Which class must a student be in to appear for the NMMSS selection examination and win a fresh scholarship?

The correct answer is Rs 12,000. A student selected under the scheme receives that amount every year, and the money is credited straight into the student's own bank account through Direct Benefit Transfer, which removes middlemen from the payment chain. The benefit begins in Class IX and can run up to Class XII through renewal, subject to the academic conditions the scheme lays down. Options A, C and D name amounts that the scheme does not pay. They look believable because different central and state scholarships pay sums of this order, and a candidate who has only a vague memory of the figure may be tempted by them. The ministry's own statement on the extended deadline is clear on the point: eligible students studying in state government, government-aided and local body schools get Rs 12,000 per annum, so only option B is right.

The correct answer is Rs 3.50 lakh per annum. The scheme is built for meritorious children of economically weaker households, so an income test applies along with the marks test, and the parental income of an applicant must not cross that figure. Options A and B name lower ceilings; they are plausible because several welfare schemes use limits of that size, but neither is the limit set for this scholarship. Option D names a far higher ceiling of the kind used for some reservation and fee-waiver categories, which makes it attractive to a candidate who mixes up schemes, yet it is well above what this scheme allows. Along with the income condition, the applicant needs at least fifty-five per cent in Class VII, relaxed by five percentage points for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students, and must study in a state government, government-aided or local body school.

The correct answer is the District Water and Sanitation Mission, chaired by the District Magistrate. The Secretary of the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation stressed that villages under the two tribal missions should be reviewed regularly through meetings of this body, which is headed by the Deputy Commissioner or District Magistrate of the district. It is meant to serve as the key platform for coordination between departments, for validating survey findings and for identifying the real coverage gaps that need work. Option B names the District Planning Committee, which handles district plans rather than tap water validation. Option C names the district rural development agency, which implements rural schemes but was not given this role. Option D describes a district water regulatory board under a Divisional Commissioner, a body that does not exist in this arrangement. Hence option A is correct.

The correct answer is Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan. DA-JGUA is one of the two tribal missions whose drinking water needs were reviewed by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation; the other is PM-JANMAN, the Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan. The aim in both is saturation, that is, a working tap connection for every eligible household in every eligible tribal village, certified after joint validation. Option B replaces the village upliftment part of the name with a water and flight theme that does not exist. Option C invents an entirely different scheme name built around Deen Dayal and rural progress. Option D changes Utkarsh to Ujjwal and drops the correct form of the word Janjatiya. Since only option A reproduces the official expansion exactly, it is the answer.

The correct answer is the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. It has carried out a state-wise exercise named SurveySetu, in which the status of functional household tap connections is verified at the level of each household. States have been advised to present the findings of this exercise jointly, through their water supply departments, tribal welfare departments and the survey agency, before the District Water and Sanitation Mission, and to resolve any mismatch through field verification so that a final validated database exists at the district level. Option A, the Ministry of Jal Shakti, is the ministry whose Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation convened the review and funds the taps, but the survey is not its exercise. Option B, the Ministry of Rural Development, and option D, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, have no role in this survey, so both are wrong.