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1.  
What is the outlay of 'Semicon India 2.0', approved by the Union Cabinet in July 2026?

Correct Answer: C [₹1,27,500 crore]

Notes:

₹1,27,500 crore (about ₹1.28 lakh crore). ₹76,000 crore was Semicon India 1.0 (2021); ₹6,003 crore is the National Quantum Mission.

2.  
Maduramangalam, site of the SIPCOT semiconductor & electronics park, is in which district?

Correct Answer: A [Kancheepuram]

Notes:

Kancheepuram – a ₹175 crore park expected to draw about ₹2,000 crore of investment and 5,000 jobs.

3.  
In the semiconductor industry, what does 'OSAT' stand for?

Correct Answer: D [Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test]

Notes:

Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test – assembling, testing and packaging chips; similar to ATMP. Micron's Sanand plant is an ATMP unit.

4.  
Which element is most widely used to make semiconductor chips?

Correct Answer: B [Silicon]

Notes:

Silicon (element 14); germanium is also a semiconductor. Adding boron gives p-type, phosphorus n-type.

5.  
What was Tamil Nadu's approximate share of India's electronics exports in 2024–25?

Correct Answer: A [41%]

Notes:

41.23% ($14.65 billion) – first for the third year running.

6.  
How many pension schemes named after Indira Gandhi were renamed in Oct 2026?

Correct Answer: B [3]

Notes:

3 – the old-age, widow and disability pensions. With NSAP and NFBS, there were 5 renamings in all.

7.  
What is the new name of the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme?

Correct Answer: D [PM Vridhavastha Pension Yojana]

Notes:

PM Vridhavastha Pension Yojana. PM Shram Yogi Maandhan (2019) is a contributory pension for unorganised workers.

8.  
In which year was the National Old Age Pension Scheme renamed after Indira Gandhi?

Correct Answer: A [2007]

Notes:

2007 – along with extension to all BPL elderly. 1995 – NSAP was launched.

9.  
How many days of work a year does the 'VB-G RAM G' Act, which replaced MGNREGA in 2025, guarantee?

Correct Answer: C [125]

Notes:

125 days (100 under MGNREGA). Funding 60:40; 90:10 for North-Eastern and Himalayan States; 100% Central for UTs without a legislature.

10.  
Who was Prime Minister when Indian banks were nationalised in 1969?

Correct Answer: B [Indira Gandhi]

Notes:

Indira Gandhi – 14 banks nationalised on 19 July 1969; 6 more in 1980. 'Garibi Hatao' – 1971.

11.  
Himachal Pradesh's first battery-integrated solar project is in which valley?

Correct Answer: A [Spiti valley]

Notes:

Spiti – Rongtong near Kaza, Lahaul–Spiti district; about 3,600 m.

12.  
What is the battery storage capacity of the Rongtong solar project?

Correct Answer: C [1 MWh]

Notes:

A 1 MWh battery with 2 MW of solar; ₹4.42 crore.

13.  
Which Himachal Chief Minister inaugurated the Rongtong solar project?

Correct Answer: B [Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu]

Notes:

Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu – 14 Oct 2026. Jai Ram Thakur was CM in 2017–22.

14.  
In energy storage systems, what does the unit 'MWh' measure?

Correct Answer: D [Stored energy]

Notes:

MWh (megawatt-hour) measures energy; MW measures power. 1 MWh = 1,000 units (kWh).

15.  
The 648 MW Kamuthi solar park of Tamil Nadu is in which district?

Correct Answer: C [Ramanathapuram]

Notes:

Ramanathapuram district – commissioned in 2016. Himachal's large solar plant is Pekhubela (32 MW, Una).

16.  
The Balda hills, where the threatened Jeypore ground gecko was recorded, are in which district of Odisha?

Correct Answer: D [Koraput]

Notes:

Koraput – Nageswari reserve forest, Nandapur tehsil. Rayagada has the Niyamgiri hills (the Vedanta case).

17.  
What is the Jeypore ground gecko's IUCN Red List status?

Correct Answer: B [Endangered]

Notes:

Endangered; Wildlife Act Schedule I.

