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The Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany visited India in January, 2026. Which of the following is/are not correct in terms of outcomes of this visit ?

1. Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the All India Institute of Ayurveda and the University of Hamburg
2. Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on Youth Hockey Development between Hockey India and the German Hockey Federation
3. Establishment of a bilateral dialogue mechanism on the Indo-Pacific
4. Opening of an Honorary Consul of Germany in Lucknow

Select the answer using the code given below :

Which of the following international conventions have not been ratified by India ?

1. Employment Policy Convention
2. Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
3. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
4. Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
5. Convention on Reduction of Statelessness

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Match List I with List II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists :

1. Maldives
2. Afghanistan
3. Bhutan
4. Sri Lanka

List I (Project Supported by India) A. Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Project B. Restoration of Stor Palace C. District Hospital at Dickoya D. Institute of Security and Law Enforcement Studies

List II (Country)

Code : ABCD

Consider the following statements regarding AI Action Summit held in Grand Palais, Paris in February 2025 : I. Co-chaired with India, the event builds on the advances made at the Bletchley Park Summit held in 2023 and the Seoul Summit held in 2024. II. Along with other countries, US and UK also signed the declaration on inclusive and sustainable AI.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following is the correct description of "100 Million Farmers" ?

Consider the following pairs : Country | Reason for being in the news

1. Argentina | Worst economic crisis
2. Sudan | War between the country's regular army and paramilitary forces
3. Turkey | Rescinded its membership of NATO

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched ?

Consider the following statements :

Statement-I : India does not import apples from the United States of America.

Statement-II : In India, the law prohibits the import of Genetically Modified food without the approval of the competent authority.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements ?

Consider the following statements : Statement–I : Recently, the United States of America (USA) and the European Union (EU) have launched the 'Trade and Technology Council'. Statement–II : The USA and the EU claim that through this they are trying to bring technological progress and physical productivity under their control.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

Consider the following statements :

1. Recently, all the countries of the United Nations have adopted the first-ever compact for international migration, the 'Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM)'.
2. The objectives and commitments stated in the GCM are binding on the UN member countries.
3. The GCM addresses internal migration or internally displaced people also in its objectives and commitments.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements : Statement–I : Israel has established diplomatic relations with some Arab States. Statement–II : The 'Arab Peace Initiative' mediated by Saudi Arabia was signed by Israel and Arab League.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

Consider the following pairs : International agreement/set-up — Subject

1. Alma-Ata Declaration — Healthcare of the people
2. Hague Convention — Biological and chemical weapons
3. Talanoa Dialogue — Global climate change
4. Under2 Coalition — Child rights

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched ?

Consider the following statements :

1. The United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) has a ‘Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air’.
2. The UNCAC is the ever-first legally binding global anti-corruption instrument.
3. A highlight of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) is the inclusion of a specific chapter aimed at returning assets to their rightful owners from whom they had been taken illicitly.
4. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is mandated by its member States to assist in the implementation of both UNCAC and UNTOC.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Recently, India signed a deal known as 'Action Plan for Prioritization and Implementation of Cooperation Areas in the Nuclear Field' with which of the following countries?

'Broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA)' is sometimes seen in the news in the context of negotiations held between India and

What is the importance of developing Chabahar Port by India ?

Consider the following pairs : Community sometimes mentioned in the news

1. Kurd : Bangladesh
2. Madhesi : Nepal
3. Rohingya : Myanmar

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

With reference to the 'Trans-Pacific Partnership', consider the following statements :

1. It is an agreement among all the Pacific Rim countries except China and Russia.
2. It is a strategic alliance for the purpose of maritime security only.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements : The India-Africa Summit

1. held in 2015 was the third such Summit
2. was actually initiated by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1951

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

'Belt and Road Initiative' is sometimes mentioned in the news in the context of the affairs of

In the Mekong-Ganga Cooperation, an initiative of six countries, which of the following is/are not a participant/participants?

1. Bangladesh
2. Cambodia
3. China
4. Myanmar
5. Thailand

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

'Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action', often seen in the news, is

Consider the following countries :

1. China
2. France
3. India
4. Israel
5. Pakistan

Which among the above are Nuclear Weapons States as recognized by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)?

