3.86 crore Indians have undiagnosed diabetes: IDF Diabetes Atlas – Quiz (12.11.2026)

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3.86 crore Indians have undiagnosed diabetes: IDF Diabetes Atlas – Quiz (12.11.2026) – 5 questions, subject: Current Affairs. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  
According to the IDF Diabetes Atlas (2025), how many people in India do not know they have diabetes?

Correct Answer: C [3.86 crore]

Explanation:

Of 8.98 crore people with diabetes, 43% (3.86 crore) are unaware of it. The WHO target is 80% diagnosed by 2030.

2.  
World Diabetes Day (14 November) marks the birthday of which co-discoverer of insulin?

Correct Answer: B [Frederick Banting]

Explanation:

Banting and Charles Best discovered insulin in 1921; Banting shared the 1923 Nobel Prize. IDF and WHO started World Diabetes Day in 1991.

3.  
Insulin is secreted by which cells of the pancreas?

Correct Answer: A [Beta cells of the islets of Langerhans]

Explanation:

Beta cells – insulin (lowers sugar); alpha – glucagon (raises sugar); delta – somatostatin. Acinar cells secrete digestive enzymes.

4.  
Where is the headquarters of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF)?

Correct Answer: D [Brussels]

Explanation:

IDF was founded in 1950 and is based in Brussels, Belgium. WHO is headquartered in Geneva.

5.  
In which year was Tamil Nadu's "Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam" (doorstep care for diabetes and hypertension) launched?

Correct Answer: C [2021]

Explanation:

It was launched in August 2021 at Samanapalli, Krishnagiri district, bringing NCD medicines and tests to people's homes.

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