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2025Science And Technology
Diff:Moderate

Consider the following statements:
Statement I: Some rare earth elements are used in the manufacture of flat television, screens and computer monitors.
Statement II: Some rare earth elements have phosphorescent properties.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

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2025Science And Technology
Diff:Standard

With reference to India's defense, consider the following pairs:
1. Dornier-228: Maritime patrol aircraft
2. IL-76: Supersonic combat aircraft
3. C-17 Globe Master III: Military transport aircraft

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

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2025Science And Technology
Diff:Moderate

Consider the following space missions:
I. Axiom-4
II. SpaDeX
III. Gaganyaan

How many of the space missions given above encourage and support microgravity research?

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2025Science And Technology
Diff:Moderate

Consider the following statements:
Statement I: Some rare earth elements are used in the manufacture of flat television, screens and computer monitors.
Statement II: Some rare earth elements have phosphorescent properties.

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

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2025Science And Technology
Diff:Standard

Consider the following statements regarding AI Action Summit held in Grand Palais, Paris in February 2025:
I. Co-chaired with India, the event builds on the advances made at the Bletchley Park Summit held in 2023 and the Seoul Summit held in 2024.
II. Along with other countries, US and UK also signed the declaration on inclusive and sustainable AI.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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2025Science And Technology
Diff:Standard

GPS-Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) uses a system of ground stations to provide necessary augmentation. Which of the following statements is/are correct in respect of GAGAN?
I. It is designed to provide additional accuracy and integrity.
II. It will allow more uniform and high quality air traffic management.
III. It will provide benefits only in aviation but not in other modes of transportation.

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2025Science And Technology
Diff:Moderate

With reference to monoclonal antibodies, often mentioned in news, consider the following statements:
I. They are man-made proteins.
II. They stimulate immunological function due to their ability to bind to specific antigens.
III. They are used in treating viral infections like that of Nipah virus.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

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2025Science And Technology
Diff:Moderate

Consider the following statements:
I. It is expected that Majorana 1 chip will enable quantum computing.
II. Majorana 1 chip has been introduced by Amazon Web Services (AWS).
III. Deep learning is a subset of machine learning.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

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2025Science And Technology
Diff:Standard

What is the common characteristic of the chemical substances generally known as CL-20, HMX and LLM-105, which are sometimes talked about in media?

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2025Science And Technology
Diff:Moderate

In the context of electric vehicle batteries, consider the following elements:
I. Cobalt
II. Graphite
III. Lithium
IV. Nickel

How many of the above usually make up battery cathodes?

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2025Science And Technology
Diff:Moderate

With reference to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), consider the following statements:
I. All types of UAVs can do vertical landing.
II. All types of UAVs can do automated hovering.
III. All types of UAVs can use battery only as a source of power supply.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

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2025Science And Technology
Diff:Standard

Consider the following types of vehicles:
I. Full battery Electric vehicles
II. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles
III. Fuel cell electric hybrid vehicles

How many of the above are considered as alternative powertrain vehicles?

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2025Science And Technology
Diff:Standard

Consider the following statements:
I. No virus can survive in ocean waters.
II. No virus can infect bacteria.
III. No virus can change the cellular transcriptional activity in host cells.
How many of the statements given above are correct?

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2025Geography
Diff:Standard

Consider the following water bodies:

I. Lake Tanganyika
II. Lake Tonle Sap
III. Patos Lagoon

Through how many of them does the equator pass?

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2025Geography
Diff:Standard

Consider the following countries:

I. Bolivia
II. Brazil
III. Colombia
IV. Ecuador
V. Paraguay
VI. Venezuela

Andes mountains pass through how many of the above countries?

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2025Polity
Diff:Standard

Who amongst the following are members of the Jury to select the recipient of ‘Gandhi Peace Prize’?

1. The President of India
2. The Prime Minister of India
3. The Chief Justice of India
4. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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2025Polity
Diff:Moderate

Consider the following statements about Lokpal:
I. The power of Lokpal applies to public servants of India, but not to the Indian public servants posted outside India.
II. The Chairperson or a Member shall not be a Member of the Parliament or a Member of the Legislature of any State or Union Territory, and only the Chief Justice of India, whether incumbent or retired, has to be its Chairperson.
III. The Chairperson or a Member shall not be a person of less than forty-five years of age on the date of assuming office as the Chairperson or Member, as the case may be.
IV. Lokpal cannot inquire into the allegations of corruption against a sitting Prime Minister of India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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2025Geography
Diff:Moderate

Consider the following statements:

I. India has joined the Minerals Security Partnership as a member.
II. India is a resource-rich country in all the 30 critical minerals that it has identified.
III. The Parliament in 2023 has amended the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 empowering the Central Government to exclusively auction mining lease and composite license for certain critical minerals.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

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2025Polity
Diff:Moderate

Consider the following statements:
With reference to the Constitution of India, if an area in a State is declared as Scheduled Area under the Fifth Schedule
I. the State Government loses its executive power in such areas and local body assumes total administration
II. the Union Government can take over the total administration of such areas under certain circumstances on the recommendations of the Governor
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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2025Geography
Diff:Standard

Consider the following statements:

I. Without the atmosphere, temperature would be well below freezing point everywhere on the Earth's surface.
II. Heat absorbed and trapped by the atmosphere maintains our planet’s average temperature.
III. Atmosphere’s gases, like carbon dioxide, are particularly good at absorbing and trapping radiation.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

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