The “New START” treaty was in the news. What is this treaty?

With reference to “Look East Policy” of India, consider the following statements:

1. India wants to establish itself as an important regional player in the East Asian affairs.
2. India wants to plug the vacuum created by the termination of Cold War.
3. India wants to restore the historical and cultural ties with its neighbours in Southeast and East Asia.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, consider the following:

1. The Right to Development
2. The Right to Expression
3. The Right to Recreation

Which of the above is/are the Rights of the child?

In the middle of the year 2008 the Parliament of which one of the following countries became the first in the world to enact a Climate Act by passing "The Climate Change Accountability Bill" ?

Consider the following pairs: Famous place : Country

1. Cannes : France
2. Davos : Denmark
3. Roland Garros : The Netherlands

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched ?

Where was the first conference of the Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs held in the year 1957?

Which of the following countries signed the Tshwane Declaration in October 2006?

Which one of the following Himalayan passes was reopened in the middle of the year 2006 to facilitate trade between India and China?

Consider the following statements:

1. Republicans won majority in the US House of Representatives election held in the year 2006.
2. Republican Bobby Jindal won a seat in the US House of Representatives for the second time.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following countries is planning to construct a rival to the Panama Canal to link the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans?

With reference to the international meetings held in the year 2006, which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?

1. NAM Summit : Havana
2. APEC Meeting : Bangkok
3. EU–India Summit : Helsinki
4. UN Climate Change Conference : Geneva

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What was the purpose of Operation Sukoon launched by the Government of India?

What is the new administrative capital proposed for Myanmar?

Match items in the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

1. Diet
2. States General
3. Supreme Council
4. Sejm

List I (Country) (A) Netherlands (B) Ukraine (C) Poland (D) Japan

List II (Name of Parliament)

Recently,

to which of the following countries did India offer to build a Buddha Temple?

Consider the following statements :

1. Second World Buddhist Summit was held in Bangkok in November–December, 2004
2. World Punjabi Conference was held in Jalandhar in December, 2004
3. 4th Meeting of the SAARC, Trade Ministers was held in Islamabad in November, 2004

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements :

1. The Parliament of Russia is called Federal Assembly.
2. The Council of the Federation in the Russian Parliament is the lower house
3. The name of the upper house in the Russian Parliament is State Duma.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Ramon Magsaysay Award winner Shanta Sinha is known as

Consider the following statements:

1. P. V. Narasimha Rao's Government established diplomatic relations between India and Israel.
2. Ariel Sharon is the second Prime Minister of Israel to have visited India.

Which of these statements given above is/are correct?

More than 40 Heads of States/Government were invited by Vladimir Putin in May 2003 to

Consider the following statements regarding the relations between India and Pakistan:

1. During Shimla Agreement, Indira Gandhi and Zulfikar Bhutto agreed to maintain the sanctity of LoC
2. Lahore Summit took place in the year 1997
3. Islamabad Summit was held between Rajiv Gandhi and Nawaz Sharif

Which of these statements is/are correct?

In December 2002, the Prime Minister of India signed ‘Delhi Declaration’ with the

In the year 2001, Germany approved a $32 million credit to India

In the year 2001, India offered a grant of five million dollars to Tajikistan to

At which one of the cities labelled as A, B, C and D on the given map of Europe was the historic treaty between NATO and Warsaw Pact countries signed in 1998? The original map is not available for this question.

The following news item appeared in a National daily dated 1-12-1999: “...Parliament today rejected a Bill to grant women the right to vote and stand for office in parliamentary elections, by a margin of 32 to 30. The National Assembly was split between liberal, pro-government and Shiite Muslim deputies who were in favour of women’s rights, while the opposition camp grouped Sunni Muslim fundamentalists and tribal MPs. A total of 64 MPs and Ministers were present, of whom two abstained.” The Parliament referred to in this quotation is that of

In the November 1998 Composite Dialogue Process between India and Pakistan, three contentious issues listed below as 1, 2 and 3 were discussed. Contentious Issues

1. Disengagement of troops
2. Settlement of boundary dispute
3. Sharing River water Match the issues with the areas marked in the map as A, B and C and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

The recent Land Mines Conference to sign the historic treaty was held in the Capital city of