UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Poshan Tracker

Q1. The Poshan Tracker application was rolled out by the Ministry of Women and Child Development in technical collaboration with which one of the following agencies?

  • A. National e-Governance Division (NeGD)
  • B. National Informatics Centre (NIC)
  • C. Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
  • D. Common Service Centres SPV

Q2. In which year was the Poshan Tracker application launched by the Ministry of Women and Child Development?

  • A. 2018
  • B. 2020
  • C. 2021
  • D. 2022

Q3. Which one of the following is India's flagship multi-ministerial National Nutrition Mission, launched in 2018, that was subsequently realigned under Mission Poshan 2.0?

  • A. POSHAN Abhiyaan
  • B. Mission Vatsalya
  • C. Mission Shakti
  • D. Saksham Anganwadi

Q4. Under the Union Budget 2021-22, how many pre-existing schemes were consolidated/re-aligned to form Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0?

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

Q5. The Poshan Tracker, which had registered about 8.95 crore beneficiaries as of March 2026, is operationalised by which Union Ministry?

  • A. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  • B. Ministry of Women and Child Development
  • C. Ministry of Rural Development
  • D. Ministry of Education

Q6. Which one of the following serves as the primary ICT governance tool for near real-time monitoring of Anganwadi service delivery under Mission Poshan 2.0?

  • A. Poshan Tracker
  • B. ICDS Common Application Software (CAS)
  • C. Rapid Reporting System
  • D. Jan Aushadhi portal

Q7. As highlighted in the 2026 Mission Poshan 2.0 backgrounder, how many distinct national-level awards has the Poshan Tracker initiative been conferred?

  • A. One
  • B. Two
  • C. Three
  • D. Four

Q8. Under Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0, the beneficiary category of 'adolescent girls' eligible for nutritional support refers to girls of which age group?

  • A. 10–14 years
  • B. 11–18 years
  • C. 14–18 years
  • D. 15–19 years

Q9. Poshan Tracker's monthly growth-monitoring module (using WHO growth standards) specifically tracks the nutritional status of which one of the following beneficiary categories?

  • A. Pregnant women
  • B. Lactating mothers
  • C. Children up to six years of age
  • D. Adolescent girls

Q10. The Poshan Tracker succeeded the earlier ICDS Common Application Software (CAS). Approximately how many Anganwadi Centres were monitored on the Poshan Tracker as of March 2026?

  • A. About 6 lakh
  • B. About 9 lakh
  • C. About 14 lakh
  • D. About 20 lakh