Which new body will provide technical and professional support to the Steel Industry Safety Council?

The correct answer is the Secretary, Ministry of Steel. The Council has been placed under the administrative control of the Ministry of Steel and its Secretary has been made its Chairman, with senior officers of the Ministry and the chief executives of integrated steel producers sitting as members. Option A is wrong because the Minister has not been named as the head of this body, even though the decision to create it was taken by the Ministry he leads. Option C is wrong because the Directorate General of Mines Safety is one of the statutory organisations that will be represented on the Council, not the body that chairs it. Option D is wrong for the same reason: the National Disaster Management Authority is a represented organisation and not the chair. Candidates should remember that an apex body under a ministry is usually chaired by its Secretary.

The correct answer is the Securities and Exchange Board of India. That body regulates the securities market and has nothing to do with industrial safety in steel plants, so it does not figure in the composition of the new Council. Options A, B and D are all wrong choices for this question because each of those organisations has been named as a participant. The Directorate General of Mines Safety deals with safety in mines and related workplaces, the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation regulates hazardous substances such as fuels and explosives, and the National Disaster Management Authority is the apex body for disaster management in the country. Along with recognised steel technology institutions, they will bring technical and statutory expertise to the Council chaired by the Secretary, Ministry of Steel.

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.

The correct answer is the 8th edition. The auction of mementos, gifts and souvenirs received by the Prime Minister is being held online in its eighth round and remains open for bidding until the second day of October, with participation through the auction portal. The other options name earlier or later rounds that are not the one now in progress, and they are placed in the question only as distractors. Examiners like this kind of item because the answer combines an ordinal number with a closing date, and both can be asked separately. Tamil Nadu alone accounts for thirty-one of the pieces in this round, which range from temple art and traditional textiles to rackets and shoes connected with the state's leading para athletes.