Q: Which of the statements given below is/are correct?
1. The National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM) was approved by the Union Cabinet, Government of India, in the year 2023.
2. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, has launched the Green Hydrogen Certification Scheme of India.
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Q: India and Poland have agreed to implement the 'India-Poland Strategic Partnership' in terms of a Five-Year Action Plan. Identify the current Five-Year Action Plan.
Q: Which among the following statements with regard to Grameen Bharat Mahotsav, 2025 is/are correct?
1. It aims at promoting economic stability and financial security among rural population.
2. It focuses on financial inclusion and supporting sustainable agricultural practices.
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Q: The 2024 OPCW (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons)-The Hague Award has been conferred upon which one of the following organizations?
(a)The Indian Chemical Council
(b)The Indian Chemical Society
(c)The National Authority Chemical Weapons Convention
Q: Which of the following statements with regard to the 'National Manufacturing Mission' is/are correct?
1. It covers small, medium and large industries.
2. It will support cleantech manufacturing.
3. It will facilitate promotion of employment opportunities in labour-intensive sectors.
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Q: Arrange the following military operations undertaken by India against Pakistan in correct chronological order :
1. Operation Cactus Lily
2. Operation Riddle
3. Operation Meghdoot
4. Operation Safed Sagar
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Q: Which of the following statements is/are correct about recently elected Chancellor of Germany Mr. Friedrich Merz?
1. He lost in the first round of voting.
2. His coalition includes Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union.
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Q: Which among the following regarding the nature of goods and income elasticity are correctly matched?
Nature of Goods : Income Elasticity
1. Necessity : Between 0 and 1
2. Luxury : More than 1
3. Inferior : More than 0
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Q: Which of the following statements about the relationship between price elasticity of demand and type of firm is/are correct?
1. Perfectly elastic demand is associated with a competitive firm.
2. Perfectly inelastic demand is associated with a monopolistically competitive firm.
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Q: The comparative advantage theory (CAT) is a trade theory that describes the basis of two nations engaging in trade. Which one among the following statements regarding the theory is not correct?
(a)David Ricardo was the author of the CAT.
(b)The CAT is explained in the book titled On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation that was first published in 1817.
(c)According to the CAT, the nation which does not have absolute advantage in any goods cannot benefit from trade.
(d)The two nations that engage in trade can gain from specializing in the commodity in which they have a comparative advantage.
Q: Match List–I with List–II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists:
List–I (Author) List–II (Book)
A. John M. Keynes 1. Poor Economics
B. Paul Samuelson 2. The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
C. Amartya Sen 3. Collective Choice and Social Welfare
D. Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo 4. Foundations of Economic Analysis
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Q: Consider the following statements about Nandini Sahakar Scheme :
1. This scheme is aimed at assisting women cooperatives to take up business model based activities under the purview of the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC).
2. There is no minimum or maximum limit on financial assistance.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Q: Which among the following statements regarding India's services export is/are not correct?
1. India's share in global services export has more than doubled, reaching around 4.3 percent in 2023 from 1.9 percent in 2005.
2. 'Travel' and 'Transport' services represent areas where India holds a relatively larger share in global export, at 10.2 percent and 8.5 percent respectively in 2023.
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Q: Which one among the following schemes focuses on developing modern infrastructure and optimizing supply chain from farm to retail in Indian agriculture sector?
Q: Consider the following statements regarding the Government of India Act, 1919 :
1. It divided the subjects of administration in two categories—central and provincial.
2. The central subjects were divided into 'reserved' and 'transferred' subjects.
3. Provincial Governments were granted the power to make their own budgets and levy taxes.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Q: From amongst the following, identify the correct option that captures the changes made in Article 74(1) of the Constitution of India through the 42nd Amendment Act, 1976.
(a)Executive powers of the Union shall be vested with the President of India.
(b)The Prime Minister has the duty to brief the President about decisions of the Council of Ministers.
(c)The President shall exercise his/her functions on the advice of the Council of Ministers, headed by the Prime Minister.
(d)The President shall have the right to summon or prorogue the Houses of the Parliament.
Q: Consider the following statements about the powers and duties of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India :
1. He audits and reports on all expenditures from the Consolidated Fund of India.
2. He controls the issue and receipt of money from the Consolidated Fund of India.
3. He audits and reports on the expenditure of all bodies substantially financed from the Union or State revenues.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Q: Match List-I with List-II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists :
List-I (Name of the Committee)
A. Balwantrai Mehta Committee
B. Ashok Mehta Committee
C. G. V. K. Rao Committee
D. L. M. Singhvi Committee
List-II (Key Recommendation)
1. Constitutional status for Panchayati Raj
2. Creation of post of District Development Commissioner
3. Creation of Zilla Parishad and Mandal Panchayat
4. Creation of Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti and Gram Panchayat
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Q: Based on the year of their establishment, arrange the following regional organizations in correct chronological order :
1. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization
2. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
3. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
4. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations
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Q: The United Nations Carbon Offset Platform is an e-commerce platform to compensate greenhouse gas emissions by purchasing carbon credits. Who among the following can buy these carbon credits?
