UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, inaugurates National IED Data Management System of NSG through video conferencing

Q1. The Narco-Coordination Centre (NCORD) mechanism, as restructured by the Ministry of Home Affairs in 2019, is organised into how many tiers of committees?

  • A. Three
  • B. Four
  • C. Five
  • D. Six

Q2. In the context of India's drug law enforcement machinery, the 'NCORD' mechanism is best described as which one of the following?

  • A. A statutory tribunal under the NDPS Act that adjudicates narcotics offences
  • B. An inter-agency Narco-Coordination Centre under the MHA that coordinates drug enforcement among Central and State stakeholders
  • C. A demand-reduction and de-addiction programme run by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
  • D. An armed border-guarding force deployed to interdict cross-border drug consignments

Q3. In which year was the NCORD mechanism first constituted by the Government of India?

  • A. 2016
  • B. 2019
  • C. 2022
  • D. 2024

Q4. Which one of the following ministries restructured and operationalises the four-tier NCORD mechanism?

  • A. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
  • B. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  • C. Ministry of Home Affairs
  • D. Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue)

Q5. At the 9th Apex-Level NCORD meeting, all departments of the Government of India were directed to prepare an anti-drug roadmap extending up to which target year?

  • A. 2026
  • B. 2027
  • C. 2029
  • D. 2030

Q6. With reference to the three-pronged action plan against drugs articulated at the 9th Apex-Level NCORD meeting, consider the following statements: 1. A ruthless approach is to be adopted towards the drug supply chain. 2. A strategic approach is to be adopted towards demand reduction. 3. A ruthless approach is to be adopted towards harm reduction. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A ruthless approach is to be adopted towards the drug supply chain.
  2. A strategic approach is to be adopted towards demand reduction.
  3. A ruthless approach is to be adopted towards harm reduction.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q7. With respect to the NCB office at Amritsar inaugurated at the 9th Apex-Level NCORD meeting, which one of the following statements correctly describes its status?

  • A. The Amritsar Sub-Zone was upgraded to a Zonal Unit, with a new Regional Office established there
  • B. The Amritsar Zonal Unit was downgraded to a Sub-Zone under the Chandigarh Zone
  • C. A wholly new NCB Zone was created at Amritsar where no NCB presence had ever existed
  • D. The Amritsar office was permanently merged into the NCB Delhi Zonal Unit

Q8. Consider the following statements about the NCB office at Amritsar: 1. Its new building was constructed at a cost of about Rs 12 crore. 2. The Regional Office at Amritsar is headed by a Deputy Director General of Joint Secretary rank to coordinate with border-guarding forces. 3. The Amritsar office was inaugurated on the occasion of the 7th Apex-Level NCORD meeting. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Its new building was constructed at a cost of about Rs 12 crore.
  2. The Regional Office at Amritsar is headed by a Deputy Director General of Joint Secretary rank to coordinate with border-guarding forces.
  3. The Amritsar office was inaugurated on the occasion of the 7th Apex-Level NCORD meeting.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q9. Consider the following statements about the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB): 1. It was constituted under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. 2. It functions as the nodal drug law enforcement agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs. 3. It is the demand-reduction nodal agency operating under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. It was constituted under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
  2. It functions as the nodal drug law enforcement agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
  3. It is the demand-reduction nodal agency operating under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q10. The Narcotics Control Bureau was constituted by the Central Government under which provision of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985?

  • A. Section 4(3)
  • B. Section 2
  • C. Section 41
  • D. Section 68

Q11. With reference to the National Narcotics Helpline 'MANAS', consider the following: 1. It operates the toll-free helpline number 1933. 2. It enables citizens to share information on drug trafficking with anonymity. 3. It was launched at the 7th Apex-Level NCORD meeting in 2024. 4. It is an initiative of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Which of the above is/are correctly identified?

  1. It operates the toll-free helpline number 1933.
  2. It enables citizens to share information on drug trafficking with anonymity.
  3. It was launched at the 7th Apex-Level NCORD meeting in 2024.
  4. It is an initiative of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
  • A. 1, 2 and 3
  • B. 2 and 4
  • C. 1, 3 and 4
  • D. 3 only

Q12. At the 9th Apex-Level NCORD meeting, the Home Minister stressed that financial investigations to seize the proceeds of narco-crime and dismantle the financial backbone of drug cartels should be driven primarily through which law?

  • A. The Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), enforced through the ED
  • B. The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
  • C. The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967
  • D. The Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999