UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Union Health Ministry Releases RBSK 2.0 Guidelines at National Summit on Best Practices
Q1. The RBSK 2.0 Guidelines, released in 2026, were unveiled at a national summit inaugurated by which one of the following Union Ministers?
- A. Union Minister for Women and Child Development
- B. Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare
- C. Union Minister of Education
- D. Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment
Q2. The RBSK 2.0 Guidelines released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in 2026 were unveiled at which edition of the National Summit on Innovation and Inclusivity: Best Practices Shaping India's Health Future?
- A. 7th
- B. 8th
- C. 10th
- D. 12th
Q3. Under the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) 2.0 framework, which one of the following is the primary delivery vehicle for community-level health screening of children?
- A. Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) deployed at health sub-centres
- B. Dedicated block-level Mobile Health Teams operating at Anganwadi centres and government schools
- C. District Early Intervention Centres located at district hospitals
- D. Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (Health and Wellness Centres) under Ayushman Bharat
Q4. In the context of the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK), the '4Ds' framework refers to the screening of children for which one of the following sets of conditions?
- A. Defects at birth, Diseases, Deficiencies and Developmental delays
- B. Disabilities, Diseases, Deficiencies and Disorders of behaviour
- C. Defects at birth, Disabilities, Diabetes and Developmental delays
- D. Diseases, Deficiencies, Disabilities and Dental disorders
Q5. With reference to the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) and its predecessor School Health Programme, consider the following statements:
1. The School Health Programme covered only school-going children, whereas RBSK extends screening from birth to 18 years, covering Anganwadi children as well.
2. Both the School Health Programme and the RBSK are implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
3. RBSK relies on dedicated block-level Mobile Health Teams for community-based screening, a delivery mechanism not used under the earlier School Health Programme.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- The School Health Programme covered only school-going children, whereas RBSK extends screening from birth to 18 years, covering Anganwadi children as well.
- Both the School Health Programme and the RBSK are implemented by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
- RBSK relies on dedicated block-level Mobile Health Teams for community-based screening, a delivery mechanism not used under the earlier School Health Programme.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 1 and 3 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q6. With reference to the block-level Mobile Health Team (MHT) deployed under the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK), consider the following:
1. Two AYUSH doctors (one male and one female)
2. One Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) / Staff Nurse
3. One Pharmacist
4. One Paediatrician
Which of the above is/are correctly identified as members of a block-level Mobile Health Team under RBSK?
- Two AYUSH doctors (one male and one female)
- One Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) / Staff Nurse
- One Pharmacist
- One Paediatrician
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 1, 2 and 3 only
- C. 2, 3 and 4 only
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q7. With reference to the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) 2.0 Guidelines released in 2026 vis-à-vis the original RBSK launched in 2013, consider the following statements:
1. The 2.0 Guidelines have entirely discontinued school-based screening through Mobile Health Teams in favour of a purely digital self-reporting model.
2. RBSK 2.0 retains the 4Ds framework of the original programme while broadening its scope to cover risk factors of non-communicable diseases and mental health concerns in children.
3. Whereas the original RBSK had no facility-based follow-up component, RBSK 2.0 has for the first time introduced District Early Intervention Centres (DEICs) as referral hubs for children with developmental delays.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- The 2.0 Guidelines have entirely discontinued school-based screening through Mobile Health Teams in favour of a purely digital self-reporting model.
- RBSK 2.0 retains the 4Ds framework of the original programme while broadening its scope to cover risk factors of non-communicable diseases and mental health concerns in children.
- Whereas the original RBSK had no facility-based follow-up component, RBSK 2.0 has for the first time introduced District Early Intervention Centres (DEICs) as referral hubs for children with developmental delays.
- A. 2 only
- B. 1 and 2 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q8. With reference to child- and adolescent-health programmes implemented under the umbrella of the National Health Mission (NHM), consider the following pairings of scheme and its primary target group / mandate:
1. Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) — screening of children aged 0-18 years for defects at birth, diseases, deficiencies and developmental delays.
2. Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) — addressing the health needs of adolescents in the 10-19 years age group.
3. Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK) — provision of conditional cash assistance to pregnant women for promoting institutional delivery.
4. Anaemia Mukt Bharat — life-cycle approach covering six beneficiary groups including children, adolescents, women of reproductive age and pregnant & lactating women.
Which of the pairings given above are correctly matched?
- Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) — screening of children aged 0-18 years for defects at birth, diseases, deficiencies and developmental delays.
- Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) — addressing the health needs of adolescents in the 10-19 years age group.
- Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK) — provision of conditional cash assistance to pregnant women for promoting institutional delivery.
- Anaemia Mukt Bharat — life-cycle approach covering six beneficiary groups including children, adolescents, women of reproductive age and pregnant & lactating women.
- A. 1, 2 and 3 only
- B. 1, 2 and 4 only
- C. 2, 3 and 4 only
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q9. The Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK), along with sibling programmes such as RKSK, JSSK and Mission Indradhanush, is operationalised at the national level under the National Health Mission by which one of the following?
- A. Ministry of Women and Child Development
- B. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- C. Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education
- D. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Q10. The U-WIN portal, whose digital architecture is leveraged for the child-health digital backbone envisaged under RBSK 2.0, is best described as which one of the following?
- A. A digital platform for complete digitisation of vaccination services and records under the Universal Immunisation Programme, with citizen self-registration and ABHA ID linkage
- B. A unique 14-digit health identifier issued to every Indian citizen under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
- C. A telemedicine bridge connecting District Early Intervention Centres to empanelled tertiary-care hospitals for paediatric surgeries
- D. An AI-driven national referral tracking dashboard exclusively for the 4Ds covered under RBSK
Q11. Under Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 3.2, which India tracks through the SDG India Index, all countries are urged to reduce the under-five mortality rate by 2030 to at least as low as how many deaths per 1,000 live births?
Q12. Which one of the following is the provision in the Constitution of India that, as a Fundamental Right contained in the original Constitution adopted in 1949, prohibits the employment of any child below fourteen years of age in any factory or mine or in any other hazardous employment?
- A. Article 21A
- B. Article 24
- C. Article 39(f)
- D. Article 45