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1. Which organization released the Global Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance Report 2025?
a) World Bank
b) World Health Organization (WHO)
c) United Nations Environment Programme
d) Global Fund for Health
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Answer: b) World Health Organization (WHO)
2. How frequently is the IUCN World Conservation Congress held?
a) Europe and Americas
b) South-East Asia and Eastern Mediterranean
c) Africa and South America
d) Western Pacific and Europe
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Answer: b) South-East Asia and Eastern Mediterranean
3. What percentage of global bloodstream infection reports originated from China, India, and Pakistan
combined?
a) 25%
b) 30%
c) 41%
d) 50%
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Answer: c) 41%
4. “Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)” refers to:
a) Resistance of viruses only
b) Adaptation of bacteria, viruses, or fungi to survive drugs
c) Overproduction of antibodies
d) Ineffectiveness of vaccines
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Answer: b) Adaptation of bacteria, viruses, or fungi to survive drugs
5. Which state implemented “Operation AMRITH” to curb OTC antibiotic sales?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Kerala
c) Maharashtra
d) Karnataka
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Answer: b) Kerala
6. The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2025 was jointly released by:
a) UNDP and World Bank
b) UNDP and Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative
c) IMF and WHO
d) FAO and UNCTAD
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Answer: b) UNDP and Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative
7. What percentage of people globally live in acute multidimensional poverty as per MPI 2025?
a) 12%
b) 15%
c) 18.3%
d) 21%
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Answer: c) 18.3%
8. Between 2005–06 and 2019–21, India’s multidimensional poverty fell from:
a) 60.2% to 22.1%
b) 55.1% to 16.4%
c) 45.3% to 14.1%
d) 50.0% to 20.5%
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Answer: b) 55.1% to 16.4%
9. Which three dimensions form the basis of the MPI?
a) Income, Employment, Nutrition
b) Health, Education, Living Standards
c) Health, Income, Assets
d) Education, Housing, Livelihood
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Answer: b) Health, Education, Living Standards
10. The Supreme Court in Jane Kaushik v. Union of India directed the formation of a committee to draft:
a) National Gender Equality Act
b) National Equal Opportunity Policy for Transgender Persons
c) National Welfare Policy for Minorities
d) Transgender Rights Tribunal Bill
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Answer: b) National Equal Opportunity Policy for Transgender Persons
11. Which Act governs transgender rights in India?
a) Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019
b) Gender Equality Act, 2018
c) LGBTQ+ Rights Act, 2020
d) NALSA Protection Act, 2014
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Answer: a) Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019
12. Which 2014 Supreme Court judgment recognized transgender persons as the third gender?
a) Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India
b) NALSA v. Union of India
c) Puttaswamy v. Union of India
d) Shreya Singhal v. Union of India
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Answer: b) NALSA v. Union of India
13. The Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) was established in which year?
a) 2010
b) 2011
c) 2013
d) 2015
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Answer: c) West Bengal
14. How many spices now have finalized Codex standards after the 8th CCSCH session?
a) 10
b) 15
c) 19
d) 25
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Answer: c) 19
15. Where is the CCSCH Secretariat located?
a) Chennai
b) Kochi
c) New Delhi
d) Hyderabad
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Answer: b) Kochi
16. The Codex Alimentarius Commission was established by which two organizations?
a) FAO and WHO
b) IMF and WTO
c) UNDP and World Bank
d) UNESCO and UNICEF
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Answer: a) FAO and WHO
17. India’s gold reserves recently crossed:
a) $90 billion
b) $100 billion
c) $120 billion
d) $150 billion
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Answer: b) $100 billion
18. What share does gold now constitute in India’s forex reserves?
a) 10%
b) 12%
c) 15%
d) 20%
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Answer: c) 15%
19. The IEA Report “Delivering Sustainable Fuels: Pathways to 2035” emphasizes:
a) Nuclear energy expansion
b) Low-carbon fuel alternatives
c) Reduction in food wastage
d) Plastic waste management
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Answer: b) Low-carbon fuel alternatives
20. According to IEA, global use of sustainable fuels could rise by how much by 2035?
a) Double
b) Triple
c) Fourfold
d) Sixfold
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Answer: c) Fourfold
21. Which indigenous vaccine’s real-world effectiveness was recently validated?
a) Covaxin
b) Rotavac
c) ZyCoV-D
d) Covovax
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Answer: b) Rotavac
22. Rotavac is administered at which weeks of infant age?
a) 4, 8, 12
b) 6, 10, 14
c) 8, 12, 16
d) 10, 14, 18
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Answer: b) 6, 10, 14
23. Which religion of Assam’s Bodo community has been given a separate Census code?
a) Santhali
b) Bathouism
c) Donyi Polo
d) Sarnaism
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Answer: b) Bathouism
24. The term “Bathou” refers to:
a) Worship of ancestors
b) Five principles of nature
c) Holy river in Assam
d) A tribal council
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Answer: b) Five principles of nature
25. The Sijou plant is sacred in which religion?
a) Sikhism
b) Bathouism
c) Buddhism
d) Jainism
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Answer: b) Bathouism
26. The FSSAI has banned beverages from using the term “ORS” unless they follow standards of:
a) NITI Aayog
b) WHO
c) FAO
d) Indian Pharmacopoeia
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Answer: b) WHO
27. Who developed the first ORS formulation in 1971?
a) Jonas Salk
b) Dilip Mahalanabis
c) C.V. Raman
d) Prafulla Chandra Ray
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Answer: b) Dilip Mahalanabis
28. The initiative “We Rise” aims to:
a) Support rural farmers
b) Empower women entrepreneurs
c) Promote climate-smart agriculture
d) Train youth in IT skills
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Answer: b) Empower women entrepreneurs
29. “We Rise” is launched by NITI Aayog’s WEP in collaboration with:
a) UNDP
b) DP World
c) World Bank
d) Amazon India
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Answer: b) DP World
30. The FAO celebrated how many years of partnership with India on World Food Day 2025?
a) 50 years
b) 60 years
c) 70 years
d) 80 years
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Answer: d) 80 years
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