UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA) 2.0 App launched to strengthen monitoring and institutional coordination under National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR)

Q1. The National Chintan Shivir of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment at Chandigarh, during whose inaugural session the NMBA 2.0 App was launched in April 2026, was scheduled to be held over how many days?

  • A. Two days
  • B. Three days
  • C. Five days
  • D. Seven days

Q2. Which one of the following is the nodal Ministry that implements the National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR)?

  • A. Ministry of Home Affairs
  • B. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  • C. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
  • D. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

Q3. Under NAPDDR, the component 'Community-based Peer Led Intervention (CPLI)' is designed primarily for which one of the following groups?

  • A. Children and adolescents below 18 years of age, for early drug-use prevention
  • B. Ex-drug addicts undergoing vocational training and livelihood support
  • C. In-patients requiring hospital-based detoxification
  • D. Women-headed households affected by substance dependence

Q4. When the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan was first launched in 2020, its initial set of 272 districts was selected as they were identified as which one of the following?

  • A. The most vulnerable districts in terms of substance use
  • B. Aspirational districts under the NITI Aayog programme
  • C. Districts sharing an international land border
  • D. Districts with a tribal-majority population

Q5. Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan, the demand-reduction pillar of India's anti-drug strategy, is operationalised by which one of the following?

  • A. Department of Social Justice & Empowerment
  • B. Narcotics Control Bureau
  • C. Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
  • D. Central Bureau of Narcotics

Q6. According to the 'Magnitude of Substance Use in India' (2019) survey, approximately how many crore Indians use opioids?

  • A. 2.26 crore
  • B. 3.10 crore
  • C. 8.5 crore
  • D. 16 crore

Q7. As per the 2026 relaunch, enrolment as a 'Nasha Mukti Mitr' is open to any citizen and is carried out primarily through which one of the following?

  • A. The NMBA App 2.0 (and the DoSJE portal)
  • B. The UMANG mobile application
  • C. The e-Shram portal
  • D. The CPGRAMS grievance portal

Q8. In NMBA's cumulative outreach data cited in 2026, the figure of '26+ crore' refers to which one of the following?

  • A. The total number of people sensitized on substance use through NMBA activities
  • B. The number of youth sensitized under NMBA
  • C. The number of women reached under NMBA
  • D. The total number of awareness activities conducted under NMBA

Q9. Under the NMBA 2.0 App, real-time reporting and monitoring of activities at de-addiction facilities is enabled, through role-based access, for which one of the following stakeholders?

  • A. Grant-in-Aid Institutions (GIAs)
  • B. Gram Panchayats
  • C. District Legal Services Authorities
  • D. Self-Help Groups under NRLM