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Friday, 10 July 2026

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1.

The Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) is implemented as a component of which one of the following schemes?

From: SMAM: Farm Mechanization Scheme, CHCs & Kisan Drones Open full article →
2.

Custom Hiring Centres supported under the Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization are meant primarily to:

From: SMAM: Farm Mechanization Scheme, CHCs & Kisan Drones Open full article →
3.

With reference to the Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM), consider the following statements:

1.The Centre and the North-Eastern and Himalayan States share its cost in a 90:10 ratio.
2.Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe farmers receive assistance at a higher rate than general beneficiaries.
3.It is implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development.

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From: SMAM: Farm Mechanization Scheme, CHCs & Kisan Drones Open full article →
4.

Krishi Vigyan Kendras, which carried out the Kisan Drone demonstrations under the Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization, function under which one of the following?

From: SMAM: Farm Mechanization Scheme, CHCs & Kisan Drones Open full article →
5.

PACTS, a technology and security framework launched in 2026, has been established between India and which one of the following countries?

From: PACTS: India-Australia Cyber, Tech & Supply-Chain Pact Open full article →
6.

With reference to the Partnership on Cyber, Critical Technologies and Supply Chains (PACTS), consider the following statements:

1.It replaces a bilateral cyber and critical technology framework agreed in 2020.
2.On the Indian side it is co-chaired by the Deputy National Security Adviser.
3.Cooperation between the two countries' defence research agencies is one of its pillars.

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From: PACTS: India-Australia Cyber, Tech & Supply-Chain Pact Open full article →
7.

Most of the world's intercontinental data traffic, the protection of which is a stated concern of the PACTS framework, is carried by:

From: PACTS: India-Australia Cyber, Tech & Supply-Chain Pact Open full article →
8.

Digital Public Infrastructure, which India proposes to share with Indo-Pacific partners under the PACTS framework, is best described as:

From: PACTS: India-Australia Cyber, Tech & Supply-Chain Pact Open full article →
9.

Under the PACTS framework, the cybersecurity pillar is led on the Indian side by:

From: PACTS: India-Australia Cyber, Tech & Supply-Chain Pact Open full article →
10.

ULLAS - Nav Bharat Saksharta Karyakram is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of which one of the following Ministries?

From: ULLAS Scheme: Uttarakhand's Full-Literacy Declaration Open full article →
11.

Under ULLAS, the principal group of intended learners is:

From: ULLAS Scheme: Uttarakhand's Full-Literacy Declaration Open full article →
12.

With reference to the ULLAS programme, consider the following statements:

1.It is the popular name of the New India Literacy Programme approved for 2022-27.
2.Declarations of full literacy under ULLAS rest on decennial Census literacy figures.
3.A benchmark of 95 per cent literacy is used to declare a State fully literate.

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From: ULLAS Scheme: Uttarakhand's Full-Literacy Declaration Open full article →
13.

DIKSHA, used to deliver ULLAS learning material in regional languages, is:

From: ULLAS Scheme: Uttarakhand's Full-Literacy Declaration Open full article →
14.

Mitrephora rashmiae, a flowering tree newly described by researchers, was discovered in which one of the following States?

From: Mitrephora Rashmiae: New Arunachal Tree & Andromonoecy Open full article →
15.

Mitrephora rashmiae belongs to the family Annonaceae. Which one of the following plants belongs to the same family?

From: Mitrephora Rashmiae: New Arunachal Tree & Andromonoecy Open full article →
16.

Andromonoecy, a floral condition reported in the newly described tree Mitrephora rashmiae, is one in which a single plant bears:

From: Mitrephora Rashmiae: New Arunachal Tree & Andromonoecy Open full article →
17.

With reference to Mitrephora rashmiae, consider the following statements:

1.It is so far known from a single wild individual.
2.It has been formally assessed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
3.It is the first record of the genus Mitrephora from the Himalayan biodiversity hotspot.

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From: Mitrephora Rashmiae: New Arunachal Tree & Andromonoecy Open full article →
18.

The Pinaka, tested recently in its Long Range Guided Rocket version, is:

From: Pinaka LRGR: DRDO's Long-Range Guided Rocket & Test Open full article →
19.

The Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, where the Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket was flight-tested, is located in which State?

From: Pinaka LRGR: DRDO's Long-Range Guided Rocket & Test Open full article →
20.

With reference to the Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket, consider the following statements:

1.It can be fired from Pinaka launchers already in service with the Army.
2.Its July 2026 trial demonstrated the rocket's maximum design range.
3.Pinaka rockets were used by the Indian Army during the 1999 Kargil conflict.

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From: Pinaka LRGR: DRDO's Long-Range Guided Rocket & Test Open full article →
21.

