UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Government Constitutes National Dental Commission to Transform Dental Education and Strengthen Healthcare Quality
Q1. The legislation that establishes the National Dental Commission is officially designated as which one of the following?
- A. Act No. 21 of 2023
- B. Act No. 30 of 2019
- C. Act No. 16 of 1948
- D. Act No. 33 of 2023
Q2. Under the National Dental Commission framework, what is the 'National Exit Test (Dental)'?
- A. A common examination held in the final undergraduate year that serves as the licentiate test to practise dentistry and as the basis for enrolment in the dental registers
- B. The national entrance examination for admission to the Bachelor of Dental Surgery course
- C. A periodic test conducted to grade and rate dental colleges on quality parameters
- D. A qualifying test conducted exclusively for foreign-trained dental graduates seeking registration
Q3. Under the National Dental Commission Act, 2023 — modelled on the National Medical Commission Act, 2019 — which one of the following is the apex regulatory authority that supervises the autonomous Boards?
- A. National Dental Commission
- B. Dental Advisory Council
- C. Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate Dental Education Board
- D. Ethics and Dental Registration Board
Q4. Under the National Dental Commission Act, 2023, the Chairperson and members of the Commission are appointed by the central government on the recommendation of a search-cum-selection committee headed by whom?
- A. Cabinet Secretary
- B. Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare
- C. Prime Minister
- D. Chief Justice of India
Q5. In the National Dental Commission framework operationalised in March 2026, what is the 'Dental Advisory Council'?
- A. A body chaired by the NDC Chairperson that advises the Commission on education, training and research and gives States/UTs a platform to express their views
- B. The supreme executive authority that alone grants permission to establish new dental colleges
- C. The board that conducts the National Exit Test and issues licences to practise
- D. An elected assembly of registered dentists that selects the Commission's Chairperson
Q6. The notifications operationalising the National Dental Commission and dissolving the Dental Council of India were issued by which Union Ministry?
- A. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- B. Ministry of AYUSH
- C. Ministry of Education
- D. Ministry of Science and Technology
Q7. Under the National Medical Commission Act, 2019 — the template adopted for later health-regulator reforms — each autonomous Board comprises a President and how many other members?
- A. Four
- B. Three
- C. Five
- D. Six