RAS question
How many students does the Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 engage across India?
Correct answer: (B) Over 1 crore.
Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 engages 1 crore students from Classes 6-12 across India.
Explanation
Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 is described by the Press Information Bureau as India's largest school hackathon, engaging 1 crore students from Classes 6-12. That makes option B the closest and correct choice: the scale is not a limited district, state, or pilot figure, but a nationwide school-level innovation movement. The official release links the participation figure to students building ideas or prototypes around the themes of Atmanirbhar Bharat, Swadeshi, Vocal for Local, and Samriddh Bharat. The point of the question is therefore the headline participation scale: 1 crore students across India, not a smaller count such as 10 lakh, 25 lakh, or 50 lakh.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 10 lakh is far below the official participation figure, which the PIB release gives as 1 crore students from Classes 6-12.
- (C) 50 lakh is only half of 1 crore, while the official source states a 1 crore student engagement figure.
- (D) 25 lakh understates the scale of the Buildathon; the cited release identifies it as engaging 1 crore students nationwide.
Concept
This tests current schemes and education-sector innovation initiatives, a recurring RAS area because headline government programmes are often asked through their target group, scale, and implementation focus. Here, the exam hook is the national participation scale of a named Ministry of Education initiative.