Saturday, 13 June 2026

The Six Degree Channel, which lies close to INS Baaz, the southernmost air station of the Indian armed forces, separates the Nicobar Islands from which one of the following?

Indira Point, the southernmost point of Indian territory, is situated on which one of the following islands?

With reference to the Shompen, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Strait of Malacca, surveillance over which is a stated strategic gain from a longer runway in the Nicobar Islands, connects the Andaman Sea with which one of the following?

The Government has decided to build a new civil-military airport in the Nicobar Islands instead of lengthening the runway at INS Baaz mainly because:

Estonia, recently in the news for expanding digital and defence cooperation with India, shares land borders with which one of the following pairs of countries?

With reference to Estonia, consider the following statements:

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With reference to rare earth elements, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Estonia's e-Residency programme allows a foreign national primarily to:

With reference to the butterfly Chonala albistricta, consider the following statements:

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The family Nymphalidae, to which the newly described butterfly Chonala albistricta belongs, is commonly known as the:

The National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru, whose researchers described the butterfly Chonala albistricta, is a centre of which one of the following institutions?

High-altitude Himalayan insects survive an unfavourable season by entering a period of suspended development known as:

Ingerana occidens, the western trickle frog described in 2026, was found in the Garo and Khasi Hills of which one of the following States?

The frog Ingerana occidens is found only to the south of the Brahmaputra, the river acting in this case as:

In studies that separate closely related animal species, mitochondrial DNA is widely used because:

With reference to the frog Ingerana occidens, consider the following statements:

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Bratislava, the city where the Indian Prime Minister is to hold talks in June 2026, is the capital of which one of the following countries?

With reference to Slovakia, consider the following statements:

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Which one of the following statements about India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is correct?

The Schengen Area, which Slovakia joined in 2007, provides primarily for:

Varya, launched in June 2026 by a Bengaluru-based start-up with government support, is:

The IndiaAI Mission, which supported the development of the artificial intelligence model Varya, is an initiative of which one of the following?

In artificial intelligence, the technique known as distillation refers to:

With reference to generative artificial intelligence models, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, which is steering the DigiDukaan initiative for kirana stores, functions under which one of the following ministries?

The Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) is best described as:

With reference to the DigiDukaan initiative, consider the following statements:

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Kirana stores account for a large share of India's fast-moving consumer goods sales. Such goods are typically characterised by:

The Global Peace Index, released in June 2026, is published annually by which one of the following?

With reference to the Global Peace Index, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following countries has been ranked the most peaceful in the world in the Global Peace Index for well over a decade, including in 2026?

In peace studies, the expression 'positive peace' is best understood as:

Core-collapse supernovae occur at the end of the life of stars that are:

Type Ia supernovae are used as 'standard candles' for measuring cosmic distances because:

With reference to supernovae, consider the following statements:

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After the core of a massive star collapses, the remnant becomes a black hole rather than a neutron star when:

Nuclear fusion in the core of a main-sequence star such as the Sun mainly converts:

In India, the Central Insecticides Board and Registration Committee registers pesticides under which one of the following Acts?

The Rotterdam Convention, one of the multilateral agreements on hazardous chemicals, deals primarily with:

With reference to paraquat, consider the following statements:

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Which one of the following subjects is placed in the State List of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India?