UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Challenges aplenty for rural, tribal, migrant groups in fighting TB: report

Q1. Which one of the following is the nodal wing that operationalises the National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) in India?

  • A. National Centre for Disease Control under the Directorate General of Health Services
  • B. Central TB Division under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
  • C. National Health Systems Resource Centre under the National Health Mission
  • D. Indian Council of Medical Research under the Department of Health Research

Q2. As per the WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2025, which one of the following countries accounted for the single largest share (about 32%) of the global burden of multi-drug-resistant / rifampicin-resistant TB (MDR/RR-TB) in 2024?

  • A. China
  • B. Indonesia
  • C. India
  • D. the Philippines

Q3. With reference to the National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) and associated initiatives as of 2025, consider the following statements: 1. Ni-Kshay Poshan Yojana provides a monthly nutritional incentive of ₹1,000 to notified TB patients through Direct Benefit Transfer. 2. Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan operates the Ni-Kshay Mitra community-support model. 3. The 100-Day TB Elimination Campaign is implemented under NTEP, with focus on high-burden districts. 4. Nikshay is the IT-enabled case-notification portal for TB patients. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Ni-Kshay Poshan Yojana provides a monthly nutritional incentive of ₹1,000 to notified TB patients through Direct Benefit Transfer.
  2. Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan operates the Ni-Kshay Mitra community-support model.
  3. The 100-Day TB Elimination Campaign is implemented under NTEP, with focus on high-burden districts.
  4. Nikshay is the IT-enabled case-notification portal for TB patients.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 3 and 4 only
  • C. 1, 2 and 4 only
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q4. The Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan, which anchors the Ni-Kshay Mitra community-support model, was launched in 2022 under the authority of which one of the following?

  • A. The Prime Minister of India
  • B. The President of India
  • C. The Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare
  • D. The Vice-President of India, in his capacity as Chairman of the Rajya Sabha

Q5. In the context of India's TB-elimination effort, the term 'Ni-Kshay Mitra' most accurately refers to which one of the following?

  • A. A community health worker designated under NTEP to administer Directly Observed Treatment (DOTS) to notified TB patients
  • B. An individual, NGO, cooperative society, corporate or elected representative who voluntarily adopts TB patients for at least six months to provide nutritional, additional diagnostic and vocational support
  • C. A frontline ASHA worker incentivised under Nikshay to trace household contacts of notified TB patients
  • D. A peer-support counsellor drawn from cured TB patients who mentors newly diagnosed patients during the intensive phase of treatment