What is the theme of NCCSR 2026, the third National Conference and Exhibition on Corporate Social Responsibility?

The correct answer is Ram Nath Kovind. The observance of CSR Day draws on a suggestion he made as President of India at the National CSR Awards in 2019, that 2 October be set apart for corporate social responsibility. The choice of date links the observance with the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and with his idea of trusteeship, which the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs treats as the foundation of corporate responsibility in the country. Option A names a President who held office before him and option C one who held office earlier still, while option D names the President in office at present. None of them is connected with this suggestion. The institute has observed CSR Day three times so far, the latest observance serving as the curtain raiser to NCCSR 2026 in New Delhi. Only option B is correct.

The correct answer is Section 166(2). The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs pointed to this provision of the Companies Act, 2013 to argue that the law itself recognises that a company works within society and owes responsibility to its workers, the community and the environment, and not only to its shareholders. Options A, B and D name other provisions of the same Act and are plausible distractors, since questions on corporate social responsibility often turn on the section cited. The address also traced how the framework has grown, from the early comply or explain phase through the amendments of 2019 to the Rules of 2021, which brought in the Unspent CSR Account, projects spread over several years, certification of the use of funds and impact assessment. Spending has risen from about Rs 10,000 crore in the first year of the mandate to nearly Rs 35,000 crore in 2023-24.

The correct answer is 432 MT from 46 silos. The ministry statement records that 46 CHP-silos give Coal India 432 MT of mechanised closed-loop evacuation capacity, and that the company is considering more such silos at greenfield mines about to be opened. These silos belong to a wider set of investments meant to move from higher supply to assured supply, alongside First Mile Connectivity, rapid loading systems and digital monitoring. Options A, B and D pair invented figures and are wrong. Candidates should also note why evacuation matters: coal has to be lifted from the pithead and moved to the consumer, and in the first half of the year the company drew down 63 MT of pithead stocks, which shows that stored coal can be released quickly only when evacuation capacity exists to carry it.

The correct answer is 640.05 BU. Generation from domestic coal rose to 640.05 billion units in the first half of the financial year 2026-27 from 582.5 billion units in the corresponding period a year earlier, an increase of roughly 57.5 billion units or 9.9 per cent. Option A, 582.5 BU, is the figure for the previous year and is the expected trap. Options B and D are invented numbers that do not appear in the statement. The point the ministry draws from this comparison is that a coal supply system is finally judged by whether it supports electricity generation, so the generation number is read alongside the offtake and despatch numbers rather than on its own. Candidates should remember the unit as well: coal is measured in million tonnes while generation is measured in billion units.

The correct answer is about 79 per cent. Of the coal Coal India lifted in the first half of the financial year 2026-27, nearly 79 per cent was directed to the power sector, which confirms how central electricity generation is to the company’s distribution strategy. In absolute terms power-sector despatch was 302.8 MT against 285.4 MT a year earlier, a rise of 17.4 MT or 6.1 per cent. The statement also notes that Coal India supplies close to four-fifths of its coal to the power sector as a matter of course, and four-fifths is another way of stating the same proportion, so the two expressions should be linked in memory. Options A and B understate the share, while option D overstates it. In the second quarter the company sent 148.20 MT to power plants against 133.50 MT a year earlier, a growth of 11 per cent.