The main operational advantage of a guided artillery rocket over an unguided one is that the guided rocket:

From: Pinaka LRGR: DRDO's Long-Range Guided Rocket & Test Open full article →
22.

The Pinaka rocket system takes its name from:

From: Pinaka LRGR: DRDO's Long-Range Guided Rocket & Test Open full article →
23.

The Wildlife Institute of India is an autonomous institution under which one of the following Ministries?

From: Wildlife Institute of India (WII): Role, Society & 28th Meet Open full article →
24.

The India State of Forest Report, published every two years, is prepared by which one of the following organisations?

From: Wildlife Institute of India (WII): Role, Society & 28th Meet Open full article →
25.

With reference to the Wildlife Institute of India, consider the following statements:

1.Its Society, the highest governing body, is chaired by the Cabinet Secretary.
2.It trains wildlife managers from other developing countries.
3.It provides scientific advice to both the Union and the State governments.

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From: Wildlife Institute of India (WII): Role, Society & 28th Meet Open full article →
26.

The Chief Wildlife Warden of a State is an authority appointed under which one of the following?

From: Wildlife Institute of India (WII): Role, Society & 28th Meet Open full article →
27.

The mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) is placed in which category of the IUCN Red List?

From: Mugger Crocodiles: Aldrin Pollution in Rajasthan & NGT Open full article →
28.

Among India's three native crocodilian species, which one is a river specialist with a very narrow snout?

From: Mugger Crocodiles: Aldrin Pollution in Rajasthan & NGT Open full article →
29.

With reference to aldrin, consider the following statements:

1.It is an organochlorine insecticide whose manufacture and use are banned in India.
2.It is listed for elimination under Annex A of the Stockholm Convention.
3.It degrades rapidly and does not build up in the tissues of living organisms.

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From: Mugger Crocodiles: Aldrin Pollution in Rajasthan & NGT Open full article →
30.

Biomagnification, a concern with persistent pesticides, refers to:

From: Mugger Crocodiles: Aldrin Pollution in Rajasthan & NGT Open full article →
31.

The National Green Tribunal, which took suo motu cognisance of the mugger crocodile deaths in Rajasthan, was established under:

From: Mugger Crocodiles: Aldrin Pollution in Rajasthan & NGT Open full article →
32.

The National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, functions under which one of the following?

From: NISER: DAE Science Institute, HBNI & NEST Admission Open full article →
33.

NISER's academic degrees are awarded by which one of the following deemed-to-be universities?

From: NISER: DAE Science Institute, HBNI & NEST Admission Open full article →
34.

With reference to NISER, consider the following statements:

1.Admission to its five-year Integrated MSc is mainly through the Joint Entrance Examination (Main).
2.Its teaching is confined to the physical and chemical sciences.
3.It offers Integrated PhD and PhD programmes as well.

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From: NISER: DAE Science Institute, HBNI & NEST Admission Open full article →
35.

Which one of the following research institutions functions under the Department of Atomic Energy?

From: NISER: DAE Science Institute, HBNI & NEST Admission Open full article →
36.

NeoSep1, recently in the news, is:

From: NeoSep1 Trial: Neonatal Sepsis & Antibiotic Resistance Open full article →
37.

In clinical practice, the neonatal period is defined as:

From: NeoSep1 Trial: Neonatal Sepsis & Antibiotic Resistance Open full article →
38.

With reference to the NeoSep1 trial, consider the following statements:

1.It is sponsored by the Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership.
2.It compares combinations of existing antibiotics rather than newly discovered molecules.
3.Its main outcome measure is the number of babies developing antibiotic allergy.

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From: NeoSep1 Trial: Neonatal Sepsis & Antibiotic Resistance Open full article →
39.

In suspected neonatal sepsis, empirical antibiotic therapy means that antibiotics are:

From: NeoSep1 Trial: Neonatal Sepsis & Antibiotic Resistance Open full article →
40.

The Drishti-10 Starliner, recently in the news, is:

From: Drishti-10 Starliner: MALE UAV & Elbit Hermes 900 Open full article →
41.

The Drishti-10 Starliner is based on which one of the following foreign platforms?

From: Drishti-10 Starliner: MALE UAV & Elbit Hermes 900 Open full article →
42.

With reference to the Drishti-10 Starliner, consider the following statements:

1.It can be controlled beyond radio line-of-sight using satellite communication.
2.It is associated with the NATO STANAG 4671 airworthiness standard.
3.Meeting STANAG 4671 by itself permits it to fly in any country's civil airspace.

Select the answer using the code given below:

From: Drishti-10 Starliner: MALE UAV & Elbit Hermes 900 Open full article →
43.

An Uncrewed Aircraft System differs from an Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle in that the system:

From: Drishti-10 Starliner: MALE UAV & Elbit Hermes 900 Open full article →
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