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31 October 2026 · 121 corrections
What was wrong: The question did not say an MI round was running (the latest national round was IMI 5.0 in 2023). Two wrong options were easy giveaways: refer every child to the district hospital, and record all 14 as fully immunised after one MR dose.
What changed: The question now takes place during an Intensified Mission Indradhanush round. The wrong options are now common catch-up mistakes: one vaccine per visit, restarting a missed series, and waiting for Pulse Polio. The answer is unchanged: give all vaccines due for age and record them in U-WIN (MoHFW IMI 5.0 Operational Guidelines, 2023).
What was wrong: The explanation said the 2018 Anemia Mukt Bharat guidelines gave two tablets a day for three months in pregnancy (the three-month course in 2018 was for adolescents; pregnancy had monthly Hb checks). It also cited only the 2026 AMB guideline for the milk and calcium advice, which that guideline does not contain.
What changed: The wrong 2018 line is removed. The calcium and milk advice now cites the MoHFW National Guidelines for Calcium Supplementation during Pregnancy and Lactation (2014), which say calcium and IFA tablets are not taken together because calcium inhibits iron absorption. Tea and coffee are named as polyphenol inhibitors per AMB Abhiyaan Operational Guidelines (June 2026). The key is unchanged (B).
What was wrong: The stem asked for a 'nurse's immediate priority action' about a statistic. Distractors were about other things (levels of prevention, falciparum malaria, deworming), so only the key mentioned HDI.
What changed: Stem now asks for India's position in the latest UNDP HDR. Options are four HDI rank/value/category sets: HDR 2023-24 (134, 0.644), HDR 2021-22 (132/191, 0.633), and the right figures with the wrong 'high' category. Key: 130/193, 0.685, medium. Source: UNDP HDR 2025 (6 May 2025); hdr.undp.org checked 31 Oct 2026, HDR 2026 not yet out.
What was wrong: Key said to record in 'Nikshay/UWin'. The explanation gave the target as children under 2 only, and the citation was the general immunisation schedule. Distractors were about other things (HDI, dengue vector control, SAM).
What changed: Key now records in U-WIN (Ni-kshay is the TB portal). The explanation gives MI's under-2 target, extended to under 5 in IMI 5.0 (2023). Distractors are now immunisation mistakes: referring to the district hospital, waiting for Pulse Polio or an IMI round, and one MR dose recorded as full immunisation. Citation is now the IMI 5.0 Operational Guidelines (2023). Source: PIB 12 Oct 2023 (IMI 5.0); PIB 29 Oct 2024 (U-WIN national launch).
What was wrong: Key said '4-drug intensive 2 mo + 2-drug continuation 4 mo' and left out testing for rifampicin resistance. The explanation said 'new drug regimen 2023 daily FDC'. Distractors were about other things (World No Tobacco Day, PM-JAY cover, cold chain).
What changed: Key now reads: NAAT for rifampicin resistance, then daily FDC 2HRZE + 4HRE (ethambutol continues). Daily FDC is dated to 2017, and NPY Rs 1,000/month from Nov 2024 is kept. Distractors are now TB regimens: old thrice-weekly DOTS, WHO 2HRZE/4HR with no NAAT, and BPaLM. Source: NTEP (Central TB Division) DS-TB regimen as restated in the National DR-TB Guidelines 2025; PIB Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana.
What was wrong: Key was right, but the stem was thin and the three distractors were about other things (varicella care, measles care, a slogan), so only the key mentioned vaccines.
What changed: Stem now gives the birth doses. All four options are 6-week vaccine plans: deferring doses to 10 weeks, fIPV-1 moved to 9 months, and vitamin A given too early. Key unchanged (OPV-1, Penta-1, Rota-1, fIPV-1, PCV-1), and each option has its own explanation. Source: MoHFW UIP National Immunisation Schedule, RI Manual 2024, fIPV-3 from 1 Jan 2023.
What was wrong: Gave 'take the tablet with lemon water on an empty stomach' as a correct instruction and said iron is best taken on an empty stomach. Anemia Mukt Bharat tells nurses to counsel the opposite, so the item had two wrong instructions.