18.  
Where was CoP19, at which the Jeypore ground gecko was added to CITES Appendix II on India's proposal, held?

Correct Answer: C [Panama, 2022]

Notes:

Panama City, 2022 (CoP19). Geneva hosted CoP18 (2019); Johannesburg CoP17 (2016).

19.  
Bauxite is the main ore of which metal?

Correct Answer: A [Aluminium]

Notes:

Aluminium. Odisha has India's largest bauxite reserves; NALCO is at Damanjodi, Koraput. Iron – haematite, magnetite; copper – chalcopyrite.

20.  
Which of these Tamil Nadu hill ranges is NOT part of the Eastern Ghats?

Correct Answer: D [Anamalai hills]

Notes:

Anamalai belongs to the Western Ghats. Javadhu, Shevaroy, Kolli and Pachamalai are in the Eastern Ghats.

21.  
Barda Wildlife Sanctuary, emerging as a second home for Asiatic lions, lies mainly in which district?

Correct Answer: B [Porbandar]

Notes:

Porbandar (with part of Devbhumi Dwarka) – 192.31 sq km. Gir spans Junagadh, Amreli and Gir Somnath districts.

22.  
According to the 2025 lion estimation, how many Asiatic lions are there in Gujarat?

Correct Answer: A [891]

Notes:

891 (May 2025, 16th estimation); 674 in 2020 – up 32.2%. 523 was the 2015 count.

23.  
In which year was 'Project Lion' for Asiatic lions announced?

Correct Answer: D [2020]

Notes:

2020 (announced in the Independence Day speech). 1973 was Project Tiger.

24.  
Kuno National Park, to which the Supreme Court ordered lions moved in 2013, is in which State?

Correct Answer: C [Madhya Pradesh]

Notes:

Madhya Pradesh (Sheopur district). The lion move never happened; cheetahs were brought here in 2022.

25.  
In which year was Gir declared a wildlife sanctuary?

Correct Answer: A [1965]

Notes:

1965 – sanctuary; 1975 – national park. Barda became a sanctuary in 1979.

26.  
On which establishment's network at Chandipur was DRDO's QKD platform tested?

Correct Answer: C [Proof and Experimental Establishment (PXE)]

Notes:

PXE – the artillery and armoured-weapon test ranges. Chandipur also has the ITR, but this test was at PXE.

27.  
Which was the world's first quantum key distribution protocol?

Correct Answer: D [BB84]

Notes:

BB84 – Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard (1984). E91 – Artur Ekert (1991, entanglement-based). RSA and AES are classical encryption methods.

28.  
What is the total outlay of the National Quantum Mission?

Correct Answer: B [₹6,003.65 crore]

Notes:

₹6,003.65 crore (2023–24 to 2030–31). ₹10,372 crore is the IndiaAI Mission; ₹76,000 crore was Semicon India 1.0.

29.  
Where is the National Quantum Mission's 'quantum communication' hub?

Correct Answer: A [IIT Madras]

Notes:

IIT Madras (with C-DOT). IISc – computing; IIT Bombay – sensing and metrology; IIT Delhi – materials and devices.

30.  
Between which two places did DRDO and IIT Delhi run a 100+ km QKD test in 2022?

Correct Answer: C [Prayagraj – Vindhyachal]

Notes:

Prayagraj – Vindhyachal (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 2022 – over existing commercial optical fibre.

31.  
In which category did Jindal Steel Limited win the 2026 Steelie Award?

Correct Answer: A [Excellence in People]

Notes:

Excellence in People – the 'Dakshata' safety programme. Clean steel production went to JSW Steel.

32.  
Which other Indian steel company won a 2026 Steelie Award?

Correct Answer: B [JSW Steel]

Notes:

JSW Steel – clean steel production (green hydrogen). Tata Steel was only a finalist in the 'People' category.

33.  
Where is the World Steel Association headquartered?

Correct Answer: C [Brussels]

Notes:

Brussels, Belgium (1967, first as IISI); it has a Beijing office (2006).

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