Who is the chairperson of the BIS Sowa-Rigpa Sectional Committee and founding director of the National Institute of Sowa-Rigpa?
- A.Dr Padma Gurmet
- B.Shrishti Dixit
- C.Vaidya Jayant Deopujari
- D.Dr Arjun Singh
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The correct answer is Dr Padma Gurmet, a Padma Shri awardee who chairs the Sowa-Rigpa Sectional Committee of the Bureau of Indian Standards and founded the National Institute of Sowa-Rigpa at Leh. The other names in the options all appear in the same set of events, which is why they work as distractors, but each holds a different position. Option B, Shrishti Dixit, is Scientist-E and Head of the AYUSH department at BIS, and spoke at the Ayurveda and Yoga seminar about the framing of Indian Standards and India’s work in ISO. Option C, Vaidya Jayant Deopujari, chairs the Ayurveda Sectional Committee of BIS and led an open house panel at that seminar. Option D, Dr Arjun Singh, took part from the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences. Keeping the committee names apart is the key to this question.
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Practice Questions
PRAGATI 2026, the national seminar on standardisation in Ayurveda and Yoga, was organised by which body?
- A.Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
- B.Bureau of Indian Standards
- C.National Medical Commission
- D.Quality Council of India
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BIS is the national standards body of India, responsible for standardisation and conformity assessment, and its AYUSH department organised the seminar at Belagavi in Karnataka as well as a parallel session on Sowa-Rigpa at Leh.
Read the full explanation →The 5th Sowa-Rigpa Sectional Committee meeting of BIS was held at which place?
- A.Belagavi, Karnataka
- B.Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh
- C.Leh, Ladakh
- D.Gangtok, Sikkim
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The meeting, with a brainstorming session alongside it, was held at the National Institute of Sowa-Rigpa in Leh, which sits in the Union Territory of Ladakh and is the natural home for work on this system, since Sowa-Rigpa is the traditional medicine of the Himalayan belt.
Read the full explanation →Under which law were the ganja consignment and the truck carrying it seized?
- A.Customs Act, 1962
- B.Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
- C.Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003
- D.Explosives Act, 1884
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Ganja is a narcotic drug, so the 591.3 kg recovered in Uttar Pradesh and the truck in which it travelled were both seized under that statute, which governs narcotic and psychotropic offences in India and allows the conveyance used in the crime to be taken as well.
Read the full explanation →Through which border crossing was the seized ganja consignment expected to enter Uttar Pradesh?
- A.Raxaul
- B.Sonauli
- C.Jogbani
- D.Banbasa
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The intelligence that set off the operation said the truck carrying ganja from Nepal would come into Uttar Pradesh through Sonauli, so officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence at Gorakhpur built their surveillance around that crossing, helped by teams at Lucknow, Patna and Varanasi.
Read the full explanation →How much ganja did the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seize in its Uttar Pradesh operation of 17-18 October 2026?
- A.591.3 kg
- B.391.5 kg
- C.719.2 kg
- D.481.6 kg
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The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized 591.3 kg of ganja from a truck in Uttar Pradesh in an operation carried out during 17 and 18 October 2026.
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