read the full explanation →In Swachh Survekshan 2025-26, urban local bodies were assessed on how many indicators?
- A.28 indicators
- B.36 indicators
- C.43 indicators
- D.57 indicators
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In the 10th edition, urban local bodies were marked on 43 indicators grouped into 10 assessment areas, which included visible cleanliness, access to sanitation, solid waste management, the segregation, collection and transport of waste, used water management, mechanisation of desludging services, advocacy for Swachhata, institutional strengthening, the welfare of sanitation…
Read the full explanation →Who presented the PM Surya Ghar Excellence Award to the Ministry of Railways in November 2026?
- A.The President of India
- B.The Prime Minister
- C.The Vice-President of India
- D.The Union Minister of Railways
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The award went to the Ministry of Railways for topping the category of Maximum Buildings Solarized by Central Ministries and Departments under PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana.
Read the full explanation →How much rooftop solar capacity has the Ministry of Railways commissioned, and what was its target?
- A.351 MW against a target of 424 MW
- B.424 MW against a target of 500 MW
- C.251 MW against a target of 351 MW
- D.500 MW against a target of 600 MW
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These are the two capacity figures to carry for this story: the railways has commissioned 351 MW of rooftop solar, while the goal it has set itself is 424 MW, so a little over four-fifths of the target is in place.
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