Which of the following statements are correct in respect of preventive detention?
- Preventive detention is intended to prevent a person from committing certain acts in the future.
- Preventive detention is a form of punishment after conviction.
- The Constitution itself recognises preventive detention.
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Consider the following statements:
Statement 1: The Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha is the leader of the largest opposition party that has at least 10% of the total strength of the House.
Statement 2: The 10% requirement is expressly mentioned in the Constitution of India for recognition of the Leader of the Opposition.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
Consider the following statements:
- The Houthi movement in Yemen has targeted commercial vessels in the Red Sea region, particularly around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
- The Strait of Hormuz connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman, while the Bab el-Mandeb Strait connects the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Which of the following statements are correct in respect of the Great Indian Bustard?
- The Great Indian Bustard is primarily found in the grasslands and arid regions of India, with Rajasthan being one of its most important habitats.
- The Great Indian Bustard is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
- The Great Indian Bustard is protected under Schedule I of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.
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The Samrat Yantra at Jantar Mantar is primarily based on which geometric form?
Consider the following statements regarding the global macro-environment and its impact on India's financial markets:
Statement-I: The narrowing yield spread between US and Indian 10-year government bonds reduces the relative attractiveness of Indian government securities for foreign portfolio investors.
Statement-II: Advanced economies have experienced a sharper rise in bond yields driven by persistent global inflation and fiscal sustainability concerns, while major central banks maintain a monetary tightening bias.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
According to the analysis of electoral dynamics provided in the text, which of the following outcomes result when opposition parties actively participate in elections despite facing structural disadvantages or an unlevel playing field?
- It preserves organizational cadres, local leadership networks, and party funding mechanisms.
- It grants uncritical moral approval to executive overreach and validates institutional decay.
- It keeps democratic discourse alive by providing a public platform to expose policy failings and executive overreach.
- It creates internal friction within ruling coalitions and establishes footholds for future political renewal.
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Which of the following statements best reflects the central philosophy of the WHO's 2026 guidelines regarding pediatric obesity control?
Consider the following pairs linking chemical phenomena with their real-world implications:
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Phenomenon / Term
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Application / Clinical Relevance
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Homochirality
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The preferential selection of one chiral form in biological building blocks like DNA sugars and protein amino acids.
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Racemic Manufacturing
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Traditional method producing a 50:50 mixture of enantiomers, requiring costly and wasteful post-synthesis separation.
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Phocomelia
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Severe limb-shortening congenital defects caused by the toxic enantiomer of Thalidomide.
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Autocatalytic Asymmetric Synthesis
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Reaction process applied strictly to inorganic metals, with no relevance to pharmaceuticals or agrochemicals.
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How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
Regarding the development of asymmetric chemical synthesis, consider the following statements:
- Early 20th-century chemist Willy Marckwald demonstrated that using a chiral catalyst could produce one enantiomer in slightly higher proportion than the other.
- Henri B. Kagan introduced methods to control asymmetric synthesis by demonstrating non-linear effects in chiral catalysts during the 1980s.
- The laboratory replication of homochirality by Kagan and Soai has completely solved the evolutionary puzzle of how life on Earth originally selected its single-handed molecular preference.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?