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1. The Cabinet Secretariat and Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) are statutory bodies of Government of India.
2. The Cabinet Secretariat functions directly under the Home Minister whereas the PMO functions directly under the Prime Minister.
3. The Cabinet Secretariat facilitates smooth transaction of business across ministries whereas the PMO provides secretarial assistance to the Prime Minister.
How many of the statements given above are correct?

Schedules Included in the Constitution by
1. Twelfth Schedule 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1992.
2. Ninth Schedule 1 st Constitutional Amendment Act of 1951
3. Tenth schedule 52nd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1985
How many of the pairs given above are correct?

1. The Fundamental Rights can neither be curtailed nor repealed.
2. The Fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution of India are not absolute rights.
3. The Fundamental Rights guaranteed by Article 19 are not suspended during emergency declared on the grounds of external aggression.
How many of the statements given above are correct?

1. Preamble
2. Fundamental Duties
3. Fundamental Rights
4. Directive Principles of State Policy
How many of the above provisions have the objective of protecting the dignity of the individual?

Statement I: A bill which varies the meaning of the expression ‘agricultural income’ can be introduced in the Parliament only on the recommendation of the President.
Statement II: To protect the interest of states in the financial matters, the constitution lays down that certain bills can only be introduced in the parliament with the prior recommendation of the President.

Which of the following is correct with respect to the above statements?

1. Indian Constitution provides for the predominance of the ‘Concurrent List’ over the ‘State List’.
2. At present, the residuary power or legislation is vested with the President.
3. The 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1976 led to a decrease in the number of subjects under the ‘Concurrent List’.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

1. The Inter-State Council is a constitutional body whereas Zonal Councils are statutory bodies.
2. The Inter-State Council is chaired by the union home minister whereas the Zonal Councils are chaired by the Prime Minister.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. The Lok Sabha's term may be extended by a law of Parliament beyond its normal term of five years
2. The Fundamental Rights enshrined in Article 21 of the Constitution are automatically suspended.
3. The President can change the constitutional revenue distribution between the center and the states.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

Assertion (A): When the Lok Sabha passes a no-confidence motion against the council of ministers, all ministers must
resign, including those from the Rajya Sabha.
Reason (R): The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha For selecting the correct answer use the following code:

1. Ordinary bills.
2. Money bills.
3. Finance bills, other than the money bills.
4. Constitutional Amendment bills.

In the process of approval of how many of the above bills, joint sitting of Parliament can be called if a deadlock occurs between the two houses of the Parliament?

1. He can represent Government of India in all cases in Supreme Court except in any reference made by the President to the Supreme Court under Article 143 of the Constitution.
2. He advices the Government of India in legal matters, which are referred to him by the President.
3. He can advise/hold a brief against the Government of India.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

1. It was added to the Constitution through the 52nd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1985.
2. The Presiding officer of the house has the power to make rules to give effect to the Tenth Schedule.
3. When an independent member of a house joins a political party, he can be disqualified under the Tenth Schedule.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

1. Cadmium can enter the environment through fertilizer and wildfires.
2. In Humans, smoking is an important route of exposure to cadmium.
3. Cadmium readily dissolves in water, making it easily excreted from the human body.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

1. Spotted hyenas
2. Elephants
3. Chimpanzees
4. Peafowls
5. Killer Whale

How many of the above animal species follow pattern of matriarchal system?

1. It is found in both freshwater rivers as well as saline ocean waters.
2. It is a bioindicator species and gives information about quality of water in an ecosystem.
3. It is an omnivorous fish.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

1. They can only be found in freshwater.
2. Their eyesight is better than most of the marine dolphin species.
3. Gangetic Dolphins have the longest gestation period among the mammals.

How many of the statements given above arecorrect?

1. First expedition of Vasco Da Gama to India.
2. Battle of Talikota.
3. Transfer of capital from Delhi to Devagiri by Muhammad-bin Tughlaq
4. Timur's invasion in India

Choose the chronological order of the above given events:

1. Pratihara dynasty
2. Imperial Chola dynasty
3. Satavahana dynasty
4. Pala dynasty

How many of the above kingdoms were the contemporaries of
Rashtrakuta dynasty?

Which one of the Indian philosophical schoolsis being described in the above given paragraph?

1. They are artificially produced semiconductor nanoparticles.
2. The colour of light they emit is independent of their size.
3. The usage of quantum dots in photo voltaic cells can improve their conversion efficiency.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

1. While in fission a large atom splits into two lighter atoms, fusion occurs when two lighter atoms combine to form a larger atom.
2. Compared to fission reactions, fusion reactions produce higher amounts of long living radioactive waste.
3. While fission reactions cannot occur naturally, fusion reactions occur both naturally and artificially.

