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1. India is estimated to possess approximately how many manuscripts — the largest collection globally?
A) 10 lakh
B) 50 lakh
C) 1 crore (10 million)
D) 5 crore
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Correct Answer: C) 1 crore (10 million)
2. The nationwide survey to document India’s manuscripts was launched by which ministry?
A) Ministry of Education
B) Ministry of Culture
C) Ministry of External Affairs
D) Ministry of Science and Technology
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Correct Answer: B) Ministry of Culture
3. The national digital repository under which all manuscript data will be stored is part of:
A) Digital India Mission
B) Gyan Bharatam Mission
C) National Knowledge Network
D) Bharatmala Digital Heritage Project
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Correct Answer: B) Gyan Bharatam Mission
4. The Gyan Bharatam Mission was announced in which Union Budget?
A) Union Budget 2023–24
B) Union Budget 2024–25
C) Union Budget 2025–26
D) Union Budget 2026–27
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Correct Answer: C) Union Budget 2025–26
5. The Gyan Bharatam Mission builds upon which earlier initiative launched in 2003?
A) National Digital Library of India
B) National Mission for Manuscripts
C) Kriti Sampada Digital Archive
D) National Heritage Digitisation Programme
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Correct Answer: B) National Mission for Manuscripts
6. The existing digital platform ‘Kriti Sampada’ already documents over how many manuscripts?
A) 10 lakh
B) 25 lakh
C) 44.07 lakh
D) 75 lakh
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Correct Answer: C) 44.07 lakh
7. The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 was introduced in:
A) Rajya Sabha
B) Lok Sabha
C) Both Houses simultaneously
D) A Joint Parliamentary Committee
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Correct Answer: B) Lok Sabha
8. The Amendment Bill proposes to remove which section of the 2019 Act that recognised self- perceived gender identity?
A) Section 2(k)
B) Section 4(2)
C) Section 7(1)
D) Section 12(3)
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Correct Answer: B) Section 4(2)
9. Under the Amendment Bill, which authority will issue the transgender identity certificate?
A) Chief Medical Officer directly
B) National Council for Transgender Persons
C) District Magistrate based on Medical Board recommendation
D) State Social Welfare Department
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Correct Answer: C) District Magistrate based on Medical Board recommendation
10. Which of the following categories is REMOVED from the definition of transgender person under the Amendment Bill?
A) Hijra
B) Kinner
C) Trans-woman
D) Aravani
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Correct Answer: C) Trans-woman
11. The Amendment Bill introduces life imprisonment as punishment for:
A) Discrimination in employment
B) Denial of education to transgender persons
C) Forced mutilation of minors
D) Eviction from household
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Correct Answer: C) Forced mutilation of minors
12. The removal of the self-identification clause in the Amendment Bill contradicts which landmark Supreme Court judgment?
A) Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India (2018)
B) NALSA v. Union of India (2014)
C) Justice K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India (2017)
D) Naz Foundation v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi (2009)
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Correct Answer: B) NALSA v. Union of India (2014)
13. The atomic clock failure that weakened NavIC occurred on which satellite?
A) IRNSS-1A
B) IRNSS-1D
C) IRNSS-1F
D) IRNSS-1I
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Correct Answer: C) IRNSS-1F
14. Atomic clocks used in navigation satellites typically use which atoms for timekeeping?
A) Hydrogen and oxygen
B) Cesium or rubidium
C) Gold and platinum
D) Carbon and nitrogen
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Correct Answer: B) Cesium or rubidium
15. NavIC’s development was initiated following which conflict, when India was denied access to foreign GPS?
A) 1962 Indo-China War
B) 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War
C) 1984 Siachen Conflict
D) 1999 Kargil War
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Correct Answer: D) 1999 Kargil War
16. For reliable Positioning, Navigation, and Timing services, NavIC requires at least how many operational satellites?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Four
D) Six
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Correct Answer: C) Four
17. NavIC satellites are placed in which two types of orbits?
A) Low Earth Orbit and Medium Earth Orbit
B) Geostationary Orbit (GEO) and Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO)
C) Polar Orbit and Sun-synchronous Orbit
D) Highly Elliptical Orbit and Low Earth Orbit
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Correct Answer: B) Geostationary Orbit (GEO) and Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO)
18. The first second-generation NavIC satellite (NVS-01) was launched in:
A) March 2022
B) November 2022
C) May 2023
D) January 2024
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Correct Answer: C) May 2023
19. The NVS series of NavIC satellites carries which type of indigenously developed atomic clock?
A) Cesium atomic clock
B) Hydrogen maser clock
C) Rubidium atomic clock
D) Optical lattice clock
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Correct Answer: C) Rubidium atomic clock
20. Sujal Gaon ID is a digital initiative launched under which mission?
A) AMRUT 2.0
B) PM Gati Shakti
C) Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0
D) National Water Mission
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Correct Answer: C) Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0
21. Approximately how many Sujal Gaon IDs have been generated across India?
A) 50,000
B) 1.64 lakh
C) 3.2 lakh
D) 5 lakh
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Correct Answer : B) 1.64 lakh
22. Each Sujal Gaon ID is integrated with which complementary identifier to enable ‘source-to-tap’ tracking?
A) Jal Shakti Portal ID
B) Sujalam Bharat ID
C) FHTC Household ID
D) ReALCraft Portal ID
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Correct Answer: B) Sujalam Bharat ID
23. Sujal Gaon ID has been implemented across how many States and Union Territories?
A) 20
B) 25
C) 31
D) 36
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Correct Answer : C) 31
24. The B-1B Lancer bomber is nicknamed ‘Bone’ because the name derives from:
A) Its skeletal frame structure
B) Pronunciation of ‘B-One’
C) Its bone-white colour
D) Its designer’s surname
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Correct Answer: B) Pronunciation of ‘B-One’
25. The B-1B Lancer’s variable-sweep wing design allows wings to adjust between which angles?
A) 5° to 45°
B) 10° to 55°
C) 15° to 67.5°
D) 20° to 75°
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Correct Answer: C) 15° to 67.5°
26. The B-1B Lancer was originally designed for which type of mission?
A) Conventional precision strikes
B) Nuclear strike missions
C) Strategic airlifting of troops
D) Long-range maritime patrol
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Correct Answer: B) Nuclear strike missions
27. The Sejjil missile is classified as which type of missile?
A) Short-Range Ballistic Missile
B) Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
C) Medium-Range Ballistic Missile
D) Cruise Missile
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Correct Answer: C) Medium-Range Ballistic Missile
28. A key operational advantage of the Sejjil missile’s solid-fuel propellant is:
A) Higher payload than liquid-fuel missiles
B) Faster launch readiness and reduced preparation time
C) Greater range than other Iranian missiles
D) Ability to carry multiple warheads
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Correct Answer: B) Faster launch readiness and reduced preparation time
29. Kharg Island is located approximately how far off the coast of Iran in the Persian Gulf?
A) 10 km
B) 30 km
C) 50 km
D) 100 km
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Correct Answer: C) 50 km
30. Kharg Island handles approximately what percentage of Iran’s crude oil exports?
A) 50%
B) 70%
C) 80%
D) 90%
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Correct Answer: D) 90%
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