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Govt Programme NISHTHA
Asked 3 times across 2 UPSC exams over 1 years (2024–2025), peaking in 2025.
Key insights
- Most tested in CDS — 2 of 3 PYQs
- Most asked in 2025
- Recurs across 2 years (2024–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2024 → EPFO 2025
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (3 of 3) are since 2016.
Related concepts
Ideas UPSC tests alongside this one — keep exploring.
Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CDS2025
Which one among the following is an integrated teacher training programme ?
- A Vidya Pravesh
- B NISHTHA ✓
- C Vidyanjali
- D DIKSHA
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Social Issues & Welfare › Education & Skilling
EPFO2025
Consider the following statements
- NISHTHA is an integrated teacher training programme that has been extended to cover teachers at all stages of school education
- PM POSHAN covers only those school children who are studying in classes I-VI in Government and Government-aided schools
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
- A 1 only
- B 2 only
- C Both 1 and 2
- D Neither 1 nor 2
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
Social Issues & Welfare › Education & Skilling
CDS2024
Which one of the following statements is correct about NISHTHA, a Government of India initiative ?
- A It is a training module recently introduced in LBSNAA for civil servants.
- B It is a teacher-training programme. ✓
- C It is a training programme for the new recruits in Delhi Police to inculcate integrity of service among them.
- D It is a workshop for newly elected Members of Parliament organized routinely by the Lok Sabha Secretariat.
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Social Issues & Welfare › Education & Skilling
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