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1. What is the purpose of the P-8I Poseidon aircraft?
(a) Transport of military personnel
(b) Maritime patrol and surveillance
(c) Airborne rescue operations
(d) Ground troop deployment
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Answer: B
2. Which country is India exploring the procurement of six additional P-8I aircraft from?
(a) Russia
(b) United States
(c) United Kingdom
(d) France
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Answer: B
3. Who manufactures the P-8I Poseidon?
(a) Lockheed Martin
(b) Boeing
(c) Airbus
(d) Dassault Aviation
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Answer: B
4. What is the geographical location of the South China Sea?
(a) From the Strait of Hormuz to the Strait of Taiwan
(b) From the Strait of Malacca to the Strait of Taiwan
(c) From the Arabian Sea to the Bay of Bengal
(d) From the Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean
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Answer: B
5. What type of artwork did Prime Minister Modi present to French President Emmanuel Macron?
(a) Silk Painting
(b) Dokra Artwork
(c) Wood Carvings
(d) Pottery
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Answer: B
6. Dokra artwork is a traditional craft of which tribe?
(a) Santhal Tribe
(b) Dhokra Damar Tribe
(c) Gond Tribe
(d) Bhil Tribe
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Answer: B
7. Dokra artwork is primarily associated with which region of India?
(a) Southern India
(b) Eastern India
(c) Northern India
(d) Western India
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Answer: B
8. Which spectrograph was used to discover the dense exoplanet?
(a) Hubble Space Telescope
(b) PARAS-2 Spectrograph
(c) James Webb Space Telescope
(d) Kepler Spectrograph
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Answer: B
9. Where is the PARAS-2 Spectrograph located?
(a) At the Indian Institute of Astrophysics in Bangalore
(b) On the Mt. Abu Telescope
(c) At the Space Research Center in Delhi
(d) At the European Southern Observatory
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Answer: B
10. What is the main aim of the PARAS-2 spectrograph?
(a) To search for black holes
(b) To detect new galaxies
(c) To explore super-Earths
(d) To study solar wind
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Answer: C
11. What virus causes Mpox?
(a) Influenza Virus
(b) Herpes Virus
(c) Monkeypox Virus
(d) Coronavirus
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Answer: C
12. When was the first human case of Mpox recorded?
(a) 1950
(b) 1965
(c) 1970
(d) 1985
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Answer: C
13. Where was the first human case of Mpox recorded?
(a) Nigeria
(b) Republic of Congo
(c) Democratic Republic of Congo
(d) Ghana
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Answer: C
14. What does MITRA stand for in the context of SEBI’s new digital platform?
(a) Mutual Fund Investor Tracking and Retrieval Assistant
(b) Mutual Fund Investment Tracing and Retrieval Assistant
(c) Mutual Investment Tracking and Risk Assessment
(d) Mutual Fund Intelligence for Tracking and Reporting Applications
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Answer: B
15. What is the primary objective of SEBI’s MITRA platform?
(a) To allow users to track stock prices
(b) To assist investors in tracking and reclaiming inactive or unclaimed mutual fund folios
(c) To monitor real-time stock trading data
(d) To provide loans to investors
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Answer: B
16. Who launched the new digital platform MITRA?
(a) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
(b) Ministry of Finance
(c) Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
(d) National Stock Exchange (NSE)
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Answer: C
17. In the Climate Risk Index 2025, what position does India hold?
(a) 1st
(b) 4th
(c) 6th
(d) 10th
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Answer: C
18. Which organization publishes the Climate Risk Index?
(a) World Health Organization (WHO)
(b) United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)
(c) Germanwatch
(d) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
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Answer: C
19. What are the three hazard categories used in the Climate Risk Index to assess extreme weather events?
(a) Hydrological, Meteorological, and Climatological
(b) Meteorological, Geological, and Economic
(c) Oceanographic, Meteorological, and Ecological
(d) Climatological, Environmental, and Technological
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Answer: A
20. What is the official name of the Arab League?
(a) League of Arab Nations
(b) Arab States Union
(c) League of Arab States
(d) Middle East Cooperation Council
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Answer: C
21. When was the Arab League formed?
(a) 1935
(b) 1940
(c) 1945
(d) 1950
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Answer: C
22. What was the primary reason for the formation of the Arab League?
(a) To promote economic collaboration among Arab countries
(b) To address post-war colonial divisions and opposition to a Jewish state on Palestinian territory
(c) To establish a common defense strategy
(d) To advocate for the establishment of a unified Arab government
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Answer: B
23. How many member states are part of the Arab League?
(a) 18
(b) 20
(c) 22
(d) 25
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Answer: C
24.Where is the headquarters of the Arab League located?
