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1. What is the new base year adopted for India’s revised GDP series?
A) 2004–05
B) 2011–12
C) 2022–23
D) 2019–20
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Correct Answer: c) 2022–23
2. Which ministry released the new series of National Accounts Estimates?
A) Ministry of Finance
B) Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
C) NITI Aayog
D) Ministry of Commerce
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Correct Answer: b) Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
3. What was the earlier GDP base year before the revision?
A) 2004–05
B) 2011–12
C) 2014–15
D) 2017–18
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Correct Answer: b) 2011–12
4. Which method has replaced Single Deflation in the new GDP series?
A) Triple Deflation
B) Price Index Method
C) Double Deflation
D) Laspeyres Method
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Correct Answer: c) Double Deflation
5. What does Double Deflation adjust, unlike Single Deflation?
A) Only input prices
B) Only output prices
C) Neither input nor output prices
D) Both output and input prices
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Correct Answer: d) Both output and input prices
6. What does PFCE stand for in GDP estimation?
A) Public Fixed Capital Expenditure
B) Private Final Consumption Expenditure
C) Provisional Fiscal Capital Estimate
D) Public Finance Capital Expenditure
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Correct Answer: b) Private Final Consumption Expenditure
7. What are Supply and Use Tables (SUT) designed to balance?
A) Imports and exports
B) Tax collection and government spending
C) Production (supply) and consumption/investment/exports (use)
D) Fiscal deficit and revenue surplus
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Correct Answer: c) Production (supply) and consumption/investment/exports (use)
8. Which data portal related to vehicle registration is used in the new GDP series?
A) DigiLocker
B) UMANG
C) e-Vahan
D) GSTN
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Correct Answer:c) e-Vahan
9. After revision, Real GDP growth for FY 2025–26 was revised to:
A) 6.4%
B) 7.0%
C) 7.6%
D) 8.2%
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Correct Answer: c) 7.6%
10. What is the new nominal GDP estimate for FY 2025–26?
A) ₹300 lakh crore
B) ₹320 lakh crore
C) ₹360 lakh crore
D) ₹345.47 lakh crore
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Correct Answer: d) ₹345.47 lakh crore
11. After GDP revision, the fiscal deficit (as % of GDP) was revised to:
A) 4.10%
B) 4.36%
C) 4.51%
D) 5.00%
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Correct Answer: c) 4.51%
12. The revised Debt-to-GDP ratio estimate for FY 2026–27 is:
A) 50.5%
B) 55.6%
C) 57.5%
D) 60.0%
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Correct Answer: c) 57.5%
13. National Science Day 2026 was celebrated on:
A) 26 January
B) 14 November
C) 28 February
D) 11 November
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Correct Answer: c) 28 February
14. What was the theme of National Science Day 2026?
A) Science for Sustainable Development
B) Women in Science: Catalyzing Viksit Bharat
C) Digital India and Science
D) Science for Climate Action
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Correct Answer: b) Women in Science: Catalyzing Viksit Bharat
15. Who is known as the “Missile Woman of India”?
A) Kalpana Chawla
B) Ritu Karidhal Srivastava
C) Tessy Thomas
D) Gargi Vachaknavi
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Correct Answer: c) Tessy Thomas
16. When was the Contempt of Courts Act enacted?
A) 35.2%
B) 38.4%
C) 40.0%
D) 42.6%
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Correct Answer: d) 42.6%
17. India’s share of global female STEM graduates is approximately:
A) 25%
B) 35%
C) 42.7%
D) 50%
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Correct Answer: c) 42.7%
18. The WISE-KIRAN scheme was launched by which department?
A) Ministry of Education
B) Department of Science and Technology
C) Ministry of Women and Child Development
D) NITI Aayog
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Correct Answer: b) Department of Science and Technology
19. Which programme encourages girls in 250 districts to pursue STEM education?
A) CURIE
B) GATI
C) Vigyan Jyoti
D) WOS
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Correct Answer: c) Vigyan Jyoti
20. What percentage of the STEM workforce comprises women, despite high enrolment?
A) 15%
B) 20%
C) ~27%
D) 35%
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Correct Answer: c) ~27%
21. C. V. Raman’s full name is:
A) Chandrakant Venkat Raman
B) Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
C) Chandrashekhar Vishnu Raman
D) Chandra Vikram Raman
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Correct Answer : b) Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
22. The Raman Effect was discovered in:
A) 1920
B) 1925
C) 1928
D) 1930
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Correct Answer: c) 1928
23. C. V. Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in:
A) 1928
B) 1929
C) 1930
D) 1932
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Correct Answer: c) 1930
24. C. V. Raman was born in:
A) Chennai
B) Mysore
C) Bengaluru
D) Tiruchirappalli
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Correct Answer: d) Tiruchirappalli
25. What does the Raman Effect describe?
A) Reflection of light from mirrors
B) Refraction of light through prisms
C) Change in wavelength of light scattered by molecules
D) Absorption of light by black bodies
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Correct Answer: c) Change in wavelength of light scattered by molecules
26. C. V. Raman received the Bharat Ratna in:
A) 1948
B) 1950
C) 1954
D) 1960
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Correct Answer: c) 1954
27. The Durand Line was established in the year:
A) 1857
B) 1885
C) 1893
D) 1905
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Correct Answer: c) 1893
28. The Durand Line is named after:
A) Lord Dalhousie
B) Lord Curzon
C) Sir Mortimer Durand
D) Lord Mountbatten
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Correct Answer: c) Sir Mortimer Durand
29. The approximate length of the Durand Line is:
A) 1,200 km
B) 1,800 km
C) 2,000 km
D) 2,600 km
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Correct Answer: d) 2,600 km
30. MFN is a principle of which international body?
A) IMF
B) World Bank
C) WTO
D) UNCTAD
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Correct Answer: c) WTO
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