Monday, 1 June 2026

The Great Stupa at Sanchi, from which the relics of Arhat Sariputra and Arhat Mahamoggallana were taken to Mongolia in 2026, was originally built during the reign of:

Arhats Sariputra and Mahamoggallana, whose relics India sent to Mongolia in 2026, are best described as:

With reference to the Great Stupa at Sanchi, which of the following statements is/are correct?

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The Gandantegchinling Monastery, where relics from the Sanchi Stupa were enshrined in 2026, is situated in which one of the following cities?

The Archaeological Survey of India, which manages the Sanchi monuments, functions under which one of the following Union ministries?

The Mtkvari, better known as the Kura and the longest river of the Caucasus, finally empties into which one of the following?

With reference to the Mtkvari (Kura) river, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Aras (Araxes), a Caucasian river that joins the Kura in Azerbaijan, forms a long stretch of the international boundary between:

Which one of the following is NOT a littoral state of the Caspian Sea?

Indopottia himalayensis, a new moss species reported in 2026 from the Western Himalaya in Uttarakhand, was described by which one of the following organisations?

With reference to mosses such as the newly described Indopottia himalayensis, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Mosses and lichens are described as pioneer species in primary succession chiefly because:

The Botanical Survey of India has its headquarters at which one of the following places?

Beaufort Castle (Qal'at Shaqif), the Crusader fortress in southern Lebanon seized in 2026, commands the valley of which river?

Saladin, who captured Beaufort Castle in 1190, was the founder of which one of the following dynasties?

With reference to Lebanon, where Beaufort Castle is situated, which of the following statements is/are correct?

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The Mamluk Sultanate, whose sultan Baibars took Beaufort Castle in 1268, was centred on which one of the following regions?

The Indian giant squirrel or Malabar giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) is placed in which one of the following IUCN Red List categories?

The Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) is the State Animal of which one of the following States?

With reference to the Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica), consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Western Ghats, the stronghold of the Indian giant squirrel, are recognised as forming a single global biodiversity hotspot together with:

Large fruit-eating canopy mammals such as the Indian giant squirrel are ecologically valuable chiefly for:

The doctrine of promissory estoppel operates primarily to:

Which one of the following statements about the doctrine of promissory estoppel in India is correct?

The doctrine of promissory estoppel was authoritatively applied against the government in India by the Supreme Court in which one of the following cases?

With reference to the doctrine of promissory estoppel in India, consider the following statements:

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Which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India provides that no tax shall be levied or collected except by authority of law?

The Mettur Dam in Tamil Nadu, which impounds the Stanley Reservoir, is built across which one of the following rivers?

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

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Tribunals for the adjudication of inter-State river water disputes, such as the dispute over Kaveri waters, are constituted under which one of the following?

In Tamil Nadu, 'kuruvai' and 'samba', the seasons for which water is released from the Mettur Dam, are cropping seasons of which crop?

Which one of the following is NOT a tributary of the Kaveri?

The Design Linked Incentive (DLI) scheme for semiconductor design is administered by which one of the following Union ministries?

Which one of the following implements the Design Linked Incentive scheme and provides its national grid of electronic design automation tools?

With reference to the Design Linked Incentive (DLI) scheme, consider the following statements:

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In the semiconductor industry, electronic design automation (EDA) tools are:

In chip development, the term 'tape-out' refers to the stage at which:

Ahilyabai Holkar shifted the capital of her Malwa kingdom from Indore to:

Ahilyabai Holkar belonged to which one of the following ruling houses of the Maratha confederacy?

The reconstruction of the Kashi Vishwanath temple at Varanasi in 1780 is credited to which one of the following rulers?

With reference to Ahilyabai Holkar, consider the following statements:

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The Maheshwari sari, whose weaving tradition grew under the patronage of Ahilyabai Holkar, is a handloom product of which State?

3I/ATLAS, on which the James Webb Space Telescope detected methane, is:

With reference to interstellar objects observed in the solar system, consider the following statements:

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With reference to the James Webb Space Telescope, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The 'coma' of a comet, in which methane was detected on 3I/ATLAS, is:

A comet's tail generally points away from the Sun because of: