What is the theme of the 5th Kautilya Economic Conclave being held in New Delhi?

The correct answer is the Institute of Economic Growth, usually written as IEG, which runs the Conclave together with the Ministry of Finance. The Institute was founded by Professor V.K.R.V. Rao in 1952; N. K. Singh is President of its Board of Trustees, Dr Michael Debabrata Patra is Chairman of its Board of Governors and Professor Sabyasachi Kar is its Director. Option A is wrong because the government think tank, while central to policy work, is not the organiser of this Conclave. Options C and D name well-known economic research bodies of the country and are plausible for that reason alone, but neither convenes this event. Note the year of the Institute’s founding and the name of its founder together, because questions often pair an event with the body behind it and the body with the person who set it up.

The correct answer is the Vice President of India, C. P. Radhakrishnan, who will deliver the inaugural address on the opening day of the Conclave. The inaugural session will examine how economic policy can build resilience without giving up growth, openness or the credibility of institutions. Option A is wrong, as the President is not listed among the speakers. Option C is the most tempting wrong choice, because Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman does speak at the Conclave, but her address comes at the special plenary on India’s economic priorities rather than at the inauguration. Option D is also a real participant but in a different role: Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra delivers the special address at the plenary on central banking, chaired by a former President of the European Central Bank. Remember the role attached to each name, not just the names.

The correct answer is the Ministry of Coal and the Ministry of Mines, working together with the mining industry. That pairing is also reflected in who hosted the outreach: Satish Chandra Dubey holds charge as Minister of State for Coal and Mines, and Rupinder Brar is Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Coal. Option B replaces Coal with Steel; steel is a user of minerals rather than a regulator of mining, so it is not an organiser here. Option C keeps Coal but brings in Heavy Industries, which handles capital goods and automobiles and has no role in this event. Option D brings in Commerce and Industry, which handles trade and investment promotion generally but is not organising the Week. Remembering that one minister holds both Coal and Mines makes this pairing easy to recall.

The correct answer is Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, from 15 to 17 November 2026. The venue and the three dates were both stated at the India Mining: Global Connect outreach meeting, where the Minister of State invited dignitaries to the opening on 15 November. Option A keeps the right venue city and dates but shifts the month to October, and also swaps in Bharat Mandapam, which is a different convention centre in the capital. Option C keeps the venue but pushes the event to December, a month later than announced. Option D keeps the correct dates but names Pragati Maidan, the older exhibition ground in New Delhi, instead of Yashobhoomi, which is the convention centre at Dwarka. Candidates should hold venue and month together, since questions usually change only one of the two.

The correct answer is 19. Representatives of diplomatic missions from nineteen countries joined the outreach interaction, among them Malawi, Sri Lanka, Mozambique, Algeria, the United States of America, Chile, Bhutan, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Russia, Iraq, Morocco, Venezuela, Spain, Poland, Mongolia, Zambia, France and Ghana, and the US Chamber of Commerce attended alongside them. Option D, fifty, is the figure that belongs to the main event: participation from more than fifty countries is expected at India Mining Week in November, which is a larger and later number than the missions at this preparatory meeting. Options A and C, twelve and twenty-five, have no basis in the outreach. The distinction worth remembering is that nineteen missions attended the build-up meeting while more than fifty countries are expected at the Week itself.