Consider the following statements: 1. First Indian Military Heritage festival was inaugurated in October 2023 in Pune 2. First Green Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus was flagged off in India in Bangalore 3. South Africa chaired the 15th BRICS Summit held in 2023 4. Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra was flagged off in 2023 from Jharkhand How many of the above statements is/are correct?
- (a)1
- (b)2
- (c)3
- (d)4
Correct — B, 2 (exactly two statements are correct). Statement 3 is right: South Africa chaired the 15th BRICS Summit, held at Johannesburg in August 2023. Statement 4 is right: the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra was flagged off in 2023 from Khunti, Jharkhand. Statements 1 and 2 mis-state the venues — the First Indian Military Heritage Festival was in New Delhi (not Pune) and India's first green-hydrogen fuel-cell bus was flagged off in Delhi (not Bangalore) — so only two statements stand.
- (a)1 — Both statement 3 (BRICS chair) and statement 4 (Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra) are correct, so the count is at least 2, not 1.
- (c)3 — Only statements 3 and 4 are correct; statements 1 and 2 give wrong venues (Pune, Bangalore), so the count is 2, not 3.
- (d)4 — Statements 1 and 2 are factually wrong on location, so all four cannot be correct — this is the raw store's wrong answer.
This is a mixed current-affairs check on four 2023 events. The examiner alters the VENUE in two statements to make them false, while keeping the other two accurate — a common 'how many are correct' trap that rewards precise recall of where each event happened.
Verify each event by its true venue: BRICS-15 (South Africa, correct), Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra (launched from Khunti, Jharkhand, correct), Military Heritage Festival (New Delhi, so 'Pune' is wrong) and India's first green-H2 fuel-cell bus (Delhi, so 'Bangalore' is wrong).
- 15th BRICS Summit, 2023: hosted and chaired by South Africa at Johannesburg.
- Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra: flagged off in 2023 from Khunti, Jharkhand.
- First Indian Military Heritage Festival: held in New Delhi (statement says Pune — wrong).
- India's first green-hydrogen fuel-cell bus: flagged off in Delhi (statement says Bangalore — wrong).
Two statements correct (3 and 4) — hence (b) '2'.
- Overlooking a wrong VENUE in an otherwise plausible current-affairs statement.
- Marking all four correct when two have been deliberately altered.
Current-affairs 'how many of the above are correct' items where the trap is a swapped place or date.
With reference to green hydrogen, consider the following statements : 1. It can be used directly as a fuel for internal combustion. 2. It can be blended with natural gas and used as fuel for heat or power generation. 3. It can be used in the hydrogen fuel cell to run vehicles. How many of the above statements are correct?
- (a) Only one
- (b) Only two
- (c) All three
- (d) None
Answer(c) All three
Same concept as statement 2 here — green hydrogen and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. UPSC confirmed hydrogen fuel cells can run vehicles, which is exactly the technology behind India's first green-hydrogen fuel-cell bus referenced in this NDA item.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The 15th BRICS Summit (2023) was hosted by which country?
- (a)India
- (b)China
- (c)South Africa
- (d)Brazil
Answer(c) South Africa — held at Johannesburg in August 2023.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra was flagged off in 2023 from which State?
- (a)Odisha
- (b)Jharkhand
- (c)Chhattisgarh
- (d)Madhya Pradesh
Answer(b) Jharkhand — launched from Khunti.