Who chaired the first meeting of the Working Group on Tribal Languages held in October 2026?
- A.The Union Minister of Tribal Affairs
- B.The Chairman of the Bhasha Samiti
- C.The Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs
- D.The Director of the Central Institute of Indian Languages
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Explanation
The correct answer is the Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Smt. Ranjana Chopra, who chaired the hybrid workshop and closed it by asking members to share details of the languages they have worked on so that these could be folded into the platform along with IIT Delhi. Option A is wrong because the Union Minister did not chair this meeting; it was an official-level consultation. Option B is wrong: Padmashree Chamu Krishna Shastry, Chairman of the Bhasha Samiti, attended and set out seven pillars for the growth of Indian languages, but he was a participant and not the chair. Option D is wrong as well, because the Director of the Central Institute of Indian Languages took part and suggested phasing languages and setting up region-wise teams with coordinators, without chairing the proceedings. The Secretary also stressed mother-tongue-based multilingual education and said resources built with communities should stay owned by them.
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Practice Questions
The Adi Vaani platform, positioned as the National Tribal Language Repository, has been developed by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs in collaboration with which institution?
- A.IIT Kanpur
- B.IIT Delhi
- C.Tezpur University
- D.Central Institute of Indian Languages
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Adi Vaani has been built by IIT Delhi together with the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, and at the first meeting of the Working Group on Tribal Languages the institute asked the group for help in validating datasets, settling spelling and orthography, and developing subject vocabulary for planned pilots.
Read the full explanation →How many Eklavya Model Residential Schools were said to be able to use the Adi Vaani platform in classrooms?
- A.More than 325
- B.More than 425
- C.More than 525
- D.More than 625
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Representatives of the National Education Society for Tribal Students, which runs these schools, told the meeting that the platform could be taken into more than 525 Eklavya Model Residential Schools, which together teach over 1.7 lakh students, and that pupils, teachers and parents could also add stories and poems to…
Read the full explanation →The DigiPost initiative, under which traffic e-challans issued by the Gujarat Police are transmitted digitally and delivered physically, was launched by which department?
- A.Department of Defence
- B.Department of Posts
- C.Ministry of Railways
- D.Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
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The Department of Defence is wrong: it set up the e-Chhawani Helpdesk for grievance redressal, which is a different initiative from the same campaign.
Read the full explanation →Until which date does the implementation phase of Special Campaign 6 continue?
- A.15 October 2026
- B.30 October 2026
- C.31 October 2026
- D.30 November 2026
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The campaign has two phases: the preparatory phase, which was completed at the end of September, and the implementation phase, which began on 2 October and runs to the end of that month.
Read the full explanation →Which department is the nodal department for Special Campaign 6 on Swachhata and disposal of pending matters?
- A.Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances
- B.Department of Personnel and Training
- C.Department of Posts
- D.Department of Expenditure
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Its Secretary, Smt. Nivedita Shukla Verma, chaired the third review meeting with the campaign's nodal officers, and its Additional Secretary, Shri Puneet Yadav, presented the progress made.
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