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1. Under which Article of the Indian Constitution does the Prime Minister hold office as long as they enjoy the confidence of the Lok Sabha?
A) 75 cm (1961–1990)
B) 82 cm (1961–2000)
C) 87 cm (1971–2020)
D) 91 cm (1981–2010)
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Correct Answer: (C) 87 cm (1971–2020)
2. A monsoon rainfall below what percentage of LPA is classified as ‘Deficient’ (drought-like conditions)?
A) Below 95%
B) Below 92%
C) Below 90%
D) Below 85%
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Correct Answer: (C) Below 90%
3. El Niño is caused by the warming of which ocean region?
A) Indian Ocean eastern basin
B) Central and eastern Pacific Ocean
C) North Atlantic Ocean
D) Southern Ocean
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Correct Answer: (B) Central and eastern Pacific Ocean
4.The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) in its positive phase has what effect on India’s monsoon?
A) Weakens the monsoon
B) Strengthens the monsoon
C) Has no effect
D) Delays the monsoon onset
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Correct Answer: (B) Strengthens the monsoon
5. El Niño is part of the larger ENSO system. What does ENSO stand for?
A) Eastern North-South Oscillation
B) El Niño–Southern Oscillation
C) Equatorial Northern Surface Oscillation
D) Eastern Niño–Sea Oscillation
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Correct Answer: (B) El Niño–Southern Oscillation
6. Minimum wages in India are now governed by which legislation?
A) Minimum Wages Act, 1948
B) Code on Wages, 2019
C) Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
D) Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
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Correct Answer: (B) Code on Wages, 2019
7. The e-Shram Portal is designed to digitally register workers from which sector?
A) Organised formal sector
B) Government employees
C) Unorganised/informal sector
D) MSME manufacturing units
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Correct Answer: (C) Unorganised/informal sector
8. PM Shram Yogi Maandhan Yojana provides a monthly pension of ₹3,000 to workers in which sector?
A) Organised sector above ₹15,000 income
B) Unorganised sector
C) Agricultural sector only
D) Construction workers only
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Correct Answer: (B) Unorganised sector
9. A ‘Close Blockade’ involves deploying naval forces in which position?
A) Far from enemy coastline due to missile/submarine threats
B) Near or at the enemy coastline
C) At international shipping lanes
D) At the entry of international straits only
Correct Answer: (B) Near or at the enemy coastline
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10. The US naval blockade on Iran is enforced by which command?
A) US Pacific Command
B) US European Command
C) US Central Command
D) US Indo-Pacific Command
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Correct Answer: (C) US Central Command
11. For a blockade to be legally valid under international law, it must be all of the following EXCEPT:
A) Formally declared
B) Continuously and effectively enforced
C) Applied only to enemy-flagged vessels
D) Non-discriminatory
Correct Answer: (C) Applied only to enemy-flagged vessels
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12. India–Iran bilateral trade stands at approximately how much, which would be directly impacted by the US blockade?
A) $0.5 billion
B) ~$1.1–1.2 billion
C) $3 billion
D) $5.5 billion
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Correct Answer: (B) ~$1.1–1.2 billion
13.The 9th Indian Ocean Conference (IOC 2026) was held in which country?
A) Maldives
B) Seychelles
C) Mauritius
D) Sri Lanka
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Correct Answer: (C) Mauritius
14.The Indian Ocean Conference is organised by India Foundation along with which two other bodies?
A) ASEAN Secretariat and UN Environment Programme
B) Government of Mauritius and Ministry of External Affairs
C) Indian Navy and ISRO
D) World Bank and IMF
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Correct Answer: (B) Government of Mauritius and Ministry of External Affairs
15. Approximately what percentage of India’s total trade by volume passes through the Indian Ocean Region?
A) 65%
B) 75%
C) ~95%
D) 100%
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Correct Answer: (C) ~95%
16. India’s vision for the Indian Ocean is captured in the acronym SAGAR, which stands for:
A) Strategic Alliance for Growth and Regional Security
B) Security and Growth for All in the Region
C) Sustainable Access to Global Aquatic Resources
D) South Asian Governance and Regional Resilience
Correct Answer: (B) Security and Growth for All in the Region
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17. A depreciation of ₹1 against the US dollar leads to approximately how much increase in India’s inflation?
A) 0.05–0.1%
B) ~0.2–0.3%
C) 0.5–0.8%
D) 1–1.5%
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Correct Answer: (B) ~0.2–0.3%
18. India’s RBI uses ‘Special Vostro Accounts’ as part of which rupee depreciation management strategy?
A) Forex market intervention by selling dollars
B) Rupee trade settlement to reduce dollar dependency
C) Monetary tightening to attract foreign capital
D) Import management through higher tariffs
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Correct Answer: (B) Rupee trade settlement to reduce dollar dependency
19. IT firms in India typically gain approximately how many basis points in margin for every 1%
depreciation of the rupee?
A) 5–10 bps
B) 20–30 bps
C) 50–60 bps
D) 100–120 bps
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Correct Answer: (B) 20–30 bps
20. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre occurred on which date in 1919?
A) 10 April (Good Friday)
B) 13 April (Baisakhi)
C) 23 April (St. George’s Day)
D) 30 April (Labour Day)
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Correct Answer: (B) 13 April (Baisakhi)
21. The arrests of which two leaders directly triggered the protests that led to the Jallianwala Bagh gathering?
A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Lala Lajpat Rai
B) Saifuddin Kitchlew and Satyapal
C) Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev
D) Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulana Azad
Correct Answer:(B) Saifuddin Kitchlew and Satyapal
22. The Rowlatt Act (1919) was known as the ‘Black Law’ because it allowed:
A) Forced labour for colonial projects
B) Detention without trial
C) Deportation of Indian leaders
D) Suppression of the Indian press
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Correct Answer: (B) Detention without trial
23. Udham Singh avenged the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre by assassinating which British official in London in 1940?
A) Reginald Dyer
B) Michael O’Dwyer
C) Lord Chelmsford
D) Edwin Montagu
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Correct Answer : (B) Michael O’Dwyer
24. Dr B.R. Ambedkar was born in which town?
A) Nagpur
B) Pune
C) Mhow
D) Mumbai
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Correct Answer: (C) Mhow
25.The Mahad Satyagraha (1927) led by Ambedkar was for which cause?
A) Temple entry for Dalits
B) Right to access public water sources
C) Abolition of untouchability in schools
D) Reservation in government jobs
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Correct Answer: (B) Right to access public water sources
26. Ambedkar’s book ‘Annihilation of Caste’ directly critiques which social institution?
A) Colonial governance
B) The caste system and Hindu orthodoxy
C) The princely states
D) The Congress party’s policies
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Correct Answer: (B) The caste system and Hindu orthodoxy
27.Ambedkar was awarded the Bharat Ratna in which year?
A) 1956
B) 1971
C) 1990
D) 2000
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Correct Answer: (C) 1990
28. Project Him Sarovar, launched in Ladakh to address water scarcity, involves which key intervention?
A) Building large dams on Indus tributaries
B) Scientific snow harvesting and creation of artificial ponds/reservoirs
C) Importing water from Himachal Pradesh via pipeline
D) Deep groundwater extraction using solar pumps
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Correct Answer: (C) 40% grant, 60% loan
29.India’s first indigenous quantum computing test and reference facilities were launched in which city as part of ‘Amaravati Quantum Valley’?
A) Bengaluru
B) Hyderabad
C) Amaravati
D) Pune
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Correct Answer: C) Amaravati
30. According to the Indian Ocean Conference context, approximately what percentage of India’s crude oil imports pass through the Indian Ocean Region?
A) ~40%
B) ~60%
C) ~80%
D) ~95%
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Correct Answer: (C) ~80%
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