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1. What is the name of the tropical cyclone threatening Australia’s eastern coast?
A) Cyclone Barry
B) Cyclone Alfred
C) Cyclone Winston
D) Cyclone Olivia
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Answer: B) Cyclone Alfred
2. Which country awarded the Indian Prime Minister the Honorary Order of Freedom?
A) Canada
B) Barbados
C) United Kingdom
D) Australia
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Answer: B) Barbados
3. What is the capital of Barbados?
A) Kingston
B) Nassau
C) Bridgetown
D) Port of Spain
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Answer: C) Bridgetown
4. What is the name of the Ongole breed cow that was sold for a record price in Brazil?
A) Brahman-21
B) Viatina-19
C) Nelore-22
D) Ongole-15
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Answer: B) Viatina-19
5. Ongole cow belongs to which breed?
A) Jersey
B) Holstein
C) Nelore
D) Guernsey
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Answer: C) Nelore
6. What is the name of the missile defense system proposed by the United States?
A) Silver Shield
B) Golden Dome
C) Iron Wall
D) Patriot Shield
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Answer: B) Golden Dome
7. Which country’s missile defense system inspired the United States’ proposed ‘Golden Dome’?
A) Russia
B) China
C) Israel
D) France
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Answer: C) Israel
8. What is the name of the cybersecurity platform used in Kerala’s new cybersecurity operations centre?
A) TRINETRA
B) CYBERNET
C) SECURENET
D) SHIELD
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Answer: A) TRINETRA
9. Which organization developed the TRINETRA cybersecurity platform?
A) DRDO
B) ISRO
C) Centre for Development of Telematics
D) National Informatics Centre
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Answer: C) Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT)
10. Under which ministry does the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) operate?
A) Ministry of Defence
B) Ministry of Electronics and IT
C) Ministry of Communications
D) Ministry of Home Affairs
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Answer: C) Ministry of Communications
11. What does ‘D’ stand for in ‘D’ voters?
A) Designated
B) Doubtful
C) Disqualified
D) Deported
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Answer: B) Doubtful
12. What restrictions apply to ‘D’ voters in India?
A) They cannot vote in elections
B) They cannot run for office
C) Both A & B
D) No restrictions
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Answer: C) Both A & B
13. Which country became the first to withdraw from the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM)?
A) Poland
B) Lithuania
C) Germany
D) Ukraine
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Answer: B) Lithuania
14. When was the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) adopted?
A) 2005
B) 2007
C) 2008
D) 2010
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Answer: C) 2008
15. What does the Convention on Cluster Munitions prohibit?
A) Only the use of cluster munitions
B) Only the production of cluster munitions
C) Use, stockpiling, production, and transfer of cluster munitions
D) Only the transfer of cluster munitions
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Answer: C) Use, stockpiling, production, and transfer of cluster munitions
16. Which of the following countries is NOT a party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions?
A) Russia
B) China
C) United States
D) All of the above
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Answer: D) All of the above
17. Lithuania is located in which region of Europe?
A) Western Europe
B) Southern Europe
C) Baltic region of Northern Europe
D) Eastern Europe
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Answer: C) Baltic region of Northern Europe
18. What is the capital of Lithuania?
A) Riga
B) Tallinn
C) Vilnius
D) Helsinki
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Answer: C) Vilnius
19. Who is the current President of Lithuania?
A) Gitanas Nausėda
B) Gintautas Paluckas
C) Saulius Skvernelis
D) Ingrida Šimonytė
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Answer: A) Gitanas Nausėda
20. What is the official currency of Lithuania?
A) Litas
B) Euro
C) Ruble
D) Krona
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Answer: B) Euro
21. Lithuania is part of which group of states?
A) Nordic States
B) Baltic States
C) Balkan States
D) Iberian States
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Answer: B) Baltic States
22. What are cluster munitions designed to do?
A) Deliver a single powerful explosion
B) Disperse numerous smaller explosive submunitions over a wide area
C) Create a chemical gas cloud
D) Target only armored vehicles
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Answer: B) Disperse numerous smaller explosive submunitions over a wide area
23. Under which schedule of the Indian Constitution are Autonomous District Councils (ADCs) established?
A) 4th Schedule
B) 5th Schedule
C) 6th Schedule
D) 7th Schedule
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Answer: C) 6th Schedule
24. How many Autonomous District Councils (ADCs) exist across Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Tripura?
A) 5
B) 8
C) 10
D) 12
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Answer: C) 10
25. What is the maximum number of members in a regular Autonomous District Council?
A) 20
B) 25
C) 30
D) 35
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Answer: C) 30
26. What is the primary purpose of the AI Kosha (IndiaAI Datasets Platform)?
A) To regulate AI laws
B) To provide a unified repository for datasets, tools, and AI models
C) To develop AI-powered robots
D) To ban AI applications in sensitive areas
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Answer: B) To provide a unified repository for datasets, tools, and AI models
27. Which ministry launched the AI Kosha platform?
A) Ministry of Science and Technology
B) Ministry of Home Affairs
C) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
D) Ministry of Education
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Answer: C) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
28. What benefit does the IndiaAI Compute Portal provide to eligible AI users?
A) Free AI services for life
B) Up to 40% subsidy on cloud AI compute services
C) AI-powered recruitment tools
D) Blockchain integration for AI
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Answer: B) Up to 40% subsidy on cloud AI compute services
29. What is the total GPU capacity commissioned for shared access under the AI Compute and GPU Expansion?
A) 10,000 GPUs
B) 12,000 GPUs
C) 14,000 GPUs
D) 16,000 GPUs
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Answer: C) 14,000 GPUs
30. What is the purpose of the AI Competency Framework for Public Sector Officials?
A) To replace government jobs with AI
B) To equip government officials with AI-related skills
C) To monitor AI policies in India
D) To create AI-based surveillance systems
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Answer: B) To equip government officials with AI-related skills
31. What is the purpose of the iGOT – AI initiative?
A) AI-powered recruitment in government jobs
B) Personalized AI learning for government officials on the iGOT Karmayogi platform
C) AI-based decision-making in governance
D) AI-driven surveillance for national security
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Answer: B) Personalized AI learning for government officials on the iGOT Karmayogi platform
32. IndiaAI Startup Financing initiative includes which of the following programs?
A) AI-India Global Hackathon
B) IndiaAI Startups Global Acceleration Program with STATION F
C) IndiaAI Robotics Challenge
D) National AI Regulatory Framework
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Answer: B) IndiaAI Startups Global Acceleration Program with STATION F
33. What is the role of the IndiaAI Innovation Centre (IAIC)?
A) To regulate AI-based applications in India
B) To provide AI training for students
C) To support Indian researchers, startups, and entrepreneurs in building Indian foundational AI models
D) To develop AI-powered military applications
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Answer: C) To support Indian researchers, startups, and entrepreneurs in building Indian foundational AI models
34. What does the IndiaAI Compute Portal primarily offer?
A) AI-powered governance tools
B) Discounted AI compute, network, storage, and cloud services
C) A centralized database of AI regulations
D) Blockchain-integrated AI systems
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Answer: B) Discounted AI compute, network, storage, and cloud services
35. What is Sarvam – 1 AI Model designed for?
A) AI-based security surveillance
B) Large Language Model (LLM) optimized for Indian languages
C) AI-powered medical diagnosis
D) AI-driven financial market analysis
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Answer: B) Large Language Model (LLM) optimized for Indian languages
36. What is BharatGen known for?
A) India’s first AI-powered chatbot
B) A government-funded multimodal Large Language Model (LLM)
C) A deepfake detection AI
D) An AI-powered gaming platform
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Answer: B) A government-funded multimodal Large Language Model (LLM)
37. What is the purpose of Digital India BHASHINI?
A) AI-powered governance decision-making
B) Language translation AI system ensuring voice-based access to digital services in multiple Indian languages
C) AI-driven facial recognition
D) Predictive analytics for stock markets
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Answer: B) Language translation AI system ensuring voice-based access to digital services in multiple Indian languages
38. Hanooman’s Everest 1.0 is a multilingual AI system supporting how many Indian languages?
A) 20
B) 25
C) 35
D) 50
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Answer: C) 35
39. What is Chitralekha, developed by AI4Bharat?
A) An AI-powered financial forecasting tool
B) A video transcreation platform for automatic audio transcription and translation in Indic languages
C) An AI model for medical imaging analysis
D) A defense-focused AI surveillance system
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Answer: B) A video transcreation platform for automatic audio transcription and translation in Indic languages
40. What is the primary objective of the Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme?
A) To promote organic farming
B) To improve livestock health through prophylactic vaccination programs
C) To enhance milk production through genetic modifications
D) To develop new livestock breeds
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Answer: B) To improve livestock health through prophylactic vaccination programs
41. Which new component was added to the Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme under the revised scheme?
A) Animal Welfare Fund
B) Pashu Aushadhi
C) Dairy Export Initiative
D) Livestock Digital Registry
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Answer: B) Pashu Aushadhi
42. What is the total financial outlay for the Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme for 2024–25 and 2025–26?
A) ₹2500 Crore
B) ₹3200 Crore
C) ₹3880 Crore
D) ₹4500 Crore
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Answer: C) ₹3880 Crore
43. Which country has the world’s largest population of livestock?
A) Brazil
B) China
C) India
D) United States
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Answer: C) India
44. India ranks 2nd in the world in the production of which type of meat?
A) Chicken
B) Beef
C) Goat Meat
D) Pork
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Answer: C) Goat Meat
45. In which agricultural sector does India hold the 1st rank globally?
A) Egg Production
B) Milk Production
C) Wool Production
D) Honey Production
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Answer: B) Milk Production
46. What is the main objective of the Pashu Aushadhi Initiative?
A) To promote organic farming
B) To ensure availability of affordable generic veterinary medicines for livestock farmers
C) To provide subsidies for purchasing livestock
D) To develop new livestock breeds
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Answer: B) To ensure availability of affordable generic veterinary medicines for livestock farmers
47. Which ministry is responsible for implementing the Pashu Aushadhi Initiative?
A) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
B) Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
C) Ministry of Rural Development
D) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
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Answer: B) Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
48. What is the total financial corpus allocated for the Pashu Aushadhi Initiative?
A) ₹50 Crore
B) ₹75 Crore
C) ₹100 Crore
D) ₹150 Crore
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Answer: B) ₹75 Crore
49. What is Bio-Economy?
A) Economy based on cryptocurrency and digital assets
B) Knowledge-based production and use of biological resources to provide products, processes, and services within a sustainable economic system
C) The economic impact of space exploration
D) A system of bartering agricultural goods
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Answer: B) Knowledge-based production and use of biological resources to provide products, processes, and services within a sustainable economic system
50. What is the projected value of India’s Bio-Economy by 2030?
A) $200 Billion
B) $250 Billion
C) $300 Billion
D) $400 Billion
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Answer: C) $300 Billion
51. In the Global Innovation Index, India has improved from 81st place in 2015 to which rank in 2024?
A) 50th
B) 40th
C) 25th
D) 10th
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Answer: B) 40th
52. Where does India rank globally in terms of Bio-Manufacturing?
A) 3rd
B) 8th
C) 12th
D) 20th
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Answer: C) 12th
53. What is the primary aim of BIRAC?
A) To regulate biotechnology patents
B) To support emerging biotechnology enterprises in strategic research and innovation
C) To manufacture vaccines for global distribution
D) To oversee the export of biotech products
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Answer: B) To support emerging biotechnology enterprises in strategic research and innovation
54. What is the BioE3 (Biotechnology for Economy, Environment and Employment) Policy focused on?
A) Setting up bio-foundries for biotechnology-based feedstock and catalysts
B) Regulating genetically modified crops
C) Controlling bio-waste management in industries
D) Funding pharmaceutical companies for vaccine development
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Answer: A) Setting up bio-foundries for biotechnology-based feedstock and catalysts
55. Where is India’s first bio-foundry plant expected to be established?
A) Panipat, Haryana
B) Manesar, Haryana
C) Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
D) Bhatinda, Punjab
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Answer: B) Manesar, Haryana
56. What is the Vigyan Dhara Scheme?
A) A scheme to promote Ayurveda research
B) A unified scheme merging three central sector science and technology programs
C) A space exploration initiative
D) A funding program for startups
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Answer: B) A unified scheme merging three central sector science and technology programs
57. What is the primary objective of the Bio-RIDE (Biotechnology Research Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development) Scheme?
A) To promote space research in biotechnology
B) To harness bio-innovation for tackling national and global challenges
C) To regulate the production of biotechnology products
D) To promote only pharmaceutical research
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Answer: B) To harness bio-innovation for tackling national and global challenges
58. What is the Pradhan Mantri Jaiv Indhan Vatavaran Anukool Fasal Awashesh Nivaran (PM-JI VAN) Yojana focused on?
A) Supporting startups in the biotechnology sector
B) Providing financial support for setting up 2nd Generation (2G) ethanol projects
C) Regulating the pricing of ethanol in the market
D) Establishing new research institutes for biofuels
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Answer: B) Providing financial support for setting up 2nd Generation (2G) ethanol projects
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