UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Update on PM-ABHIM
Q1. With reference to the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM), consider the following:
1. Its implementing ministry is the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
2. It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme that also contains Central Sector components.
3. It has a total outlay of ₹64,180 crore for the period FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26.
4. It was launched originally under the name 'National Digital Health Mission'.
Which of the above is/are correctly identified?
- Its implementing ministry is the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme that also contains Central Sector components.
- It has a total outlay of ₹64,180 crore for the period FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26.
- It was launched originally under the name 'National Digital Health Mission'.
- A. 1, 2 and 3
- B. 1, 2 and 4
- C. 2, 3 and 4
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q2. The ₹64,180 crore outlay of PM-ABHIM is spread over how many financial years?
- A. Five
- B. Six
- C. Seven
- D. Ten
Q3. Consider the following component targets under PM-ABHIM:
1. Upgradation of 17,788 building-less Sub-Health Centres into Ayushman Arogya Mandirs.
2. Establishment of 11,024 Urban Ayushman Arogya Mandirs with a focus on slums.
3. Establishment of 3,382 Block Public Health Units.
4. Establishment of 602 Integrated Public Health Labs, one in each district.
Which of the above is/are NOT correctly matched?
- Upgradation of 17,788 building-less Sub-Health Centres into Ayushman Arogya Mandirs.
- Establishment of 11,024 Urban Ayushman Arogya Mandirs with a focus on slums.
- Establishment of 3,382 Block Public Health Units.
- Establishment of 602 Integrated Public Health Labs, one in each district.
- A. 1 only
- B. 4 only
- C. 3 and 4
- D. 2 only
Q4. Under PM-ABHIM, a 'Block Public Health Unit (BPHU)' is best described as which one of the following?
- A. A block-level public health unit set up to strengthen public health management and surveillance at the block level
- B. A 50/100-bedded critical care facility in districts with population above 5 lakh
- C. A district-level laboratory providing diagnostics and disease confirmation
- D. An urban primary health facility located in slum and slum-like areas
Q5. How many new National Institutes of Virology (NIV) are to be set up under the Central Sector component of PM-ABHIM?
Q6. Under the Central Sector component of PM-ABHIM, the strengthening of infectious-disease surveillance — including state branches, BSL-3 laboratories, metropolitan surveillance units and the Integrated Health Information Platform — is operationalised by which agency?
- A. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
- B. National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
- C. National Health Authority (NHA)
- D. National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune
Q7. In relation to the National Health Mission (NHM), PM-ABHIM is best characterised as which one of the following?
- A. A separate scheme implemented in addition to the NHM, focused on building public health infrastructure and capacities across the continuum of care
- B. A sub-mission within the NHM that replaces the National Urban Health Mission
- C. A scheme that has subsumed and discontinued the NHM
- D. A purely insurance-based scheme that funds treatment costs for beneficiaries
Q8. Consider the following statements comparing PM-ABHIM with the National Health Mission (NHM):
1. PM-ABHIM is implemented in addition to the NHM, not as its replacement.
2. Both PM-ABHIM and the NHM are implemented by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
3. Unlike the NHM, PM-ABHIM is composed solely of Centrally Sponsored components and has no Central Sector components.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- PM-ABHIM is implemented in addition to the NHM, not as its replacement.
- Both PM-ABHIM and the NHM are implemented by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- Unlike the NHM, PM-ABHIM is composed solely of Centrally Sponsored components and has no Central Sector components.
- A. 1 only
- B. 1 and 2 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q9. As a pandemic-preparedness response, PM-ABHIM provides for Critical Care Hospital Blocks in all districts having a population of more than how much?
- A. 2 lakh
- B. 3 lakh
- C. 5 lakh
- D. 10 lakh
Q10. In response to gaps exposed by COVID-19, PM-ABHIM's Central Sector component provides for the following. Consider:
1. A national institution for One Health.
2. A Regional Research Platform for the WHO South-East Asia Region.
3. 20 metropolitan health surveillance units.
4. Setting up of 12 new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
Which of the above is/are correctly identified?
- A national institution for One Health.
- A Regional Research Platform for the WHO South-East Asia Region.
- 20 metropolitan health surveillance units.
- Setting up of 12 new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
- A. 1, 2 and 3
- B. 1, 2, 3 and 4
- C. 2, 3 and 4
- D. 1 and 4
Q11. PM-ABHIM is in its terminal (concluding) year in which financial year?
- A. FY 2023-24
- B. FY 2024-25
- C. FY 2025-26
- D. FY 2026-27
Q12. Which one of the following PM-ABHIM components constitutes the primary level of care, forming the foundational network closest to the community?
- A. Critical Care Hospital Blocks
- B. Ayushman Arogya Mandirs
- C. Integrated Public Health Labs
- D. Block Public Health Units