UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — T.N. to get 100 additional MBBS seats from 2026-27

Q1. The Letter of Permission (LoP) authorising an existing government medical college to increase its annual MBBS intake is issued by which body constituted under the National Medical Commission Act, 2019?

  • A. Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB)
  • B. Under-Graduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB)
  • C. Board of Governors of the Medical Council of India
  • D. Ethics and Medical Registration Board

Q2. Under the National Medical Commission Act, 2019, which of the following is/are correctly identified as an autonomous board constituted under the Commission?

  1. Under-Graduate Medical Education Board
  2. Ethics and Medical Registration Board
  3. Board of Governors
  4. Post-Graduate Medical Education Board
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 4
  • C. 2, 3 and 4
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q3. Consider the following statements comparing the National Medical Commission (NMC) with its predecessor, the Medical Council of India (MCI). Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. The NMC was established as a statutory body that replaced the Medical Council of India.
  2. Unlike the largely elected Medical Council of India, the members of the NMC and its boards are appointed/nominated by the Central Government.
  3. The National Medical Commission Act, 2019 retained the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 as the parent governing statute.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q4. As per the Letter of Permission issued by the MARB, how many additional MBBS seats does Tamil Nadu gain from the academic year 2026-27 across the two government medical colleges concerned?

  • A. 50
  • B. 100
  • C. 150
  • D. 200

Q5. With reference to Tamil Nadu's MBBS seat expansion effective 2026-27, which of the following is/are correctly identified?

  1. The seat increase was granted through a Letter of Permission issued by the Medical Assessment and Rating Board.
  2. The Government Medical Colleges at Namakkal and Tiruppur will each raise annual intake from 100 to 150 seats.
  3. The approval raises Tamil Nadu's total government MBBS intake from 5,050 to 5,150 seats.
  4. Each of the two colleges received an increase of exactly 100 seats.
  • A. 1 and 4 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1, 2 and 3
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q6. Which State, pursuing a decade-long policy of establishing a government medical college in nearly every district, currently operates the largest network of government medical colleges in India?

  • A. Tamil Nadu
  • B. Karnataka
  • C. Maharashtra
  • D. Uttar Pradesh

Q7. In Tamil Nadu, applications to the NMC for new government medical colleges and for MBBS seat increases are routed and operationalised primarily through which of the following state agencies?

  • A. Directorate of Medical Education (DME)
  • B. Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
  • C. Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services
  • D. Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation

Q8. In September 2025, the approval for adding over 10,000 additional medical (UG and PG) seats — to be operationalised by 2028-29 — was granted under the framework of which statutory regulator?

  • A. National Medical Commission
  • B. Medical Council of India
  • C. National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences
  • D. University Grants Commission

Q9. According to government data, the number of medical colleges in India rose from 387 in 2013-14 to approximately how many by 2024-25?

  • A. 606
  • B. 706
  • C. 780
  • D. 808

Q10. Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for establishing new medical colleges attached to existing district/referral hospitals, which phase sanctioned the largest number of medical colleges?

  • A. Phase-I (2014)
  • B. Phase-II (2018)
  • C. Phase-III (2019)
  • D. All three phases sanctioned an equal number

Q11. With reference to the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for establishing new medical colleges attached to district/referral hospitals, consider the following statements. Which of the above is/are NOT correct?

  1. The scheme funds new medical colleges attached to existing district or referral hospitals.
  2. The Centre–State fund-sharing ratio is 90:10 for North-Eastern and special-category States and 60:40 for other States.
  3. Preference under the scheme is given to Aspirational Districts.
  4. The scheme is funded entirely by the Central Government with no State contribution.
  • A. 4 only
  • B. 2 and 4
  • C. 1 and 3
  • D. 2 only