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1. The PM CARES Fund was established under which Act as a non-statutory public charitable trust?
A) Indian Trusts Act, 1882
B) Registration Act, 1908
C) Societies Registration Act, 1860
D) Companies Act, 2013
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Correct Answer : B) Registration Act, 1908
2. Who serves as the ex-officio Chairperson of the PM CARES Fund?
A) Union Finance Minister
B) Union Home Minister
C) Prime Minister
D) Cabinet Secretary
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Correct Answer: C) Prime Minister
3. Which of the following are ex-officio Trustees of the PM CARES Fund?
A) Ministers of Health, Education and Finance
B) Ministers of Defence, Home Affairs and Finance
C) Ministers of Home Affairs, External Affairs and Defence
D) Ministers of Finance, Commerce and Railways
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Correct Answer: Ministers of Defence, Home Affairs and Finance
4. The PM CARES Fund is audited by:
A) The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG)
B) An independent private accounting firm
C) The Reserve Bank of India
D) The Ministry of Corporate Affairs
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Correct Answer: B) An independent private accounting firm
5. According to the given context, the PM CARES Fund is not treated as a ‘public authority’ under which section of the RTI Act, 2005?
A) Section 2(f)
B) Section 2(h)
C) Section 6(1)
D) Section 8(1)
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Correct Answer: B) Section 2(h)
6. Under the Arms Rules, 2016, air rifles or air pistols are exempt from licensing requirements if their muzzle energy is:
A) 10 joules or less
B) 15 joules or less
C) 20 joules or less
D) 25 joules or less
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Correct Answer: C) 20 joules or less
7. Pellet guns were introduced in Jammu and Kashmir by the Union Government in which year?
A) 2005
B) 2008
C) 2010
D) 2013
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Correct Answer: C) 2010
8. The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) Standard Operating Procedures, 2011, require the use of force to be:
A) Maximal and immediate
B) Proportionate and only when absolutely necessary
C) Discretionary at the officer’s convenience
D) Applied uniformly regardless of context
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Correct Answer: B) Proportionate and only when absolutely necessary
9. The Supreme Court held that a challenge seeking prohibition of pellet guns would require questioning the governing provisions as ultra vires which Article?
A) Article 14
B) Article 19
C) Article 21
D) Article 32
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Correct Answer: C) Article 21
10. In Vanashakti v. Union of India, the Supreme Court struck down the 2021 Office Memorandum that permitted retrospective Environmental Clearances on payment of:
A) Administrative fees
B) Ecological damage penalties
C) Litigation costs
D) Compliance bonds
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Correct Answer: B) Ecological damage penalties
11. Which earlier Supreme Court judgment rejected ex post facto environmental clearances, viewing the mechanism as encouraging a ‘violate first, clear later’ approach?
A) Subhash Kumar v. State of Bihar (1991)
B) Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. Rohit Prajapati (2020)
C) Pahwa Plastics Pvt. Ltd. v. Dastak NGO (2022)
D) M.C. Mehta v. Union of India (1987)
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Correct Answer: B) Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. Rohit Prajapati (2020)
12. Under the Vanashakti ruling, the Supreme Court retains power to grant ex post facto environmental clearances in appropriate cases through its extraordinary jurisdiction under:
A) Article 32
B) Article 136
C) Article 142
D) Article 226
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Correct Answer: C) Article 142
13. The EIA Notification, 2006, provides for a public consultation process before project clearance consisting of how many stages?
A) One stage
B) Two stages
C) Three stages
D) Four stages
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Correct Answer: B) Two stages
14. Which Article of the Constitution places a fundamental duty on citizens to protect the natural environment and have compassion for living creatures?
A) Article 21
B) Article 48A
C) Article 51A(g)
D) Article 39(b)
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Correct Answer: C) Article 51A(g)
15. The Houthis, involved in the Red Sea maritime blockade, are officially known as:
A) Hezbollah
B) Ansar Allah
C) Al-Islah
D) Jaysh al-Mahdi
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Correct Answer: B) Ansar Allah
16. The Red Sea connects to the Indian Ocean through which strait and gulf?
A) Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf
B) Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and Gulf of Aden
C) Strait of Malacca and Gulf of Thailand
D) Strait of Gibraltar and Gulf of Cadiz
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Correct Answer: B) Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and Gulf of Aden
17. The Gulf of Suez, a northern extension of the Red Sea, provides a maritime link between the Red Sea and:
A) The Arabian Sea
B) The Mediterranean Sea
C) The Persian Gulf
D) The Caspian Sea
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Correct Answer: B) The Mediterranean Sea
18. The Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool (BMIP) was launched by the Department of Financial Services on:
A) 18 April 2026
B) 12 May 2026
C) 1 June 2026
D) 15 July 2026
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Correct Answer: B) 12 May 2026
19. BMIP is administered by:
A) Life Insurance Corporation of India
B) General Insurance Corporation of India Re
C) Shipping Corporation of India
D) IRDAI
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Correct Answer: B) General Insurance Corporation of India Re
20. What is the total capacity of the Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool?
A) USD 500 million
B) USD 1 billion
C) USD 1.5 billion
D) USD 2 billion
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Correct Answer: C) USD 1.5 billion
21. Under BMIP, the pool’s own layer for claims before the sovereign guarantee can be invoked is:
A) USD 50 million
B) USD 100 million
C) USD 250 million
D) USD 500 million
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Correct Answer: B) USD 100 million
22. The sovereign guarantee backing BMIP amounts to approximately:
A) ₹8,000 crore
B) ₹10,500 crore
C) ₹12,980 crore
D) ₹15,200 crore
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Correct Answer: C) ₹12,980 crore
23. During the Kanwar Yatra, the bamboo pole (Kanwar) carrying Ganga water symbolically represents:
A) Vishnu
B) Lord Shiva
C) Brahma
D) Indra
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Correct Answer: B) Lord Shiva
24. Historical evidence of the Kanwar tradition is found in a 7th–8th century sculpture at which fort in Uttar Pradesh?
A) Chunar Fort
B) Kalinjar Fort
C) Jhansi Fort
D) Agra Fort
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Correct Answer: B) Kalinjar Fort
25. The Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026 seeks to bring which national symbol within the ambit of the 1971 Act?
A) National Flag
B) National Emblem
C) Vande Mataram (National Song)
D) National Anthem
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Correct Answer: C) Vande Mataram (National Song)
26.Under the proposed amendment, an insult to the National Song would attract imprisonment of up to:
A) 1 year
B) 2 years
C) 3 years
D) 5 years
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Correct Answer: C) 3 years
27. The Cauvery River, also called ‘Dakshina Ganga,’ originates at Talakaveri in which mountain range?
A) Nilgiri Hills
B) Brahmagiri Range
C) Cardamom Hills
D) Anamalai Hills
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Correct Answer: B) Brahmagiri Range
28. The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) directed Karnataka to release water to Tamil Nadu at what rate for 15 days?
A) 2,500 cusecs per day
B) 3,000 cusecs per day
C) 3,500 cusecs per day
D) 4,000 cusecs per day
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Correct Answer: C) 3,500 cusecs per day
29. Machilipatnam (BY 529), launched by Cochin Shipyard Limited, is which number in the series of eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft for the Indian Navy?
A) Fifth
B) Sixth
C) Seventh
D) Eighth
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Correct Answer: C) Seventh
30. The Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Telecom Excellence Awards 2025 are instituted by which body?
A) TRAI
B) Department of Telecommunications (DoT)
C) Ministry of Electronics and IT
D) BSNL
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Correct Answer: B) Department of Telecommunications (DoT)
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