How many of the statements given above arecorrect?

1. Lebanon
2. Syria
3. Jordan
4. Egypt
5. Saudi Arabia
6. Iraq

How many of the above-mentioned countries share a land border with Israel?

1. In the stratosphere the temperature rises with altitude.
2. The stratosphere is devoid of clouds due to the complete absence of water vapor.
3. The height at which the stratosphere begins is higher at the poles than at the equator.
4. Chemicals do not persist in the stratosphere for extendedperiods due to intense vertical convection.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

1. As depth increases, the amplitude of both Rayleigh waves and Love waves decreases.
2. Love waves move in an elliptical motionwhereas the Rayleigh waves move parallel to the Earth’s surface.

Which of the statements given above is/arecorrect?

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

1. Stem cells fall under the definition of drugs under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 inIndia.
2. Embryonic stem cells can be differentiated into any type of body cells.
3. In human beings, adult stem cells (Somatic cells) cannot be derived from the Children below age of 5 years.
4. Somatic stem cells can be reprogrammed into embryonic stem cells for different therapeutic purposes.

How many of the above given statements are correct?

1. Western concept of secularism is a positive concept where the state respects religion by totally staying away from its matters.
2. India follows a negative concept of secularism by protecting all religions equally and managing their affairs if needed.

Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?

1. Adjournment terminates a sitting and not a session of the House.
2. Prorogation is done by the presiding officer of the House.
3. All pending notices lapse upon prorogation, except those for introducing bills.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

1. The Rules Committee is responsible for considering matters of procedure and conduct of business in the House.
2. The Lok Sabha Rules Committee consists of 16 members, including the Speaker as its ex-officio chairman.
3. The Rajya Sabha Rules Committee includes 15 members, with the Chairman serving as its ex-officio chairman.

How many of the statements given above are not correct?

1. The governor's oath includes a pledge to faithfully execute the office and defend the Constitution.
2. The oath of office is administered by the President of India.

Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?

1. It recommended a two-tier Panchayati raj system instead of the existing three-tier system.
2. It emphasized the need for constitutional status for Panchayati raj institutions.
3. It suggested that the zila panchayat should be chaired by an elected member.
4. Seats for SCs and STs should be reserved on the basis of theirpopulation.

Identify the committee based on the clues provided above.

1. The Sixth Schedule provides special provisions for the administration of tribal areas in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, an Mizoram.
2. Each autonomous district has a district council, it has the authority to make laws on matters such asland and inheritance.

Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?

1. Election Commissioners
2. Chairman of UPSC and its members
3. Chairman of State Public Service Commissions
4. Chairman of the Finance Commission
5. Chairperson of the GST Council
6. Chairperson of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC)

How many of the positions listed above are appointed by thePresident of India?

1. Individual liberty
2. Social justice
3. Freedom of expression

How many of the elements listed above are considered part of constitutional morality?

1. Statement-I: The Indian Constitution is called a living document.
2. Statement-ll: It is open to changes as per the changing needs of society.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

1. GeM is designed to facilitate online procurement of common goods and services for various government departments,
organizations, and Private companies.
2. The platform includes tools for e-bidding and reverse e-auction to ensure transparency and efficiencyin public
procurement.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. Temperature and salinity differences are the primary forces that influence ocean currents.
2. Cold ocean currents are usually found on the west coast of the continents in the low and middle latitudes.
3. The occurrence of the belt of calm near the equator facilitates the eastward flow of the equatorial counter-current.
4. Kuroshio current is a cold current that flows across the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

1. Tropical cyclones are rapidly rotating violent storms with a closed low-pressure centre that originate over tropical oceans in late summer.
2. A pre-existing weak high-pressure area is necessary for the formation of a tropical cyclone.
3. Tropical cyclones do not originate in the South Atlantic and South-Eastern Pacific regions.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

1. Tombolo is the landform that connects two islands.
2. Barrier reefs are extensive linear reefs that run parallel to the shore and are separated by a lagoon.
3. A cirque is a steep-sided, sharp-tipped summit with glacial activity cutting into it from two or more sides.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. Statement-I: Tropical Easterly Jet stream causes the burst of southwest monsoon in India.
2. Statement-II: Tropical Easterly Jet stream reverses the upper air circulation pattern from low-pressure to high-pressure in North India.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

