Which pair of cities was ranked first under the Swachh Shehar Jodi initiative?
- A.Indore and Depalpur
- B.Ahmedabad and Sanand
- C.Tirupati and Kuppam
- D.Surat and Mandvi
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Explanation
The correct answer is Ahmedabad and Sanand, both in Gujarat, which took the first rank among the paired cities. Option A is wrong because Indore with Depalpur of Madhya Pradesh was placed second. Option C is wrong because Tirupati with Kuppam of Andhra Pradesh stood third. Option D names a pair that was on the eligible list but did not win any of the top three ranks. The ranking was decided on the combined score of the mentor city and its mentee, so the honour belongs to the pair and not to one city on its own. Ahmedabad and Indore both entered from the million plus population group, Sanand and Kuppam from the twenty thousand to fifty thousand bracket, Depalpur from the smallest bracket and Tirupati from the fifty thousand to three lakh group. Only the best performing pair of each mentor city was considered for the award.
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Practice Questions
How many urban local bodies were assessed in the tenth edition of Swachh Survekshan?
- A.3,000
- B.4,751
- C.5,286
- D.2,340
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The tenth edition of the survey covered that many urban local bodies, judging each on 176 sub indicators arranged in ten sections.
Read the full explanation →Under which mission was the Swachh Shehar Jodi mentorship programme launched?
- A.AMRUT 2.0
- B.Smart Cities Mission
- C.Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0
- D.PM Awas Yojana Urban
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The pairing scheme is described as a flagship peer learning programme of that mission and as the first mentorship effort of its kind in urban waste management.
Read the full explanation →Which department is the nodal body that regularly organises All India and regional Official Language conferences?
- A.Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs
- B.Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education
- C.Department of Personnel and Training
- D.Department of Culture, Ministry of Culture
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It holds All India and regional conferences to encourage the progressive use of Hindi in keeping with the constitutional provisions, and the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language also stresses such steps.
Read the full explanation →Where was the first All India Conference on Official Language of the Department of Telecommunications held?
- A.Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
- B.Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi
- C.Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
- D.Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi
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The correct answer is the Dr. Ambedkar International Centre on Janpath in New Delhi, where the department held the conference with the aim of pushing the progressive use of Hindi in official work.
Read the full explanation →Which article of the Constitution deals with the directive for development of the Hindi language, cited in connection with Official Language conferences?
- A.Article 343
- B.Article 348
- C.Article 351
- D.Article 352
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It casts a duty on the Union to promote the spread of Hindi and to develop it so that it can serve as a medium of expression for the composite culture of the country, and the announcement on the telecom department's conference referred to this provision along with the work…
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