Which institute coordinated the Swachh Sagar Surakshit Sagar 5.0 campaign nationwide?

The correct answer is Ministry of Earth Sciences. The drive at Digha in East Midnapore was organised by this ministry, and the campaign was coordinated across the country by the National Institute of Ocean Technology at Chennai, which is an institute under the same ministry. The programme was inaugurated by Sreenivasa Rao Gangi Reddy, Joint Secretary in the ministry, at the Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre. Option A, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, handles forests, wildlife and pollution control and is a natural guess, but it was not named here. Option C, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, deals with ports and shipping rather than beach cleanup campaigns. Option D, the Ministry of Jal Shakti, works on rivers, drinking water and sanitation rather than marine litter. Candidates should attach the ocean-related institutes, namely NIOT and INCOIS, to the Ministry of Earth Sciences.

The correct answer is 19 September. The cleanup drive at Digha was described as a prelude to International Coastal Cleanup Day, to be observed on 19 September 2026, and the objective was to build wider awareness about marine pollution and to encourage practices that protect coastal and marine ecosystems. Option A, 5 June, is World Environment Day, and option B, 8 June, is World Oceans Day; both belong to the same broad family of environmental observances and are therefore the strongest distractors here. Option D is a nearby date offered to test precision. A useful way to keep the three days apart is to remember that June carries the two global environment and ocean days, while September carries the day devoted specifically to cleaning up coasts, which is why a cleanup drive was organised in the week leading up to it.

The correct answer is nearly 24 per cent. The Union Environment Minister underlined the ecological importance of grasslands and said that although they cover close to this share of the country's land area, they remain among the most degraded and least conserved ecosystems in India. He informed the meeting that a five-year national assessment has been proposed in collaboration with the Wildlife Institute of India, the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education and the Forest Survey of India, with support from National CAMPA. The assessment would give a scientific basis for a national framework on grassland management, covering mapping, ecological assessment, restoration and better management of Open Natural Ecosystems, including the Banni Grassland of Gujarat. Options A, B and D give shares that the release does not support.

The correct answer is 3,428 sq km. The Union Environment Minister said that protected habitat for cheetahs has expanded to this area through the integrated management of Kuno National Park and Gandhi Sagar. He also said that India has built a growing population from twenty-nine founder cheetahs, that the population has now reached fifty-two individuals, and that forty-nine cubs were born in India. The cub survival rate at Kuno is around sixty-eight per cent, which shows that a population can establish itself where ecological conditions are right. The Banni Grasslands in Gujarat and the Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh have been identified as future release sites. Options A, C and D give areas that do not match the release, and each is close enough to the correct figure to mislead a candidate who has only skimmed the news.

The correct answer is the Wildlife Institute of India, with the Gujarat Forest Department. The Union Minister released the plan at Bhuj and described it as a science-based roadmap. It aims to establish a minimum viable population of more than thirty birds and to secure between two hundred and five hundred square kilometres of safe and connected habitat. The immediate focus is the Lala-Rawa landscape of about two hundred square kilometres, where the work includes habitat restoration, grazing management, removal of invasive species, predator management and reduction of threats from infrastructure. Option B is wrong because officials of that authority attended the meeting but did not prepare the plan. Options A and D name bodies that are not credited with the document, although the Forest Survey of India is a partner in the proposed grassland assessment.