Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers

All three statements reproduce explicit parts of the mission framework. Convergence, Governance and Capacity-building are the named pillars; POSHAN Abhiyaan supplies the Outreach pillar; and the age-linked delivery design assigns early childhood care and education to 3-6 years and early stimulation to 0-3 years.

Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 is a centrally sponsored umbrella nutrition programme administered by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. Health, education and local-governance systems assist through convergence, but nodal responsibility remains with that ministry.

The mission covers children up to 6 years, pregnant women and lactating mothers as core beneficiaries. Its geographically qualified category is adolescent girls aged 14-18 years, who are covered in aspirational districts and North-Eastern states. Therefore option B alone states both the correct group and age band.

For states with a legislature, the mission specifies 60:40 for general components, 25:75 for salary support and 50:50 for supplementary nutrition. Thus assigning 60:40 to supplementary nutrition incorrectly transfers the general-component ratio to a category that is shared equally.

Both statements are correct and describe different milestones. POSHAN Abhiyaan began at Jhunjhunu on 8 March 2018. Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 came later through Union Budget 2021-22, realigning Anganwadi Services, POSHAN Abhiyaan and the Scheme for Adolescent Girls under an umbrella framework.