Under which ministry is the PM Vishwakarma Scheme implemented?

The correct answer is 30 lakh. The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises stated that this many beneficiaries have been registered under the scheme after clearing a three-stage verification process, which means the registration target set for the scheme has been met within three years of its launch. Options A, B and D give figures that are either short of the achievement or beyond it, and questions on flagship schemes very often turn on the cumulative beneficiary count. Aspirants should carry the supporting numbers too: about 24.50 lakh Vishwakarmas have received basic skill training, 6.18 lakh have received loans totalling Rs 5,297 crore at a concessional 5 per cent a year, and 18.15 lakh modern toolkits have been delivered through India Post.

The correct answer is 17 September 2023. The Prime Minister launched the scheme on that day to give end-to-end support to traditional artisans and craftspeople engaged in 18 identified trades, which is why its third anniversary falls on 17 September 2026 and is being celebrated at the Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium in Kolkata. Option C is the sharpest trap, since it keeps the same day and month but shifts the year backwards, and a candidate who has memorised only the date will fall for it. Option B is wrong because no such launch took place on Independence Day. Option D is wrong because 2 October is associated with other national programmes rather than with this scheme. The package includes certificates and identity cards, skill upgradation, a toolkit incentive, credit support, incentives for digital transactions and marketing support.

The correct answer is the Ministry of Home Affairs. The release names it as the nodal ministry, working with State governments, district administrations and the border guarding forces so that planning and implementation stay coordinated. Option A, the Ministry of Rural Development, does have a role, but a narrower one: the all-weather roads under the programme are built through its Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, in the PMGSY-IV phase. That partial involvement is precisely what makes it a tempting distractor. Option B and option D are not named anywhere in the release as owning the scheme. Two more details are worth carrying with this answer. A High-Powered Committee chaired by the Cabinet Secretary may relax scheme guidelines where border conditions demand it. And the second phase, unlike the first, is implemented directly by the Ministry of Home Affairs as a Central Sector Scheme funded wholly by the Centre.

The correct answer is Bangladesh. The backgrounder places India's total international land boundary at more than 15,000 km, shared with seven neighbouring countries, and says the longest single stretch runs 4,096.7 km along the boundary with Bangladesh. China comes second at 3,488 km, which rules out option A, and Pakistan third at 3,323 km, which rules out option B. Nepal, Myanmar, Bhutan and Afghanistan make up the balance, so option D is wrong as well. This ordering is asked very often, and the three leading figures are worth committing to memory exactly as the release gives them. Note also why the border length matters to this scheme: the villages along that long frontier had been emptying out through migration, and the Vibrant Villages Programme was framed to keep people there by building roads, power, telecom links, health care, schooling and local livelihoods.

The correct answer is Kibithoo, in the Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh. The release records that VVP-I was launched there on 10 April 2023. Kibithoo was picked for its location, its history and its development needs: it counts among the easternmost inhabited villages of India, and heavy fighting took place around it during the war with China in 1962. Launching the scheme from such a spot carried the message that development should reach the frontier first. Option A, Nathanpur village in the Cachar district of Assam, is the place where the second phase was formally launched, on 20 February 2026, so it belongs to VVP-II and not to VVP-I. Option C and option D name places that lie within the States and Union Territory the scheme covers, but neither is described in the release as a launch site. Learn the pair together, because questions often swap one launch site for the other.