1. Consider the following statements about the Mukhyamantri Ayushman Arogya (MAA) Yojana:
1. It gives cashless treatment of up to ₹25 lakh per family per year – up to ₹5 lakh in insurance mode and up to ₹20 lakh in trust mode.
2. Ineligible (non-priority) families can join voluntarily by paying an annual premium of ₹850.
3. According to the Economic Review 2025-26, about 1.36 crore families are enrolled and in-bound portability started from April 2025.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
✅ Correct answer: (D)
📌 Analysis: All three statements are correct.
📘 Understand in depth: MAA Yojana (a restructured form of the earlier 'Chiranjeevi' scheme; integrated with Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY – 'Ayushman Bharat-Mukhyamantri Ayushman Arogya Yojana'): cover ₹25 lakh/family/year – common illnesses up to ₹5 lakh through the insurer, serious/costly ones (organ transplants, cochlear implants etc.) up to ₹20 lakh through the state trust (Rajasthan State Health Assurance Agency). 2,179 packages (2,002 insurance + 177 trust mode; 132 new). Eligible: NFSA families, the SECC-2011 list, small-marginal farmers, contract workers, families that got Covid ex-gratia etc. – free for them; others by paying ₹850. The government pays the insurer ₹2,370 per family per year. In-bound portability from April 2025, out-bound from December 2025 (treatment in other states' hospitals too). About 15.33 lakh patients treated; about ₹3,000 crore in Budget 2026-27. Enrolment through Jan Aadhaar.
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• Total packages under MAA? – 2,179
• Premium paid by the government to the insurer per family? – ₹2,370
• Out-bound portability from when? – December 2025
2. Consider the following statements about Rajasthan's right-to-health and free-medicine system:
Statement I: With the Rajasthan Right to Health Act 2023, Rajasthan became the first state in the country to recognise health as a legal right.
Statement II: The essential medicines list of the Mukhyamantri Nishulk Nirogi Rajasthan (medicine) Yojana includes over 1,000 medicines.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
✅ Correct answer: (C)
📌 Analysis: Both statements are correct.
📘 Understand in depth: Right to Health Act 2023 (passed March 2023): every resident has the right to free OPD/IPD at government institutions, treatment in emergencies without advance payment etc.; district and state health authorities for grievances. Mukhyamantri Nishulk Nirogi Rajasthan (DAWA) Yojana (from 1 April 2022; the original free-medicine scheme dates from 2 October 2011): essential list – 1,238 medicines, 428 surgical items, 156 sutures; from medical colleges down to sub-centres; with the free-tests scheme (since 2013). Supply – Rajasthan Medical Services Corporation (RMSCL). State health infrastructure (December 2025): 267 hospitals, 832 CHCs, 2,589 PHCs, 15,292 sub-centres; 19,877 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (12 services); 6.52 crore ABHA IDs.
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• When did the original free-medicine scheme begin? – 2 October 2011
• Supply agency for free medicines? – RMSCL
• ABHA IDs (December 2025)? – 6.52 crore
3. Match List-I (Rajasthan health indicator, SRS) with List-II (value):
List-I (Rajasthan health indicator, SRS)
List-II (value)
(a)Infant mortality rate (2023)
(1)29 per thousand live births
(b)Maternal mortality ratio (2021-23)
(2)70.4 years
(c)Life expectancy at birth (2019-23)
(3)86 per lakh live births
(d)Crude birth rate (2023)
(4)22.9 per thousand
✅ Correct answer: (B)
📌 Analysis: Correct match: IMR 29; MMR 86; life expectancy 70.4 years; birth rate 22.9.
📘 Understand in depth: National comparison (SRS): IMR 2023 – Rajasthan 29, India 25 (state behind); MMR 2021-23 – Rajasthan 86, India 88 (state better); life expectancy 2019-23 – Rajasthan 70.4, India 70.3; crude birth rate – 22.9 vs 18.4; crude death rate – 5.9 vs 6.4. NFHS-5 (2019-21): institutional deliveries 94.9% (India 88.6%), full immunisation 80.4%, TFR 2.0 (below replacement), anaemia in pregnant women 46.3%, stunting in children 31.8%, wasting 16.8%, underweight 27.6%. Viksit Rajasthan 2047 targets: life expectancy 77 years, MMR below 15, IMR below 10, 100% universal health coverage by 2030.
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• State's TFR in NFHS-5? – 2.0
• Institutional deliveries in NFHS-5? – 94.9%
• IMR target by 2047? – Below 10
4. Consider the following statements about Rajasthan's health initiatives:
1. 'Mission Madhuhari' (29 November 2024, from Nagaur) gives free insulin, glucometers and strips to children with Type-1 diabetes.
