Monday, 20 July 2026

The Directorate General of Shipping, which recently advised Indian companies against deploying seafarers through the Strait of Hormuz, is attached to which Union Ministry?

With reference to the Strait of Hormuz, consider the following statements:

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With reference to the Information Fusion Centre - Indian Ocean Region, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The International Maritime Organization is a specialised agency of the United Nations established mainly to:

The registration of Indian merchant ships and the certification of Indian seafarers are governed primarily by which one of the following?

Narwar Fort, from which a historic cannon was reported stolen in July 2026, stands on a hill in which one of the following States?

With reference to the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972, consider the following statements:

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The historic fort town of Narwar, after passing through Rajput, Mughal and Maratha hands, was eventually absorbed into which one of the following princely states?

In heritage conservation, why is the theft of an artefact from a monument treated as a permanent loss even when the object is later recovered?

Shabdalok, inaugurated in Kolkata in July 2026, is India's first immersive museum devoted to which one of the following?

The National Library of India, Kolkata, functions under which one of the following Union Ministries?

With reference to the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India, consider the following statements:

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Under Article 343 of the Constitution of India, the official language of the Union is:

The Delivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act, 1954 requires which one of the following?

The Aral Sea, an inland lake whose drying up is among the best known environmental disasters of recent times, lies between which two countries?

The Aral Sea in Central Asia was historically fed by which pair of rivers?

With reference to carbon stored in lake sediments, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A terminal lake, of which the Aral Sea is an example, is best described as a lake which:

The shrinking of the Aral Sea after 1960 was caused mainly by:

Electronic Gold Receipts, which are now traded on Indian stock exchanges, are regulated by which one of the following?

With reference to Electronic Gold Receipts in India, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Under India's Electronic Gold Receipt framework, which entity accepts, verifies and stores the underlying physical gold?

In Indian securities markets, T+1 settlement means that:

With reference to Sovereign Gold Bonds, consider the following statements:

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Along the Middle America Trench off southern Mexico, the Cocos Plate is being subducted beneath which one of the following?

Which one of the following statements about the magnitude and the intensity of an earthquake is correct?

With reference to the geography of Mexico, consider the following statements:

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An undersea earthquake is most likely to generate a tsunami when:

The severe damage in Mexico City during the 1985 earthquake, despite the city's distance from the epicentre, is explained mainly by:

The western hoolock gibbon, the flagship species of the Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, is notable as:

With reference to the Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, consider the following statements:

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Brachiation, the mode of locomotion characteristic of gibbons, refers to movement by:

Butterflies are considered useful indicators of habitat quality mainly because:

Canopy bridges are built across roads and railway lines in Indian forests primarily:

Kolleru Lake, recently in the news over encroachment by illegal fish ponds, lies between the deltas of which two rivers?

With reference to Kolleru Lake, consider the following statements:

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Under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, a Wildlife Sanctuary is notified by which one of the following?

The Ramsar Convention, to which India is a party, is concerned primarily with:

The Central Empowered Committee, which has sought a report from Andhra Pradesh on Kolleru Lake, assists which one of the following in environmental matters?

Mangal Pandey, whose action at Barrackpore in March 1857 preceded the wider revolt, was a sepoy in which one of the following regiments?

The general outbreak of the Revolt of 1857 began with the rising of sepoys at which one of the following places?

With reference to the Revolt of 1857, consider the following statements:

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Which one of the following was a direct consequence of the Government of India Act, 1858?

The immediate grievance that spread through the Bengal Army in early 1857 concerned: