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1. The idea of interlinking India’s rivers is historically associated with which figure from the 19th century?
a) Sir Arthur Cotton
b) M. Visvesvaraya
c) Sir William Willcocks
d) Rajendra Singh
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Correct Answer: a) Sir Arthur Cotton
2. The National Perspective Plan (NPP) for river interlinking, incorporated in 1980, envisages how many inter-basin water-transfer links?
a) 20
b) 25
c) 30
d) 35
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Correct Answer: c) 30
3. Which entry of the Union List empowers Parliament to regulate inter-State rivers where declared expedient in public interest?
a) Entry 17
b) Entry 33
c) Entry 56
d) Entry 97
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Correct Answer: c) Entry 56
4. Which is considered the flagship project of India’s river-interlinking programme, raising ecological concerns in the Panna landscape?
a) Godavari-Krishna Link
b) Ken-Betwa Link Project
c) Parambikulam-Aliyar Link
d) Kurnool-Cuddapah Link
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Correct Answer: b) Ken-Betwa Link Project
5. The estimated investment requirement for India’s broader river-interlinking programme is around:
a) ₹2 lakh crore
b) ₹3.5 lakh crore
c) ₹5 lakh crore
d) ₹8 lakh crore
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Correct Answer: c) ₹5 lakh crore
6. A totaliser machine, being considered for EVM vote counting, primarily serves to protect:
a) Election Commission staff
b) Secrecy of booth-level voting patterns
c) EVM hardware from tampering
d) Political party funding records
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Correct Answer: b) Secrecy of booth-level voting patterns
7. Which rule of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 already provides for aggregation of ballot papers where there is apprehension of intimidation?
a) Rule 49A
b) Rule 56C
c) Rule 59A
d) Rule 66A
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Correct Answer: c) Rule 59A
8. Which report recommended consideration of totalisers in appropriate circumstances for EVM counting?
a) Law Commission’s 255th Report (2015)
b) Law Commission’s 170th Report
c) Election Commission’s Model Code Report
d) NITI Aayog Electoral Reforms Report
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Correct Answer: a) Law Commission’s 255th Report (2015)
9. India’s real GDP growth accelerated to what rate in Q1 FY 2026-27, exceeding the RBI’s projection?
a) 6.5%
b) 7.0%
c) 7.8%
d) 8.5%
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Correct Answer: c) 7.8%
10. In Q1 FY 2026-27, what was India’s nominal GDP growth rate?
a) 8.2%
b) 9.5%
c) 10.3%
d) 11.5%
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Correct Answer: c) 10.3%
11. Which sector recorded the highest growth among those listed for Q1 FY 2026-27 — real GVA of the tertiary sector?
a) 8.6%
b) 9.2%
c) 10.0%
d) 11.9%
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Correct Answer: c) 10.0%
12. India’s national accounts have introduced a revised methodology with a new base year of:
a) 2018-19
b) 2020-21
c) 2022-23
d) 2023-24
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Correct Answer: c) 2022-23
13. The revised GDP methodology introduces ‘double deflation’ primarily in which sector’s GVA calculation?
a) Agriculture
b) Manufacturing
c) Services
d) Construction
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Correct Answer: b) Manufacturing
14. The Indian Copyright Office rejected the claim that an AI system can independently qualify as an ‘author’ primarily because:
a) AI-generated works lack originality
b) The Copyright Act’s authorship framework requires human authorship
c) AI works are automatically in the public domain
d) No AI-generated work has commercial value
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Correct Answer: b) The Copyright Act’s authorship framework requires human authorship
15. Under Indian copyright law, an ‘author’ is defined in relation to different categories of works under which section of the Copyright Act, 1957?
