Monday, 18 May 2026

The Anaimangalam copper plates, recently returned to India by the Netherlands, record a land grant made to:

With reference to the Anaimangalam copper plates, consider the following statements:

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The maritime kingdom of Sri Vijaya, mentioned in the Anaimangalam plates, was centred on:

In the royal seal attached to the Anaimangalam plates the Chola tiger appears with a twin fish and a bow. These two emblems belonged respectively to the:

With reference to Rajendra Chola I, consider the following statements:

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Kawal Tiger Reserve, recently in the news for a rare raptor sighting, is located in:

With reference to the red-necked falcon, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

An area can be notified as a tiger reserve by:

In the IUCN Red List, a species assessed as Near Threatened is placed:

The Godavari, the river near which Kawal Tiger Reserve lies, rises at:

With reference to the Nordic countries, consider the following statements:

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Which one of the following countries is NOT a member of the Nordic grouping?

The Althingi, among the world's oldest surviving parliaments, is the legislature of:

Finnish differs from Danish, Swedish and Norwegian in belonging to which one of the following language families?

In the Arctic Council, India holds the status of:

'Model collapse', recently discussed in the context of generative artificial intelligence, refers to:

With reference to model collapse in generative AI, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The degradation known as model collapse in generative AI can be delayed or prevented by:

In machine learning, 'catastrophic forgetting' describes a situation where a neural network:

The Mining Guard, a new paramilitary force proposed to protect critical mineral sites, is to be raised by which one of the following countries?

The Democratic Republic of the Congo accounts for the largest share of world output of which one of the following minerals?

With reference to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, consider the following statements:

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Cobalt is treated as a strategic mineral today mainly because of its use in:

Which one of the following statements about the Congo river is correct?

With reference to the Damodar river, consider the following statements:

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The Damodar Valley Corporation, set up in 1948, was consciously modelled on:

The river commonly described as the 'Sorrow of Bihar' is the:

The Hooghly, which the Damodar joins, is:

The Jharia, Raniganj and Bokaro coalfields lie in the basin of which one of the following rivers?

With reference to the International Criminal Court, consider the following statements:

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Unlike the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court:

Which one of the following is NOT a crime within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court?

The principle of complementarity, on which the International Criminal Court works, means that the court:

The International Criminal Court has its seat at:

The Tungabhadra, the river on which the Tungabhadra Dam stands, is a tributary of the:

With reference to the Tungabhadra Dam, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The ruins of Hampi, capital of the Vijayanagara empire, stand on the bank of which one of the following rivers?

Disputes between States over the waters of an inter-State river are dealt with under which Article of the Constitution?

The National Test House, recently in the news for certifying drones, functions under the:

With reference to the National Test House, consider the following statements:

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The Drone Rules, 2021, which govern the certification and operation of unmanned aircraft in India, are administered by the:

The Bureau of Indian Standards is:

The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission functions under the:

With reference to the Indian Pharmacopoeia, consider the following statements:

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The Pharmacovigilance Programme of India, for which the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission is the National Coordination Centre, is concerned with:

Medicines listed in the National List of Essential Medicines become subject to:

The approval of new drugs and the regulation of drug imports in India is the responsibility of the: