UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Union Health Minister Shri J.P. Nadda Releases Anemia Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan Operational Guidelines during the 16th CCHFW Meeting

Q1. The Anaemia Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan Operational Guidelines (2026) were released at a meeting of which one of the following bodies?

  • A. Central Council of Health and Family Welfare
  • B. National Council for India's Nutritional Challenges (POSHAN Abhiyaan apex council)
  • C. Mission Steering Group of the National Health Mission
  • D. Central Supervisory Board

Q2. Which single component, newly added to the earlier T3 approach, transforms it into the T4 strategy under the Anaemia Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan?

  • A. Track
  • B. Test
  • C. Treat
  • D. Talk

Q3. Under which one of the following umbrella programmes was the original Anaemia Mukt Bharat strategy launched in 2018?

  • A. POSHAN Abhiyaan
  • B. Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)
  • C. National Health Mission's RMNCH+A strategy
  • D. Mission Poshan 2.0

Q4. How many beneficiary (target population) groups are covered under the revised 7x7x7 framework of the Anaemia Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan?

  • A. 6
  • B. 7
  • C. 8
  • D. 9

Q5. The National Family Health Survey (NFHS), which provides anaemia prevalence data, is conducted by which one of the following?

  • A. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, with IIPS Mumbai as nodal agency
  • B. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
  • C. Office of the Registrar General of India
  • D. Ministry of Women and Child Development

Q6. Which one of the following best describes 'heme iron' in the context of dietary iron?

  • A. Iron derived from animal sources such as meat, poultry and fish, which is highly bioavailable
  • B. Iron present in cereals, pulses and green leafy vegetables, characterised by low absorption
  • C. Iron chemically bound to phytates, which renders it largely non-absorbable
  • D. The ferric (Fe3+) form of iron that must be reduced by vitamin C before any absorption

Q7. Under the Anaemia Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan, haemoglobin testing records are mapped through how many existing digital platforms (JANANI, RBSK and U-WIN) that converge into the unified AMB Abhiyaan Portal?

  • A. 2
  • B. 3
  • C. 4
  • D. 5