1. A company
2. An organization
3. A citizen
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Q: Consider the following statements about international events :
1. The First Gulf War was related to the Iraq invasion of Kuwait.
2. Mikhail Gorbachev was the President of the Soviet Union at the time of its disintegration.
3. Boris Yeltsin was the first elected President of Russia.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
Q: Consider the following statements :
1. WTO was set up as the successor to GATT.
2. IAEA teams inspect nuclear facilities all over the world.
3. Amnesty International is an NGO.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
Q: Which of the following statements about the Bhoodan Movement are correct?
1. It was aimed at attaining a non-violent society.
2. It included schemes such as ‘Sampattidan’ and ‘Shramdan’.
3. It began in a village in Andhra Pradesh in 1951.
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Q: Which one of the following ancient towns is known for the evidence of a ploughed field from its early Harappan levels, with two sets of furrows at right angles to each other, suggesting two different crops grown together?
Q: Who among the following travellers reported the use of seed drill on the Karnataka coast which is considered to be the earliest reference of the presence of the device in India?
Q: Which of the following are the main features of 'Saracenic' architecture?
1. Arch
2. Vault and dome
3. Lintel and beam
4. Application of lime cement
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Q: With reference to the history of Orissa, consider the following statements:
1. Anantavarman Chodaganga consolidated Orissa into a powerful kingdom and was patron of Sanskrit and Telugu literature.
2. Anantavarman Chodaganga built the great temple of the Sun God at Konark in Puri district.
3. Narasimha I effectively checked the external invasion and maintained prosperity in the kingdom.
How many statements given above are correct?
Q: Consider the following pairs:
King — Dynasty
1. Lakshmikarna : Pala
2. Bhima I : Chalukyas of Gujarat
3. Jayapala : Shahiya dynasty
4. Lalitaditya Muktapida : Utpala dynasty of Kashmir
How many pairs given above are correctly matched?
Q: Consider the following statements :
1. The first meeting of the All India Depressed Classes Conference was held at Poona in 1926 under the presidency of M. C. Rajah.
2. The All India Depressed Classes Association was formed at Nagpur in 1928 with Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar as its first elected President.
3. The All India Depressed Classes Congress was founded by Dr. B. S. Munje at a conference in Bombay in 1936.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Q: With reference to the ancient architectural development in the hills of North Indian States, consider the following statements :
1. The temple 'Garbhagriha' and 'Shikhara' were made in a Rekhaprasada or Latina style.
2. The Pandrethan Temple in Kashmir is built on a plinth in the middle of a tank.
3. The Jageshwar Temple is located in Garhwal region.
4. The Lakshana Devi Mandir shows the influence of the post-Gupta tradition.
How many statements given above are correct?
Q: With reference to the Indo-Roman trade, who among the following referred to the drain of Roman gold into India?
1. Strabo
2. Pliny
3. Ptolemy
4. Dio Chrysostom
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Q: A point P on the ground is on the same line as the bases and the tips of a pair of trees A and B such that P is on the left of both these trees. The ratio of heights of A and B is 1 : 3. If the distance between P and A is a metre, then the distance between A and B, in metre, is
Q: Four cylindrical drums, each of radius 1 m, are placed such that each one touches other two drums. A sewer pipe is to be placed through the gap of these drums. What could be the maximum possible radius for this pipe?
Q: P and Q are two points on a highway, 300 km apart. Two bikers A and B start at the same time from P towards Q. The speed of B is 12 km/h less than that of A. On reaching point Q, biker A immediately returns towards P. He meets B on the road at a place 60 km away from Q. What is the speed of A?
Q: A clock is set right at 8:00 AM in the morning. The minute hand and the hour hand of the clock come together after every 65 minutes. What is the actual time when the clock shows 8:00 PM, approximated to the nearest minutes?
Q: Two trains A and B are entering a railway platform from opposite direction. The length of the platform is 300 m. The speed of B is two times the speed of A. The time taken by B to cross the platform is one-third of the time taken by A to cross the platform. If the sum of the lengths of A and B is 500 m, what is the difference in their lengths?
Q: There are four bulbs A, B, C and D in a room. A glows for 2 minutes, then goes off for 1 minute and the process continues in this manner. Similarly, B glows for 3 minutes and then goes off for 1 minute and the process continues. For C, it is 4 minutes and 1 minute, while for D, it is 5 minutes and 1 minute respectively for glowing and going off. A man enters the room and comes out of it as soon as he completes an hour. What is the maximum number of times that he may face complete darkness in the room?
Q: The value at the tenth place of a three-digit number is twice the value at the unit's place. The value at the hundredth place is 75% of the value at the unit's place. How many such numbers are possible?
Q: Which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. The time at 180° longitude is exactly 12 hours from the 0° longitude, irrespective of whether one travels westward or eastward from the Prime Meridian.
2. A person moving eastward on Tuesday will count the day as Wednesday once the International Date Line is crossed.
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Q: Consider the following statements with reference to salt weathering :
1. Salts in rocks expand due to thermal action, hydration and crystallization.
2. Salts like calcium, sodium, magnesium and barium have a tendency to expand.
3. Salt weathering is a typical example of chemical weathering.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Q: Which of the following types of mass movements are categorized as rapid movements?
1. Creep
2. Mudflow
3. Solifluction
4. Slump
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Q: Which of the following statements with reference to stratovolcanoes is/are correct?
1. Stratovolcanoes are tall, steep cones built of layers of felsic lava and volcanic ash.
2. They can erupt explosively as felsic lavas from stratovolcanoes hold large amounts of gas under high pressure.
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Q: Which of the following ocean trenches are not located in the Pacific Ocean?
1. Bonin Trench
2. Cayman Trench
3. Kermadec Trench
4. South Sandwich Trench
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Q: Consider the following statements with reference to neap tides:
1. Normally, there is a seven-day interval between two neap tides.
2. At this time, the Sun and the Moon are at right angles to each other.
3. The Moon's attraction is diminished by the counteracting force of the Sun's gravitational pull.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Q: Consider the following pairs with reference to National Waterways (NW) in India and the associated rivers:
NW No. — River
1. NW–1 : Ganga
2. NW–10 : Amba
3. NW–100 : Tapi
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
Q: Which of the following are components of Geographic Information System (GIS)?
1. Data
2. Hardware
3. Software
4. People
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Q: Which of the following are included in Bharatmala Pariyojana?
1. Road connectivity to border areas
2. Development of coastal roads
3. Connectivity for non-major ports
4. Integration with Sagarmala
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Q: Which of the following statements relating to carbon and its compounds are correct?
1. 1-Propyne has three double bonds.
2. The boiling point of acetic acid is higher than methane.
3. Ethanol reacts with sodium metal and produces hydrogen gas.
4. Esters give effervescence on reaction with sodium bicarbonate.
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Q: Which of the following reagents can cause oxidation of an alcohol?
1. Hot concentrated H2SO4
2. Alkaline KMnO4
3. Acidified K2Cr2O7
4. Acidified KMnO4
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Q: Match List–I with List–II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists :
List–I (Compound)
A. Nitrolim
B. Ammonium Nitrate
C. Urea
D. Potassium Nitrate
List–II (Chemical Formula)
1. CO(NH2)2
2. KNO3
3. CaCN2
4. NH4NO3
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Q: Consider the following statements :
1. The circulation of nitrogen from the inorganic compounds in the soil to form protein in plants and animals and back again is known as the nitrogen cycle.
2. The preparation of ammonia by Haber process is an endothermic reaction.
3. Urea is synthetically made by the action of ammonia and carbon dioxide under high temperature and high pressure.
Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?
Q: Match List–I with List–II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists :
List–I (Reaction)
A. CH4 + 2O2 → CO2 + 2H2O + heat and light
B. Mg + H2SO4 → MgSO4 + H2
C. 2NaOH + H2SO4 → Na2SO4 + 2H2O
D. NaCl + AgNO3 → NaNO3 + AgCl
List–II (Type of Reaction)
1. Combustion
2. Double displacement
3. Displacement
4. Neutralization
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Q: Consider the following statements :
1. Potassium carbonate is a salt of a weak acid and a weak base.
2. Ammonium nitrate is a salt of a strong acid and a weak base.
3. Ammonium acetate is a salt of a weak acid and a weak base.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Q: When sunlight (white light) falls on a triangular glass prism, a band of colours called a spectrum is obtained. Which one among the following represents this effect appropriately?
Q: The potential difference between the terminals of an electrical heating device is 40 V, when it draws a current of 2 A from the source. Which one of the following is the correct value of current drawn by the heating device if the potential is increased to 140 V?
Q: A beam of positively charged particles, say A, is going from north to south. On the other hand, a beam of negatively charged particles, say B, is going from south to north. Which one of the following in this respect is correct?
Q: Match List-I with List-II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists:
List-I (Device)
A. Periscope
B. Lightning conductors
C. Thermos flask
D. Levers
List-II (Phenomenon)
1. Conduction and convection minimization
2. Moment of a force
3. Reflection by plane mirrors
4. Static electricity
Q: Consider the following statements regarding mechanical properties of solids:
1. The ratio of tensile stress to longitudinal strain is defined as bulk modulus.
2. The ratio of hydraulic stress to corresponding hydraulic strain is called Young's modulus.
3. The ratio of shearing stress to corresponding shearing strain is called modulus of rigidity.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Q: What is the correct term used for a set of wires used to connect different internal components of the computer system for the purpose of transferring data as well as addresses amongst them?
Q: The Ramsar Convention is an intergovernmental treaty which provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation of
Q: Consider the following statements about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC):
1. It is an international body for assessing the science related to climate change.
2. It was set up in the year 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Q: India’s key climate targets include
1. reduction of 33%–35% in greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 2030
2. increase in non-fossil fuel energy capacity to 500 GW
3. achieving net-zero emissions by 2070
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