Wednesday, 3 June 2026

Muga silk, the focus of the recently launched Mission Senehjori in Assam, is produced by silkworms that feed mainly on the leaves of:

With reference to Muga silk of Assam, consider the following statements:

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A Geographical Indication in India, such as the one held by Assam's Muga silk, is registered under a law administered by which one of the following ministries?

The Central Silk Board, the apex body for the development of sericulture in India, functions under which one of the following ministries?

Eri silk, produced in Assam alongside Muga silk, is often called ahimsa silk because:

The Prime Minister Research Chair (PMRC) Scheme, which invites accomplished researchers of Indian origin to work with Indian institutions, is being run by which one of the following ministries?

The Empowered Committee that evaluates proposals under the Prime Minister Research Chair (PMRC) Scheme is headed by the:

With reference to the Prime Minister Research Chair (PMRC) Scheme, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The VAJRA faculty scheme, an earlier initiative to bring overseas scientists of Indian origin into Indian laboratories, is administered by the:

A bolide, the term used for the object that recently produced a bright flash and a loud boom over Boston, is best described as:

A fragment of extraterrestrial rock that survives its passage through the atmosphere and is recovered on the Earth's surface is called a:

Consider the following statements about well known meteor airburst events:

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Which one of the following missions was designed to test whether the orbit of an asteroid can be altered by deliberately crashing a spacecraft into it?

The yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula), recently recorded for the first time in Kaziranga National Park, belongs to which one of the following families?

With reference to the yellow-throated marten, consider the following statements:

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Kaziranga National Park, where the yellow-throated marten was recently sighted, lies in the floodplain of which one of the following rivers?

The greater one-horned rhinoceros, the flagship species of Kaziranga National Park, is placed in which one of the following IUCN Red List categories?

Apart from Kaziranga, which one of the following protected areas of Assam is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List?

Halma, recently revived by villagers in the Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh to restore a public well, refers to:

Apart from Madhya Pradesh, the Bhil community is concentrated mainly in which one of the following groups of states?

With reference to the Halma tradition, consider the following statements:

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Scheduled Areas in Madhya Pradesh, including the tribal-majority Jhabua district, are administered under which one of the following Schedules of the Constitution of India?

Karnala Fort in Maharashtra owes its historical importance to its position overlooking the Bor Pass, an old route connecting:

With reference to Karnala Fort, consider the following statements:

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The Third Anglo-Maratha War of 1817-18, fought between the British East India Company and the Maratha confederacy, ended with:

Devagiri, the capital of the Yadava dynasty of the Deccan, was renamed Daulatabad by:

The Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, where the Supreme Court recently ordered the removal of encroachments, is spread across which two states?

With reference to the Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, consider the following statements:

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In an Indian biosphere reserve, the zone that is legally protected and where human activity is most tightly restricted is the:

The World Network of Biosphere Reserves, which the Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve joined in 2016, is maintained under the Man and the Biosphere Programme of:

Benefit sharing with communities such as the Kani of the Agasthyamalai hills for the use of their traditional knowledge is provided for under:

Isobutanol, which India is considering for blending with diesel, is chemically:

With reference to isobutanol and ethanol as motor fuels, consider the following statements:

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In India's fuel policy, the term E20 refers to:

The Ethanol Blended Petrol Programme in India is implemented mainly by which one of the following ministries?

The European Central Bank, which frames monetary policy for the euro area, has its headquarters in:

Which one of the following member states of the European Union has not adopted the euro as its currency?

With reference to the euro area, consider the following statements:

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The convergence criteria that a European Union member must satisfy before adopting the euro relate to:

With reference to the institutions of the euro area, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

RudraM-II, recently flight-tested by the DRDO from a Su-30MKI fighter aircraft, is:

In defence terminology, SEAD, a mission type central to modern air campaigns, stands for:

The passive homing seeker fitted to an anti-radiation missile guides the weapon by:

With reference to the RudraM-II missile, consider the following statements:

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A missile flying at Mach 5.5, such as RudraM-II, is called hypersonic because hypersonic flight is conventionally taken to begin at: