Thursday, 25 June 2026

The Sistan sand boa (Eryx sistanensis), recently recorded for the first time in India, was until then known only from which of the following countries?

The first confirmed Indian record of the Sistan sand boa was made in which one of the following regions?

Sand boas of the genus Eryx, such as the red sand boa and the Sistan sand boa, are best described as:

With reference to the Thar Desert, consider the following statements:

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The doctrine of res judicata in Indian civil law is contained in which one of the following provisions?

The doctrine of constructive res judicata bars a party from raising in a later proceeding a matter which:

In Makardhwaj Ram v. Jagdish Rai (2026), the Supreme Court held that constructive res judicata could not bar the fresh title suit mainly because:

With reference to the doctrine of res judicata in India, consider the following statements:

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Section 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, which requires a court to stay a suit where the same matter is already pending between the same parties in a previously instituted suit, embodies the principle of:

Berijam Lake, recently in the news over a petition seeking a scientific tiger census around it, is located in which one of the following states?

Under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, a State Government notifies an area as a tiger reserve on the recommendation of which one of the following?

The Palani Hills, in which Kodaikanal is situated, form an eastward extension of which one of the following ranges of the Western Ghats?

With reference to the Western Ghats, consider the following statements:

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Hemiscyllium dudgeonae, a newly described species of walking shark, was discovered in the coastal waters of which one of the following countries?

Walking sharks of the genus Hemiscyllium take their name from their ability to:

The reefs of Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and their neighbouring seas, which hold the world's richest marine biodiversity, are collectively known as:

Sharks differ from bony fishes in which one of the following respects?

With reference to coral reefs, consider the following statements:

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The Mahadev Koli, an indigenous community recently in the news for the documentation of their traditional ecological knowledge, live mainly in the Western Ghats of which one of the following states?

Under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, People's Biodiversity Registers documenting local biological resources and associated knowledge are prepared by:

The Nagoya Protocol, to which India is a party, deals primarily with:

With reference to biodiversity hotspots, consider the following statements:

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Thewa, the craft recently in the news after cufflinks bearing its motifs were presented as a state gift, is traditionally associated with which one of the following places?

Thewa jewellery is made by:

In India, Geographical Indication tags are granted under a law administered by which one of the following ministries?

With reference to Geographical Indication (GI) tags in India, consider the following statements:

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The Index of Services Production (ISP), which is to be released for the first time in 2026, is being compiled by which one of the following?

The Index of Services Production has been created primarily to:

In India's Index of Industrial Production, the largest weight is assigned to which one of the following sectors?

With reference to the Index of Services Production (ISP), consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following is NOT compiled by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation?

The Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve, recently in the news after arrests for poaching a chital, is located in which one of the following states?

The Udanti section of the Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve is particularly known as one of the last Indian strongholds of which one of the following animals?

The chital (Axis axis) is correctly described as:

With reference to Project Tiger, consider the following statements:

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The BHARATI programme, which puts selected startups through an acceleration course aimed at expanding India's agri-food exports, is an initiative of:

The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) functions under which one of the following ministries?

With reference to the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), consider the following statements:

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The International Year of Millets was observed in which one of the following years?

Youth CoLab, the platform behind the National Innovation Challenge 2026 in India, is co-led by which one of the following?

The Atal Innovation Mission, which partners the Youth CoLab National Innovation Challenge in India, functions under which one of the following?

The term 'circular economy' refers to an economic model that:

With reference to the Sustainable Development Goals, consider the following statements:

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