Ques:1

In the context of ‘freebies’ or extravagant poll promises by politica parties/candidates, Which of the following statement(s) is are correct?

1. In S Subramaniam Balaji vs State of Tamil Nadu case (2013), Supreme Court completely barred the promise of such ‘freebies’.
2. Freebies is mentioned as a type of corrupt practice under the Representation of Peoples Act, 1950.

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Ques:2

Which of the following statement(s) regarding indigenisation of defence items is/are correct?

1. Union defence ministry now notifies a ‘negative import list’ of defence items which are to be procured through 100% design and manufacturing in India only.
2. Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020 has barred foreign direct investment in the strategic sector of defence in order to safeguard India’s defence sector from foreign influences.

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Ques:3

Consider the following statements regarding Indigenous Aircraft Carrier(IAC) ‘Vikrant’:

1. It is the first aircraft carrier designed and built in India.

2. All the material and equipment of Vikrant is completely indigenous.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Ques:4

Which of the following statements regarding Teesta river water sharing is/are correct?

1. Under a bilateral river water sharing agreement of 2011, India now has right to 50% of the river water and Bangladesh the other half.
2. Teesta is a tributary of Ganga river.

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Ques:5

Which of the following statement(s) about Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM)  is/are correct?

1. It is developed by DRDO for deployment with Indian Air Force.
2. It is a short range ballistic missile that can be used to attack ground based targets in enemy territory.
3. It is designed on the basis of the indigenously developed Astra missile.

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Ques:6

Artemis lunar exploration program, recently seen in the news, is an initiative of which among the following?

Ques:7

With regard to Gravitational Lensing, consider the following statements

1. It is an effect of Einstein’s theory of general relativity.

2. Lensing has also been used to help verify the existence of dark matter.

Which among the above statements is/are correct?

Ques:8

 Consider the following statements, With reference to James Webb Space Telescope

1. It is a is a joint venture between of USA, CANADA and Europe space agencies
2. It doesn’t not orbit around the Earth rather it orbits around second Lagrange point or L2.
3. It aims to see the first galaxies that sprung up in the young universe after the Big Bang

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Ques:9

Consider the following statements, with respect to ‘full court meeting’

1.  It is supreme court meeting which is generally attended by all the judges of the court.

2. It is called by the Chief Justice of India to discuss issues of importance to the judiciary

Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?

Ques:10

‘Economic Justice’ as one of the objectives of the Indian Constitutional has been provided in