Thursday, 6 August 2026

Blood Falls, recently in the news for fresh evidence of an ancient marine legacy, is located in:

The distinctive red colour of Antarctica's Blood Falls is produced by:

The dense subglacial water feeding Antarctica's Blood Falls stays liquid at temperatures well below 0 degrees Celsius mainly because:

With reference to eukaryotic organisms, consider the following statements:

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Blood Falls is treated as a valuable analogue site in astrobiology mainly because it shows that:

With reference to pigeonpea, consider the following statements:

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Pigeonpea, known in India as arhar or tur, is botanically known as:

A telomere-to-telomere genome assembly is best described as one which:

Marker-assisted selection, a breeding technique, refers to:

HYDERACENE, a material granted an Indian patent in 2026, was developed by which one of the following?

Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) is used in composite solid rocket propellants principally as:

Ferrocene-based compounds are added to composite solid propellants mainly to:

With reference to solid-propellant rocket motors, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A hexavalent infant vaccine of the type recently modelled for India protects against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae type b disease and:

Haemophilus influenzae type b, one of the targets of the pentavalent vaccine, is:

Which one of the following statements about India's Universal Immunisation Programme is correct?

With reference to the 2026 economic evaluation of introducing a hexavalent vaccine in India, consider the following statements:

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Seahorses, including the newly described Hippocampus amandavincentae, belong to which one of the following families?

Which one of the following statements about reproduction in seahorses is correct?

All seahorse species are listed in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). This listing means that:

Splitting a single, widely distributed marine species into several distinct species matters for conservation mainly because:

With reference to Hippocampus amandavincentae, a seahorse recently described from the Indian Ocean, consider the following statements:

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With reference to the body plan of seahorses, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Lesotho, which recently held the sixth Joint Bilateral Commission for Cooperation with India, has which one of the following as its capital?

The Lesotho Highlands Water Project, created by a 1986 bilateral treaty, transfers water mainly to:

The Senqu River, which rises in the highlands of Lesotho, is known further downstream as the:

With reference to Lesotho, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme, under which partner countries such as Lesotho receive training slots, is administered by which one of the following?

The Jeevan Raksha Padak series of awards is conferred for:

Which one of the following is the highest of the three categories in the Jeevan Raksha Padak series?

The Silkyara-Barkot tunnel, where forty-one trapped workers were rescued in November 2023, is located in:

With reference to the Jeevan Raksha Padak awards, consider the following statements:

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The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission functions as an autonomous institution under which one of the following ministries?

Which one of the following statements about the Indian Pharmacopoeia is correct?

Pharmacovigilance is best described as:

The National Coordination Centre of the Pharmacovigilance Programme of India is located at:

With reference to the South-East Asia Regulatory Network (SEARN), consider the following statements:

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Lalit Kala Akademi, which recently observed its Foundation Day, is India's national academy of:

Lalit Kala Akademi functions as an autonomous body under which one of the following ministries?

With reference to Lalit Kala Akademi, consider the following statements:

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Lalit Kala Akademi was inaugurated in 1954 by which one of the following?

The Nagarjuna Sagar dam is built across which one of the following rivers?

The Krishna River, one of the major east-flowing rivers of peninsular India, rises in:

The Krishna River Management Board was constituted under which one of the following?

Nagarjunakonda, whose remains were shifted to an island museum before submergence by the Nagarjuna Sagar reservoir, was an important centre of:

With reference to the Nagarjuna Sagar project, consider the following statements:

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