22.05.2025 UPSC PRELIMS MCQs

Q5. Consider the following statements about Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA):

1. ASHA workers received the WHO's Global Health Leaders Award in 2022 for their contribution during the COVID-19 pandemic.

2. They are formally recognized as government employees and receive a fixed monthly salary under the National Health Mission.

3. To become an ASHA worker, a woman must be a permanent resident of the village, married, and should have completed at least 10th standard education.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Q4. Consider the following statements about 'Point Nemo':

1. It is also known as the 'Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility' and is located in the South Pacific Ocean.

2. It serves as a spacecraft cemetery where space agencies deliberately crash their decommissioned satellites and space stations.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Q3. Which of the following disputed territories in the South China Sea is correctly matched with its claimant countries?

1. Scarborough Shoal - China, Philippines
2. Paracel Islands - China, Vietnam, Philippines
3. Mischief Reef - China, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Q2. Consider the following statements regarding table salt (NaCl) and its health implications:

1. Iodized salt is mandatory in India because iodine deficiency can lead to goiter, but excess iodine consumption through fortified salt has no adverse effects on thyroid function.

2. The World Health Organization recommends consuming less than 2 grams of sodium salt per day as higher intake is linked to increased risk of hypertension and cardiovascular diseases.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Q1.Consider the following statements about Leprosy in India:

1. India achieved the WHO's target of leprosy elimination as a public health problem (prevalence rate of less than 1 case per 10,000 population) at the national level in 2010.
2. Mycobacterium leprae, the bacteria causing leprosy, has a high multiplication rate and can survive outside the human body for many months.
3. The National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP) provides a uniform Multi-Drug Therapy (MDT) regimen for all categories of leprosy patients.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?