What changed: Option C now reads 'Take the tablet after a meal, with lemon water or amla', and the explanation follows Anemia Mukt Bharat counselling: take it after meals to avoid nausea and gastric upset, with vitamin C, and keep it away from tea, coffee, milk and calcium (MoHFW Anemia Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan Operational Guidelines, 2026). Milk (B) stays the only wrong instruction.
What was wrong: Option A's explanation said 45 mg iron + 400 mcg folic acid matches nothing in the programme.
What changed: Option A's explanation now says this is the pink tablet given once a week to children 5-9 years, not the antenatal dose (MoHFW Anemia Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan Operational Guidelines 2026, released 29 June 2026). Key unchanged (red tablet, 60 mg + 500 mcg daily).
What was wrong: Explanation said pre-elimination is under 10 per 100,000.
What changed: Explanation now says pre-elimination is under 10 per million (under 1 per 100,000) and elimination is under 1 per million, as in the WHO framework for low-incidence countries (2014). Key unchanged (2025, NSP 2017-25).
What was wrong: Key was right, but the three wrong options (admission 'without any review', magistrate declares mental illness, ECT for minors 'without consent or oversight') had nothing to do with a suicide attempt and were obviously wrong from their wording.
What changed: Three new wrong options, all about a suicide attempt: the attempt stays an offence with court-ordered treatment; the presumption covers only people already diagnosed; a compulsory 30-day supported admission. The explanation now adds the Government's duty to provide care, treatment and rehabilitation (s.115(2)) and says the Act applied 'notwithstanding' IPC 309 rather than 'overrode' it (Mental Healthcare Act 2017, ss.89 and 115, Gazette 7 Apr 2017; BNS 2023 in force 1 Jul 2024).
What was wrong: Full immunisation 76.4% (NFHS-5) as the latest
What changed: adds NFHS-6 (2023-24) 82.6%
What was wrong: 'Health and Wellness Centres' as current; NACP without 'STD'; ICDS shown as the stand-alone scheme; JSSK for 'sick newborn'
What changed: Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (renamed 2023); National AIDS and STD Control Programme; ICDS now Anganwadi Services under Mission Poshan 2.0; JSSK covers sick infants (since 2014)
What was wrong: Blue category a cardboard box; chemical liquid waste listed in the yellow bag; black bag under SWM Rules 2016
What changed: Blue: puncture-proof, leak-proof box or container with blue marking (G.S.R. 234(E), 2018); chemical liquid waste goes to effluent treatment; SWM Rules 2026
What was wrong: HDI 0.644, rank 134 (HDR 2023-24); IMR 27; MMR 93; SRB 929 (NFHS-5) as current; TFR source NFHS-5
What changed: HDI 0.685, rank 130 of 193 (HDR 2025); IMR 24 (SRS 2024); MMR 87 (SRS 2022-24); SRB 918 (SRS 2022-24, NFHS-5 gave 929); TFR 2.0 from NFHS-6 (2023-24)
What was wrong: Category 5 read 'mental illness, including mental retardation'
What changed: 'intellectual disability' (MTP (Amendment) Rules 2024, G.S.R. 332(E))
What was wrong: Said a sub-centre is staffed by an ANM and a male health worker
What changed: Now says that was the staffing when the question was set; under IPHS 2022 the Sub Health Centre-Ayushman Arogya Mandir is headed by a Community Health Officer with ANM, male MPW and ASHAs
What was wrong: Census 2011 child sex ratio 919
What changed: 918 (Census 2011 final)
What was wrong: Swadhar Greh, Ujjwala and Mahila Shakti Kendras as current schemes
What changed: Shakti Sadan (Swadhar Greh + Ujjwala, Mission Shakti from April 2022) and SANKALP: Hub for Empowerment of Women
What was wrong: progress measured against NFHS (NFHS-5 anaemia)
What changed: NFHS-5 still the latest anaemia figure; NFHS-6 does not report anaemia; future prevalence from an ICMR venous-blood survey
What was wrong: NFHS-5 35.5/19.3/32.1 per cent stunted/wasted/underweight as the latest
What changed: NFHS-6 (2023-24) 29.3/19.0/31.8 per cent, NFHS-5 in brackets
What was wrong: ASHA keeps the HBNC cards; HBNC card in the nursing priority
What changed: SSBSK home-visit cards (SSBSK replaced HBNC/HBYC in 2026)
What was wrong: HDI 0.644, rank 134 of 193 (HDR 2023-24, 2022 data)
What changed: 0.685, rank 130 of 193 (UNDP HDR 2025, 2023 data)
What was wrong: full immunisation 62% NFHS-4 → 76.4% NFHS-5 as the latest
What changed: adds NFHS-6 (2023-24) 82.6% (card or recall)
What was wrong: A passage named a superseded guideline edition, programme name or body; the fact taught was still correct.
