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Question: Question: With reference to 2026 Whitley Awards, consider the following statements:
1. Barkha Subba was awarded for protecting the habitat of the Himalayan Salamander.
2. Parveen Shaikh was awarded for protecting the habitat of Indian Skimmer.
3. The Whitley Award is given by UNESCO.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans (c)

Question: UNESCO has partnered with which state government to document the indigenous engineering heritage of the cane bridges, also known as Ru-Soam?
(a) Manipur
(b) Mizoram
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Sikkim
Ans (d)

Question: With reference to India’s first Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) barrier-less tolling system a, consider the following statements:
1. It was operationalised at the Choryasi toll plaza in Gujarat.
2. It was operationalised on a section of NH-58.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 2 both
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans (a)

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Question: Escobar’s hippos, recently in the news, is related to:
(a) Ecuador
(b) Venezuela
(c) Cuba
(d) Colombia
Ans (d)

Question: Who has become the first athlete ever to run a sub-two-hour marathon in legal race conditions, crossing the line at the 2026 London Marathon in one hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds?
(a) Sabastian Sawe
(b) Yomif Kejelcha
(c) Jacob Kiplimo
(d) Amos Kipruto
Ans (a)

Question: Which organisation recently released a consultation paper on the Regulatory Framework for Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) Communication?
(a) NITI Aayog
(b) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
(c) National Highways Authority of India
(d) Defence Research and Development Organisation
Ans (b)

Question: With reference to Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED), consider the following statements:
1. It is an import levy.
2. It is imposed on petrol, diesel, and aviation turbine fuel.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 2 both
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans (b)

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Question: With reference to the NSO’s 80th Round Household Consumption: Health survey, consider the following statements:
1. The median Out-of-Pocket Medical Expenditure (OOPE) per hospitalisation case in 2025 has been recorded to be at Rs.11,285.
2. The Proportion of Population Reporting Ailments (PPRA) was 12.2% in rural areas and 14.9% in urban areas.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 2 both
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans (c)

Question: With reference to Unified Payments Interface (UPI), consider the following statements:
1. It was launched on 11 April 2016.
2. As of 2024, India’s UPI accounts for nearly 49 % percent of the world’s real-time payment transaction volume.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 2 both
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans (c)

Question: Which is the first Indian state to officially operationalised a specialised grievance redressal mechanism for platform-based gig workers?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Karnataka
(d) Maharashtra
Ans (c)

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