All practice questions

Match the major mineral and energy resource mining centres of India listed in Column-I with their corresponding primary mineral or energy resource in Column-II:

Arrange the following 19th-century tribal and peasant rebellions in India in correct chronological order, from the earliest to the latest.

Match List-I (Administrative Term/System) with List-II (Associated Medieval Empire/Dynasty) to pair each term with its correct empire.

The Meghalaya Plateau and the Karbi Anglong Hills are structural extensions of the main Peninsular Plateau of India. Which of the following tectonic and geomorphological processes accounts for their physical detachment from the Chota Nagpur Plateau?

Three civil service officers—Anita, Bikram, and Chitra—are assigned to three distinct departments: Education, Finance, and Health, with one officer per department. Based on the following clues, match each officer to their correct department:

1. Bikram is not assigned to the Health Department.
2. Anita is assigned to the Education Department.

Consider the following statements regarding the pedological features and natural vegetation belts in India:

1. Laterite soils are characteristically rich in organic humus, nitrogen, and soluble calcium due to slow bacterial activity in humid tropical climates.
2. Red soils derive their distinctive reddish hue from the wide diffusion of iron oxides in crystalline and metamorphic rocks, appearing yellow when occurring in a hydrated state.
3. Tropical Dry Evergreen forests are primarily distributed along the Coromandel Coast, receiving significant rainfall from the North-East retreating monsoon.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Match the British constitutional initiatives and declarations during the freedom movement (List I) with their respective defining provisions or recommendations (List II):

Which early nationalist leader authored the influential book titled 'Poverty and Un-British Rule in India', which propounded the Economic Drain Theory?

An economic policy institute has established a classification system for retail products. The following categorical propositions govern this system:

1. All biodegradable plastics are eco-friendly materials.
2. Some eco-friendly materials are premium-priced products.
3. No premium-priced products are mass-market goods.

Evaluate the logical validity of the following derived deductions:
I. Some biodegradable plastics are premium-priced products.
II. All eco-friendly materials are biodegradable plastics.
III. Some eco-friendly materials are not mass-market goods.

Which of the deductions can be definitively concluded from the established propositions?

Consider the given statements and the conclusions that follow. Evaluate which of the conclusions logically follows from the statements.

Statements:
1. All newly purchased city buses are equipped with air conditioning.
2. Bus number 405 is a newly purchased city bus.

Conclusions:
I. Bus number 405 is equipped with air conditioning.
II. Bus number 405 is the most comfortable bus in the city fleet.

Which of the following options is correct?

With reference to the 'Mukhyamantri Abhyudaya Yojana' implemented by the Government of Uttar Pradesh, consider the following statements:

1. It provides free coaching, study materials, and mentoring to youth preparing for competitive examinations such as Civil Services, JEE, NEET, and NDA.
2. Physical classroom sessions are organized at the divisional level and are supplemented by virtual e-learning platforms and guidance from civil servants.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A Block Development Officer (BDO) is receiving a verbal complaint from an agitated community representative regarding severe irregularities in the village drinking water supply. The representative is highly emotional, speaking loudly, and frequently reiterating their frustration. To demonstrate effective active listening and initiate a constructive feedback loop, which of the following responses is the most appropriate for the BDO?

Four colleagues—David, Elena, Farah, and Greg—are sitting in a straight row facing a presentation screen (North). David is sitting at the extreme left end of the row. Elena is sitting to the immediate right of David. Greg is sitting at the extreme right end of the row. Arrange the colleagues in order of their seating positions from left to right.

Problem: Due to a decade of chronic over-extraction, the groundwater tables in a state's primary agricultural belt have reached critically depleted levels, threatening an imminent collapse of the agrarian economy. A comprehensive review by the State Agricultural Commission highlights that 85% of groundwater usage is attributed to the cultivation of water-intensive cash crops, which are heavily incentivized by the state's current Minimum Support Price (MSP) policy and unlimited free electricity subsidies for irrigation.

Proposed Course of Action: The state legislature should immediately and permanently abolish the MSP framework and terminate all agricultural electricity subsidies for these water-intensive crops, effective the next day, in order to rapidly force a state-wide transition to drought-resistant farming.

Question: Evaluate the validity of the proposed administrative remedy. Is the following statement true or false?

Statement: The proposed course of action is a logically sound, practically feasible, and valid administrative remedy to the groundwater crisis.

In the context of the regional temple architecture and cultural heritage of Odisha, arrange the following historic monuments in the correct chronological sequence of their construction (from earliest to latest):

Arrange the following Indian states in descending order based on their percentage of urban population to total population according to Census 2011 data.

Statement: A sudden outbreak of a highly contagious water-borne disease has been reported in a densely populated suburban district, and health officials have traced the primary source to severe contamination within the municipal water supply lines.

Proposed Course of Action: The local municipal administration should immediately permanently seal off and concrete over all water lines in the district, mandating that residents exclusively purchase their daily water from private vendors indefinitely.

This proposed course of action represents a logically sound and practical administrative remedy.

As a Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), you face a tense situation where a large group of agitated citizens has gathered outside your office to protest delays in statutory compensation. You decide to address the crowd directly. Arrange the following actions in the most appropriate logical sequence according to standard conflict de-escalation and assertive communication protocols:

Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as Reason (R), regarding the legislative procedure in an Indian State:

Assertion (A): The State Legislative Assembly holds ultimate legislative supremacy over the State Legislative Council in passing ordinary bills.
Reason (R): Unlike the Rajya Sabha at the Parliament level, the State Legislative Council lacks equal statutory powers to veto an ordinary bill and can only delay its passage for a maximum cumulative period of four months.

In the context of the statements above, which one of the following is correct?

Which of the following statements is correct regarding the writ jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under Article 32 and High Courts under Article 226 of the Constitution of India?