Which fresh area of emphasis has been added to the government-wide Special Campaign this year?

The correct answer is 2 to 31 October 2026. Special Campaign 6.0 is undertaken across the Government of India in two stages, and this is the window for the implementation phase. Option A is wrong because those dates belong to the preparatory phase, during which offices mobilise staff, list pending references, mark out sites for cleanliness drives and plan the disposal of scrap and electronic waste. Options C and D are wrong because the campaign is neither a November nor a January exercise in this edition. The drive rests on two themes, cleanliness and the reduction of pendency, and this year it also carries a distinct emphasis on gathering, separating and disposing of electronic waste. Learn both phases together, since a question may ask for either one.

The correct answer is 92,749 square feet, the space the Ministry of Tourism reported as freed during the previous edition of the campaign. The other options only shuffle the digits of that figure and have no basis in the Ministry's account. The same edition brought in 12.69 lakh rupees through the disposal of scrap. On the paperwork side, 4,700 physical files were weeded out and 1,100 electronic files were closed, while 413 Swachhata Campaign programmes were conducted in different parts of the country. These numbers matter because the Ministry has said it wants to build on them in the sixth edition and tighten cleanliness, record management and the clearing of pendency further. Candidates should learn the space figure along with the scrap earnings.

The correct answer is 413. The Ministry of Tourism held that many Swachhata Campaign programmes across the country during the fifth edition of the Special Campaign, and the other three options are simply nearby numbers with no basis. Alongside the programmes the Ministry recorded 92,749 square feet of space freed and earnings of 12.69 lakh rupees from the disposal of scrap, while 4,700 physical files were weeded out and 1,100 electronic files closed. These results form the base on which the Ministry is planning Special Campaign 6.0, whose implementation phase runs from 2 to 31 October 2026 after a preparatory phase from 15 to 30 September 2026. The preparatory meeting for the Ministry was convened on 16 September 2026.

The correct answer is Mariyappan Thangavelu, who has won Paralympic medals three times in the high jump and whose shoes form part of the sporting memorabilia in this collection. Option B, Thulasimathi Murugesan, is wrong because her contribution is a signed badminton racket, and she is remembered for winning silver in badminton singles at the Paralympics. Option C, Nithya Sre Sivan, is wrong for a similar reason: the item linked to her is a badminton racket, and she won a medal at the Paralympics held in Paris. Option D is wrong because that table tennis player's equipment does not figure in the list of Tamil Nadu pieces described for this round of the auction. Note that all three genuine sports items belong to para athletes.

The correct answer is 31. That is the number of pieces from Tamil Nadu placed in this round of the auction, and together they are meant to show the state's spiritual traditions, classical art, craftsmanship, historical figures, textiles and sporting achievements. The other three numbers are invented and appear only to test recall of the exact figure. Among the thirty-one items are a framed auspicious footprint from Kanyakumari presented by the Vivekananda Rock Memorial, a memento of Sant Shri Ramanujacharya in a teaching pose, a handcrafted Thiruvalluvar Chariot, a metallic Nataraja statue, a Tanjore-style Veena artwork decorated with gold foil and Kundan stones, a brass memento depicting the Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple, and South Indian angavastras worked with zari and woven borders. Sporting memorabilia forms the other part of the same set, so a candidate who remembers the figure should also be able to name at least one art piece and one sports item from the state.