2. 'Mission Madhunetra' relates to AI-based diabetic retinopathy screening.
3. The Rajasthan Government Health Scheme (RGHS) has been in force since 1 July 2021 and is for state employees/pensioners on the CGHS model.
4. The 'Ayushman Vay Vandana' scheme is for all citizens aged above 60 years.
5. The 'Shuddh Aahar – Milawat par War' campaign began on 15 February 2024.
How many of the above statements are correct?
✅ Correct answer: (C)
📌 Analysis: Only four statements (1, 2, 3 and 5) are correct.
📘 Understand in depth: Statement 4 is wrong – Ayushman Vay Vandana (from 29 October 2024, Centre) gives cashless treatment of ₹5 lakh a year to all citizens aged 70 or above (with no income limit). Others: RGHS – about 13.65 lakh families; ministers, MLAs-former MLAs, All-India Service officers, pensioners, autonomous-body staff; 741+ private hospitals, 3,748 pharmacies; ₹3,817 crore in Budget 2026-27. Silicosis Policy 2019 – ₹3 lakh rehabilitation on certification, ₹1,500 monthly pension, ₹2 lakh to dependants on death, ₹10,000 for last rites. Mukhyamantri Bal Sambal Yojana – children with rare diseases. MAA Voucher Scheme (2024) – free sonography at private centres via QR vouchers for rural pregnant women (1,462 centres). Dialysis at 61 district hospitals (PM National Dialysis Programme).
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• Age eligibility for Ayushman Vay Vandana? – 70 years+
• Monthly pension to a silicosis patient? – ₹1,500
• Aim of the MAA Voucher Scheme? – Free sonography for rural pregnant women
5. Assertion (A): Under Rajasthan's 'Cash Plus model', besides cash transfers to pregnant women, counselling and campaigns for changing nutrition behaviour were also run.
Reason (R): When only cash transfers were given, many beneficiaries were not spending the money on nutrition (food).
✅ Correct answer: (A)
📌 Analysis: Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
📘 Understand in depth: A 'best practice' in the Economic Review 2025-26: districts – Pratapgarh, Dungarpur, Banswara, Udaipur, Baran (tribal/malnutrition-prone); cash benefits of the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) and the Mukhyamantri Matritva Poshan Yojana were linked with behaviour change communication (BCC). Roles: anganwadi workers – door-to-door nutrition counselling; ANMs – pregnancy-care counselling; ASHAs – village meetings. Media – street plays, puppets, murals, radio, a digital 'Bahubali' campaign (men in a supportive family role). Results (2022-25): women spending the cash on food rose from 30% to 89%; dietary diversity improved. That is why 'Cash Plus' was found more effective than 'cash' alone (R explains A). Related: Mukhyamantri Suposhan Nutri-Kit (last 5 months of pregnancy; dates, ghee, roasted gram, groundnut, jaggery, makhana) – 2.35 lakh women.
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• Districts of the Cash Plus model? – Pratapgarh, Dungarpur, Banswara, Udaipur, Baran
• Digital campaign of Cash Plus? – 'Bahubali'
• Nutri-kit given in which period? – Last 5 months of pregnancy
6. Consider the following statements about Rajasthan's emergency health services:
Statement I: The '108' ambulance service started in 2015 and gives free transport only to pregnant women.
Statement II: '104 Janani Express' gives free transport to pregnant women and newborns.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
✅ Correct answer: (B)
📌 Analysis: Only statement II is correct.
📘 Understand in depth: The '108' emergency ambulance service has served all kinds of emergency patients (accidents, heart attacks etc.) since September 2008; 1,094 ambulances (Economic Review 2025-26) – so statement I is wrong. '104 Janani Express' – free home-hospital-home transport for pregnant/post-natal women and infants up to one year under the Janani Suraksha programme. Others: mobile medical units (2008-09), e-Sanjeevani tele-consultation (20.33 lakh consultations), village health and sanitation committees (43,440 villages), ASHA Sahyoginis (54,022), Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK – screening of children 0-18 for 4Ds: defects, diseases, deficiencies, developmental delays), Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram ('Ujala clinics'). Ayushman Adarsh Gram Yojana – 210 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs in phase one (2025-26), 18 health indices. Budget 2026-27: 'Raj-SURAKSHA' emergency care and 'Raj-MAMTA' mental health programmes.
