Which among the following statements with regard to Grameen Bharat Mahotsav, 2025 is/are correct? 1. It aims at promoting economic stability and financial security among rural population. 2. It focuses on financial inclusion and supporting sustainable agricultural practices. Select the answer using the code given below.
- (a)1 only
- (b)2 only
- (c)Both 1 and 2
- (d)Neither 1 nor 2
Correct — C, Both 1 and 2. Grameen Bharat Mahotsav 2025 was held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, from 4 to 9 January 2025 under the theme "Building a Resilient Rural India for Viksit Bharat 2047". Its stated purpose was to celebrate and strengthen rural entrepreneurship, and both statements describe parts of that purpose accurately. Statement 1 captures the economic-security objective — raising rural incomes and livelihoods so that rural households are less exposed to shocks. Statement 2 captures the two operating themes the event was built around, financial inclusion through the cooperative and rural banking network, and support for sustainable agricultural practices. Neither statement contains a swapped ministry, year or figure, so both stand.
- (a)1 only — Discards statement 2, but financial inclusion and sustainable agriculture were the two explicit focus areas of the Mahotsav, not incidental to it.
- (b)2 only — Discards statement 1, yet economic stability and financial security in rural areas is the outcome the whole event was organised around.
- (d)Neither 1 nor 2 — Rejects both. That would only be right if the event were misdescribed or misdated, and neither statement carries an error of that kind.
Grameen Bharat Mahotsav is a national rural festival intended to showcase rural crafts, cooperatives and enterprise and to connect rural producers to markets, credit and technology. The 2025 edition ran at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi in the first week of January and was inaugurated by the Prime Minister. Its framing theme tied rural resilience to the Viksit Bharat 2047 goal, and its programme placed cooperative credit, financial inclusion and sustainable farming at the centre.
Where both statements of a pair are broad and neither names a checkable number, the honest test is whether either states something the event was not about. Here they do not: one gives the objective, the other gives the means. The temptation is to reject a statement simply because it sounds generic, which is a bad habit — examiners write genuine objectives in generic language all the time. Save your scepticism for statements that carry a hard attribute: a ministry, a year, a rupee figure, a target. A statement with nothing checkable in it is usually a statement lifted from an official description.
- Grameen Bharat Mahotsav 2025 was held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, from 4 to 9 January 2025.
- Its theme was "Building a Resilient Rural India for Viksit Bharat 2047".
- The event focused on rural entrepreneurship, financial inclusion and sustainable agriculture.
- It was inaugurated by the Prime Minister and organised with the cooperative and rural credit ecosystem.
- Its stated aim was economic stability and financial security for the rural population.
- Rejecting a broadly worded statement just because it sounds generic.
- Assuming a national event named for rural India must be run by the rural development ministry alone.
- Confusing this with the many state-level rural fairs that share similar names.
Asked as a two-statement code item where both statements paraphrase official objectives and neither carries a swapped attribute.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
What was the theme of Grameen Bharat Mahotsav 2025?
- (a)Building a Resilient Rural India for Viksit Bharat 2047
- (b)One Earth, One Family, One Future
- (c)Vocal for Local
- (d)Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas
Answer(a) Building a Resilient Rural India for Viksit Bharat 2047 — the framing theme of the January 2025 edition.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Grameen Bharat Mahotsav 2025 was held at which venue in New Delhi?
- (a)Vigyan Bhawan
- (b)Bharat Mandapam
- (c)Talkatora Stadium
- (d)Yashobhoomi
Answer(b) Bharat Mandapam — the convention centre at Pragati Maidan.