Who is the Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology, who joined the plantation drive under the campaign?

The correct answer is 110. At the Safai Mitra Suraksha Evam Samman Shivir held on 29 September 2026, the Secretary of the department felicitated 110 Safai Mitras in recognition of their contribution to cleanliness and hygiene at the department, an exercise meant to underline the dignity of sanitation work. Options A, B and D are round numbers that look plausible, and round figures are a standard trap in questions of this kind, so the exact count is worth fixing in memory. The same day also saw a health check-up camp on the campus for employees, outsourced personnel and sanitary workers, as well as a rangoli competition under the Kabaad Se Kala theme with drawing and poster events. Candidates should link the number of Safai Mitras honoured to the name of the shivir and to the date, since any one of the three may be asked.

The correct answer is 17 September 2026. The campaign started on that date across the department, its autonomous institutions and the offices of the Survey of India located throughout the country, and officials took the Swachhata Pledge the very next day, administered by the Secretary. Option C, 1 October 2026, is the date of the shramdaan held at Vigyan Sadan under the nationwide call Ek Din, Ek Ghanta, Ek Saath, and option D, 2 October 2026, is Gandhi Jayanti, when the Secretary led a cleanliness drive in the areas around Technology Bhawan. Both are real dates within the campaign but neither is its start, which makes them the strongest distractors here. Option A has no connection with the campaign calendar. The safest approach is to learn the sequence of dates in order rather than any single one of them.

The correct answer is the Securities and Exchange Board of India. Under the Safai Mitra Suraksha initiative, the department arranged a financial awareness session through the securities regulator on 23 September 2026, and it was open to housekeeping staff as well as to the scientists, officers and officials of the department, the aim being to improve financial awareness and the general well-being of the workforce. Option C, the Bureau of Indian Standards, does appear in the campaign but in a different role: the special lecture on Standardization and Research in Ayurveda was delivered by Dr. Raghavendra Naik, a scientist in the Department of Ayush at that bureau. Options A and D are other financial sector regulators and are offered because they sound equally plausible for a session on financial awareness, but neither conducted this one.

The correct answer is 274.09 lakh tonnes. The meeting was told that pulses production in 2025-26 reached that record level, which is above the national target. Option A is wrong because 266 lakh tonnes was the production target for pulses, and the country crossed it. Option C is wrong because 286.46 lakh hectares is the sown area under pulses, a figure for area and not for output, and it too exceeded the target of 283 lakh hectares. Option D is wrong because 430.59 lakh tonnes is the oilseed output for the year, which went past its own target of 427 lakh tonnes. Candidates should not mix the output figure with the area figure, or the pulses figure with the oilseeds figure, because questions are set precisely on that difference. Domestic edible oil production also rose to 129.96 lakh tonnes.

The correct answer is Khet Bachao Abhiyan. At the review meeting the Union Agriculture Minister said this intensive campaign will begin across the country on the 22nd of this month to save farmland from declining soil health, poor stubble and residue management and the unbalanced use of chemical fertilisers. Option B is wrong because the Makhana Development Mission is a separate programme that works on better prices for makhana growers. Option C is wrong because the National Natural Farming Mission is an existing mission under which 27.32 lakh farmers and 12.85 lakh hectares have been covered so far. Option D is wrong because the digital crop survey is a process for collecting accurate crop data and not an awareness campaign. Under the campaign, agricultural scientists and field staff will go to the fields to teach soil testing and balanced nutrient management.