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• Since when has the 108 service run? – September 2008
• Number of 108 ambulances? – 1,094
• Mental health programme in Budget 2026-27? – Raj-MAMTA
7. According to the Economic Review 2025-26, how many Primary Health Centres (PHCs) were there in the state by December 2025?
✅ Correct answer: (D)
📌 Analysis: The correct answer is 2,589.
📘 Understand in depth: Health infrastructure (December 2025): 267 hospitals; 832 Community Health Centres (CHCs); 2,589 PHCs (2,534 rural + 55 urban; 286 urban PHCs separately under NUHM); 15,292 sub-centres; 118 mother-child welfare centres; 183 dispensaries; 76,210 beds; 19,877 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (12 services – maternal-child health, family planning, communicable and non-communicable diseases, mental health, oral-eye-ENT, elderly and emergency care etc.). Norms (IPHS): in plains, 1 sub-centre per 5,000, a PHC per 30,000 and a CHC per 1,20,000 people; in tribal/desert areas 3,000, 20,000 and 80,000 respectively. Option 1,462 – private sonography centres under the MAA voucher scheme.
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• CHCs in the state (December 2025)? – 832
• Norm population for one PHC in plains? – 30,000
• CHC norm in desert/tribal areas? – 80,000
8. According to NFHS-5 (2019-21), consider the following statements about nutrition indicators of children (under 5) in Rajasthan:
1. Stunting in Rajasthan is 31.8%, lower than the national average (35.5%).
2. Wasting in Rajasthan is 16.8%, lower than the national average (19.3%).
3. Underweight in Rajasthan is 27.6%, lower than the national average (32.1%).
Which of the statements given above are correct?
✅ Correct answer: (D)
📌 Analysis: All three statements are correct.
📘 Understand in depth: Definitions: stunting – low height for age (chronic malnutrition); wasting – low weight for height (acute malnutrition); underweight – low weight for age (composite). Rajasthan in NFHS-5: neonatal mortality 20.2, IMR 30.3, U5MR 37.6; institutional deliveries 94.9%; full immunisation 80.4%; anaemia in pregnant women 46.3% (India 52.2%); TFR 2.0. Steps against malnutrition: POSHAN Abhiyaan (nationally launched by the Prime Minister from Jhunjhunu on 8 March 2018), Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0, PM POSHAN (mid-day meal), the 'Cash Plus model', nutri-kits, Anaemia Mukt Bharat.
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• Where was POSHAN Abhiyaan launched nationally? – Jhunjhunu (8 March 2018)
• Indicator of chronic malnutrition? – Stunting
• Anaemia in pregnant women in NFHS-5? – 46.3%
9. Consider the following statements about the Employees' State Insurance Scheme (ESIS):
Statement I: It applies to employees earning up to ₹21,000 a month in establishments with 10 or more employees.
Statement II: Under it, the employee contributes 3.25% of wages and the employer 0.75%.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
✅ Correct answer: (A)
📌 Analysis: Only statement I is correct.
📘 Understand in depth: The contributions are the other way round – employer 3.25% and employee 0.75% (employees earning an average of up to ₹176 a day are exempt from contributing); so statement II is wrong. ESIS (ESI Act 1948) – medical, sickness, maternity, disablement, dependants' and funeral benefits; medical services are run by the state ESI directorate, with spending shared between ESIC and the state at 7:1 (ESIC 7/8, state 1/8). The state has 2 ESI medical colleges (Economic Review). A separate scheme for state employees – RGHS (CGHS model).
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• Employer contribution under ESIS? – 3.25%
• Year of the ESI Act? – 1948
• Spending share between ESIC and the state? – 7:1
10. Match List-I (health initiative) with List-II (start date):
✅ Correct answer: (B)
📌 Analysis: Correct match: medicine scheme – 1 April 2022; Shuddh Aahar – 15 February 2024; Vay Vandana – 29 October 2024; Madhuhari – 29 November 2024.
📘 Understand in depth: Mukhyamantri Nishulk Nirogi Rajasthan – an expanded form of the original free-medicine scheme (2 October 2011); 1,238 medicines, 428 surgical items, 156 sutures. Shuddh Aahar-Milawat par War – joint teams of administration, police, food safety, legal metrology and dairy representatives. Ayushman Vay Vandana – all citizens aged 70+, ₹5 lakh a year (Centre; launched on Dhanvantari Jayanti). Mission Madhuhari – from Nagaur; free insulin for Type-1 diabetes (children); doctors of 70 district/sub-district hospitals trained. Mission Madhunetra – AI-based retinopathy screening from Pali, Beawar, Karauli, Jalore district hospitals and Deshnok CHC.
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• Original free-medicine scheme? – 2 October 2011
• Launch place of Mission Madhuhari? – Nagaur
• Vay Vandana since? – 29 October 2024 (Dhanvantari Jayanti)
11. Consider the following statements about maternity benefit schemes:
Statement I: Under the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), in 'low-performing states' such as Rajasthan, rural mothers get ₹1,400 and urban mothers ₹1,000 for institutional delivery.
Statement II: Under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), ₹5,000 is given for the first child and ₹6,000 if the second child is a girl.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
✅ Correct answer: (C)
📌 Analysis: Both statements are correct.
📘 Understand in depth: JSY (2005, National Rural Health Mission) – promotes institutional delivery; in LPS states (including Rajasthan) all pregnant women are eligible; ASHAs also get an incentive. Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK, 2011) – free delivery, medicines, tests, food, blood and transport (104 Janani Express) in government institutions. PMMVY (2017; under 'Samarthya' of 'Mission Shakti'; ₹6,000 for a second girl from PMMVY 2.0) – DBT, on conditions of pregnancy registration, antenatal check-ups and immunisation; per the NITI Aayog meeting (2026) Rajasthan is second in the country under PMMVY, with 10 lakh women benefited. At state level, the Mukhyamantri Matritva Poshan Yojana (combined with PMMVY in the 'Cash Plus model').
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• When did JSY begin? – 2005
• Programme for free delivery services? – JSSK (2011)
• Rajasthan's rank in PMMVY? – Second
12. Assertion (A): According to the Economic Review 2025-26, the state has 49 medical colleges in all, of which 24 are run by the RajMES society.
Reason (R): 5 new medical colleges – at Baran, Banswara, Nagaur, Jhunjhunu and Sawai Madhopur – have started in the state with 100 MBBS seats each.
✅ Correct answer: (B)
📌 Analysis: Both A and R are correct, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
📘 Understand in depth: Medical colleges (49): 6 government, 1 RUHS constituent, 24 RajMES (Rajasthan Medical Education Society), 2 ESI, 1 AIIMS Jodhpur, 15 private; 17 dental colleges. The 5 new colleges are part of the total, but they do not explain why 24 colleges are run by RajMES (the RajMES model – colleges set up under the centrally sponsored 'new medical colleges attached to district hospitals' scheme, 60:40, run by an autonomous society). The Centre has proposed 15 more colleges. Medical education university – Rajasthan University of Health Sciences (RUHS), Jaipur.
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• Dental colleges in the state? – 17
• Rajasthan's AIIMS? – Jodhpur
• State health sciences university? – RUHS, Jaipur
13. Consider the following statements about the Rajasthan Government Health Scheme (RGHS):
1. It has been in force since 1 July 2021.
2. It is modelled on the Central Government's CGHS.
3. It is only for serving employees; pensioners are not included.
4. About 13.65 lakh families benefit from it.
5. The state Budget 2026-27 provides about ₹3,817 crore for RGHS.
How many of the above statements are correct?
✅ Correct answer: (C)
📌 Analysis: Only four statements (1, 2, 4 and 5) are correct.
📘 Understand in depth: Statement 3 is wrong – RGHS covers serving state employees, pensioners/family pensioners, ministers, MLAs and former MLAs, All India Service officers, and employees of autonomous bodies/boards-corporations (on a contribution basis); it replaced the old RSHS/medical reimbursement system. Features: cashless indoor and outdoor treatment, government and empanelled private hospitals and pharmacy stores, Jan Aadhaar-based registration and an online (app) process; a separate scheme for ordinary families – the Mukhyamantri Ayushman Arogya (MAA) Yojana. Budget 2026-27: RGHS ₹3,817 crore, NRHM ₹4,854 crore, health sector total ₹32,526 crore.
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• RGHS on which model? – CGHS
• Total health sector provision in Budget 2026-27? – ₹32,526 crore
• Health insurance scheme for ordinary citizens? – MAA Yojana
14. Consider the following statements about Rajasthan's health indicators between NFHS-4 (2015-16) and NFHS-5 (2019-21):
Statement I: Full immunisation (12-23 months) rose from 54.8% to 80.4%, above the national average (76.4%).
Statement II: Anaemia among pregnant women improved the most, falling from 46.6% to below 30%.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
✅ Correct answer: (A)
📌 Analysis: Only statement I is correct.
📘 Understand in depth: Statement II is wrong – anaemia among pregnant women went only from 46.6% to 46.3% (a fall of just 0.3 points); but nationally it worsened from 50.4 to 52.2%, so Rajasthan is better than the national figure. Other changes (NFHS-4 → 5): neonatal mortality 29.8 → 20.2 (India 24.9); IMR 41.3 → 30.3 (India 35.2); U5MR 50.7 → 37.6 (India 41.9); institutional deliveries 84.0 → 94.9% (India 88.6%); TFR 2.4 → 2.0 (below the replacement level of 2.1); stunting 39.1 → 31.8; wasting 23.0 → 16.8; underweight 36.7 → 27.6. Immunisation gained 25.6 points (India 14.4) – Mission Indradhanush, U-WIN. In NFHS-4 the state was behind the nation on all three child-mortality indicators; in NFHS-5 it was ahead on all three.
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• Rajasthan's TFR in NFHS-5? – 2.0
• Replacement-level TFR? – 2.1
• Institutional deliveries in NFHS-5? – 94.9%
15. Consider the following statements about the Mukhyamantri Ayushman Arogya (MAA) Yojana, based on the Economic Review 2025-26:
1. About 15.33 lakh patients were treated in 2025-26 up to December 2025.
2. In-bound portability was introduced from April 2025 and out-bound portability from December 2025.
3. Ineligible (general) families can join the scheme by paying an annual premium of ₹850.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
✅ Correct answer: (D)
📌 Analysis: All three statements are correct.
📘 Understand in depth: MAA (combined with Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY): about 1.36 crore families; up to ₹25 lakh per family per year (₹5 lakh insurance mode + ₹20 lakh trust mode); 2,179 packages. 2025-26 (to December): 15,32,780 patients; 62,75,311 claims submitted (₹2,955.16 crore), 40,15,705 claims paid (₹2,245.53 crore). Portability – PMJAY beneficiaries of other states treated in Rajasthan (in-bound) and Rajasthan's beneficiaries in other states (out-bound). Per the Chief Minister, cashless treatment worth ₹7,645 crore to 37.53 lakh patients in two years. Former name – Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme (2021).
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• Trust-mode cover in MAA? – ₹20 lakh
• Packages in MAA? – 2,179
• Former name of MAA? – Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme
16. According to SRS, how did Rajasthan's maternal mortality ratio (MMR) change between 2018-20 and 2021-23?
✅ Correct answer: (D)
📌 Analysis: The answer is 113 to 86 (per lakh live births).
📘 Understand in depth: MMR = maternal deaths per 1 lakh live births. Rajasthan's 86 (2021-23) is 2 points below the national 88. Other SRS indicators: IMR 2023 – 29 (India 25); life expectancy 2019-23 – 70.4 years (India 70.3); crude birth rate 22.9; crude death rate 5.9. SDG target 3.1 – MMR below 70 by 2030. Viksit Rajasthan 2047 targets: MMR 87 → 15, IMR 30 → 10, life expectancy 69.9 → 77 years; 100% universal health coverage by 2030.
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• MMR under SDG target 3.1? – Below 70 (2030)
• Rajasthan's life expectancy (2019-23)? – 70.4 years
• MMR target for 2047? – 15
17. According to the Economic Review 2025-26, consider the following pairs on health services:
1. ABHA (Ayushman Bharat Health Account) – about 6.52 crore
2. e-Sanjeevani teleconsultation – about 20.33 lakh
3. Dialysis facility – 61 district hospitals
4. Mukhyamantri Bal Sambal Yojana – 224 certified children with rare diseases
5. 108 ambulance service – started in 2018
How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
✅ Correct answer: (C)
📌 Analysis: Only four pairs (1 to 4) are correctly matched.
📘 Understand in depth: Pair 5 is wrong – the 108 ambulance service has run in the state since September 2008 (1,094 ambulances); 104 Janani Express – for pregnant women and infants. ABHA – a 14-digit digital health ID (Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, 27 September 2021). e-Sanjeevani – the Centre's national telemedicine service (HWC model and OPD). Bal Sambal – help for children with rare diseases (categories of the National Policy for Rare Diseases 2021); ₹65 lakh spent. Adarsh PHCs – about 9 lakh patients and 4,000 deliveries a month. Budget 2026-27 – 'Raj-SURAKSHA' (emergency services) and 'Raj-MAMTA' (mental health) initiatives.
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• 108 ambulance in the state since? – September 2008
• How many digits in ABHA? – 14
• Mental-health initiative of Budget 2026-27? – Raj-MAMTA
18. Assertion (A): The Mukhyamantri Nishulk Nirogi Rajasthan (medicine) Yojana reduces households' out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) on health in the state.
Reason (R): Medicines are the largest component of OOPE, and the scheme gives 1,238 medicines, 428 surgical items and 156 sutures free in government institutions.
✅ Correct answer: (A)
📌 Analysis: Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
📘 Understand in depth: National Health Accounts show that medicines are the largest share of OOPE; so free medicines directly cut out-of-pocket spending – R is the reason for A. Figures: 15.73 crore beneficiaries in 2025-26 (to December), ₹1,312.19 crore spent; supply – Rajasthan Medical Services Corporation (RMSCL, 2011). The original free-medicine scheme 2 October 2011; free test scheme 2013. Alongside, the MAA scheme (insurance) and the Right to Health Act 2023. Cutting OOPE is a key goal of the health chapter in the Economic Review.
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• Medicine supply corporation? – RMSCL
• Beneficiaries of the free medicine scheme (2025-26)? – 15.73 crore
• Free test scheme? – 2013
19. Consider the following statements about Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (formerly Health and Wellness Centres):
Statement I: According to the Economic Review 2025-26, the state has 19,877 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs.
Statement II: They provide 12 kinds of comprehensive primary health services, including maternal-child health, non-communicable diseases, mental health and elderly care.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
✅ Correct answer: (C)
📌 Analysis: Both statements are correct.
📘 Understand in depth: The two pillars of Ayushman Bharat (2018) – (1) Health and Wellness Centres (14 April 2018, Jangla, Bijapur) – renamed 'Ayushman Arogya Mandir' in December 2023; upgrading sub-centres and PHCs; a Community Health Officer (CHO) at sub-centre level; (2) PM-JAY (23 September 2018, Ranchi). The 12 services – pregnancy and childbirth, neonatal-infant, child-adolescent, family planning, communicable diseases, common illnesses, non-communicable diseases (screening), mental health, eye-ENT, oral health, elderly and palliative care, emergency and trauma. State – 15,292 sub-centres, 2,589 PHCs.
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• Launch of HWCs? – 14 April 2018, Bijapur
• Launch of PM-JAY? – 23 September 2018, Ranchi
• Who serves at sub-centre level? – Community Health Officer (CHO)
20. According to the Economic Review 2025-26, match List-I (category) with List-II (number) for the state's 49 medical colleges:
List-I (category)
List-II (number)
(a)Run by the RajMES society
(1)6
(b)Private
(2)15
(c)Government
(3)24
(d)ESI
(4)2
✅ Correct answer: (B)
📌 Analysis: Correct match: RajMES – 24; private – 15; government – 6; ESI – 2.
📘 Understand in depth: Total 49 = 6 government + 1 RUHS constituent + 24 RajMES + 2 ESI + 1 AIIMS Jodhpur + 15 private; 17 dental colleges. RajMES model – new medical colleges attached to district hospitals (centrally sponsored, 60:40) run by an autonomous society; the Centre has proposed 15 more colleges. In 2023-24, 5 new colleges with 100 MBBS seats each at Baran, Banswara, Nagaur, Jhunjhunu and Sawai Madhopur. RUHS (Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Jaipur).
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• Dental colleges in the state? – 17
• Funding share of the RajMES model? – 60:40
• Rajasthan's AIIMS? – Jodhpur
21. Consider the following statements about the PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM):
Statement I: PM-ABHIM (October 2021) has an outlay of about ₹64,180 crore and aims to strengthen health infrastructure from primary to tertiary level.
Statement II: Under it, critical care blocks and integrated public health labs are set up in districts, and block public health units at block level.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
✅ Correct answer: (C)
📌 Analysis: Both statements are correct.
📘 Understand in depth: PM-ABHIM (2021-22 to 2025-26; launched from Varanasi) – pandemic preparedness from the COVID-19 experience; components: urban Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, block public health units, 50+ bed critical care blocks (in districts with 5 lakh+ population), integrated public health labs, national/regional disease-control institutes, 'One Health' institutes. Rajasthan – health sector ₹32,526 crore in Budget 2026-27, 'Raj-SURAKSHA' emergency services.
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• Where was PM-ABHIM launched? – Varanasi
• Bed size of a critical care block? – 50+ beds
• Period of PM-ABHIM? – 2021-22 to 2025-26
22. Match the AYUSH/health-education institutions (List-I) with their location (List-II):
List-I
List-II
(a)National Institute of Ayurveda (deemed university)
(1)Jodhpur (AIIMS)
(b)Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Rajasthan Ayurved University
(2)Jodhpur (Ayurved University)
(c)Rajasthan University of Health Sciences (RUHS)
(3)Jaipur (NIA)
(d)All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
(4)Jaipur (RUHS)
✅ Correct answer: (D)
📌 Analysis: Correct match: NIA – Jaipur; Rajasthan Ayurved University – Jodhpur; RUHS – Jaipur; AIIMS – Jodhpur.
📘 Understand in depth: National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur (1976; deemed-university status in 2020 – AYUSH Ministry). Rajasthan Ayurved University, Jodhpur (2003) – Ayurveda, Unani, Homoeopathy, Yoga-Naturopathy. RUHS, Jaipur – medical, dental, nursing and pharmacy education; constituent medical college. AIIMS Jodhpur (2012, PMSSY). Context – the 'Heal in Rajasthan Policy 2025' promotes Ayurveda-Yoga-Unani-Siddha; RGHS also covers Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, Unani and Siddha treatment.
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• When did NIA get deemed-university status? – 2020
• Founding of the Rajasthan Ayurved University? – 2003
• AIIMS Jodhpur came under which scheme? – PMSSY
23. Consider the following statements about national health initiatives:
1. Mission Indradhanush (December 2014) is for full immunisation of left-out children and pregnant women; U-WIN is the digital portal for immunisation.
2. The National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission (July 2023) aims to eliminate sickle-cell disease by 2047.
3. Tele-MANAS (2022) is the national tele-mental health helpline (14416).
Which of the statements given above are correct?
✅ Correct answer: (D)
📌 Analysis: All three statements are correct.
📘 Understand in depth: Sickle-cell mission – launched from Shahdol (Madhya Pradesh); screening of 7 crore people aged 0-40; focus on tribal areas – relevant to Rajasthan's southern tribal districts (Banswara, Dungarpur, Udaipur, Pratapgarh etc.). Immunisation – the state's full immunisation 80.4% in NFHS-5 (54.8% in NFHS-4). Tele-MANAS (10 October 2022, World Mental Health Day) – 14416/1-800-891-4416. State – 'Raj-MAMTA' (mental health) in Budget 2026-27; Mental Healthcare Act 2017.
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• Launch place of the sickle-cell mission? – Shahdol
• Start of Tele-MANAS? – 10 October 2022
• Mental Healthcare Act? – 2017
24. Assertion (A): Rajasthan is the first state in the country to enact a Right to Health Act (2023).
Reason (R): In the state about 1.36 crore families have health cover of up to ₹25 lakh a year under the MAA scheme.
✅ Correct answer: (B)
📌 Analysis: Both A and R are correct, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
📘 Understand in depth: A is about a legal right (a law) and R about the coverage of an insurance-based scheme; the existence of the MAA scheme does not explain the enactment of the Right to Health Act (the two are separate policy tools). The 2023 Act – residents' right to free OPD-IPD services in government institutions, treatment without prepayment in emergencies, state/district health authorities, grievance redressal. MAA – ₹5 lakh insurance + ₹20 lakh trust mode, 2,179 packages, portability.
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• Year of the Right to Health Act? – 2023
• Families covered by MAA? – About 1.36 crore
• Authorities under the Act? – State/district health authorities
25. According to the Economic Review 2025-26, about how many beds were there in the state's government medical institutions by December 2025?
✅ Correct answer: (B)
📌 Analysis: The answer is about 76,210.
📘 Understand in depth: Health infrastructure (December 2025): 267 hospitals, 832 CHCs, 2,589 PHCs, 15,292 sub-centres (option 15,292), 118 mother-child welfare centres, 183 dispensaries, 19,877 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (option 19,877), 76,210 beds. Ratio – about 0.9 beds per 1,000 for ~8.33 crore people (an often-cited international reference ~3 per 1,000 – including the private sector). Development – linking district hospitals with medical colleges (RajMES), PM-ABHIM critical care blocks, model PHCs.
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• Mother-child welfare centres in the state? – 118
• Dispensaries in the state? – 183
• Hospitals in the state? – 267
26. Under the Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA), on which day are free, assured antenatal check-ups given to pregnant women in government health facilities?
✅ Correct answer: (D)
📌 Analysis: The answer is the 9th of every month.
📘 Understand in depth: PMSMA (2016) – a minimum package of check-ups by specialists/doctors in the second/third trimester (blood pressure, haemoglobin, sugar, HIV-syphilis, ultrasound) and identification of high-risk pregnancies (HRP); private doctors join voluntarily. Extended PMSMA (e-PMSMA) – follow-up of high-risk pregnant women. Rajasthan – institutional deliveries 94.9% (NFHS-5), MMR 86 (2021-23), free sonography at 1,462 private centres under the MAA voucher scheme. Other maternal schemes – JSY (2005), JSSK (2011), PMMVY, Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan (SUMAN, 2019).
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• Start of PMSMA? – 2016
• Abbreviation for high-risk pregnancy? – HRP
• Zero-expense assured maternal-child care initiative (2019)? – SUMAN
27. Consider the following statements about the Anaemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) strategy:
1. It rests on a '6×6×6' strategy – 6 target groups, 6 interventions and 6 institutional mechanisms.
2. Its target groups include only pregnant women.
3. Interventions include iron-folic acid (IFA) supplementation, deworming, behaviour-change communication and testing with digital haemoglobinometers.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
✅ Correct answer: (C)
📌 Analysis: Only statements 1 and 3 are correct.
📘 Understand in depth: Statement 2 is wrong – the 6 target groups: children 6-59 months, children 5-9 years, adolescents 10-19 years, women of reproductive age (20-24), pregnant women, lactating women. AMB (2018, under POSHAN Abhiyaan) – weekly IFA (WIFS), National Deworming Day (10 February/10 August), fortified rice/flour, attention to malaria-haemoglobinopathies. Rajasthan (NFHS-5) – anaemia in pregnant women 46.3% (46.6% in NFHS-4); remedies – Cash Plus model, nutri-kits, sickle-cell screening (tribal districts).
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• Start of AMB? – 2018
• National Deworming Day? – 10 February and 10 August
• Weekly IFA programme for adolescents? – WIFS
28. Consider the following statements about the National Health Mission (NHM):
Statement I: NHM was formed by combining the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM, 2005) and the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM, 2013); the norm is generally one 'ASHA' per 1,000 rural population.
Statement II: NHM is fully funded by the Centre; the state has no share in it.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
✅ Correct answer: (A)
📌 Analysis: Only statement I is correct.
📘 Understand in depth: Statement II is wrong – Centre-state 60:40 in general states (90:10 in north-eastern/Himalayan). The state Budget 2026-27 provides ₹4,854 crore for NRHM. NHM components – RMNCH+A (reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health), communicable and non-communicable disease programmes, health-system strengthening (Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, 108/104 ambulances, free medicines-tests). ASHA – Accredited Social Health Activist; in Rajasthan 'ASHA sahyogini' (54,022) – a joint cadre of health and women-child development; State Health Society (SHS) at state level.
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• NRHM provision in Budget 2026-27? – ₹4,854 crore
• ASHA sahyoginis in the state? – 54,022
• Start of NUHM? – 2013
29. Assertion (A): Under the TB elimination programme, TB patients get monthly cash nutrition support from the Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana during treatment.
Reason (R): Undernutrition is a major risk factor for developing TB and for treatment failure; adequate nutrition improves treatment outcomes.
✅ Correct answer: (A)
📌 Analysis: Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
📘 Understand in depth: Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana (2018) – ₹500 a month by DBT, raised to ₹1,000 from November 2024; the link between nutrition and TB is its rationale – R explains A. 'Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan' (2022) – 'Ni-kshay Mitras' (nutrition kits from communities/organisations); the 100-day intensive TB Mukt Bharat campaign (from 7 December 2024) – active screening of high-risk groups (handheld X-ray, NAAT). India's goal – end TB before the SDG deadline (2030). Rajasthan – co-morbidity of silicosis (mining areas) and TB is a challenge; Silicosis Policy 2019.
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• Current monthly help under Ni-kshay Poshan? – ₹1,000
• Who adopt TB patients from the community? – Ni-kshay Mitras
• Start of the 100-day TB campaign? – 7 December 2024
30. Consider the following statements about quality-improvement initiatives in health facilities:
Statement I: LaQshya (2017) is for improving quality of care in labour rooms and maternity operation theatres of government hospitals.
Statement II: Kayakalp awards (2015) are given for cleanliness, infection control and a health-friendly environment in public health facilities.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
✅ Correct answer: (C)
📌 Analysis: Both statements are correct.
📘 Understand in depth: National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS) – certification of government hospitals/PHCs/Ayushman Arogya Mandirs; MusQan – quality of child-friendly services (2021); 'Swachh Swasth Sarvatra'. Rajasthan – model PHCs (~9 lakh patients and 4,000 deliveries a month), district hospitals linked to RajMES colleges, special initiatives such as Mission Madhuhari/Madhunetra. Economic gain of quality improvement – more trust in government hospitals lowers private OOPE.
🎯 Other questions that can be framed from this:
• Quality initiative for child-friendly services? – MusQan
• Quality-certification standard for public health facilities? – NQAS
• Start of Kayakalp? – 2015