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1. India and Uzbekistan upgraded their bilateral relationship to a:
a) Strategic Partnership
b) Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
c) Special Strategic Partnership
d) Global Strategic Partnership
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Correct Answer: b) Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
2. India and Uzbekistan established a bilateral trade target of US$5 billion by which year?
a) 2028
b) 2030
c) 2032
d) 2035
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Correct Answer: b) 2030
3. Which honour did the President of Uzbekistan confer on PM Narendra Modi?
a) Order of Amir Timur
b) Oliy Darajali Do’stlik (Order of Friendship)
c) Order of Independence
d) Nishan-e-Uzbekistan
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Correct Answer: b) Oliy Darajali Do’stlik (Order of Friendship)
4. India’s grant for Aral Sea restoration connects Uzbekistan’s Yashil Makon programme with which Indian campaign?
a) Namami Gange
b) Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam
c) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
d) Jal Jeevan Mission
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Correct Answer: b) Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam
5. DUSTLIK, the annual joint military exercise between India and Uzbekistan, is primarily focused on:
a) Amphibious warfare
b) Counter-terrorism cooperation
c) Naval interoperability
d) Air defence coordination
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Correct Answer: b) Counter-terrorism cooperation
6. The PARIVARTAN Scheme primarily targets the replacement of which category of vehicles?
a) Private cars
b) BS-IV and older commercial vehicles
c) Two-wheelers
d) Agricultural tractors
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Correct Answer: b) BS-IV and older commercial vehicles
7. Which ministry implements the PARIVARTAN Scheme?
a) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
b) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH)
c) Ministry of Heavy Industries
d) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
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Correct Answer: b) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH)
8. Under PARIVARTAN, what is the minimum discount participating OEMs must provide on qualifying new vehicles?
a) 5%
b) 8%
c) 10%
d) 12%
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Correct Answer: b) 8%
9. Between 2014-15 and 2023-24, the number of universities in India increased by approximately:
a) 25.3%
b) 42.2%
c) 69.6%
d) 31.5%
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Correct Answer: c) 69.6%
10. As per recent data, India’s Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education stands at around 30%, while NEP 2020 has set a target of:
a) 40%
b) 45%
c) 50%
d) 60%
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Correct Answer: c) 50%
11. India’s national R&D expenditure as a percentage of GDP is approximately:
a) 0.64%
b) 1.2%
c) 2.1%
d) 3.5%
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Correct Answer: a) 0.64%
12. Which scheme provides students and researchers access to international scholarly journals under a unified national subscription model?
a) SWAYAM
b) One Nation, One Subscription (ONOS)
c) Academic Bank of Credits
d) SPARC
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Correct Answer: b) One Nation, One Subscription (ONOS)
13. PMFBY was launched in which year?
a) 2014
b) 2016
c) 2018
d) 2020
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Correct Answer: b) 2016
14. Under PMFBY, what is the maximum premium contribution by farmers for Kharif foodgrain and oilseed crops?
a) 1.5%
b) 2%
c) 5%
d) 10%
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Correct Answer: b) 2%
15. Under PMFBY, what is the Centre-State premium subsidy sharing ratio for North-Eastern and Himalayan States/UTs?
a) 50:50
b) 60:40
c) 75:25
d) 90:10
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Correct Answer: d) 90:10
16. Which PMFBY technology component uses geo-tagged crop photographs to monitor crop conditions?
a) YES-TECH
b) WINDS
c) CROPIC
d) CCE-Agri
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Correct Answer: c) CROPIC
17. The Per Drop More Crop (PDMC) initiative was originally introduced under which scheme?
a) PM-KISAN
b) Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)
c) Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
d) PM Fasal Bima Yojana
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Correct Answer: b) Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)
18. Under PDMC, what is the maximum subsidy available to small and marginal farmers for micro-irrigation?
a) 35%
b) 45%
c) 55%
d) 65%
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Correct Answer: c) 55%
19. Agriculture accounts for approximately what share of India’s total freshwater withdrawals?
a) 50%
b) 65%
c) 80%
d) 95%
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Correct Answer: c) 80%
20. The Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2026 will become effective how many days after notification?
a) 90 days
b) 120 days
c) 150 days
d) 180 days
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Correct Answer: d) 180 days
21. Which Indian satellite navigation system is permitted for secure dissemination of IST under the new rules?
a) GAGAN
b) NavIC
c) IRNSS-1A
d) GSAT
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Correct Answer: b) NavIC
22. Where was the White Rabbit Technology-based IST Dissemination Demonstration Network commissioned?
a) National Physical Laboratory, Delhi
b) Regional Reference Standard Laboratory (RRSL), Bengaluru
c) ISRO Headquarters, Bengaluru
d) IIT Bombay
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Correct Answer: b) Regional Reference Standard Laboratory (RRSL), Bengaluru
23. White Rabbit technology, used for precision clock synchronisation, was originally developed at:
a) NASA
b) CERN
c) ISRO
d) MIT
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Correct Answer: b) CERN
24. A barrier lake (landslide lake) forms when:
a) A glacier melts rapidly
b) Landslide debris blocks the course of a river
c) A dam is deliberately constructed
d) Heavy rainfall floods a valley
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Correct Answer: b) Landslide debris blocks the course of a river
25. What distinguishes a GLOF from an LLOF in terms of natural barrier?
a) GLOF involves landslide debris; LLOF involves glacier material
b) GLOF involves glacier/moraine material; LLOF involves landslide debris
c) Both involve identical barrier materials
d) Neither involves a natural barrier
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Correct Answer: b) GLOF involves glacier/moraine material; LLOF involves landslide debris
26. One of the most severe recorded LLOF events, caused by an earthquake-triggered landslide blocking the Dadu River, occurred in 1786 in which Chinese province?
a) Yunnan
b) Sichuan
c) Tibet Autonomous Region
d) Qinghai
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Correct Answer: b) Sichuan
27. The Javelin missile system, being procured by India via Foreign Military Sales, is jointly developed by which two companies?
a) Boeing and Raytheon
b) Lockheed Martin and Raytheon (RTX)
c) General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman
d) BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin
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Correct Answer: b) Lockheed Martin and Raytheon (RTX)
28. What is India’s indigenous third-generation man-portable ATGM, developed as a counterpart to the Javelin?
a) NAG
b) MPATGM
c) Helina
d) SANT
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Correct Answer: b) MPATGM
29. The CosmoCube mission aims to detect faint low-frequency radio signals from the early universe by operating on:
a) Mars orbit
b) The far side of the Moon
c) Earth’s polar orbit
d) A Lagrange point
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Correct Answer: b) The far side of the Moon
30. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was launched aboard which rocket?
a) SpaceX Falcon 9
b) SpaceX Falcon Heavy
c) NASA SLS
d) ULA Atlas V
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Correct Answer: b) SpaceX Falcon Heavy
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