12 Oct – 18 Oct 2026

With reference to the Right to Information Act, 2005, consider the following statements:

1. 1.The Chief Information Commissioner is appointed on the recommendation of a committee of the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and a Union Cabinet Minister nominated by the Prime Minister.
2. 2.A first appeal against a decision of a Central Public Information Officer lies directly with the Central Information Commission.
3. 3.Organisations listed in the Second Schedule must still provide information relating to allegations of corruption and human rights violations.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: A legislator may be disqualified under the Tenth Schedule for 'voluntarily giving up' party membership even without formally resigning from the party.

Statement-II: The Supreme Court has held that a member's conduct can be used to infer that he or she has voluntarily given up membership of the party.

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

With reference to Article 22 of the Constitution of India, consider the following statements:

1. 1.The safeguards of being produced before a magistrate within 24 hours do not apply to an enemy alien.
2. 2.No law providing for preventive detention can authorise detention beyond three months unless an Advisory Board reports sufficient cause.
3. 3.Parliament has exclusive power to make laws on preventive detention for all purposes, and State Legislatures have none.

How many of the above statements are correct?

With reference to the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution of India, consider the following statements:

1. 1.The Governor may direct that a particular Act of Parliament shall not apply to a Scheduled Area of the State.
2. 2.The President may by order declare an area to be a Scheduled Area.
3. 3.A Tribes Advisory Council must be set up in every State that has Scheduled Tribes, whether or not it has Scheduled Areas.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following statements about the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament is correct?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: A foreign national in India cannot claim the fundamental right to assemble peaceably and without arms.

Statement-II: The freedoms guaranteed under Article 19 are available only to citizens of India.

Statement-III: The right to life and personal liberty under Article 21 is available to all persons, including foreigners.

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

With respect to the Western Hoolock Gibbons, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. 1.A Sanctuary in North-east India is home to this ape species listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List.
2. 2.They have specialised brachiation and can easily swing between trees.
3. 3.They possess a strong and heavy build like gorillas, yet are remarkably agile tree climbers.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Consider the following statements:

1. 1.A glacial lake outburst flood can result from the breach of a moraine-dammed or ice-dammed lake.
2. 2.Permafrost is ground that remains at or below 0°C for at least two consecutive years.
3. 3.Moulins are vertical shafts that carry meltwater from a glacier's surface towards its base.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following pairs of hill ranges of the Eastern Ghats and the States in which they mainly lie:

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: Hexavalent chromium in groundwater is a greater health concern than trivalent chromium.

Statement-II: Trivalent chromium is a known human carcinogen, whereas hexavalent chromium is an essential nutrient.

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

Which one of the following States shares an international border with Myanmar but not with Bangladesh?

Consider the following statements:

1. 1.The Consumer Price Index (Combined) is compiled by the National Statistics Office under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
2. 2.The Wholesale Price Index covers prices of services as well as goods.
3. 3.Three of the six members of the RBI's Monetary Policy Committee are appointed by the Central Government.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. 1.The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management functions under the Ministry of Finance.
2. 2.Strategic disinvestment involves the transfer of management control along with a stake.
3. 3.Disinvestment receipts are shown as revenue receipts in the Union Budget.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: Under Basel III, banks must hold a Capital Conservation Buffer over and above their minimum capital requirements.

Statement-II: The buffer is meant to absorb losses during periods of stress without breaching minimum capital requirements.

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

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: Production Linked Incentive schemes aim to raise domestic manufacturing and reduce import dependence.

Statement-II: PLI incentives are linked to incremental sales of goods manufactured in India over a base year.

Statement-III: PLI incentives are paid on imports of finished goods by registered companies.

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

Consider the following pairs:

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

1. 1.Geostationary satellites orbit at an altitude of about 35,786 km above the equator.
2. 2.Low Earth Orbit satellite constellations offer lower latency than geostationary satellites.
3. 3.A geostationary satellite appears stationary because it orbits in the direction opposite to the Earth's rotation.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: A large enough quantum computer could break widely used public-key cryptography such as RSA.

Statement-II: Shor's algorithm can factor large integers efficiently on a quantum computer.

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

Consider the following pairs:

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements about BIMSTEC:

1. 1.Nepal and Bhutan are members of BIMSTEC.
2. 2.Maldives is a member of BIMSTEC.
3. 3.Pakistan is a member of BIMSTEC.

How many of the above statements are correct?

With reference to the United Nations, consider the following statements:

1. 1.Decisions of the Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the UN Charter are binding on all member states.
2. 2.Resolutions of the General Assembly are legally binding on all member states.
3. 3.Article 41 of the UN Charter provides for measures not involving the use of armed force, such as economic sanctions.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Mahatma Gandhi's telegram, 'First decisive battle for India's freedom won', was sent in the context of which one of the following?

Consider the following pairs:

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: The share of elderly people in India's population is rising.

Statement-II: Falling fertility and rising life expectancy lead to population ageing.

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

Consider the following statements:

1. 1.Claudia Goldin's research describes a U-shaped relationship between economic development and women's labour force participation.
2. 2.The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 raised paid maternity leave to 26 weeks for women with fewer than two surviving children.
3. 3.Establishments with 50 or more employees must provide a crèche facility.
4. 4.The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 has been subsumed in the Code on Wages, 2019.

How many of the above statements are correct?

With reference to the Pradhan Mantri Samajik Sahayata Yojana, consider the following statements:

1. 1.It is the National Social Assistance Programme of 1995 under a new name, continued for 2026-27 to 2030-31.
2. 2.It is a contributory scheme in which the beneficiary and the Central Government make matching monthly contributions.
3. 3.The disability pension under it is to use the 40% benchmark disability of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: India's accession to the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement gives Indian-flagged vessels a legal basis to fish for stocks such as toothfish and squid beyond its exclusive economic zone.

Statement-II: Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, a coastal State's sovereign rights over the living resources of the water column end at 200 nautical miles from the baseline, and fisheries beyond that are managed through regional fisheries management organisations.

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

Consider the following pairs:

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: Under PM GatiShakti, large infrastructure projects are now checked for alignment with the National Master Plan before they are financially appraised.

Statement-II: The Network Planning Group examines projects of ₹500 crore and above on the GatiShakti platform before they go to the Expenditure Finance Committee or the Public Investment Board.

Statement-III: The Integrated Transport and Logistics Authority was created by an Act of Parliament in 2026 to sanction all transport projects of the Central Government.

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

Which one of the following statements about INS Samarthak, commissioned in October 2026, is correct?