Who is the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship who attended the Prime Minister’s interaction with Team India?

The correct answer is 10th. Team India secured the tenth position at the 48th WorldSkills Competition, WorldSkills Shanghai 2026, taking 6 silver medals and 20 Medals for Excellence. Options A, B and D are wrong because they do not match the placing recorded for India at this edition; they are near-miss figures of the kind paper setters use as distractors. The competition ran from 22 to 27 September 2026 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai, and India fielded its largest contingent so far, 70 competitors spread across 63 skills. Remember the ranking together with the medal tally, because questions often pair the two. WorldSkills itself is described as the world’s leading international skills competition, bringing young professionals from participating countries and regions to show excellence in vocational and technical trades.

The correct answer is 6 silver medals. India’s tally at the 48th WorldSkills Competition was 6 silver medals along with 20 Medals for Excellence, which together placed the country 10th. Options A and C are wrong because they state counts that do not appear in the record of this edition. Option D is a trap worth noticing: 20 is the number of Medals for Excellence India received, not the number of silver medals, and the two awards are counted separately. Medals for Excellence go to competitors who cross a defined standard of performance without finishing on the podium, which is why a contingent can collect many of them. For the examination, memorise the pair together with the size of the squad, 70 competitors in 63 skills, India’s largest ever at the competition.

The correct answer is 70 competitors in 63 skills, described as the largest contingent India has ever sent to the competition. Options A, B and D are wrong because they give squad sizes and skill counts that do not match this edition; option A borrows the edition number 48 to look plausible, which is exactly the kind of confusion a paper setter builds in. The contingent competed at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai between 22 and 27 September 2026 and brought home 6 silver medals and 20 Medals for Excellence for a 10th-place finish. When the Prime Minister met them in New Delhi, the competitors spoke about adapting to new tools, software, technical systems and work processes, and he urged them to become ambassadors of skill development.

The correct answer is the Pledge for Welfare of Senior Citizens, which Shri Sudhansh Pant, Secretary of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, administered to the trainees after the inaugural session. The other three pledges belong to different campaigns and were not taken at this programme, though each is familiar enough to tempt a candidate. The rest of the event is worth remembering with the pledge: Joint Secretaries Dr Sandeep R Rathod and Shri Sajeesh Kumar N and the Director of the National Institute of Social Defence, Shri Gaurav Singh Rajawat, attended, and the training is expected to leave a pool of about 50 trained and sensitised Anganwadi workers and other frontline functionaries in Diu district who can identify care needs early and arrange referral support.

The correct answer is Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. The programme was opened at the Education Hub at Kevdi in Diu, which is part of this Union Territory, and the Collector of Diu, Shri Rahul Dev Boora, welcomed the dignitaries and participants at the inaugural session. Options A, B and D name other Union Territories that have no role in this programme; they are plausible only because training programmes of this type are held across Union Territories. The training has been shaped for the circumstances of senior citizens in Diu district in particular, with attention to older persons living alone, those needing help with Activities of Daily Living, and those with limited family support, and it is meant to strengthen locally available support systems.