1. Fly ash is mainly ejected from automobiles as a by-product of fuel combustion.
2. Fly ash is rich in oxides such as silica, alumina, and calcium, and contains toxic heavy metals like lead,mercury, and
cadmium.
3. Fly ash can be a complete substitute for cement in construction.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

1. Bioventing
2. Landfarming
3. Biosparging
4. Bioreactors

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

1. A critical mineral is an element vital for modern technologies, economies, and national security, with potential risks of supply chain disruptions.
2. A mineral is considered critical when the risk of supply shortage and its economic impact is lower than that of other raw materials.
3. Each country formulates its own list of critical minerals based on strategic needs, with India identifying 30 such minerals, including nickel, titanium, vanadium, and tungsten.
4. The Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY) aims to ensure the supply of critical minerals by establishing joint ventures with foreign entities.

How many of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. The central government has identified 65 tribal communities across 18 States and 1 Union Territory as PVTGs.
2. The highest number of PVTGs is found in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, which together have 12 communities.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

1. In allopatric speciation, populations of the same species are isolated by geographical barriers, eventually leading to the
formation of new species.
2. Parapatric speciation occurs when populations are partially separated by geographical barriers, butlimited gene flow still takes place.
3. In sympatric speciation, populations of the same species are not separated by any physical barriers,but new species are
formed due to ecological differences within the same area.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1. Methanogens, which produce methane as a metabolic by-product, thrive in hypoxic conditions and are primarily found
in wetlands.
2. Microbes in the guts of termites produce methane through anaerobic fermentation during their digestive processes.
3. Oceans contribute the largest share of methane emissions from natural sources due to the anaerobic digestion of organic matter by marine organisms.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1. It is located along the border between Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
2. The Chambal River cuts this sanctuary into two almost equal halves.
3. It features open grasslands with dry deciduous trees, while the Chambal valley remains evergreen.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1. The Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
2. The Himalayas
3. The Amazon Rainforest
4. The Sundaland
5. The Mediteranean Basin
6. The Arctic Tundra

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

1. The Government of India Act of 1858 established that India would be governed by the Crown through a Secretary of State and a 15-member advisory council.
2. The Government of India Act of 1919 provided that the Secretary of State, previously paid from Indian revenues, would
now be paid by the British Exchequer.
3. The India Council and the office of the Secretary of State for India were abolished by the Government of India Act of 1935.

How many of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. The Rig Vedic people primarily worshipped deities like Indra, Agni, and Varuna, with elaborate idol worship in temples.
2. Although women in the Rig Vedic period were given equal opportunities for spiritual and intellectual development, the
practices of sati and child marriage were prevalent in society.
3. In the Later Vedic period, people engaged in trade and commerce, forming organized guilds for business activities.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. Ropar
2. Sutkagendor
3. Morodharo
4. Rakhigarhi

Select the correct answer using the options given below:

1. The Gupta king was assisted by a council of ministers known as the Sabha.
2. Chinese traveler Fa-Hsien visited India during the Gupta period.
3. The invasion by the Hunas was a significant factor in the decline of the Gupta Empire.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. In GDP Deflator, imported items are not included.
2. In Consumer Price Index, services are not included.
3. In Whole Price Index, indirect taxes are not included.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

1. Gift received by a family in India from their NRI relative
2. Foreign Portfolio Investments.
3. Foreign currency deposits made by an NRI in an Indian bank.
4. Global Depository Receipts issued by an Indian firm.

Which of the above come under Capital Account?

1. It is bounded on the north by the Gulf Stream and on the south by Canary Current.
2. There is no wind above sargasso waters due to the existence of a high atmospheric pressure zone.
3. It is the only sea on earth without a coastline.

Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?

1. Barabar is the oldest cave in India
2. Karle is the largest rock cut chaithya in India.

which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. Designer handbags
2. Luxury cars
3. Basic food grains
4. Diamonds
5. Drinking water

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

1. Caucasus Mountains
2. Atlas Mountains
3. Ural Mountains
4. Andes Mountains

Arrange the above in the order of north to south:

a) Sovereign bond issuance abroad
b) Portfolio equity inflow
c) External commercial borrowings
d) SDR allocation by IMF

which of the above increases India’s foreign exchange reserves without increasing external debt?

1. Merchandise trade
2. Software exports
3. Remittances
4. External commercial borrowings (ECB)

Select the correct answer:

1. Capital inflows
2. Export surplus
3. RBI selling dollars
4. RBI buying dollars

Select correct answer: