Friday, 31 July 2026

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), which appears in routine blood reports, is best described as:

The blood level of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) rises after liver damage mainly because:

With reference to alanine aminotransferase (ALT), consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Hepatitis A and hepatitis E, two viral infections that inflame liver cells, spread mainly through:

With reference to the Kh-101 cruise missile, which fell in eastern Poland in July 2026, consider the following statements:

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Which one of the following statements about cruise missiles is correct?

The Kh-101 cruise missile is built to fly low along a terrain-following profile primarily in order to:

With reference to Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, consider the following statements:

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The Moken, an Indigenous maritime people known for the underwater vision of their children, live mainly along the coasts and islands of:

Human vision becomes blurred under water mainly because:

With reference to the sharp underwater vision reported among Moken children, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Moken communities are widely reported to have survived the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami because their oral traditions taught them to treat which one of the following as a danger signal?

Aspartate aminotransferase (AST), usually measured alongside alanine aminotransferase in a liver panel, differs from ALT in that AST:

Among the tests commonly reported in a liver panel, which one gives the most direct indication of the liver's ability to synthesise proteins?

With reference to tests commonly reported alongside alanine aminotransferase, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The reference interval printed beside a blood test result, such as that for alanine aminotransferase, is best understood as:

Nipun, handed over to the Indian Navy at Visakhapatnam in July 2026, is a vessel of which one of the following types?

Saturation diving is used in deep underwater operations mainly because it:

A Deep Submergence Rescue Vessel (DSRV), for which navies maintain dedicated mother ships, is used primarily to:

With reference to Indian naval practice and the vessel Nipun, consider the following statements:

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The Urban Challenge Fund, for which operational guidelines were issued in 2026, is administered by which one of the following ministries?

With reference to the Urban Challenge Fund, consider the following statements:

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The 'challenge mode' of selection used by the Urban Challenge Fund means that:

A Credit Repayment Guarantee Scheme created alongside the Urban Challenge Fund is intended mainly to:

A Centrally Sponsored Scheme, the category to which the Urban Challenge Fund belongs, differs from a Central Sector Scheme in that:

The NAKSHA programme, under which urban and peri-urban land parcels are being mapped, is implemented by a department of which one of the following ministries?

Land and land records, the subject matter of the NAKSHA survey programme, fall primarily within:

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

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), used in the aerial survey under the NAKSHA programme, works by:

Under the NAKSHA programme, aerial surveying and the core geospatial work are led by:

Crete, in the news in July 2026 because of large wildfires, is the largest island of:

With reference to the island of Crete, consider the following statements:

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Knossos, Phaistos and Zakros were the principal palatial centres of which one of the following Bronze Age civilisations?

The severe summer wildfire risk of Mediterranean lands such as Crete arises mainly because their climate brings:

Which one of the following is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?

The India Meteorological Department classifies a rainfall event as a cloudburst when the rainfall recorded is at least:

Cloudbursts are associated most closely with which one of the following types of cloud?

With reference to cloudbursts, consider the following statements:

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A flash flood differs from a cloudburst in that a flash flood:

Damage from intense rainfall is often magnified in narrow Himalayan valleys mainly because such valleys:

The Arctic Council was established through which one of the following?

With reference to the Arctic Council, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

In the Arctic Council, the category of Permanent Participants is composed of:

India takes part in the Arctic Council in which one of the following capacities?

Himadri, India's research station in the Arctic, is located at: