What is the theme of the 94th edition of Fit India Sundays on Cycle?

The correct answer is Varanasi. The ride went from Namo Ghat to the Diksha Mandap of Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, and both of those landmarks are in Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh; the start was at 6 in the morning. Option A, Prayagraj, is wrong; it too is a riverside city of Uttar Pradesh with well-known ghats and so is a reasonable-looking guess, but it was not the host. Option C, Haridwar, is wrong; its ghats lie on the Ganga in Uttarakhand, and no part of this edition was held there. Option D, Patna, is wrong as well. The surest way to hold the answer is through the two named places: Namo Ghat and Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, a Sanskrit university long associated with Varanasi, both point to the same city. Candidates should also note that the ride is held on the same day in every state and union territory, so the host city refers to the main event led by the minister.

The correct answer is Parul Chaudhary, who won two bronze medals at the Asian Games, one in the women's 3000m steeplechase and the other in the 5000m. Option A, Prachi Chaudhary, is wrong, and the similarity of the two names is exactly what such a question tests: she won a single bronze, in the women's 400m. Option C, Jay Kumar, is wrong because he won two medals of different colours rather than two bronzes, a silver in the mixed 4x400m relay and a bronze in the men's 4x400m relay. Option D, Raj Kumar Pal, is wrong because his medal was a gold, won as a member of the hockey team, and it was the only gold among the athletes taking part in the ride. A clean way to remember the group is by colour: one gold in hockey, one silver and one bronze in the relays, two bronzes on the track in distance events and one bronze in the sprint.

The correct answer is option A. The campaign is run by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in collaboration with the Cycling Federation of India, which is the national federation for the sport, the Raahgiri Foundation, which works on reclaiming streets for walking and cycling, and MY Bharat, the ministry's youth platform. Option B is wrong; neither of the bodies named is listed as a partner for this drive. Option C is wrong; the National Anti-Doping Agency deals with doping control in competitive sport, a different function altogether, even though the edition in Varanasi carried a drug-free theme. Option D is wrong as a whole, but it is worth being careful here: the Sports Authority of India is connected with the ride in another way, since it is held at its Regional Centres, National Centres of Excellence and Training Centres, yet it is not named among the organising partners. More than 6,000 NAMO Fit India Clubs conduct the ride in their own areas every week.

The correct answer is Chittadurga in Karnataka and Kuttur in Kerala. The ministry said the Central Sliver Plants of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission are being modernised and that these two have completed the work and become operational, with the Chittadurga plant meeting half of its energy requirement from solar power while wind power is under study. Option B mixes up two places that figure in the account for other reasons, since Ponduru is the Khadi variety that received a GI tag and Agra hosted the first BRICS MSME Forum. Options C and D name industrial towns that do not appear at all. The examination hook here is the link between the two plant locations, the solar share at Chittadurga and the commission that owns them.

The correct answer is about 80 per cent. The ministry said that women make up roughly four fifths of the approximately half a million Khadi artisans, and that their participation has been especially strong in agarbatti, handmade paper, the Honey Mission and the service industries, giving them a route to financial independence. Options A, B and C all understate the share and match no figure in the account. Candidates should not confuse this share with the separate finding of the evaluation study by the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India at Ahmedabad, which reported that more than 75 per cent of artisans across the schemes saw a measurable increase in income after the interventions. One number describes who the artisans are, the other what happened to their earnings.