a) Section 2(d)
b) Section 13
c) Section 17
d) Section 51
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Correct Answer: a) Section 2(d)
16. Copyright law’s idea-expression dichotomy means that copyright protects:
a) The idea itself, regardless of expression
b) Only ideas registered with the Copyright Office
c) The original expression of an idea, not the idea itself
d) Both the idea and its expression equally
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Correct Answer: c) The original expression of an idea, not the idea itself
17. During the PM’s visit to Kyrgyzstan, which literary work’s 10-volume English translation was presented as a gift?
a) Ramayana
b) Mahabharata by Bibek Debroy
c) Bhagavad Gita commentary
d) Panchatantra
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Correct Answer: b) Mahabharata by Bibek Debroy
18. The Mahabharata carries particular significance in Kyrgyzstan due to its cultural parallel with which foundational Kyrgyz oral epic?
a) Epic of Gilgamesh
b) Epic of Manas
c) Shahnameh
d) Kalevala
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Correct Answer: b) Epic of Manas
19. Which traditional craft, employing the lost-wax casting technique, was gifted to Kyrgyzstan’s leadership as an example of India’s metal-casting heritage?
a) Bidriware
b) Dokra artwork
c) Pattachitra
d) Thewa art
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Correct Answer: b) Dokra artwork
20. Deir el-Zour, where Syria reportedly developed a nuclear reactor under Bashar al-Assad, is located along which river?
a) Tigris River
b) Euphrates River
c) Orontes River
d) Jordan River
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Correct Answer: b) Euphrates River
21. The Golan Heights, a major territorial dispute involving Syria and Israel, was captured by Israel during which conflict?
a) 1956 Suez Crisis
b) 1967 Arab-Israeli War
c) 1973 Yom Kippur War
d) 1982 Lebanon War
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Correct Answer: b) 1967 Arab-Israeli War
22. Which mountain system, associated with Mount Hermon, extends along parts of the Syria-Lebanon frontier?
a) Syrian Coastal Mountains
b) Anti-Lebanon Mountains
c) Zagros Mountains
d) Taurus Mountains
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Correct Answer: b) Anti-Lebanon Mountains
23.Brussels, Belgium’s capital, is a major diplomatic hub because it hosts the headquarters of which organisation, along with EU institutions?
a) United Nations
b) NATO
c) World Trade Organization
d) OECD
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Correct Answer: b) NATO
24. Belgium is a founding member of which two major international groupings?
a) UN and WTO
b) EU and NATO
c) G7 and OECD
d) ASEAN and EU
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Correct Answer: b) EU and NATO
25. Article 142 of the Constitution empowers the Supreme Court to pass any order necessary for:
a) Amending the Constitution
b) Doing complete justice in a pending matter
c) Removing a sitting judge
d) Dissolving a State legislature
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Correct Answer: b) Doing complete justice in a pending matter
26. In which case did the Supreme Court invoke Article 142 in connection with the Bhopal gas tragedy settlement?
a) M.C. Mehta v. Union of India
b) Union Carbide Corporation v. Union of India (1991)
c) Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan
d) Indra Sawhney v. Union of India
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Correct Answer: b) Union Carbide Corporation v. Union of India (1991)
27. In Supreme Court Bar Association v. Union of India (1998), the Court held that Article 142:
a) Can override any statutory law
b) Cannot be used to override substantive statutory law
c) Applies only to criminal cases
d) Is limited to civil disputes
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Correct Answer: b) Cannot be used to override substantive statutory law
28. In the Ayodhya Judgment (2019), the Supreme Court invoked Article 142 to direct allotment of how much alternative land to the Sunni Waqf Board?
a) Two acres
b) Five acres
c) Ten acres
d) Fifteen acres
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Correct Answer: b) Five acres
29. Since 2025, Ayurveda Day has been observed annually on which date, coinciding with the Autumnal Equinox?
a) 21 June
b) 15 August
c) 23 September
d) 2 October
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Correct Answer: c) 23 September
30. The newly discovered deep-sea skate species Dipturus dhritiae, found in the Arabian Sea under India’s Deep Ocean Mission, was named in honour of:
a) Dhriti Banerjee, Director of ZSI
b) Indira Hinduja, marine biologist
c) Asha Devi, oceanographer
d) Kamala Sohonie, scientist
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Correct Answer: a) Dhriti Banerjee, Director of ZSI
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