Thursday, 23 July 2026

Kawal Tiger Reserve, recently identified as a priority site for tiger recovery, lies in the catchment of which one of the following rivers?

In India, an area is notified as a tiger reserve under the provisions of which one of the following?

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

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The 'Roadmap for Active Management of Tigers in India', released in 2026, was prepared jointly by the National Tiger Conservation Authority and which one of the following?

In wildlife management, releasing a species into an area from which it has disappeared, so as to re-establish a population there, is termed:

Methane released from flooded rice fields is produced mainly by:

With reference to methane as a greenhouse gas, consider the following statements:

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The alternate wetting and drying method of paddy irrigation, adopted mainly to reduce methane emissions, can have which one of the following unintended effects?

The expression 'carbon dioxide equivalent', used in reporting greenhouse gas emissions, refers to:

Direct-seeded rice, promoted as a water-saving practice, differs from the conventional method in that:

The Karlapat bauxite block, offered for auction in 2026, is located in which one of the following states?

Bauxite, the chief ore of aluminium, is typically formed by:

With reference to bauxite and the aluminium industry, consider the following statements:

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In the aluminium industry, the Bayer process is used to:

The Indian Minerals Yearbook, which reports state-wise mineral resources and production, is published by:

The Chambal River, along which the National Chambal Sanctuary is situated, is a tributary of which one of the following rivers?

With reference to the National Chambal Sanctuary, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following species found in the National Chambal Sanctuary is listed as Endangered, and not Critically Endangered, on the IUCN Red List?

Safeguards relating to preventive detention are contained in which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India?

The open sandbanks of the Chambal River are ecologically important mainly because they:

Mission Vatsalya, the umbrella scheme for child protection and welfare, is administered by which one of the following Union Ministries?

With reference to Mission Vatsalya, consider the following statements:

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With reference to the unified Mission Vatsalya Portal for child protection, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) is a project of which one of the following Union Ministries?

Under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, matters concerning a child alleged to have committed an offence are decided by:

Hedychium zubeengargianum, a new ginger lily described from Shillong, belongs to which one of the following plant families?

With reference to Hedychium zubeengargianum, the ginger lily recently described from Shillong, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The thickened underground stems of ginger lilies, which store food and give rise to new shoots, are known as:

The Botanical Survey of India functions under which one of the following Union Ministries?

Borophene, recently tested by Indian researchers as a lubricant additive, is best described as:

Diamond and graphite are described as allotropes of carbon. Two substances are allotropes of each other when they are:

With reference to borophene, consider the following statements:

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In the study of friction and wear, a 'tribofilm' refers to:

The Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Guwahati, is an autonomous institute under which one of the following?

Samudra Pradakshina, which concluded at Mumbai in July 2026, was:

The Drake Passage, among the roughest sea passages in the world, lies between:

Which of the following pairs of a cape and the continent on which it lies is/are correctly matched?

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One nautical mile, the unit in which distances at sea are measured, is equal to:

Sal, the forest tree affected by a severe borer outbreak in Madhya Pradesh, bears which one of the following scientific names?

The sal heartwood borer, Hoplocerambyx spinicornis, belongs to which one of the following groups of insects?

With reference to the trap-tree method used against the sal heartwood borer, consider the following statements:

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Sal, one of India's most important timber trees, is characteristically the dominant species of which one of the following forest types?

The PM-YASASVI scholarship scheme is administered by which one of the following Union Ministries?

Which one of the following groups is NOT covered by the PM-YASASVI scholarship scheme?

With reference to the PM-YASASVI scheme, consider the following statements:

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The term 'Denotified Tribes', used in Indian welfare policy, refers to communities that: