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A parliamentary committee report presented in December 2025 examined the implementation of PM-KUSUM along with PM Surya Ghar. Which one of the following correctly identifies that committee together with one of its findings?
Of the three states party to the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, how many were represented at its signing by a person who is the head of state of that country?
Which one of the following correctly describes the project for lion conservation approved by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change?
Under the Memorandum of Procedure operating the appointment of Judges to the High Courts, the proposal for appointment of a Judge of a High Court is initiated by which one of the following?
With reference to the minutes of the August 2026 meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee, released on 19 August 2026, consider the following:
- Governor Sanjay Malhotra chaired the meeting and voted in favour of holding the policy repo rate.
- Deputy Governor Poonam Gupta observed that a case for a rate hike may emerge during the course of the year.
- Prof. Ram Singh is one of the three members appointed by the Central Government to the Committee.
- Shri Indranil Bhattacharyya is one of the three members appointed by the Central Government to the Committee.
Which of the above is/are NOT correct?
Under the Beneficiary Led Construction and Affordable Housing in Partnership verticals of PMAY-U 2.0, the highest per-unit central assistance is admissible in respect of which one of the following?
Consider the following pairs relating to the updating of the National Register of Citizens in Assam:
- Cut-off for inclusion — midnight of 24 March 1971, the date stipulated by the Assam Accord of 1985
- Governing provision for the Assam-specific procedure — Rule 4A and the corresponding Schedule of the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003
- Court on whose order the updating was begun in 2013 and under whose continuous monitoring it was carried out — the Gauhati High Court
- Publication of the final register — 31 August 2019
Which of the above is/are NOT correctly matched?
Which one of the following correctly describes the body that actually carried out the redrawing of parliamentary and assembly constituencies under the Delimitation Act, 2002?
The Director of Prosecution in the Central Bureau of Investigation is appointed by the Central Government on the recommendation of which body?
With reference to the design and coverage of GST in India, consider the following statements:
- It is a destination-based consumption tax under which revenue accrues to the State where goods or services are ultimately consumed.
- Although it consolidated a large number of levies, it retains the cascading 'tax on tax' effect at each stage of the supply chain.
- Five petroleum products, including high speed diesel, stand permanently excluded from GST by the Constitution and cannot be brought within it.
- Alcoholic liquor for human consumption is outside the levy of GST.
Which of the statements given above is/are NOT correct?
Consider the following statements about the inflation targeting framework and its periodic review in India:
- The inflation target of 4 per cent with an upper tolerance level of 6 per cent and a lower tolerance level of 2 per cent first took effect from August 5, 2016.
- At the first review, on March 31, 2021, both the target and the tolerance band were retained for the period April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2026.
- The target period currently in force runs from April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2031.
- Under the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 the inflation target is required to be determined once every three years.
Which of the statements given above is/are NOT correct?
Consider the following statements regarding the respective responsibilities of the Centre and the States in the Targeted Public Distribution System:
- Procurement of foodgrains at minimum support price, maintenance of buffer stocks and transportation of grain up to the designated depots are central responsibilities discharged through the Food Corporation of India, while movement from those depots to fair price shops rests with the State Governments.
- The identification of eligible households within the coverage determined for a State, and the issue of ration cards to them, are carried out by the Central Government through the Food Corporation of India.
- Fair price shops are licensed and supervised by the State Governments, and nearly all of them now operate through electronic point of sale devices enabling biometric or Aadhaar-authenticated distribution.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Which one of the following was the first class of minerals in respect of which the Central Government was empowered to conduct auctions of mining leases to the exclusion of State Governments, and by which amendment?
Under Indian copyright law, for how many years after the death of the author does copyright in a literary work ordinarily subsist with the author's heirs?
Consider the following propositions relating to the judicial approach to public interest litigation in India:
- Courts may impose costs on a petitioner where the litigation is found to be frivolous and an abuse of the process of law.
- Courts examine the credentials of the petitioner and whether there was any credible mechanism to verify the information forming the basis of the petition.
- A petition in the nature of public interest litigation is entertained only if the petitioner shows that a legal right personal to him has been infringed.
- A writ court may decline relief where allegations against a public representative rest on assertions unsupported by documentary material.
Which of the above is/are NOT correct?
The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, the parent legislation governing civil registration in India, comprises how many sections?
The Department of Defence Production functions as the licensing authority for export of Category 6 (Munitions List) items by virtue of which one of the following?
Article 19(2) of the Constitution of India enumerates the interests in which the State may impose reasonable restrictions on the freedom of speech and expression. How many such grounds are expressly enumerated in that clause?
Consider the following statements comparing the constitutional scheme of Article 22 with the National Security Act, 1980:
- Article 22(7) empowers the President to prescribe, by order, the maximum period for which a person may be detained under a preventive detention law.
- Article 22(4) bars detention beyond three months under any preventive detention law unless an Advisory Board reports sufficient cause before the expiry of that period, whereas the NSA fixes twelve months from the date of detention as the outer limit under a confirmed detention order.
- Article 22(4) contemplates an Advisory Board of persons who are, have been, or are qualified to be appointed as Judges of a High Court, whereas the NSA requires the Chairman of the Board to be a person who is or has been a Judge of a High Court.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
When India took over the Chair of the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre in July 2024, it succeeded which one of the following countries in that position?