Sunday, 12 July 2026

The Khawthlangtuipui River, which recently flooded parts of southern Mizoram, is known by which one of the following names after it enters Bangladesh?

With reference to the Khawthlangtuipui River, consider the following statements:

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The Kaptai Dam, which impounds Kaptai Lake in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts, was built mainly for which one of the following purposes?

The submergence caused by the Kaptai reservoir in the 1960s displaced large numbers of which one of the following communities, many of whom later moved into north-eastern India?

Which of the following States of India share a land boundary with Bangladesh?

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Phu Quoc Island, recently in the news, is situated in which one of the following water bodies?

With reference to Phu Quoc Island, consider the following statements:

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Vietnam, whose Phu Quoc Island is known for a distinctive local pepper, is the world's largest exporter of which one of the following spices?

The Kien Giang Biosphere Reserve, which includes Vietnam's Phu Quoc Island, is recognised under which one of the following?

With reference to lymphatic filariasis, consider the following statements:

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The gross swelling of a limb seen in advanced lymphatic filariasis is caused mainly by:

In India, mass drug administration against lymphatic filariasis is given to apparently healthy people in endemic districts mainly in order to:

The two-drug combination most widely used in India's mass drug administration against lymphatic filariasis pairs albendazole with:

In public health usage, the eradication of a disease differs from its elimination in that eradication means:

Sheathia meghalayensis, a freshwater red alga newly described from a stream in Meghalaya, was formally described by scientists working with which one of the following organisations?

Red algae, the group to which the newly described Sheathia meghalayensis of Meghalaya belongs, are placed in which one of the following divisions?

With reference to Sheathia meghalayensis, consider the following statements:

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In the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the category Critically Endangered indicates that a species:

Parrot bornavirus 4, recorded for the first time in India in captive birds, mainly infects which one of the following groups of birds?

Parrot bornavirus 4 is the accepted cause of which one of the following diseases of birds?

With reference to Parrot bornavirus 4, consider the following statements:

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In the digestive system of a bird, the proventriculus is:

Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary, from where the new fungal genus Hyalokamalomyces was recently described, is located in which one of the following States?

Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary is remembered in Indian conservation history for an unsuccessful attempt made in 1958 to establish a population of which one of the following animals?

With reference to Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary, consider the following statements:

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Hyalokamalomyces, a fungal genus newly described from Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary, was found on the diseased leaves of which one of the following trees?

Trachynotothrips vyaghravahini, a new species of thrips described from coastal Karnataka, belongs to which one of the following insect orders?

Plant-feeding thrips damage crops mainly by:

With reference to thrips, consider the following statements:

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In taxonomy, describing an organism as a new record for India, rather than as a new species, means that:

Manas Tiger Reserve, where a sharp loss of grassland has been reported, adjoins a national park in which one of the following countries?

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

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A recent assessment of Assam's Manas Tiger Reserve found that between 1990 and 2019 its grasslands had:

Which one of the following is an alien invasive plant reported to be suppressing native grasses in Manas Tiger Reserve?

Manas Tiger Reserve holds one of the last wild populations of which one of the following grassland-dependent mammals?

The Global Liveability Index 2026 was published by which one of the following?

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

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In the Global Liveability Index 2026, which one of the following cities was ranked the most liveable?

The Global Liveability Index originated as a tool to help employers work out:

The National Disaster Management Authority was constituted under which one of the following Acts?

The National Disaster Management Authority is chaired ex officio by:

With reference to India's disaster management machinery, consider the following statements:

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The National Institute of Disaster Management is concerned primarily with:

Apart from its Chairperson, the National Disaster Management Authority may have a maximum of how many other members?

The Disaster Management (Amendment) Act, 2025 conferred statutory status on which one of the following bodies?

The greater one-horned rhinoceros is placed in which one of the following categories of the IUCN Red List?

With reference to the greater one-horned rhinoceros, consider the following statements:

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The Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife, which cleared the proposal for rhinoceros DNA indexing, is chaired by:

Which one of the following holds the largest wild population of the greater one-horned rhinoceros?

The proposed Rhino DNA Indexing System is intended primarily to: