UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Union Health Minister Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda Launches ‘SUMAN Roadmap 2030’ to Strengthen Maternal and Newborn Healthcare
Q1. In which year was the Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan (SUMAN) initiative launched, bringing all existing maternal and neonatal health schemes under a single umbrella?
- A. 2016
- B. 2017
- C. 2018
- D. 2019
Q2. The 16th Conference of the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare, at which the SUMAN Roadmap 2030 was released, was chaired by whom?
- A. Smt. Anupriya Patel
- B. Shri Prataprao Jadhav
- C. Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda
- D. Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya
Q3. The SUMAN initiative and its 2030 Roadmap are anchored within the institutional architecture of which of the following?
- A. Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
- B. National Health Mission
- C. National Urban Health Mission
- D. Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana
Q4. Among the Indian states that have already achieved the SDG maternal mortality target, which one records the lowest Maternal Mortality Ratio?
- A. Kerala
- B. Tamil Nadu
- C. Maharashtra
- D. Telangana
Q5. By approximately what percentage has India's Maternal Mortality Ratio declined between 1990 and 2023?
Q6. Among the following maternal and child health initiatives, which one was launched the earliest?
- A. Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan
- B. Janani Suraksha Yojana
- C. Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan
- D. Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram
Q7. In the chronology of India's maternal health schemes, the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is best described as:
- A. A conditional cash transfer scheme to promote institutional delivery
- B. A fixed-day, free antenatal care programme on the 9th of every month
- C. A maternity wage-compensation scheme for women in the unorganised sector
- D. A scheme providing free transport, diagnostics and diet to sick newborns
Q8. The Central Council of Health and Family Welfare functions as the apex advisory body for policy on health matters under which of the following?
- A. NITI Aayog
- B. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- C. Inter-State Council
- D. Ministry of Women and Child Development
Q9. The Sustainable Development Goal target of reducing the global Maternal Mortality Ratio to less than 70 per lakh live births by 2030 was adopted by the United Nations in which year?
- A. 2000
- B. 2012
- C. 2015
- D. 2016
Q10. The Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan, which provides assured antenatal care on the 9th of every month, is implemented by which ministry?
- A. Ministry of Women and Child Development
- B. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- C. Ministry of Rural Development
- D. Ministry of Ayush
Q11. Consider the following statements regarding the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) and the Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK):
1. JSY is a conditional cash transfer scheme operating under the National Health Mission.
2. JSSK entitles every pregnant woman to free delivery, including caesarean section, in public health institutions.
3. JSSK provides free transport, diagnostics, drugs and diet during the hospital stay.
4. JSY was launched in 1995 under the National Rural Health Mission.
Which of the above is/are NOT correct?
- JSY is a conditional cash transfer scheme operating under the National Health Mission.
- JSSK entitles every pregnant woman to free delivery, including caesarean section, in public health institutions.
- JSSK provides free transport, diagnostics, drugs and diet during the hospital stay.
- JSY was launched in 1995 under the National Rural Health Mission.
- A. 1 and 3
- B. 2 and 4
- C. 1, 2 and 4
- D. 4 only