What changed: Naming and source updated to the edition or name current on 2026-10-31.
What was wrong: PM-JAY covers the poorest 40 per cent.
What changed: It also covers every citizen aged 70+ regardless of income, since October 2024 (Ayushman Vay Vandana; PIB 29 Oct 2024).
What was wrong: PMMVY pays a cash benefit for the first living child (only).
What changed: It also pays ₹6,000 for a second child who is a girl, since April 2022 (PMMVY 2.0; PIB 9 Jun 2026).
What was wrong: NSAP pays the Indira Gandhi old age pension (current names).
What changed: NSAP, renamed the Pradhan Mantri Samajik Sahayata Yojana in October 2026, pays the PM Vridhavastha Pension Yojana (formerly Indira Gandhi) (Cabinet, PIB 14 Oct 2026).
What was wrong: ESI Act 1948, EPF 1952, EC Act 1923, Gratuity Act 1972 and Maternity Benefit Act 1961 presented as the governing laws.
What changed: Since 21 Nov 2025 all five are subsumed in the Code on Social Security 2020, which now governs these benefits (PIB, 21 Nov 2025).
What was wrong: Birth rate 19-20, IMR 28 (SRS 2020), MMR 97 (SRS 2018-20), TFR 2.0 in NFHS-5.
What changed: Birth rate about 18, IMR 24 (SRS 2024), MMR 87 (SRS 2022-24), TFR 2.0 in NFHS-6 (2023-24); ORGI May 2026, NFHS-6 May 2026.
What was wrong: Broken ampoules and vials go in the blue cardboard box.
What changed: They go in a puncture-proof, leak-proof box or container with blue marking (BMWM Amendment Rules 2018, G.S.R. 234(E)).
What was wrong: A passage named a superseded guideline edition, programme name or body; the fact taught was still correct.
What changed: Naming and source updated to the edition or name current on 2026-10-31.
What was wrong: Sex ratio at birth 929 in the last national survey.
What changed: Sex ratio at birth 918 in the Sample Registration System 2022-24 (SRS Statistical Report 2024). NFHS-6 does not report SRB.
What was wrong: Diagnosis rests on two sputum samples for the Ziehl-Neelsen smear and the cartridge test.
What changed: Diagnosis rests on an upfront NAAT (CBNAAT or Truenat), which also reports rifampicin resistance; the smear is kept for follow-up and where NAAT is unavailable (NTEP, 2026).
What was wrong: A passage named a superseded guideline edition, programme name or body; the fact taught was still correct.
What changed: Naming and source updated to the edition or name current on 2026-10-31.
What was wrong: close to 12 crore children, about 11 lakh schools
What changed: about 11.2 crore children, about 10.4 lakh schools (2025)
What was wrong: NFHS-5 presented as the current report card (35.5/19.3/32.1)
What changed: NFHS-6 29.3/19.0/31.8 with NFHS-5 in brackets; anaemia still NFHS-5
What was wrong: Poshan Pakhwada in March
What changed: Poshan Pakhwada in March–April
What was wrong: A passage named a superseded guideline edition, programme name or body; the fact taught was still correct.
What changed: Naming and source updated to the edition or name current on 2026-10-31.
What was wrong: HBNC 6 visits (3, 7, 14, 21, 28, 42) + day 1 home delivery
What changed: SSBSK: healthy 3, 7, 14, 42 (+day 1 home delivery); at-risk 9 visits
What was wrong: A passage named a superseded guideline edition, programme name or body; the fact taught was still correct.
What changed: Naming and source updated to the edition or name current on 2026-10-31.