UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Ministry of Tribal Affairs to Organize India’s First National Capacity Building Programme for Tribal Healers to Strengthen Health Outreach in Tribal Areas

Question 1

With reference to the National Capacity Building Programme for Tribal Healers (2026), the ICMR–RMRC, Bhubaneswar, which signed an MoU with the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, is best described as which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

A Regional Medical Research Centre of the Indian Council of Medical Research acting as the technical and research anchor for the Bharat Tribal Health Observatory

Answer

The only ICMR institute exclusively and solely dedicated to tribal health research in India

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A body under the Ministry of AYUSH set up to regulate the registration of tribal healers

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The apex council recommended by the Expert Committee on Tribal Health to govern tribal health nationally

Question 2

Consider the following statements regarding the institutional arrangement of the National Capacity Building Programme for Tribal Healers (2026):
1. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is the nodal ministry for the programme.
2. The MoU for the Bharat Tribal Health Observatory was signed with ICMR–RMRC, Bhubaneswar.
3. The MoU for the Bharat Tribal Health Observatory was signed with the National Institute of Research in Tribal Health, Jabalpur.
4. The Ministry of AYUSH is associated as a collaborating partner.
Which of the statements given above is/are NOT correct?

Accepted Answer

3 only

Answer

1 and 2

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3 and 4

Answer

2 and 3

Question 3

The disease-elimination and implementation-research efforts of the Bharat Tribal Health Observatory (B-THO) in tribal districts are initially focused on how many diseases?

Accepted Answer

Three

Answer

Two

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Four

Answer

Five

Question 4

With reference to the diseases identified as the initial focus of the Bharat Tribal Health Observatory (B-THO), consider the following:
1. Malaria
2. Leprosy
3. Kala-azar
4. Tuberculosis
Which of the above is/are NOT correctly identified as an initial focus disease of the B-THO?

Accepted Answer

3 only

Answer

1 and 3

Answer

3 and 4

Answer

2 only

Question 5

The first National Capacity Building Programme for Tribal Healers, held in January 2026, was organised under the aegis of which one of the following Union Ministries?

Accepted Answer

Ministry of Tribal Affairs

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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

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Ministry of AYUSH

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Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Question 6

Consider the following statements about the first National Capacity Building Programme for Tribal Healers:
1. It was held at Kanha Shanti Vanam, near Hyderabad.
2. It was held on 16–17 January 2026.
3. It was organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
4. It was launched from Hazaribagh, Jharkhand.
Which of the statements given above is/are correctly identified?

Accepted Answer

1, 2 and 3

Answer

1 and 2

Answer

2, 3 and 4

Answer

1, 3 and 4

Question 7

In the context of tribal health policy, the Expert Committee on Tribal Health (associated with Dr. Abhay Bang) was constituted primarily to do which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

Undertake the first comprehensive assessment of the health status of India's tribal people and recommend a tribal health-care framework

Answer

Review the policy of reservation for Scheduled Tribes in education and public employment

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Delimit and recommend the notification of new Scheduled Areas under the Fifth Schedule

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Regulate and standardise the practice of AYUSH systems in tribal-majority districts

Question 8

The Expert Committee on Tribal Health, which submitted its report in 2018, was jointly constituted by which two Union Ministries?

Accepted Answer

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Tribal Affairs

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Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Ministry of AYUSH

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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

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Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Ministry of Home Affairs

Question 9

The Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA) is best described as which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

A tribal-village development mission implementing 25 interventions through 17 line ministries to saturate gaps in social infrastructure, health, education and livelihood

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A credit-guarantee and marketing scheme for tribal entrepreneurs run by the Ministry of MSME

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A scheme for recognition of individual and community forest rights under the Forest Rights Act

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A merit-cum-means scholarship programme for Scheduled Tribe students pursuing medical education

Question 10

Which one of the following best describes the Ministry of Tribal Affairs?

Accepted Answer

The nodal ministry for policy, planning and coordination of Scheduled Tribe development, set up in 1999 by bifurcation from the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

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A ministry created in 1985 by bifurcation from the Ministry of Home Affairs to handle tribal areas

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The ministry constitutionally charged with directly administering Sixth Schedule areas through the Governors

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An attached office of NITI Aayog set up to coordinate tribal welfare programmes

Question 11

ICMR–Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar functions as a permanent research institute under which one of the following bodies?

Accepted Answer

The Indian Council of Medical Research

Answer

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs, which alone controls all tribal-health research bodies in India

Answer

The Ministry of AYUSH

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The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

Question 12

The National Capacity Building Programme for Tribal Healers (2026) is significant as India's first national initiative to do which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

Formally recognise and integrate tribal/indigenous healers as partners within the public health system

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Bring all AYUSH practitioners in the country under a single statutory regulator

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Provide free codified Ayurvedic treatment in every tribal-majority district

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Register tribal healers as fully licensed practitioners of allopathic medicine

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Ministry of Tribal Affairs to Organize India’s First National Capacity Building Programme for Tribal Healers to Strengthen Health Outreach in Tribal Areas

Q1. With reference to the National Capacity Building Programme for Tribal Healers (2026), the ICMR–RMRC, Bhubaneswar, which signed an MoU with the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, is best described as which one of the following?

Q3. The disease-elimination and implementation-research efforts of the Bharat Tribal Health Observatory (B-THO) in tribal districts are initially focused on how many diseases?

Q4. With reference to the diseases identified as the initial focus of the Bharat Tribal Health Observatory (B-THO), consider the following: 1. Malaria 2. Leprosy 3. Kala-azar 4. Tuberculosis Which of the above is/are NOT correctly identified as an initial focus disease of the B-THO?

Q5. The first National Capacity Building Programme for Tribal Healers, held in January 2026, was organised under the aegis of which one of the following Union Ministries?

Q7. In the context of tribal health policy, the Expert Committee on Tribal Health (associated with Dr. Abhay Bang) was constituted primarily to do which one of the following?

Q8. The Expert Committee on Tribal Health, which submitted its report in 2018, was jointly constituted by which two Union Ministries?

Q9. The Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA) is best described as which one of the following?

Q10. Which one of the following best describes the Ministry of Tribal Affairs?

Q11. ICMR–Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar functions as a permanent research institute under which one of the following bodies?

Q12. The National Capacity Building Programme for Tribal Healers (2026) is significant as India's first national initiative to do which one of the following?