Question

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was launched on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary. Which one was it?
A) 100th
B) 125th
C) 145th
D) 150th

Answer 1

Hint:
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a nation-wide campaign initiated by the Government of India in 2014 to improve solid waste management and eliminate open defecation. On 2nd October 2014, the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was officially launched at Rajpath in New Delhi by the honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Complete answer:
The day on which the campaign was officially launched i.e. 2nd October 2014, was the 145th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The Swachh Bharat Mission is aimed at achieving the target $6.2$ of the Sustainable Development Goals Number 6 initiated by The United Nations in 2015. In English, the Campaign translates to “Clean India Mission”. It is India’s largest cleanliness drive to date with three million Government employees and students participating in it from all parts of the country. The campaign aims to achieve the vision of a ‘Clean India’ by 2nd October 2019, which is the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
The Swachh Bharat Mission had two phases. The first phase of this mission lasted till October 2019 and is aimed at generating awareness and bringing about a behaviour change regarding sanitation practice, eradication of manual scavenging, and augmentation of capacity at the local level. The second phase is to be implemented between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The objectives of the second phase of the mission included to improve the management of solid and liquid waste and sustain the open defecation free status.
The mission was divided into two parts: Rural and Urban. SBM-Gramin was financed in rural areas overseen by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation; whereas in urban areas SBM-Urban was monitored by the Ministry of Housing and Urban affairs.

Thus, option (C) is correct.

Note:
Between 2014 and 2019, the Government of India provided a subsidy for the construction of nearly 110 million toilets.