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Question: With reference to India’s first privately developed 800 kN Full-Flow Staged Combustion (FFSC) rocket engine, consider the following statements:
1. It has been developed by Astrobase.
2. The name of the engine is EVEREST.
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 National Handloom Day, consider the following statements:
1. India celebrated 14th National Handloom Day on 7th August 2026.
2. The National Handloom Day commemorates the launch of the Swadeshi Movement in 1905.
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)

Question: ICAR has developed India’s first fully annotated telomere-to-telomere (T2T) reference genome of the variety ‘Asha’. Asha is a variety of:
(a) Chickpeas
(b) Pigeon peas
(c) Green gram
(d) Black gram
Ans (b)

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Question: In August 2026, 18 metric tonnes of GI-tagged Mithila Makhana were exported for the first time from Bihar to:
(a) USA
(b) United Kingdom
(c) UAE
(d) Australia
Ans (d)

Question: With reference to “World Development Report 2026-The Promise of AI”, consider the following statements:
1. It was released by the World Economic Forum.
2. As per report, the risk of losing jobs to AI is three times higher in high-income countries as compared to those in low- and middle-income countries.
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)

Question: With reference to the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, consider the following statements:
1. It was signed by Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye.
2. It was signed on 7 August 2026.
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 Union Ministry has launched the CCRAS-PARAMPARA?
(a) Ministry of Ayush
(b) Ministry of Culture
(c) Ministry of Education
(d) Ministry of Health
Ans (a)

Question: Consider the following statements:
1. The Supreme Court directed a ban on mining activities within a 20 km radius of wetland conservation reserves across the country.
2. Asan wetland conservation reserve is located in Uttarakhand.
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: Which of the following options best describes the “Boss Scam” recently in the news?
(a) A ransomware attack that locks corporate servers until a cryptocurrency ransom is paid.
(b) A social engineering fraud where attackers impersonate CEO-level executives
(c) A phishing scam targeting individual retail bank customers through fake SMS job offers.
(d) A physical security breach involving unauthorized access to corporate office premises by impersonating management.
Ans (b)

Question: Recently, five slender-billed vultures bred in captivity at the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS)’s conservation facility were released for the time into the wild in:
(a) Karnataka
(b) Assam
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Himachal Pradesh
Ans (b)

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