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Q1. Under the RTI Act, 2005, information concerning the life or liberty of a person must ordinarily be provided within:
A. 24 hours
B. 48 hours
C. 7 days
D. 15 days
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Correct Answer: B. 48 hours
Q2. Which section of the RTI Act, 2005 deals with proactive (suo motu) disclosure by public authorities?
A. Section 4
B. Section 8
C. Section 19
D. Section 24
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Correct Answer: A. Section 4
Q3. The penalty an Information Commission may impose on a PIO under Section 20 of the RTI Act is:
A. ₹100 per day, maximum ₹10,000
B. ₹250 per day, maximum ₹25,000
C. ₹500 per day, maximum ₹50,000
D. ₹1,000 per day, maximum ₹1 lakh
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Correct Answer: B. ₹250 per day, maximum ₹25,000
Q4. Which amendment empowered the Central Government to prescribe the tenure and service conditions of Information Commissioners, raising concerns about autonomy?
A. RTI (Amendment) Act, 2005
B. RTI (Amendment) Act, 2013
C. RTI (Amendment) Act, 2019
D. DPDP Act, 2023
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Correct Answer: C. RTI (Amendment) Act, 2019
Q5. Section 44(3) of the DPDP Act, 2023 amended which provision of the RTI Act relating to personal information?
A. Section 4(1)(b)
B. Section 8(1)(j)
C. Section 19
D. Section 24
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Correct Answer: B. Section 8(1)(j)
Q6. Which international body coordinates the UN Global Initiative on AI for Agri-Food Systems (GI-AI4FS)?
A. World Bank
B. International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
C. WTO
D. UNDP
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Correct Answer: B. International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Q7. India’s National Pest Surveillance System (NPSS) uses which technologies to identify pests and advise farmers?
A. Blockchain and IoT
B. AI and machine learning
C. Quantum computing
D. Nanotechnology
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Correct Answer: B. AI and machine learning
Q8. The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) was established under an Act of which year?
A. 2016
B. 2019
C. 2021
D. 2023
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Correct Answer: C. 2021
Q9. Appeals against CAQM orders lie before which body?
A. High Court of Delhi
B. Supreme Court directly
C. National Green Tribunal (NGT)
D. Central Pollution Control Board
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Correct Answer: C. National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Q10. Which Bharat Stage standard was skipped in India during the transition to BS-VI?
A. BS-III
B. BS-IV
C. BS-V
D. BS-II
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Correct Answer: C. BS-V
Q11. The Central Asian Flyway Digital Hub was launched by which organisation?
A. IUCN
B. Central Asian Conservation Network (CACN)
C. WWF India
D. Wildlife Institute of India
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Correct Answer: B. Central Asian Conservation Network (CACN)
Q12. The Central Asian Flyway covers how many range states?
A. 12
B. 22
C. 30
D. 45
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Correct Answer: C. 30
Q13. The CMS COP14 in 2024, which advanced the India-led Central Asian Flyway Initiative, was held in:
A. Samarkand
B. Bonn
C. Nairobi
D. Baku
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Correct Answer: A. Samarkand
Q14. The Global Innovation Index (GII) is published by which organisation?
A. World Bank
B. World Economic Forum
C. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
D. UNCTAD
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Correct Answer: D. 100%
Q15. What was India’s rank in the Global Innovation Index 2026 among 139 economies?
A. 28th
B. 38th
C. 48th
D. 58th
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Correct Answer: B. 38th
Q16. Which country retained the top position in GII 2026 for the 16th consecutive year?
A. Sweden
B. United States
C. Switzerland
D. Singapore
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Correct Answer: C. Switzerland
Q17. The National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) was released by the National Statistics Office under which Ministry?
A. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
B. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
C. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
D. NITI Aayog
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Correct Answer: B. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Q18. According to NHTS, which mode accounts for the largest share of workers’ commutes?
A. Buses
B. Two-wheelers
C. Cars
D. Metro
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Correct Answer: B. Two-wheelers
Q19. As per NHTS, what share of male workers participate in daily work trips compared with female workers?
A. 71.9% vs 51.9%
B. 61.9% vs 41.9%
C. 51.9% vs 31.9%
D. 81.9% vs 61.9%
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Correct Answer: B. 61.9% vs 41.9%
Q20. Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan was born on 11 October 1902 in:
A. Patna
B. Sitabdiara
C. Gaya
D. Ballia city
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Correct Answer: B. Sitabdiara
Q21. JP helped establish which party within the Indian National Congress in 1934?
A. Swaraj Party
B. Congress Socialist Party
C. Forward Bloc
D. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
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Correct Answer: B. Congress Socialist Party
Q22. Which book (1959) by Jayaprakash Narayan outlined ideas for reorganising India’s political system?
A. Why Socialism?
B. A Plea for the Reconstruction of Indian Polity
C. Prison Diary
D. Towards Total Revolution
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Correct Answer: B. A Plea for the Reconstruction of Indian Polity
Q23. JP received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service in which year?
A. 1955
B. 1965
C. 1975
D. 1985
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Correct Answer: B. 1965
Q24. Nanaji Deshmukh was a prominent leader of which party?
A. Swatantra Party
B. Bharatiya Jana Sangh
C. Praja Socialist Party
D. Communist Party of India
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Correct Answer: B. Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Q25. Nanaji Deshmukh was conferred the Bharat Ratna posthumously in which year?
A. 1999
B. 2010
C. 2015
D. 2019
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Correct Answer: D. 2019
Q26. CERVAVAC, which received WHO prequalification in September 2026, was developed by:
A. Bharat Biotech
B. Serum Institute of India
C. Biological E
D. Zydus Lifesciences
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Correct Answer: B. Serum Institute of India
Q27. Which vaccine does India’s National HPV Vaccination Programme (launched 28 February 2026) use?
A. CERVAVAC
B. Gardasil-4
C. Cervarix
D. Gardasil-9
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Correct Answer: B. Gardasil-4
Q28. Under WHO’s 90–70–90 targets for cervical cancer elimination by 2030, the vaccination target is that 90% of girls are fully vaccinated by age:
A. 9
B. 12
C. 15
D. 18
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Correct Answer: C. 15
Q29. INS Mangrol, commissioned at Naval Dockyard Mumbai, belongs to which class of vessel?
A. Arnala-class
B. Mahe-class ASW-SWC
C. Kolkata-class destroyer
D. Shivalik-class frigate
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Correct Answer: B. Mahe-class ASW-SWC
Q30. Garba of Gujarat was inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in which month and year?
A. November 2021
B. December 2023
C. March 2024
D. December 2025
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Correct Answer: B. December 2023
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