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1. What is the current strength of the Lok Sabha?
A) 500 members
B) 530 members
C) 543 members
D) 600 members
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Correct Answer: C) 543 members
2. The proposed expansion of the Lok Sabha would increase its strength to approximately how many
members?
A) 650
B) 720
C) 816
D) 900
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Correct Answer: C) 816
3. Under the proposal, approximately how many seats would be reserved for women (one-third)?
A) 181 seats
B) 221 seats
C) 273 seats
D) 300 seats
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Correct Answer: C) 273 seats
4. Women’s reservation in the Lok Sabha is linked to which Constitutional Amendment Act?
A) 103rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019
B) 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2020
C) 105th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2021
D) 106th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2023
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Correct Answer: D) 106th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2023
5. Increasing the Lok Sabha strength beyond current limits requires amending which Article of the Constitution?
A) Article 79
B) Article 81
C) Article 83
D) Article 85
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Correct Answer: B) Article 81
6. The ‘delinking’ proposal in Lok Sabha expansion refers to separating women’s reservation from:
A) Parliamentary elections and by-elections
B) Census and delimitation processes
C) State assembly elections
D) Presidential election processes
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Correct Answer: B) Census and delimitation processes
7. A constitutional amendment to expand Lok Sabha requires which type of majority?
A) Simple majority of members present and voting
B) Absolute majority of total membership only
C) Two-thirds of members present and voting AND absolute majority of total membership
D) Three-fourths of total membership of both Houses
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Correct Answer: C) Two-thirds of members present and voting AND absolute majority of total membership
8. Brazil’s Proálcool Programme was launched in which year in response to the 1973 oil crisis?
A) 1973
B) 1975
C) 1978
D) 1980
Correct Answer: B) 1975
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9. India’s Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme was launched in which year?
A) 1999
B) 2001
C) 2003
D) 2005
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Correct Answer: C) 2003
10. India achieved 20% ethanol blending (E20) in 2025, which was ahead of the original target set for:
A) 2025
B) 2027
C) 2030
D) 2035
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Correct Answer: C) 2030
11. The chemical formula of ethanol is:
A) CH3OH
B) C2H5OH
C) C3H7OH
D) C4H9OH
Correct Answer: B) C2H5OH
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12. 2G Ethanol (second-generation ethanol) is produced from:
A) Food crops like sugarcane and maize
B) Agricultural residues and biomass waste
C) Algae
D) Genetically engineered biomass
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Correct Answer: B) Agricultural residues and biomass waste
13. Ethanol blending at E20 levels leads to approximately how much reduction in CO2 emissions compared to conventional fuels?
A) 5–8%
B) 10–12%
C) 15–20%
D) 25–30%
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Correct Answer: C) 15–20%
14. India imports approximately what percentage of its crude oil requirements?
A) Carbon colonialism
B) Waste colonialism
C) Ecological imperialism
D) Environmental dumping
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Correct Answer: B) Waste colonialism
15. The Global Assessment of Migratory Freshwater Fishes Report was released at COP15 of which convention?
A) Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
B) Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS)
C) Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
D) CITES
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Correct Answer: B) Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS)
16. CMS is also known as the Bonn Convention and is backed by which UN body?
A) UNESCO
B) UNDP
C) UNEP
D) FAO
Correct Answer: C) UNEP
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17. According to the report, global populations of migratory freshwater fish have declined by what percentage since 1970?
A) 45%
B) 62%
C) 75%
D) 81%
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Correct Answer:D) 81%
18. The report identifies which group as the most threatened vertebrate group globally?
A) Salmon and trout
B) Eels and lampreys
C) Sturgeons and paddlefishes
D) Catfish and carp
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Correct Answer: C) Sturgeons and paddlefishes
19. Which Indian river system is identified as a critical hotspot due to high migratory freshwater fish biomass?
A) Godavari–Krishna basin
B) Ganga–Brahmaputra–Meghna river system
C) Indus–Sutlej basin
D) Mahanadi–Damodar basin
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Correct Answer:B) Ganga–Brahmaputra–Meghna river system
20. The Indian Army plans to expand Shaurya Squadrons across how many total armoured regiments?
A) 30
B) 45
C) 63
D) 80
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Correct Answer: C) 63
21. India has the highest share of endemic freshwater finfish species in Asia at approximately:
A) 12.5%
B) 18.3%
C) 22.4%
D) 27.8%
Correct Answer: D) 27.8%
22. Arsenic groundwater contamination in India is primarily concentrated in which river basin?
A) Godavari–Krishna basin
B) Ganga–Brahmaputra basin
C) Narmada–Tapti basin
D) Cauvery basin
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Correct Answer: B) Ganga–Brahmaputra basin
23. According to NITI Aayog, unsafe drinking water leads to approximately how many deaths annually in India?
A) 50,000
B) 1 lakh
C) 2 lakh
D) 5 lakh
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Correct Answer : C) 2 lakh
24. India accounts for over what percentage of global groundwater usage?
A) 10%
B) 15%
C) 20%
D) 25%
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Correct Answer: B) Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)
25. The lessons driving India’s Shaurya Squadron doctrine draw from the extensive use of kamikaze drones to destroy armoured vehicles in which conflict?
A) Israel–Gaza conflict
B) Russia–Ukraine War
C) Nagorno-Karabakh War
D) Syrian Civil War
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Correct Answer: B) Russia–Ukraine War
26. The Ministry of Jal Shakti has trained how many women to use Field Testing Kits (FTKs) for grassroots water quality monitoring?
A) 5 lakh
B) 10 lakh
C) 18 lakh
D) 24.8 lakh
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Correct Answer: D) 24.8 lakh
27. According to the World Bank, water-related issues could reduce India’s GDP by approximately what percentage by 2050?
A) 2%
B) 4%
C) 6%
D) 10%
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Correct Answer: C) 6%
28. Shaurya Squadrons are drone units integrated within which branch of the Indian Armed Forces?
A) Indian Air Force fighter squadrons
B) Indian Navy coastal defence units
C) Indian Army armoured/tank regiments
D) Rapid Action Force
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Correct Answer: C) Indian Army armoured/tank regiments
29.Which type of drone used in Shaurya Squadrons is designed to loiter over a target area and then crash into
it for destruction?
A) FPV drones
B) Swarm drones
C) Surveillance drones
D) Loitering munitions
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Correct Answer: D) Loitering munitions
30. Each Shaurya Squadron comprises how many trained personnel?
A) 10–15
B) 20–30
C) 40–50
D) 60–80
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Correct Answer: B) 20–30
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