Wednesday, 27 May 2026

With reference to the Justice Naolekar Committee constituted to examine demographic change in India, consider the following statements:

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The Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India functions under which one of the following Ministries?

The National Register of Citizens is prepared under rules framed under which one of the following?

Under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India, the subject 'Citizenship, naturalisation and aliens' is placed in which one of the following?

Interfilum shuklaii, described in 2026 from moist rock surfaces in the Western Ghats, belongs to which one of the following groups of organisms?

With reference to Interfilum shuklaii, the green alga recently described from the Western Ghats, consider the following statements:

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The thick mucilage envelope surrounding the cells of Interfilum species helps them mainly to:

The Western Ghats of peninsular India are correctly described by which one of the following statements?

Australia is separated from Papua New Guinea by which one of the following?

With reference to the Murray-Darling river system of Australia, consider the following statements:

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The highest peak of mainland Australia, Mount Kosciuszko, forms part of which one of the following ranges?

The Great Barrier Reef lies off which coast of Australia?

Bauxite, of which Australia is among the world's largest producers, is the principal ore of which one of the following metals?

Babesia, the parasite behind the recent deaths of Asiatic lions in Gir National Park, is transmitted mainly by the bite of:

Babesiosis, reported among lions in Gir National Park in 2026, is caused by which one of the following types of pathogen?

With reference to babesiosis, consider the following statements:

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Gir National Park, the only natural home of the Asiatic lion, lies in which one of the following regions?

A National Park in India is notified under the provisions of which one of the following?

INS Kolkata, which recently answered a piracy distress call in the western Indian Ocean, is the lead ship of a class of:

The BrahMos missile carried by Indian Navy destroyers is best described as a:

Barak-8, the surface-to-air missile fitted on Indian Navy warships, has been developed jointly by India and which one of the following countries?

With reference to the Gulf of Aden, consider the following statements:

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Piracy on the high seas, and the right of every state to seize a pirate ship, are defined in which one of the following?

The National Sports Governance Board and the National Sports Tribunal have been set up under rules notified by which one of the following Ministries?

Consider the following statements regarding the National Sports Governance framework notified in India in 2026:

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Appeals against the decisions of the National Sports Tribunal will ordinarily lie to which one of the following?

The National Sports Tribunal has been created primarily to:

The Court of Arbitration for Sport, to which certain appeals in international sport are taken, is headquartered in:

The Cauvery river, across which the Mekedatu balancing reservoir is proposed, rises in which one of the following?

With reference to the proposed Mekedatu project on the Cauvery, consider the following statements:

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The Cauvery Water Management Authority, which must examine the detailed project report for Mekedatu, was constituted under which one of the following laws?

Article 262 of the Constitution of India deals with which one of the following?

A 'balancing reservoir' of the kind proposed at Mekedatu is meant primarily to:

Vaccinium piliferum, a wild relative of the blueberry rediscovered in India after nearly two centuries, belongs to which one of the following families?

The term 'epiphyte', used to describe Vaccinium piliferum, refers to a plant that:

With reference to Vaccinium piliferum, the wild blueberry relative recently rediscovered in India, consider the following statements:

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Vaccinium piliferum was rediscovered along tributaries of the Noa-Dihing river, in which one of the following states?

The PAIMANA portal, developed to monitor the progress of large infrastructure projects, belongs to which one of the following?

The PAIMANA portal monitors central sector projects costing at least:

With reference to the PAIMANA portal, consider the following statements:

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The PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan is best described as:

The Khadi and Village Industries Commission functions under which one of the following Ministries?

The Khadi and Village Industries Commission is best described as:

With reference to the Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), consider the following statements:

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The Honey Mission, launched by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission, seeks to: