Tuesday, 11 August 2026

The Betwa River, which recently rose in spate in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha district, is a tributary of which one of the following rivers?

With reference to the Betwa River, consider the following statements:

Select the answer using the code given below:

The Daudhan Dam, the principal storage structure of the Ken-Betwa Link Project, is located within which one of the following tiger reserves?

The Central Water Commission, which operates India's flood forecasting network, functions under which one of the following Ministries?

The National Dam Safety Authority was established under the provisions of which one of the following?

The Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, for which a permanent pictorial postal cancellation was recently introduced, is situated in which one of the following cities?

With reference to the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, consider the following statements:

Select the answer using the code given below:

A pictorial postal cancellation, such as the one recently released for the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, primarily serves the purpose of:

The Department of Posts, which administers philatelic issues such as permanent pictorial cancellations, functions under which one of the following Ministries?

The Bahmani Sultanate, whose first capital was at Kalaburagi, was founded by which one of the following?

The Bahmani Sultanate later shifted its capital from Kalaburagi to which one of the following cities?

With reference to the Bahmani Sultanate, consider the following statements:

Select the answer using the code given below:

The Bhima River, which drains the Kalaburagi region of northern Karnataka, is a tributary of which one of the following rivers?

Kalaburagi district of Karnataka shares its boundary with which one of the following pairs of States?

The Merchant Discount Rate in a digital payment transaction is best described as:

Zero charges on notified digital payment modes such as the Unified Payments Interface are provided for by Section 10A of which one of the following Acts?

The Unified Payments Interface is owned and operated by which one of the following?

With reference to the Unified Payments Interface, consider the following statements:

Select the answer using the code given below:

The Government's incentive scheme for low-value BHIM-UPI merchant transactions has been introduced primarily to:

Ferns such as Pteris madhusoodananii, recently described from Tamil Nadu, reproduce mainly by means of:

With reference to the Eastern Ghats, consider the following statements:

Select the answer using the code given below:

In the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which one of the following categories denotes a higher risk of extinction than 'Endangered'?

A conservation status proposed by the authors describing a new species, as with the fern Pteris madhusoodananii, enters the IUCN Red List only after:

A species described as 'narrowly endemic', as the newly reported fern Pteris madhusoodananii has been, is one that:

The International Centre for Theoretical Physics, which awards the annual Dirac Medal, is located in which one of the following cities?

Deepak Dhar, one of the recipients of the 2026 Dirac Medal, is known principally for his work on:

With reference to the physicist Paul Dirac, consider the following statements:

Select the answer using the code given below:

The rules of the Dirac Medal awarded by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics exclude which one of the following from consideration?

Prakriti Gyan Dham, a public plant-science hub recently dedicated at Lucknow, has been developed by which one of the following institutions?

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research functions under which one of the following Ministries?

Keeping threatened plant species alive in botanic gardens and seed banks is an example of:

With reference to the city of Lucknow, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Southern Naval Command of the Indian Navy, which hosted the recent India-United States explosive ordnance disposal exercise, is headquartered at:

Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams in a naval context are tasked principally with:

Tiger Triumph, a military exercise conducted between India and the United States, is best described as:

Which of the following pairs of a naval exercise and India's partner country in it is/are correctly matched?

Select the answer using the code given below:

Tropical cyclones that form over the north-western Pacific Ocean and strike the Philippines are locally known as:

The Ilocos region of the Philippines, affected by the recent storms, faces which one of the following seas?

With reference to the Philippines, consider the following statements:

Select the answer using the code given below:

A tropical cyclone near the Philippines can produce heavy rainfall far from its centre mainly because it:

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade functions under which one of the following Ministries?

Under India's Foreign Trade Policy, the Advance Authorisation scheme permits:

An Export Obligation Discharge Certificate issued by a Regional Authority of the Directorate General of Foreign Trade primarily:

With reference to India's foreign trade administration, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?