Saturday, 8 August 2026

Begonia neelamorum, a plant recently described as new to science from Keyi Panyor district, was found in which one of the following States?

In botanical terminology, a plant described as 'monoecious' is one in which:

In the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, a taxon is placed in the 'Data Deficient' category when:

With reference to the way a new plant species is formally established in science, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile, recently in the news, is best described as:

Exercise Pitch Black is a large multinational air-combat exercise hosted by which one of the following countries?

With reference to Australia's announced acquisition of the AIM-260 missile, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The EA-18G Growler, a combat aircraft operated by the Royal Australian Air Force, is designed primarily for:

The Everest rocket engine being developed by the Indian start-up Astrobase is designed to burn which combination of propellants?

In a full-flow staged-combustion rocket engine cycle, unlike in a gas-generator cycle:

The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) functions under which one of the following?

With reference to the use of liquid methane as a rocket fuel, consider the following statements:

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The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples is observed every year on:

Under the Constitution of India, the specification of Scheduled Tribes in relation to a State or Union Territory is made by:

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

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 extends the provisions of Part IX of the Constitution to:

The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 is administered at the Union level by which Ministry?

The slender-billed vulture (Gyps tenuirostris), recently released into the wild in Assam, is listed in the IUCN Red List as:

The catastrophic decline of Gyps vultures in South Asia since the 1990s is principally attributed to:

With reference to the 2026 release of captive-bred vultures in Assam, consider the following statements:

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Vultures are considered valuable to public health mainly because:

The Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR), to which India recently delivered a beam catcher, is under construction in:

With reference to India's participation in the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR), consider the following statements:

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In a heavy-ion accelerator such as FAIR, a beam catcher is designed:

An antiproton, beams of which FAIR is designed to produce, differs from a proton in that it has:

The National Gopal Ratna Awards are conferred under which one of the following schemes?

National Milk Day, on which the National Gopal Ratna Awards are presented, is observed in India on:

With reference to the National Gopal Ratna Awards, consider the following statements:

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Which one of the following is the principal genetic risk of relying on semen from a very small number of bulls in an artificial-insemination programme?

The Dhansiri River, which flooded parts of Assam's Golaghat district in August 2026, is a tributary of the:

The Doyang hydroelectric project, whose gate operations were linked to the August 2026 flooding in Golaghat district, is located in:

With reference to the 'danger level' used in river flood warnings in India, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Central Water Commission, which issues river flood forecasts in India, functions under which Ministry?

Delft Island, in the news after the rescue of Indian fishermen from a grounded trawler, lies in which one of the following water bodies?

Katchatheevu, an island that recurs in the India-Sri Lanka fisheries debate, was recognised as Sri Lankan territory under a bilateral agreement concluded in:

Bottom trawling, a practice central to the India-Sri Lanka fisheries dispute, refers to:

With reference to Delft Island and the India-Sri Lanka fisheries question, consider the following statements:

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Eco-Sensitive Zones around national parks and wildlife sanctuaries in India are notified by the Union Government under which one of the following laws?

Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary, whose Eco-Sensitive Zone is the subject of a pending High Court case, is situated in:

With reference to the Eco-Sensitive Zone notified around Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary, consider the following statements:

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Which one of the following is the principal environmental concern in siting a large data centre in a hill-and-reservoir landscape?

Under an Eco-Sensitive Zone notification, the plan prepared to guide land use and development within the zone is called the: