Sunday, 31 May 2026

The Shangri-La Dialogue, in which India's Defence Secretary participated in 2026, is organised annually by:

With reference to the Shangri-La Dialogue, consider the following statements:

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Consider the following countries:

How many of the above are island countries of the Indian Ocean?

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, whose Military Committee Chair met India's Defence Secretary in 2026, has its headquarters at:

The United States Indo-Pacific Command, whose Commander met India's Defence Secretary in 2026, is headquartered in:

The Sakura Science Exchange Programme, under which a group of Indian school students travelled abroad in May 2026, is run by:

With reference to the Sakura Science Exchange Programme, consider the following statements:

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The National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme, whose awardees were among those selected for the 2026 Sakura visit to Japan, is intended primarily to:

Which one of the following is a feature of the National Education Policy 2020?

The PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme is implemented by which one of the following ministries?

With reference to the PM SVANidhi scheme, consider the following statements:

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Under PM SVANidhi, the working capital loan available to a street vendor in the first cycle is up to:

Under the restructured PM SVANidhi scheme, a UPI-linked RuPay credit card is offered to a street vendor who has:

Street vendors in India derive statutory protection of their livelihood and the right to a certificate of vending primarily from:

Chandratal, the high-altitude Ramsar site where Pallas's Gull was recorded for the first time in Himachal Pradesh, lies in:

With reference to Pallas's Gull, consider the following statements:

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The Central Asian Flyway, of which the wetlands of the Indian Himalaya form a part, refers to migratory bird routes linking:

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, under which Chandratal is designated, was adopted in a city of which one of the following countries?

The Pong Dam reservoir, one of the few earlier Indian sites for Pallas's Gull, has been built on which one of the following rivers?

Zero coupon zero principal instruments, recently seen in the news, are issued by:

With reference to zero coupon zero principal instruments, consider the following statements:

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A Social Stock Exchange in India is best described as:

The statutory obligation on certain companies to spend a prescribed share of their profits on corporate social responsibility is laid down in:

Under the amended corporate social responsibility rules, a company that invests a part of its CSR expenditure in zero coupon zero principal instruments:

Anaphalis sahyadrica, a flowering plant newly described from the Western Ghats, belongs to which one of the following families?

With reference to Anaphalis sahyadrica, consider the following statements:

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The shola forests of the Western Ghats are best described as:

Anamudi, one of the peaks near which Anaphalis sahyadrica was recorded, is:

Samadhan Didi, recently launched by the Union government, is:

The Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) is administered by:

Bhashini, referred to in the context of artificial intelligence enabled citizen services, is:

With reference to the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India, consider the following statements:

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Under Article 350 of the Constitution of India, a person may submit a representation for the redress of a grievance to an officer or authority of the Union or a State:

Nausena Shaurya Vatika, an open-air naval display park inaugurated in 2026, is located at:

With reference to the Nausena Shaurya Vatika at Lucknow, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Tu-142M, a Soviet-origin aircraft flown by the Indian Navy until its retirement, served in which one of the following roles?

The Gomti river, after which the frigate INS Gomati was named, is a tributary of which one of the following rivers?

The kill switch facility that the Reserve Bank of India is exploring for digital payments would enable a customer to:

With reference to the Digital Payments Intelligence Platform, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is owned and operated by:

The power of the Reserve Bank of India to regulate and supervise payment systems in India is derived from:

The World Meteorological Organization, which issues the Global Annual-to-Decadal Climate Update, is:

With reference to the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement, consider the following statements:

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El Nino conditions, which the 2026 WMO climate update expects later in the decade, are associated with:

The Arctic is projected to warm considerably faster than the global average chiefly because:

Under the Paris Agreement, Nationally Determined Contributions are: