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?
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?