What does the abbreviation NAPDDR stand for?
- A.National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction
- B.National Agency for Prevention of Drug Dependence and Rehabilitation
- C.National Awareness Programme on Drug Danger and Recovery
- D.National Alliance for Prohibition of Drugs and De-addiction Research
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Explanation
The correct answer is the National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction. It is the plan of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment under which Drug De-addiction Centres receive support, and the centre at Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh named in this account is one such facility. The word that candidates most often get wrong is demand: the plan is built around reducing the demand for drugs through treatment, rehabilitation and counselling, rather than around enforcement against supply. Options B, C and D are invented expansions that use the same initials and read plausibly, which is exactly how such questions are set. Along with medical treatment and medicines, the support under the plan extends to rehabilitation facilities, safe accommodation, healthcare services, continuous counselling, motivation, yoga sessions and emotional guidance for the person under treatment.
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Practice Questions
Which Union Ministry runs the National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction?
- A.Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- B.Ministry of Home Affairs
- C.Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
- D.Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
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The plan belongs to that Ministry, and it was the same Ministry that published this account of a man from Sultanpur district who came out of substance dependence with the help of a Drug De-addiction Centre supported under the plan.
Read the full explanation →The Drug De-addiction Centre named in the account published on 9 November 2026 is in which state?
- A.Bihar
- B.Uttar Pradesh
- C.Madhya Pradesh
- D.Rajasthan
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The centre is the Drug De-addiction Centre at Sultanpur, a district of that state, and the man whose recovery is described was a resident of the same district.
Read the full explanation →The Scheduled Caste scholar from Tamil Nadu described in the Ministry's account is pursuing his doctorate at which university?
- A.Tampere University, Finland
- B.Uppsala University, Sweden
- C.Aarhus University, Denmark
- D.University of Oslo, Norway
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He comes from Tamil Nadu, completed an M.Tech before taking up doctoral work, and his research is in experimental cancer biology, covering animal model development, molecular signalling and therapeutic approaches to glioblastoma and other disorders related to brain cancer.
Read the full explanation →On being upgraded from Junior Research Fellow to Senior Research Fellow in 2024, approximately how much additional government assistance did the beneficiary receive?
- A.Rs 25,000
- B.Rs 50,000
- C.Rs 75,000
- D.Rs 1,00,000
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That upgradation is the point at which support under the fellowship rises, and the extra amount strengthened his financial position so that he could carry on with his academic work.
Read the full explanation →Which Union Ministry administers the National Fellowship for Scheduled Caste Students?
- A.Ministry of Education
- B.Ministry of Tribal Affairs
- C.Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
- D.Ministry of Science and Technology
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The correct answer is the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, which runs this fellowship and which published both the accounts of supported scholars.
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