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1. In Sukanya Shantha v. Union of India (2024), the Supreme Court expanded the understanding of caste-based discrimination under which Article?
a) Article 14
b) Article 15
c) Article 17
d) Article 21
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Correct Answer: c) Article 17
2. Which Article prohibits discrimination on grounds of caste in access to shops, hotels, wells and places of public entertainment?
a) Article 14
b) Article 15(2)
c) Article 17
d) Article 23
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Correct Answer: b) Article 15(2)
3. Article 17, which abolishes untouchability, is notable for having:
a) Retrospective application
b) Horizontal application
c) Only vertical application
d) No penal provisions
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Correct Answer: b) Horizontal application
4. Which Act gives statutory effect to the constitutional prohibition of untouchability?
a) SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
b) Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955
c) Representation of the People Act, 1951
d) Manual Scavengers Act, 2013
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Correct Answer: b) Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955
5. NAMASTE, a government initiative addressing caste-linked sanitation work, aims to:
a) Promote inter-caste marriages
b) Provide finance to SC entrepreneurs
c) Promote mechanised cleaning of sewers and septic tanks
d) Provide skill development for disadvantaged groups
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Correct Answer: c) Promote mechanised cleaning of sewers and septic tanks
6. In Rakhi Bisht vs. Union of India, the Delhi High Court ruled that maternity leave cannot be a ground for:
a) Salary reduction
b) Demotion or loss of professional status
c) Extended probation
d) Transfer to another city
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Correct Answer: b) Demotion or loss of professional status
7. In the Rakhi Bisht judgment, which existing legislations were noted as not comprehensively addressing post-maternity workplace reintegration?
a) Equal Remuneration Act and POSH Act
b) Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 and Code on Social Security, 2020
c) Factories Act and Industrial Disputes Act
d) Companies Act and Labour Codes
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Correct Answer: b) Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 and Code on Social Security, 2020
8. The 26th Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was held in which city?
a) Astana
b) Bishkek
c) Tashkent
d) Dushanbe
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Correct Answer: b) Bishkek
9. Following the 26th SCO Summit, the SCO Chairmanship for 2026-27 passed to which country?
a) India
b) China
c) Pakistan
d) Russia
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Correct Answer: c) Pakistan
10. Which city was designated the SCO Tourism and Cultural Capital for 2026-27?
a) Islamabad
b) Lahore
c) Karachi
d) Peshawar
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Correct Answer: b) Lahore
11. The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), referenced in the Bishkek Declaration, was established in which year?
a) 1992
b) 1998
c) 2002
d) 2010
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Correct Answer: c) 2002
12. India Semiconductor Mission 2.0 (Semicon 2.0) has been notified with a fiscal outlay of:
a) ₹76,000 crore
b) ₹1,00,000 crore
c) ₹1,27,500 crore
d) ₹1,50,000 crore
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Correct Answer: c) ₹1,27,500 crore
13. Under Semicon 2.0, what is the maximum capital subsidy available for CMOS silicon fabrication facilities?
a) 25%
b) 35%
c) 40%
d) 50%
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Correct Answer: c) 40%
14. Under Semicon 2.0, R&D projects involving advanced semiconductor technologies may receive subsidies of up to what percentage of project costs?
a) 50%
b) 60%
c) 75%
d) 90%
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Correct Answer: c) 75%
15. Semicon 2.0 aims to train how many additional semiconductor engineers and technicians?
a) 50,000
b) 75,000
c) 1,00,000
d) 1,50,000
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Correct Answer: c) 1,00,000
16. The PRIP Scheme, aimed at boosting pharma-medtech research, has a total financial outlay of:
a) ₹2,500 crore
b) ₹5,000 crore
c) ₹7,500 crore
d) ₹10,000 crore
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Correct Answer: b) ₹5,000 crore
17. Under PRIP’s Component A, Centres of Excellence with an allocation of ₹700 crore will be established at how many NIPERs?
a) Five
b) Seven
c) Ten
d) Twelve
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Correct Answer: b) Seven
18. Which platform under PRIP provides support related to intellectual property and patent-related requirements?
a) MedTech Mitra
b) Patent Mitra
c) PRIP Online Platform
d) IP Sahayak
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Correct Answer: b) Patent Mitra
19. In Olga Tellis v. Bombay Municipal Corporation (1985), the Supreme Court recognised which right as integral to Article 21?
a) Right to livelihood
b) Right to housing
c) Right to shelter
d) Right to employment
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Correct Answer: a) Right to livelihood
20. The VB-G RAM G Act, which replaced MGNREGA, was operationalised from:
a) 1 January 2026
b) 1 April 2026
c) 1 July 2026
d) 1 October 2026
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Correct Answer: c) 1 July 2026
21. Under the VB-G RAM G Act, the statutory employment ceiling has been increased from 100 days to:
a) 110 days
b) 120 days
c) 125 days
d) 150 days
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Correct Answer: c) 125 days
22. Under the VB-G RAM G Act’s fiscal structure, what is the Centre-State sharing ratio for wages and material expenditure (general states)?
a) 100:0
b) 75:25
c) 60:40
d) 50:50
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Correct Answer: c) 60:40
23. In Sanjit Roy v. State of Rajasthan (1983), the Supreme Court held that paying less than minimum wage under state employment programmes violates which Article?
a) Article 14
b) Article 19
c) Article 21
d) Article 23
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Correct Answer: d) Article 23
24. According to the 7th edition of the Status of the World’s Coral Reefs report, global hard coral cover has fallen by approximately what percentage compared to the 1980-2009 reference period?
a) 5%
b) 9.5%
c) 15%
d) 20%
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Correct Answer: b) 9.5%
25. According to the coral reef report, around what percentage of coral reefs experienced unprecedented heat stress during 2024?
a) 65%
b) 75%
c) 87%
d) 95%
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Correct Answer: c) 87%
26. How many major global-scale coral bleaching events have been recorded since 1998?
a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) Five
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Correct Answer: c) Four
27. Which Aditya-L1 instrument observes the Sun in the ultraviolet wavelength range to identify early solar flare signatures?
a) SoLEXS
b) HEL1OS
c) SUIT (Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope)
d) VELC
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Correct Answer: c) SUIT (Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope)
28. The 2026 V-Dem Report classified India as an ‘electoral autocracy’, ranking it 106th among how many countries on the Electoral Democracy Index?
a) 150
b) 165
c) 179
d) 190
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Correct Answer: c) 179
29. The Baltic Way of 23 August 1989, a key event of the Singing Revolution, formed a human chain connecting Tallinn, Riga and which other city?
a) Minsk
b) Vilnius
c) Kyiv
d) Warsaw
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Correct Answer: b) Vilnius
30. Larak Island, which came into focus due to US strikes on Iranian rocket launchers, is located in which strategic waterway?
a) Strait of Malacca
b) Strait of Hormuz
c) Bab-el-Mandeb Strait
d) Suez Canal
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Correct Answer: b) Strait of Hormuz
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