Wednesday, 5 August 2026

Nitrosamines, which have prompted recalls of several medicines worldwide, are typically formed when a nitrosating agent reacts with which one of the following?

Nitrite salts are added to cured meat products mainly to:

With reference to nitrosamines, consider the following statements:

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An acceptable intake for a nitrosamine impurity in a medicine, expressed in nanograms per day, is best understood as the:

Nitrosamine drug substance-related impurities, a category that medicine regulators treat separately, are those that:

Pseudecheneis likimroensis, a catfish recently described from the Likimro River in Nagaland, belongs to a river system draining into which one of the following?

The ridged adhesive apparatus on the underside of the chest in catfishes of the genus Pseudecheneis helps the fish to:

With reference to the scientific description of the catfish Pseudecheneis likimroensis, consider the following statements:

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The Zoological Survey of India, one of the institutions involved in describing the catfish Pseudecheneis likimroensis, functions under which one of the following Union ministries?

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) is best described as:

With reference to Kazakhstan, consider the following statements:

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Which one of the following cities is the present capital of Kazakhstan?

The Election Commission of India is provided for under which one of the following Articles of the Constitution?

The International Conference on Democracy and Election Management hosted in India in January 2026 was organised by the Election Commission of India through which one of the following?

The Zero Defect Zero Effect (ZED) certification scheme for enterprises is implemented by which one of the following Union ministries?

In the Zero Defect Zero Effect framework, the expression 'zero effect' refers to:

With reference to the Sustainable Zero Defect Zero Effect (ZED) Certification scheme, consider the following statements:

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Under the present Indian classification, an enterprise is categorised as micro, small or medium on the basis of:

The National Centre for Cell Science, which recently studied gut microbiomes of Indian tribal communities, is an autonomous institution under which one of the following?

Segatella copri, the bacterium found in high relative abundance in the gut of the Indian tribal communities studied, was until recently placed in which one of the following genera?

With reference to the recent study of gut microbiomes of Indian tribal communities, consider the following statements:

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The human gut microbiome, examined in the recent study of Indian tribal communities, is best described as:

The English Channel connects the North Sea with which one of the following?

The English Channel is at its narrowest in the Strait of Dover, between Dover and which one of the following French ports?

With reference to the Channel Tunnel, consider the following statements:

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Under international maritime law, the obligation of a shipmaster to assist persons in distress at sea:

African swine fever, against which India has developed its first indigenous vaccine candidate, is:

The National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, where India's African swine fever vaccine candidate was developed, is located at:

With reference to African swine fever, consider the following statements:

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With reference to the spread of African swine fever, consider the following statements:

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A live attenuated vaccine, the type developed against African swine fever in India, contains:

In India's African swine fever vaccine project, using a widely available cell line to grow the vaccine virus matters chiefly because it:

The Rhine, which fell to unusually low levels during July 2026, rises in which one of the following?

Which of the following are tributaries of the Rhine?

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In its upper course the Rhine passes through which one of the following lakes?

The water level reported at the Kaub gauge on the Rhine indicates the:

The Rhine discharges into the North Sea through the territory of which one of the following countries?

Which one of the following statements about the clouded leopard is correct?

The mainland clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) is listed in the IUCN Red List in which one of the following categories?

With reference to the clouded leopard in India, consider the following statements:

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The Clouded Leopard Conservation Action Plan was released during July 2026 by which one of the following?

The Wildlife Institute of India, which provided scientific coordination for the Clouded Leopard Conservation Action Plan, is located at:

The identification of fourteen priority landscapes in the Clouded Leopard Conservation Action Plan is intended mainly to:

Under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, a conservation reserve is declared by the:

Asan Conservation Reserve, recently in the news over mining safeguards, lies along a stretch of the Asan River up to its confluence with which one of the following rivers?

With reference to Asan Conservation Reserve, consider the following statements:

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With reference to the Supreme Court's 2024 interim direction on mining around Asan Conservation Reserve, consider the following statements:

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The Convention on Wetlands, the 1971 treaty whose listed sites are commonly called Ramsar sites, was adopted in a city of which one of the following countries?