Friday, 14 August 2026

Petermann Glacier, recently in the news for a major calving event, drains which one of the following ice masses?

Nares Strait, which links the Lincoln Sea and the Arctic Ocean with northern Baffin Bay, separates Greenland from which one of the following islands?

With reference to the floating ice tongue of a glacier such as Petermann Glacier, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Greenland, the world's largest island, is an autonomous territory of which one of the following countries?

The Sentinel-1 radar satellites, whose images were used to track the Petermann calving event, are operated by:

Silicosis, recently reported among workers who cut engineered-stone countertops, is caused by the inhalation of:

With reference to silicosis, consider the following statements:

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In protecting stone-cutting workers from silica dust, which one of the following measures is regarded as the most effective?

The Supreme Court of India has treated the protection of workers from silicosis as flowing from which one of the following Articles of the Constitution?

The PRASHAD scheme, under which an upgrade of the Srikalahasti temple has been proposed, is implemented by which one of the following Union Ministries?

The Srikalahasti temple is counted among the five elemental Shiva shrines as the one representing which one of the following elements?

The Srikalahasti temple stands on the bank of which one of the following rivers?

With reference to the Srikalahasti temple, which of the following statements is/are correct?

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Swadesh Darshan, a Union Government scheme often confused with PRASHAD, was launched for:

The term 'stygobitic', used for the newly described fish Gangaichthys indonepalicus, refers to an organism that:

Gangaichthys indonepalicus, a groundwater fish recently described as new to science, was collected from borewells in which one of the following States?

With reference to Gangaichthys indonepalicus, consider the following statements:

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The Terai belt, where the groundwater fish Gangaichthys indonepalicus was recorded, is best described as:

The babirusa, recently in the news, is an animal endemic to which one of the following countries?

Which one of the following statements about the babirusa is correct?

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

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Sulawesi, an island whose long isolation has produced exceptional endemism, lies immediately to the east of which one of the following islands?

With reference to a radioisotope thermoelectric generator, of the kind that powers Voyager 2, consider the following statements:

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Voyager 2 remains the only spacecraft so far to have flown past which one of the following pairs of planets?

The heliopause, which Voyager 2 crossed in 2018, is the boundary at which:

The ground stations of the Deep Space Network, through which Voyager 2 is commanded, are sited:

A gravity assist manoeuvre, used repeatedly by Voyager 2, allows a spacecraft to:

The Shompen, recently in the news, are an Indigenous community of:

The Shompen are officially classified in India as:

With reference to Great Nicobar Island, consider the following statements:

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Entry of outsiders into the areas reserved for the aboriginal tribes of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is restricted principally under:

The Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve was included in 2013 in:

The headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme is located in which one of the following cities?

With reference to Kenya, consider the following statements:

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Which one of the following countries of eastern Africa is landlocked?

Lake Victoria, which touches western Kenya, is shared by Kenya, Uganda and:

The AH-64E Apache, recently in the news after a fatal crash in the United States, is manufactured by:

With reference to the AH-64E Apache, consider the following statements:

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India's first Army Aviation squadron of Apache attack helicopters is based at:

Prachand, the light combat helicopter inducted by the Indian armed forces, has been developed by:

PM Vishwakarma, launched by the Union Government in 2023, is a scheme intended primarily for:

PM Vishwakarma is administered by which one of the following Union Ministries?

With reference to the PM Vishwakarma scheme, consider the following statements:

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Under the PM Vishwakarma scheme, the toolkit incentive is delivered to the beneficiary in the form of:

A Central Sector Scheme, the category to which PM Vishwakarma belongs, differs from a Centrally Sponsored Scheme in that it is: