Monday, 29 June 2026

The Murchison Widefield Array, the low-frequency radio telescope that recently detected the millisecond pulsar PSR J0125-5854, is located in:

A pulsar, such as PSR J0125-5854 reported from a southern-sky radio survey, is:

Millisecond pulsars are of special value to astronomers mainly because they:

With reference to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, consider the following statements:

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The distance to a newly discovered radio pulsar is most commonly estimated from its:

The Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, the world's largest international maritime exercise, is hosted by:

RIMPAC 2026 is being conducted in and around which one of the following island groups?

With reference to the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, consider the following statements:

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A chain of volcanic islands that lies far from any plate boundary and grows steadily older in one direction is best explained by:

GAGAN, the satellite-based augmentation system that supports aircraft navigation over India, has been developed jointly by:

GAGAN improves the accuracy and integrity of GPS signals over India by:

The use of localiser performance with vertical guidance (LPV) approach procedures, demonstrated by a commercial airliner in India in June 2026, is significant mainly because it:

With reference to satellite-based augmentation systems, consider the following statements:

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A satellite placed in a geostationary orbit around the Earth lies at an altitude of about:

With reference to the Vjosa-Narta Protected Area, where a large resort and casino project has drawn protests, consider the following statements:

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A coastal lagoon, such as the Narta lagoon, is best described as:

Wetlands are designated as 'Wetlands of International Importance' under which one of the following?

The pink colour of flamingos, the bird adopted as a symbol by protesters against the Vjosa-Narta project, comes from:

The Greater Adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius), locally called Hargila, is a species of:

The Hargila Army, a women-led movement that protects the nesting colonies of the Greater Adjutant, works mainly in which one of the following States?

With reference to the Greater Adjutant, consider the following statements:

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The catastrophic decline of Gyps vulture populations in India since the 1990s has been attributed mainly to:

Under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, the highest degree of legal protection is given to species listed in:

The Rural Internal Audit Portal, launched in 2026 to digitise the internal audit of rural development schemes, is an initiative of which one of the following Union Ministries?

Under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, the guarantee of wage employment in a financial year is of:

With reference to the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, consider the following statements:

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Risk-based audit planning, a feature built into the Rural Internal Audit Portal, is intended primarily to:

Nagori Ashwagandha, which has been awarded a Geographical Indication tag, is cultivated mainly in which one of the following States?

Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), the plant behind the Nagori Geographical Indication, is:

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

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Which one of the following was the first product in India to receive a Geographical Indication tag?

Salmonella, linked to recent food-borne outbreaks in several countries, is:

With reference to salmonellosis, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Typhoid fever in human beings is caused by:

Pasteurisation of milk is carried out primarily to:

Sariska Tiger Reserve lies in which one of the following hill ranges?

The tigers used to repopulate Sariska Tiger Reserve from 2008 were brought from which one of the following reserves?

With reference to Sariska Tiger Reserve, consider the following statements:

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Under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, a tiger reserve is notified by the State Government on the recommendation of:

Panna Tiger Reserve, where tigers were reintroduced after the resident population was lost, is located in:

Kisan Sarathi, a digital platform recently in the news, has been set up primarily to:

Kisan Sarathi has been developed jointly by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and which other Union Ministry?

With reference to Krishi Vigyan Kendras, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The India Meteorological Department, whose forecasts feed the weather advisories sent to farmers, functions under which one of the following Union Ministries?