(a) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
(b) Cairo, Egypt
(c) Amman, Jordan
(d) Beirut, Lebanon
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Answer: B
25. What is the alternative name for the Tobin Tax?
(a) Currency Stabilization Tax
(b) Financial Transactions Tax
(c) International Trade Tax
(d) Robin Hood Tax
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Answer: B
26. Who proposed the Tobin Tax in 1972?
(a) Paul Samuelson
(b) Milton Friedman
(c) James Tobin
(d) John Maynard Keynes
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Answer: C
27. What is the primary purpose of the Tobin Tax?
(a) To generate revenue for governments
(b) To stabilize global financial markets and reduce speculation
(c) To encourage more foreign exchange trading
(d) To tax international imports and exports
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Answer: B
28. What is the primary purpose of the India-EFTA Desk?
(a) To provide a platform for exporting Indian goods
(b) To serve as a single-window platform for businesses from EFTA nations to invest in India
(c) To encourage the use of Indian technology in EFTA nations
(d) To create a trade barrier for non-EFTA countries
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Answer: B
29. What is one of the key objectives of the India-EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA)?
(a) To establish a common currency between India and EFTA nations
(b) To generate USD 100 billion in FDI over 15 years, creating over 1 million jobs in India
(c) To increase tariffs on imports from EFTA countries
(d) To promote free trade without any intellectual property regulations
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Answer: B
30. Which organization is responsible for the dedicated investment facilitation mechanism for EFTA businesses
investing in India?
(a) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
(b) Invest India
(c) Reserve Bank of India
(d) Ministry of Finance
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Answer: B
31. Which countries signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish the India-Middle East-Europe
Economic Corridor (IMEC)?
(a) India, USA, UAE, Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, Italy, European Union
(b) India, Japan, China, Saudi Arabia, Russia, France
(c) India, USA, Russia, France, UK, Germany
(d) India, UK, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, European Union
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Answer: A
32. What is the main objective of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC)?
(a) To reduce the cost of trade between India and Europe
(b) To encourage economic development through enhanced connectivity and integration between Asia, West
Asia, the Middle East, and Europe
(c) To create a political alliance between India and Middle Eastern countries
(d) To develop a military alliance between the participating countries
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Answer: B
33.Which port is part of the IMEC in India?
(a) Mumbai Port
(b) Chennai Port
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (Navi Mumbai)
(d) Kochi Port
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Answer: C
34. When was the Nari Adalat program launched?
(a) 2022
(b) 2023
(c) 2021
(d) 2020
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Answer: B
35. In which states was the Nari Adalat program initially launched as a pilot project?
(a) Assam and Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
(c) Maharashtra and Gujarat
(d) Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh
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Answer: A
36. What is the primary aim of the Nari Adalat program?
(a) To establish a legal court for women
(b) To resolve minor disputes through negotiation, mediation, and reconciliation at the Gram Panchayat level
(c) To provide financial assistance to women
(d) To train women in legal rights
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Answer: B
37. Who will be the head of the Nari Adalat?
(a) Village Sarpanch
(b) Mukhya Nyaya Sakhi (Chief Legal Friend)
(c) District Magistrate
(d) Local Advocate
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Answer: B
38. Which of the following ministries is involved in the implementation of the Nari Adalat program?
(a) Ministry of Women and Child Development
(b) Ministry of Panchayati Raj
(c) Ministry of Rural Development
(d) All of the above
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Answer: D
39. In which year was the Panama Canal completed?
(a) 1912
(b) 1914
(c) 1920
(d) 1930
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Answer: B
40. What is the primary function of the Panama Canal?
(a) To connect the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
(b) To serve as a military base for the United States
(c) To provide a shipping route between the Caribbean and the Mediterranean
(d) To connect South America with North America by land
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Answer: A
41. Who originally built and controlled the Panama Canal?
(a) Panama
(b) United States
(c) France
(d) United Kingdom
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Answer: B
42. When did Panama gain control of the Panama Canal from the United States?
(a) 1900
(b) 1945
(c) 1999
(d) 2005
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Answer: C
43. What treaty led to the transfer of control of the Panama Canal to Panama?
(a) Treaty of Paris
(b) Torrijos–Carter Treaties
(c) Treaty of Versailles
(d) Panama–Colombia Treaty
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Answer: B
44. When was the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) launched by China?
(a) 2010
(b) 2011
(c) 2013
(d) 2015
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Answer: C
45. What is the primary aim of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)?
(a) To promote military cooperation between Asia, Europe, and Africa
(b) To enhance regional connectivity and foster economic cooperation through infrastructure projects
(c) To create a political union between Asia and Europe
(d) To establish a common currency for participating countries
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Answer: B
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