UPSC Daily PIB Quiz for 22ⁿᵈ September 2026

1) With reference to the National Formulary of India (NFI) and pharmacovigilance, consider the following statements:

1. The National Formulary of India is intended to support rational prescribing, whereas the Indian Pharmacopoeia primarily lays down quality standards for medicines.
2. Pharmacovigilance extends beyond identifying adverse drug reactions to include their assessment, understanding and prevention.
3. The National Formulary of India and the National List of Essential Medicines perform identical functions, with both serving primarily as official quality standards for medicines.
4. The Biovigilance Programme of India concerns adverse events associated with biological products used in organ and tissue transplantation, including products administered to both donors and recipients.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

2) With reference to critical minerals and urban mining, consider the following statements:

1. Critical-mineral recycling can reduce dependence on primary mineral extraction by recovering useful materials from secondary resources.
2. Rare earth elements constitute the entire set of minerals classified as critical minerals in India.
3. The identification of a mineral as critical in India is based on considerations such as economic importance and supply risk.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

3) Consider the following statements regarding the India–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement:

1. A Tariff Rate Quota permits a specified quantity of imports to receive preferential tariff treatment, with different tariff treatment potentially applying beyond the quota.
2. Exclusion of sensitive agricultural products from tariff concessions can coexist with preferential access being granted to selected agricultural products through calibrated mechanisms.
3. An FTA necessarily requires participating countries to adopt a common external tariff towards non-member countries.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

4) With reference to PM-SETU, consider the following statements:

1. The Hub-and-Spoke model allows specialised infrastructure and expertise concentrated in selected ITIs to be shared with connected institutions.
2. The role of NSTIs in the vocational-training ecosystem includes advanced skill development as well as Training of Trainers functions.
3. Apprenticeship is primarily an institution-based academic qualification and does not require meaningful workplace exposure.
4. PM-SETU seeks to strengthen the linkage between Government ITIs and industry requirements.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

5) With reference to Exercise NOMADIC ELEPHANT 2026, consider the following statements:

1. It is a bilateral military exercise between India and Mongolia conducted alternately in the two countries.
2. Its training component includes counter-insurgency operations in challenging terrain and tactical drills relevant to operations under a UN mandate.
3. The exercise is conducted at the level of a large multinational brigade under a regional security framework.

Which of the statements given above are correct?