Under which mission was the Swachh Shehar Jodi mentorship programme launched?
- A.AMRUT 2.0
- B.Smart Cities Mission
- C.Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0
- D.PM Awas Yojana Urban
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The correct answer is Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0. The pairing scheme is described as a flagship peer learning programme of that mission and as the first mentorship effort of its kind in urban waste management. Option A is wrong because the water and sanitation infrastructure mission is a separate programme and did not launch this pairing. Option B is wrong because the urban technology mission has no role in these awards. Option D is wrong because the urban housing scheme deals with dwellings rather than cleanliness rankings. The pairing was announced by the Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs on 27 September 2025, joining 70 mentor cities with about 191 mentee cities across 33 States and Union Territories on the basis of the previous year's survey rankings, and a memorandum of understanding between the paired cities was signed at a national event in Sonipat.
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Practice Questions
Which pair of cities was ranked first under the Swachh Shehar Jodi initiative?
- A.Indore and Depalpur
- B.Ahmedabad and Sanand
- C.Tirupati and Kuppam
- D.Surat and Mandvi
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The correct answer is Ahmedabad and Sanand, both in Gujarat, which took the first rank among the paired cities.
Read the full explanation →How many urban local bodies were assessed in the tenth edition of Swachh Survekshan?
- A.3,000
- B.4,751
- C.5,286
- D.2,340
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The tenth edition of the survey covered that many urban local bodies, judging each on 176 sub indicators arranged in ten sections.
Read the full explanation →Which department is the nodal body that regularly organises All India and regional Official Language conferences?
- A.Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs
- B.Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education
- C.Department of Personnel and Training
- D.Department of Culture, Ministry of Culture
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It holds All India and regional conferences to encourage the progressive use of Hindi in keeping with the constitutional provisions, and the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language also stresses such steps.
Read the full explanation →Where was the first All India Conference on Official Language of the Department of Telecommunications held?
- A.Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
- B.Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi
- C.Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
- D.Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi
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The correct answer is the Dr. Ambedkar International Centre on Janpath in New Delhi, where the department held the conference with the aim of pushing the progressive use of Hindi in official work.
Read the full explanation →Which article of the Constitution deals with the directive for development of the Hindi language, cited in connection with Official Language conferences?
- A.Article 343
- B.Article 348
- C.Article 351
- D.Article 352
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It casts a duty on the Union to promote the spread of Hindi and to develop it so that it can serve as a medium of expression for the composite culture of the country, and the announcement on the telecom department's conference referred to this provision along with the work…
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