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1. The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), whose ruling on the Indus Waters Treaty India rejected, is headquartered at:
a) Geneva, Switzerland
b) Peace Palace, The Hague, Netherlands
c) Vienna, Austria
d) New York, USA
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Correct Answer: b) Peace Palace, The Hague, Netherlands
2. The Indus Waters Treaty, 1960, was facilitated by which international institution?
a) United Nations
b) World Bank
c) IMF
d) Asian Development Bank
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Correct Answer: b) World Bank
3. Under the Indus Waters Treaty, which rivers were allocated to India?
a) Indus, Jhelum, Chenab
b) Ravi, Beas, Sutlej
c) Ganga, Yamuna, Sone
d) Chenab, Beas, Indus
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Correct Answer: b) Ravi, Beas, Sutlej
4. Under the Indus Waters Treaty’s dispute-resolution framework, ‘differences’ are addressed through:
a) Permanent Indus Commission
b) Neutral Expert
c) Court of Arbitration
d) World Bank arbitration
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Correct Answer: b) Neutral Expert
5. The Northern Sea Route (NSR), gaining importance as an alternative to the Suez Canal, runs along which country’s Arctic coastline?
a) Canada
b) Norway
c) Russia
d) United States
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Correct Answer: c) Russia
6. The Northern Sea Route extends from the Kara Gate to which strait?
a) Strait of Hormuz
b) Bering Strait
c) Strait of Malacca
d) Davis Strait
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Correct Answer: b) Bering Strait
7. Which ministry serves as the nodal ministry for India’s Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) programme?
a) Ministry of Agriculture
b) Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
c) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
d) Ministry of Consumer Affairs
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Correct Answer: b) Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
8. Which policy enabled the use of sugarcane juice, surplus FCI rice, maize and damaged foodgrains for ethanol procurement?
a) National Biofuels Policy, 2018
b) National Agriculture Policy, 2000
c) Ethanol Blending Roadmap, 2021
d) Green Energy Policy, 2015
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Correct Answer: a) National Biofuels Policy, 2018
9. The National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) was approved by the Union Cabinet in which year?
a) 2015
b) 2018
c) 2020
d) 2022
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Correct Answer: b) 2018
10. Which department implements the NM-ICPS?
a) Ministry of Electronics and IT
b) Department of Science and Technology (DST)
c) Department of Telecommunications
d) NITI Aayog
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Correct Answer: b) Department of Science and Technology (DST)
11. How many Technology Innovation Hubs (TIHs) have been established under NM-ICPS?
a) 15
b) 20
c) 25
d) 30
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Correct Answer: c) 25
12. Under NM-ICPS’s Technology Translation Research Parks, which institute focuses on cybersecurity?
a) IISc Bengaluru
b) IIT Kanpur
c) IIT Indore
d) IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
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Correct Answer: b) IIT Kanpur
13. BharatGen, supported under NM-ICPS, is led by which institution?
a) IIT Delhi
b) IISc Bengaluru
c) IIT Bombay
d) IIT Madras
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Correct Answer: c) IIT Bombay
14. Which BharatGen model is used for speech-to-text applications?
a) Sooktam
b) Shrutam
c) Patram
d) Agri Param
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Correct Answer: b) Shrutam
15. Pusa Rice DST1, India’s first genome-edited rice variety, was developed by:
a) ICAR-IIRR, Hyderabad
b) ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
c) ICAR-CRRI, Cuttack
d) IIT Kharagpur
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Correct Answer: c) ICAR-CRRI, Cuttack
16. Pusa Rice DST1 was developed using which gene-editing technology?
a) TALEN
b) Zinc Finger Nuclease
c) CRISPR-Cas9 with SDN-1
d) RNA interference
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Correct Answer: c) CRISPR-Cas9 with SDN-1
17. DRR Dhan 100 (Kamala), another genome-edited rice variety, was developed by ICAR-IIRR from which parent variety?
a) MTU1010
b) Samba Mahsuri (BPT 5204)
c) Swarna
d) IR64
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Correct Answer: b) Samba Mahsuri (BPT 5204)
18. The Ramon Magsaysay Award is often described as:
a) Asia’s Nobel Prize
b) The Peace Prize of the East
c) Asia’s Pulitzer
d) The Global Humanity Award
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Correct Answer: a) Asia’s Nobel Prize
19. Tommy Koh, a 2026 Ramon Magsaysay awardee from Singapore, is recognised for his role in presiding over which conference?
a) UN Climate Conference
b) Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
c) World Trade Organization Ministerial
d) UN Human Rights Council
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Correct Answer: b) Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
20. Runa Khan, a 2026 Ramon Magsaysay awardee from Bangladesh, founded which development organisation?
a) BRAC
b) Grameen Bank
c) Friendship
d) ASA
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Correct Answer: c) Friendship
21. Bo Kyi, a 2026 Ramon Magsaysay awardee from Myanmar, co-founded which organisation?
a) Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP)
b) Human Rights Watch Myanmar
c) Amnesty Myanmar
d) Myanmar Freedom Forum
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Correct Answer: a) Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP)
22. The recent Sone River water-sharing MoU between Bihar and Jharkhand allocates how much water (in MAF) to Bihar?
a) 2 MAF
b) 4.5 MAF
c) 5.75 MAF
d) 7.75 MAF
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Correct Answer: c) 5.75 MAF
23. The Sone River water-sharing dispute originated from the original allocation under which 1973 accord?
a) Bansagar Accord
b) Indus Waters Treaty
c) Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal
d) Cauvery Agreement
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Correct Answer: a) Bansagar Accord
24. The Sone River, the second-largest right-bank tributary of the Ganga, originates near which plateau?
a) Chota Nagpur Plateau
b) Amarkantak Plateau
c) Deccan Plateau
d) Malwa Plateau
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Correct Answer: b) Amarkantak Plateau
25. According to CGA data, the Central Government’s fiscal deficit for April-July 2026 reached what percentage of the FY 2026-27 budgeted target?
a) 16.8%
b) 22.5%
c) 26.8%
d) 33.4%
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Correct Answer: c) 26.8%
26. What is the budgeted fiscal deficit target for FY 2026-27 as a percentage of GDP?
a) 3.5%
b) 4.3%
c) 5.1%
d) 6.0%
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Correct Answer: b) 4.3%
27. Hanging glaciers, linked to the recent Nepal flash flood, are ice masses that typically form when:
a) A main valley glacier retreats and thins, leaving tributary glaciers suspended
b) Permafrost expands rapidly in winter
c) A glacial lake overflows suddenly
d) Volcanic activity melts surrounding ice
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Correct Answer: a) A main valley glacier retreats and thins, leaving tributary glaciers suspended
28. Chile’s Atacama Desert, considered the driest non-polar desert on Earth, is located in:
a) Southern Chile
b) Central Chile
c) Northern Chile
d) Chilean Patagonia
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Correct Answer: c) Northern Chile
29. Ojos del Salado, Chile’s highest point, is notable for being:
a) The tallest peak in South America
b) The highest active volcano in the world
c) An extinct volcano on the Pacific coast
d) The lowest point in the Atacama Desert
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Correct Answer: b) The highest active volcano in the world
30. Rani Avantibai Lodhi, remembered on her martyrdom day, was the queen-regent of which princely estate?
a) Jhansi
b) Ramgarh
c) Gwalior
d) Bundelkhand
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Correct Answer: b) Ramgarh
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