UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Panel suggests additional test for chronic kidney disease

Q1. For a reduced glomerular filtration rate to be treated as evidence of chronic (rather than acute) kidney impairment, for a minimum of how many months must the reduction persist?

  • A. One month
  • B. Two months
  • C. Three months
  • D. Six months

Q2. The 177th Report's central diagnostic recommendation — that every serum creatinine test be accompanied by a GFR report 'at no additional cost' — is best understood to mean which one of the following?

  • A. Laboratories must derive and print the estimated filtration value from the same blood sample, without levying a separate charge
  • B. Patients must be offered one free repeat creatinine test after an interval of six months from the first test
  • C. States must reimburse laboratories for the second blood sample that is drawn specifically for the filtration test
  • D. Only Below Poverty Line patients are to be exempted from paying for the filtration component of the test

Q3. The National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases is implemented as a component of which one of the following?

  • A. The National Health Mission of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  • B. The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana insurance framework
  • C. The health and wellness grants devolved by the Fifteenth Finance Commission
  • D. The National Health Policy 2017 implementation and monitoring framework

Q4. Under the Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme, dialysis services are extended to a State/UT on the basis of a gap assessment submitted by it through which one of the following instruments?

  • A. The annual Programme Implementation Plans submitted to the National Health Mission
  • B. The annual disease burden estimates furnished to the Indian Council of Medical Research
  • C. The periodic health infrastructure returns filed with the National Statistical Office
  • D. The yearly performance statements placed before the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare

Q5. The 2025 technical report and guidance titled 'Climate change and workplace heat stress' was issued by the World Health Organization jointly with which one of the following as the lead partner agency?

  • A. The International Labour Organization, the UN agency for labour standards
  • B. The World Meteorological Organization, the UN agency for weather and climate
  • C. The United Nations Environment Programme, the UN agency for the environment
  • D. The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, the UN agency for disaster risk

Q6. The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare functions under the direction and control of which one of the following?

  • A. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha, who also nominates its entire membership
  • B. The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, being one of the eight Committees in his jurisdiction
  • C. The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, in consultation with the presiding officers
  • D. The Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha, who services all such Committees