Health Policy and AIIMS Network MCQ — 88 Practice Questions with Answers

Q1. Consider the following statements regarding the 2015 Cabinet approval for new AIIMS: 1. The Cabinet approved new AIIMS only at Nagpur, and not at Mangalagiri or Kalyani. 2. The proposed institution under that approval was to have a hospital with a capacity of 960 beds. 3. The reported cost of the new AIIMS at Nagpur was Rs. 1754 crore. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q2. Consider the following statements: 1. President Droupadi Murmu addressed the AIIMS Nagpur convocation held on 15 April 2026. 2. At the AIIMS Nagpur convocation, degrees and gold medals were conferred on 210 students from undergraduate, postgraduate and super-specialty programmes. 3. AIIMS Nagpur was established under the National Rural Health Mission, not under PMSSY. 4. AIIMS Nagpur is among the AIIMS where MBBS classes/OPD/IPD are operational in the PMSSY status table. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q3. Consider the following statements regarding primary and secondary care in the National Health Policy, 2017: 1. Facilities providing the larger package of comprehensive primary health care were to be called Health and Wellness Centers. 2. The policy recommended that health centres be established only on population norms, not on geographical norms. 3. For district-level secondary care, the policy aimed at at least two beds per thousand population, accessible within the golden-hour rule. 4. The policy advocated allocating up to two-thirds or more of resources to primary care before secondary and tertiary care. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q4. Consider the following statements regarding the AIIMS network under PMSSY, as reported by PIB in December 2023: 1. Setting up of 22 new AIIMS across the country had been sanctioned under PMSSY. 2. Six sanctioned AIIMS became operational in 2012. 3. AIIMS Jodhpur was among the six AIIMS that became operational in 2012. 4. AIIMS Jaipur was among the six AIIMS that became operational in 2012. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q5. Consider the following statements regarding key components of AB-HWCs: 1. AB-HWCs expand services beyond maternal and child health to include non-communicable diseases. 2. AB-HWCs are designed only for tertiary care and do not use referral linkages. 3. A Community Health Officer is posted at SHC-HWC. Which of the statements given above are correct?