What is the focus theme of the Special Campaign this year?

The correct answer is 2 October to 31 October 2026, the month long implementation phase of the campaign across ministries, departments, their undertakings and field offices. Option A is the preparatory phase, when nodal officers were appointed and trained, pending references were listed, offices were chosen for the cleanliness drive and targets were uploaded on the campaign portal, so it is a tempting but wrong choice. Option C shifts the drive to the following month and has no basis. Option D cuts the window to a fortnight, while the campaign is run through the whole of October. Aspirants should keep both dates in mind, because a question may ask for either phase, and should also note that the drive is in its sixth year with the administrative reforms department in charge.

The correct answer is the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, which runs the campaign and monitors it on a dedicated portal. Its Secretary, Nivedita Shukla Verma, chaired the second meeting of nodal officers, where Additional Secretary Puneet Yadav presented the progress of the drive. Option A handles public expenditure and budgetary matters and has no such role. Option B is a plausible distractor because it sits in the same ministry and deals with service matters, but the cleanliness and pending matters campaign is not its charge. Option D promotes industry and trade and is unrelated. A useful memory hook is that the same department also brings out the collection of best practices during Good Governance Week.

The correct answer is 3500 crore rupees. While laying the foundation stone of the Guntur road over bridge, the Minister of State for Railways said that apart from bridges over and under the tracks, 74 railway stations in Andhra Pradesh are being rebuilt with modern, world-class facilities at an investment of 3500 crore rupees. Option A, option B and option D give amounts that were not announced for this station upgrade programme in the state. The figure is worth remembering along with the details of the bridge itself, namely its length of 668 metres, its sanctioned cost of 108 crore rupees and the 2.9 acres of land it needs, because station modernisation in a named state is a common question in railway and staff selection examinations.

The correct answer is Gate No. 3. The four-lane road over bridge is being built in place of Level Crossing Gate No. 3, which lies on the Guntur-Krishna Canal stretch of the Guntur-Nambur line. Removing the gate ends the halts that road users face whenever a train passes, and it also helps trains keep time. Options A, C and D name gates that are not connected with this project; the gate being closed is numbered three. The bridge stands close to the Inner Ring Road of Guntur city and will connect Bus Stand Road with Gorantla village. Students should also recall that the same ceremony highlighted the wider plan to remove level crossings across Andhra Pradesh through bridges built over and under the tracks.

The correct answer is the Ministry of Railways. The bridge has been approved at an estimated cost of 108 crore rupees and the entire amount is being met by the Ministry of Railways, so the state exchequer pays nothing towards it. Option A is wrong because the Government of Andhra Pradesh is not sharing the cost, even though the bridge serves Guntur city. Option C is wrong because the National Highways Authority of India has no role in this project, which replaces a level crossing on a railway line. Option D is wrong because the bridge is a fully funded railway work and no private developer or toll arrangement has been announced for it. Aspirants should remember that road over bridges on railway lines are often shared between the railways and the state, which makes this fully railway-funded case worth noting.