Which one of the following cities hosted the 3rd World Trauma Congress recently ?
- (a)New Delhi
- (b)Dacca
- (c)Singapore
- (d)Bangkok
Correct — A, New Delhi. The World Coalition for Trauma Care lists the 3rd World Trauma Congress as having been held in New Delhi, India, at the Vigyan Bhawan convention centre, in 2016 — the year before this paper was set, which is what the word 'recently' points to. It was organised by the J P N Apex Trauma Centre of AIIMS New Delhi with the Indian Society for Trauma and Acute Care and the World Coalition for Trauma Care, and the Union Health Minister inaugurated it.
- (b)Dacca — Dhaka has not hosted a World Trauma Congress. The series has gone Rio de Janeiro, Frankfurt, New Delhi, San Diego, and the paper's spelling 'Dacca' is the older form of the Bangladeshi capital's name.
- (c)Singapore — Singapore hosts many medical congresses but not this one; it does not appear in the coalition's list of past World Trauma Congresses.
- (d)Bangkok — Bangkok is likewise absent from the series. It is a plausible distractor only because it is a common Asian conference city.
The World Trauma Congress is the periodic global meeting of trauma-care societies, convened under the World Coalition for Trauma Care. Trauma medicine matters disproportionately in India because road crashes, falls and burns kill and disable large numbers of working-age people, and the J P N Apex Trauma Centre at AIIMS New Delhi is the country's flagship institution in the field.
Current-affairs items of this kind must be read against the date of the paper. This examination was held in April 2017, so 'recently' means the congress of 2016. The series has moved on since: the 4th congress met at San Diego in 2018, the 5th was held virtually in 2021, the 6th at Tokyo in 2023 and the 7th at Las Vegas in 2024, so New Delhi is now several editions back. For an event-to-city question, the useful habit is to hold the two or three most recent editions and the host country of each.
- The 3rd World Trauma Congress was held in New Delhi, at the Vigyan Bhawan convention centre.
- It was hosted by the J P N Apex Trauma Centre, AIIMS New Delhi, with the Indian Society for Trauma and Acute Care.
- The 1st World Trauma Congress met at Rio de Janeiro in August 2012 and the 2nd at Frankfurt in May 2014.
- The 4th met at San Diego in September 2018, the 6th at Tokyo in 2023 and the 7th at Las Vegas in 2024.
- The series is convened under the World Coalition for Trauma Care.
- Reading 'recently' as meaning today rather than shortly before the paper was set.
- Choosing a well-known conference city over the one that actually hosted the edition asked about.
- Missing that India hosts many such congresses, so the home option is often right rather than a decoy.
Event-to-city items appear in every NDA current-affairs section; the paper usually offers one Indian city and three regional capitals.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The J P N Apex Trauma Centre, which hosted the 3rd World Trauma Congress, is part of
- (a)AIIMS New Delhi
- (b)PGIMER Chandigarh
- (c)JIPMER Puducherry
- (d)NIMHANS Bengaluru
Answer(a) AIIMS New Delhi — the country's flagship trauma-care institution.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The first World Trauma Congress was held in
- (a)Rio de Janeiro
- (b)Frankfurt
- (c)New Delhi
- (d)San Diego
Answer(a) Rio de Janeiro — in August 2012, followed by Frankfurt in 2014 and New Delhi in 2016.