Sunday, 9 August 2026

Exercise Pitch Black, the Royal Australian Air Force's premier multinational air combat exercise, derives its name from:

With reference to the aircraft deployed by the Indian Air Force to Exercise Pitch Black 2026, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Darwin and Tindal, the main flying bases used during Exercise Pitch Black 2026, are located in which one of the following Australian jurisdictions?

In the context of multinational military exercises, the term 'interoperability' most appropriately refers to:

Mount Bromo, where a wildfire led to the closure of a national park in August 2026, is situated on which one of the following islands?

Mount Bromo is best described as:

The chain of active volcanoes running through the Indonesian archipelago is formed mainly by:

With reference to Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, consider the following statements:

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A firebreak, widely used in controlling wildfires, works primarily by:

The Qadr-F, associated with Iran's missile inventory, is best classified as:

Which one of the following statements about a ballistic missile is correct?

United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 is associated with which one of the following?

With reference to ballistic missile propulsion, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam functions as a satellite core of which one of the following tiger reserves?

The National Tiger Conservation Authority is a statutory body constituted under which one of the following?

The Bengal florican, a bird of the riverine grasslands of the Brahmaputra floodplain, is listed in the IUCN Red List as:

The bhabar belt lying along the foot of the Himalayas is characterised by:

With reference to Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary, consider the following statements:

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The Rock Islands Southern Lagoon, a World Heritage property containing hundreds of limestone islands and marine lakes, lies in which one of the following countries?

With reference to the Rock Islands Southern Lagoon, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Seabird colonies can raise the productivity of the reefs around an island mainly because:

Before-After-Control-Impact monitoring, used to assess the Ulong Island rat eradication, is designed primarily to:

With reference to invasive rats on oceanic islands, consider the following statements:

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Microbacterium pollutisoli, a bacterial species newly described from Uttar Pradesh, was isolated from soil contaminated with residues of:

Lindane, long used as an insecticide and in treatments for scabies, belongs to which one of the following groups of pesticides?

The Stockholm Convention is an international agreement dealing primarily with:

In bacterial taxonomy, the type strain of a species, such as strain MC2T of Microbacterium pollutisoli, serves primarily to:

With reference to the delimitation of bacterial species, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) is administered by which one of the following?

The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions in the Union Government is, by long-standing convention, held by:

Samadhan Didi, launched in 2026, is:

Common Service Centres, which support assisted filing of grievances on CPGRAMS, are best described as:

With reference to CPGRAMS, consider the following statements:

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Begonia neelamorum, a plant species recently described from Arunachal Pradesh, was named after:

The specification of Scheduled Tribes in relation to a State or Union Territory is provided for under which Article of the Constitution?

Donyi-Polo, the indigenous religious tradition followed by many Nyishi and other Tani communities, centres on the veneration of:

The Nyishi language belongs to the Tani group, which is classified within which one of the following language families?

With reference to the Nyishi community of Arunachal Pradesh, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Roselle, grown for both food and fibre, belongs to which one of the following plant families?

In roselle, the fleshy red structure used in beverages, jams and sauces is the:

Roselle stems yield a bast fibre. Bast fibres are obtained from which part of a plant?

Retting, a stage in the processing of jute and roselle fibre, involves:

With reference to roselle cultivation in India, consider the following statements:

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The Bab el-Mandeb strait, which Yemen overlooks, connects the Red Sea with which one of the following?

The internationally recognised Presidential Leadership Council of Yemen is based mainly in which city?

Ansar Allah is another name for which one of the following?

With reference to the conflict in Yemen, consider the following statements:

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Yemen shares land boundaries with which one of the following pairs of countries?