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1. The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, establishing a trilateral mutual-security framework, was signed by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and:
A) Iran
B) Pakistan
C) UAE
D) Qatar
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Correct Answer: B) Pakistan
2. The collective-defence provision of the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, treating an attack on one member as an attack on all, resembles which NATO provision?
A) Article 4
B) Article 5
C) Article 6
D) Article 51
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Correct Answer: B) Article 5
3. The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement builds upon which earlier bilateral pact signed in 2025?
A) Saudi-Turkey Strategic Partnership
B) Saudi Arabia-Pakistan Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement (SMDA)
C) Pakistan-Turkey Joint Security Pact
D) Gulf Cooperation Council Defense Charter
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Correct Answer: B) Saudi Arabia-Pakistan Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement (SMDA)
4. The 11th-century Vagdevi idol, currently housed in the British Museum, is associated with which dynasty and ruler?
A) Chola dynasty, Rajaraja I
B) Paramara dynasty, King Bhoja
C) Chalukya dynasty, Pulakeshin II
D) Rashtrakuta dynasty, Amoghavarsha
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Correct Answer: B) Paramara dynasty, King Bhoja
5. While Indian scholars identify the Vagdevi idol as Goddess Saraswati, the British Museum catalogues it as:
A) Ambika, a Jain deity
B) Durga, a Hindu deity
C) Tara, a Buddhist deity
D) Yakshi, a folk deity
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Correct Answer: A) Ambika, a Jain deity
6. The Vagdevi idol was reportedly excavated in 1875 from the ruins of the old city palace at Dhar by:
A) Alexander Cunningham
B) Major General William Kincaid
C) John Marshall
D) Colonel Colin Mackenzie
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Correct Answer: B) Major General William Kincaid
7. The Supreme Court’s updated 2026 framework on gender-sensitive adjudication, ‘Judgments and Gender,’ replaces its 2023 Handbook on:
A) Judicial Ethics
B) Combating Gender Stereotypes
C) Victim Compensation
D) Cybercrime Adjudication
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Correct Answer: B) Combating Gender Stereotypes
8. The SOGIESC framework introduced in the 2026 report covers Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression and:
A) Sex Characteristics
B) Social Class
C) Sexual Consent
D) Social Conduct
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Correct Answer: A) Sex Characteristics
9. As per the 2026 gender-sensitivity framework, which term is recommended to replace ‘helpless woman’ in judicial language?
A) Complainant
B) Survivor
C) Petitioner
D) Aggrieved party
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Correct Answer: B) Survivor
10. Rabindranath Tagore received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for which work?
A) The Post Office
B) Gitanjali
C) Ghare Baire
D) Gora
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Correct Answer: C) 85%
11. Tagore renounced his British knighthood, conferred in 1915, in protest against which event?
A) The Rowlatt Act
B) The Jallianwala Bagh massacre (1919)
C) The Partition of Bengal (1905)
D) The Salt March (1930)
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Correct Answer: B) The Jallianwala Bagh massacre (1919)
12. Tagore established Visva-Bharati, which developed from his experimental school founded in 1901 at:
A) Santiniketan
B) Bolpur town centre
C) Calcutta University campus
D) Jorasanko
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Correct Answer: A) Santiniketan
13. Tagore is uniquely associated with the national anthems of India and which other country?
A) Sri Lanka
B) Bangladesh
C) Nepal
D) Myanmar
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Correct Answer: B) Bangladesh
14. Which of the following is a key issue in India’s fiscal federalism, arising because cesses and surcharges are excluded from the divisible pool?
A) Horizontal fiscal imbalance
B) Reduced effective resources for States through tax devolution
C) Increased State control over indirect taxes
D) Reduction in Union expenditure responsibilities
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Correct Answer: B) Reduced effective resources for States through tax devolution
15. In 2025, which state accounted for the largest share (about 18%) of India’s national EV sales?
A) Inter-State Council
B) GST Council
C) NITI Aayog
D) Finance Commission
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Correct Answer: B) GST Council
16. State Finance Commissions recommend the distribution of financial resources between States and:
A) The Union Government
B) Local governments
C) Public Sector Enterprises
D) Union Territories
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Correct Answer: B) Local governments
17. As per the Parliamentary Standing Committee’s 166th Report on India’s tribunal system, how many of ITAT’s 126 Member posts remain vacant?
A) 17
B) 22
C) 27
D) 32
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Correct Answer: C) 27
18. According to the report, more than what percentage of NCLT’s administrative staff are contractual?
A) 75%
B) 85%
C) 90%
D) 95%
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Correct Answer: D) 95%
19. The Committee recommended a universal filing mechanism for tribunals inspired by which existing model?
A) Aadhaar-based verification
B) The ‘Zero FIR’ model
C) The e-Courts framework
D) The GST e-invoicing system
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Correct Answer: B) The ‘Zero FIR’ model
20. The Supreme Court extended the creamy-layer principle to SC/ST reservations in promotion through its 2018 judgment in:
A) Indra Sawhney v. Union of India
B) M. Nagaraj v. Union of India
C) Jarnail Singh v. Lachhmi Narain Gupta
D) State of Punjab v. Davinder Singh
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Correct Answer: C) Jarnail Singh v. Lachhmi Narain Gupta
21. Which landmark judgment (1992) first established the creamy-layer exclusion, applicable to OBCs?
A) Indra Sawhney v. Union of India
B) M. Nagaraj v. Union of India
C) Jarnail Singh v. Lachhmi Narain Gupta
D) Champakam Dorairajan v. State of Madras
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Correct Answer: A) Indra Sawhney v. Union of India
22. In State of Punjab v. Davinder Singh (2024), the Supreme Court permitted which practice within SC/ST categories?
A) Uniform creamy-layer exclusion
B) Sub-classification within SCs/STs
C) Removal of reservation in promotions
D) Automatic income-based exclusion
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Correct Answer: B) 6%
23. Scheduled Castes are constitutionally specified under which Article?
A) Article 335
B) Article 340
C) Article 341
D) Article 342
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Correct Answer: C) Article 341
24. EVEREST, India’s first privately developed 800 kN Full-Flow Staged Combustion rocket engine, was developed by which Bengaluru-based company?
A) Skyroot Aerospace
B) Agnikul Cosmos
C) Astrobase
D) Bellatrix Aerospace
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Correct Answer: C) 2026-27
25. The EVEREST engine uses which propellant combination?
A) RP-1 and Liquid Oxygen
B) Liquid Hydrogen and Liquid Oxygen
C) Liquid Oxygen and Methane
D) Solid Propellant
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Correct Answer: C) Liquid Oxygen and Methane
26. Besides India, which countries possess Full-Flow Staged Combustion (FFSC) engine technology?
A) Russia, United States and China
B) France, Japan and China
C) Russia, Japan and UK
D) United States, France and Germany
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Correct Answer: A) Russia, United States and China
27. India’s contribution to the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) includes a beam catcher designed by which institution?
A) ISRO
B) CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CMERI)
C) BARC
D) IIT Kharagpur
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Correct Answer: B) CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CMERI)
28. India became a founding member of FAIR after signing the relevant convention in 2010 at:
A) Berlin, Germany
B) Wiesbaden, Germany
C) Geneva, Switzerland
D) Vienna, Austria
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Correct Answer: B) Wiesbaden, Germany
29. India’s participation in FAIR is jointly funded on a 50:50 basis by the Department of Atomic Energy and:
A) Department of Science and Technology (DST)
B) Ministry of Earth Sciences
C) Department of Space
D) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
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Correct Answer: A) Department of Science and Technology (DST)
30. The world’s first release of captive-bred slender-billed vultures into the wild was carried out from a conservation facility of the Bombay Natural History Society located in:
A) West Bengal
B) Assam
C) Odisha
D) Bihar
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Correct Answer: B) Assam
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