Monday, 17 August 2026

The Hara Biosphere Reserve, in the news following an oil contamination event, lies off the coast of which one of the following countries?

The Strait of Hormuz connects the Persian Gulf with which one of the following?

Mangroves such as those of the Hara forests survive in waterlogged, oxygen-poor tidal mud largely because of:

With reference to biosphere reserves, consider the following statements:

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Which one of the following statements regarding the cleaning of oil-affected mangrove forests is correct?

Friedreich ataxia, the subject of a recent genetic study, is inherited in which one of the following patterns?

The FXN gene, which is disrupted in Friedreich ataxia, encodes frataxin, a protein needed for the normal working of which one of the following?

Expansion of a short repeated DNA sequence, of the kind that causes Friedreich ataxia, also underlies which of the following disorders?

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Long-read whole-genome sequencing has an advantage over conventional short-read methods in studying disorders such as Friedreich ataxia mainly because it can:

The New Development Bank has its headquarters in which one of the following cities?

With reference to the New Development Bank, consider the following statements:

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Which one of the following countries is NOT currently a member of the New Development Bank?

The agreement establishing the New Development Bank was signed at the BRICS summit held in which one of the following cities?

The Contingent Reserve Arrangement, agreed by the BRICS countries alongside the New Development Bank, is intended to:

The National Centre for Seismology, India's nodal agency for earthquake monitoring, functions under which one of the following Ministries?

An earthquake swarm, such as the sequence of tremors recently recorded near Nashik, is best described as:

The shallow tremors near Nashik were felt by residents despite their modest size. Shallow-focus earthquakes are generally felt more strongly than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude because:

With reference to the measurement of earthquakes, consider the following statements:

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The Godavari river rises near Trimbakeshwar in which one of the following districts of Maharashtra?

The Mahadayi river, over which Karnataka and Goa are in dispute, is known by which one of the following names in its lower course in Goa?

With reference to the Mahadayi river, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Kalasa and Bhandura projects of Karnataka propose to divert Mahadayi water into which one of the following rivers?

Which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India deals with the adjudication of disputes relating to the waters of inter-State rivers?

The Progressive River Authority for Welfare and Harmony, or PRAWAH, was constituted in connection with which one of the following rivers?

Mount Elbrus, recently in the news, is located in which one of the following countries?

Mount Elbrus is best described geologically as:

With reference to Mount Elbrus, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Mount Elbrus is commonly described as the highest mountain in Europe. This description depends on:

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, which recently reported a case of areca-nut origin fraud, functions under which one of the following Ministries?

With reference to the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA), consider the following statements:

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Rules of origin in a preferential trade agreement are intended primarily to:

Which one of the following statements about indirect taxes on imports into India is correct?

Which one of the following countries is NOT a member of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)?

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is to operate from which one of the following locations?

India's Aditya-L1 mission was placed in a halo orbit around which one of the following Lagrange points of the Sun-Earth system?

The primary survey for exoplanets by the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will rely on which one of the following techniques?

The Coronagraph Instrument carried by the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is designed primarily to:

With reference to the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, consider the following statements:

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The three-tier consumer disputes redressal machinery of District, State and National Commissions currently functions under which one of the following?

Under India's consumer protection law, a District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission can entertain complaints where the value of the goods or services paid as consideration does not exceed:

With reference to the Central Consumer Protection Authority, consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following statements about India's consumer disputes redressal machinery is correct?

Consider the following:

Under the product liability provisions of India's consumer protection law, an action for harm caused by a defective product can lie against how many of the above?

The loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, recently rescued off the Mumbai coast, is placed in which one of the following categories of the IUCN Red List?

All species of marine turtles are listed in which one of the following Appendices of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species?

With reference to sea turtles, consider the following statements:

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Turtle Excluder Devices, which Indian regulations require in certain trawl nets, are intended to:

The Gahirmatha Marine Wildlife Sanctuary is situated along the coast of which one of the following States?