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1.  
What is India's rank among 122 countries in the Global Hunger Index 2026?

Correct Answer: C [100]

Notes:

100th, score 24.1 ('Serious'). India was 102nd in 2025, 105th in 2024 and 111th in 2023.

2.  
'Welthungerhilfe', a publisher of the Global Hunger Index, is an organisation of which country?

Correct Answer: D [Germany]

Notes:

Germany (Bonn, Berlin). The 2026 co-publishers are IFHV (Germany) and Helvetas (Switzerland).

3.  
What does the GHI indicator 'child wasting' measure?

Correct Answer: B [Low weight for height]

Notes:

Low weight for height – acute undernutrition. India's rate is 19.0%, highest in South Asia. Low height for age is stunting.

4.  
What is the score range of the 'Serious' category on the GHI scale?

Correct Answer: D [20.0–34.9]

Notes:

20.0–34.9. 35–49.9 is 'Alarming'; 50 and above 'Extremely alarming'. The world score of 18.1 is 'Moderate'.

5.  
In which year was the 'Nutritious Noon Meal Scheme' launched in Tamil Nadu?

Correct Answer: D [1982]

Notes:

1 July 1982 – CM M.G. Ramachandran. 1956 – free midday meals under Kamaraj; 1995 – national Midday Meal scheme.

6.  
What is India's rank among 139 economies in WIPO's Global Innovation Index 2026?

Correct Answer: A [38]

Notes:

38th – same as 2025; first among lower-middle-income economies and in Central & Southern Asia.

7.  
Which country topped the GII 2026 for the 16th consecutive year?

Correct Answer: D [Switzerland]

Notes:

Switzerland; Sweden 2, USA 3, Rep. of Korea 4, Singapore 5. China is 10th.

8.  
Where is the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)?

Correct Answer: A [Geneva]

Notes:

Geneva – a UN specialised agency; 1967 Convention. Vienna hosts the IAEA, Paris UNESCO, Rome the FAO.

9.  
What is Chennai's rank in WIPO's 2026 ranking of the top 100 innovation clusters?

Correct Answer: C [79]

Notes:

79th (up 5 places). Bengaluru is 25th, Delhi 27th, Mumbai 43rd.

10.  
According to the GII 2026, which is the world's top innovation cluster?

Correct Answer: A [Shenzhen–Hong Kong–Guangzhou]

Notes:

Shenzhen–Hong Kong–Guangzhou; Tokyo–Yokohama 2nd, San Jose–San Francisco 3rd. China has 25 of the top 100 clusters.

11.  
What is India's rank in the Global Peace Index 2026?

Correct Answer: A [127]

Notes:

127th of 163 (score 2.409). It was 115th in 2025 – a fall of 12 places.

12.  
Which organisation publishes the Global Peace Index (GPI)?

Correct Answer: C [Institute for Economics & Peace]

Notes:

IEP – headquartered in Sydney, Australia; the GPI has appeared yearly since 2007. IEP also publishes the Global Terrorism Index (GTI).

13.  
Which country was ranked least peaceful (163rd) in GPI 2026?

Correct Answer: D [Russia]

Notes:

Russia – for the second year in a row (also last in 2025). Sudan is 162nd, DR Congo 161st, Ukraine 160th; Afghanistan is 157th.

14.  
According to GPI 2026, which is the most peaceful country in South Asia?

Correct Answer: A [Bhutan]

Notes:

Bhutan – 16th in the world. Sri Lanka is 67th, Nepal 111th, Bangladesh 117th, Pakistan 152nd.

15.  
Which of the following is NOT one of the three domains of the GPI?

Correct Answer: C [Economic growth]

Notes:

Economic growth is not a GPI domain. The three domains together use 23 indicators; a lower score means more peaceful.

16.  
What is India's rank in the World Happiness Report 2026?

Correct Answer: B [116]

Notes:

116th of 147 – up 2 places from 118th in 2025. Pakistan is 104th, Nepal 99th.

17.  
On which day is the International Day of Happiness observed?

Correct Answer: B [20 March]

Notes:

20 March – declared by the UNGA in 2012, observed since 2013. The World Happiness Report is released on this day.

18.  
Which country was named the world's happiest for the 9th year in a row in 2026?

Correct Answer: C [Finland]

Notes:

Finland. Iceland is 2nd and Denmark 3rd; Latin America's Costa Rica reached 4th.

19.  
Which is NOT among the 6 factors used to explain happiness in the World Happiness Report?

Correct Answer: C [Literacy rate]

Notes:

Literacy rate is not one. The others are GDP per capita, freedom to make life choices and perceptions of corruption.

20.  
Which country put forward the concept of 'Gross National Happiness' (GNH)?

Correct Answer: D [Bhutan]

Notes:

Bhutan – the Fourth King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, in the 1970s. Bhutan also led the UN resolution on the International Day of Happiness.

21.  
What is India's rank among 193 countries in UNDP's Human Development Report 2025?

Correct Answer: A [130]

Notes:

130th (HDI 0.685, 2023 data); 133rd (0.676) for 2022 as recalculated in this report. Bangladesh is also 130th.

22.  
What is the title of the Human Development Report 2025?

Correct Answer: B [A matter of choice]

Notes:

'A matter of choice: People and possibilities in the age of AI' – focused on AI. 'Breaking the gridlock' was the 2023/24 report.

23.  
Which Pakistani economist devised the Human Development Index (HDI)?

Correct Answer: B [Mahbub ul Haq]

Notes:

Mahbub ul Haq – first HDR in 1990. Amartya Sen worked with him; Muhammad Yunus is Bangladeshi (Grameen Bank).

24.  
Which of the following is NOT an indicator used to compute the HDI?

Correct Answer: D [Infant mortality rate]

Notes:

Infant mortality rate is not used. The fourth indicator is expected years of schooling.

25.  
In which year did the Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission bring out its first Tamil Nadu Human Development Report?

Correct Answer: C [2003]

Notes:

2003. The next report came in 2017 – Kanniyakumari first, Ariyalur last.

26.  
What is India's rank in the October 2026 Henley Passport Index?

Correct Answer: B [84]

Notes:

84th – 55 destinations without a prior visa. 85th in Oct 2025 (57 destinations); 75th in Feb 2026.

27.  
The Henley Passport Index is based on data from which organisation?

Correct Answer: A [IATA]

Notes:

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) – its Timatic database. ICAO sets e-passport standards.

28.  
Which country has the world's most powerful passport in the Oct 2026 Henley index?

Correct Answer: C [Singapore]

Notes:

Singapore – 193 destinations. Japan, South Korea and the UAE share 2nd with 188; the USA is 10th.

29.  
In which year was the Passports Act, which governs the issue of Indian passports, enacted?

Correct Answer: D [1967]

Notes:

1967. 1920 was the Passport (Entry into India) Act. Maneka Gandhi case (1978) – the right to travel abroad is part of Article 21.

30.  
Which of the following cities does NOT have a Regional Passport Office (RPO)?

Correct Answer: D [Salem]

Notes:

Salem – it has only a Passport Seva Kendra. Tamil Nadu's 4 RPOs: Chennai, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Coimbatore.

31.  
In FAO's SOFO 2026, India ranks first in the world in which measure?

Correct Answer: B [Area under active restoration]

Notes:

Per FRA 2025 data India leads with 9.8 Mha under restoration; China 7.9 and Ethiopia 5.0 Mha.

32.  
At which forum was 'The State of the World's Forests 2026' launched?

Correct Answer: C [FAO Committee on Forestry 28]

Notes:

FAO DG QU Dongyu launched it at the opening of COFO 28 in Rome on 28 Sep 2026. SOFO is published every two years.

33.  
Per FAO's Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025, what is India's world rank in forest area?

Correct Answer: D [9th]

Notes:

India is 9th (72.74 Mha), but 3rd in annual net forest gain.

34.  
Per ISFR 2023, India's total forest and tree cover is what share of its geographical area?

Correct Answer: A [25.17%]

Notes:

25.17% = forest 21.76% + tree cover 3.41%. The report is prepared by the Forest Survey of India (FSI), Dehradun.

35.  
The 'Green Tamil Nadu Mission' (2022) aims to raise the State's green cover to what level?

Correct Answer: C [33%]

Notes:

From 23.69% to 33% in 10 years – the same goal as the National Forest Policy 1988.

36.  
Reema Nanavaty, winner of the 2026 Hillary Rodham Clinton Award, is associated with which organisation?

Correct Answer: A [SEWA]

Notes:

She is SEWA's Director; she joined its rural wing in 1985. She received the Padma Shri in 2013.

37.  
Which body confers the 'Hillary Rodham Clinton Awards'?

Correct Answer: B [Georgetown's GIWPS]

Notes:

The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) gives it; the 2026 ceremony was at Gaston Hall, Washington.

38.  
Who founded the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) in Ahmedabad in 1972?

Correct Answer: C [Ela Bhatt]

Notes:

Ela Bhatt won the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1977. Reema Nanavaty is her daughter-in-law.

39.  
Theme of the 2026 Hillary Rodham Clinton Awards?

Correct Answer: C [Women's economic empowerment]

Notes:

Subtitled 'A Key for Peace and Security'. Co-awardee Muhammad Yunus shared the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize with Grameen Bank.

40.  
In which district did Tamil Nadu's women's SHG approach begin in 1989 with IFAD support?

Correct Answer: B [Dharmapuri]

Notes:

It began in Dharmapuri; its success led to 'Mahalir Thittam' going statewide from 1997-98. TNCDW (1983) implements it.

41.  
Which body banned fuel-powered motorboats and jet skis on Dal Lake in October 2026?

Correct Answer: A [High Court of J&K and Ladakh]

Notes:

A Bench led by CJ Pushpendra Singh Bhati ordered it on 14 Oct; government emergency boats are exempt.

42.  
What are the floating gardens of Dal Lake locally called?

Correct Answer: C [Rad]

Notes:

'Rad' – lotuses bloom on them in July–August. 'Phumdi' are the floating mats of Loktak Lake, Manipur.

43.  
Which lake in Jammu & Kashmir is one of India's largest freshwater lakes?

Correct Answer: A [Wular Lake]

Notes:

Wular lies in the Jhelum basin; Dal Lake (about 18 sq km) is the second largest in J&K.

44.  
In which case did the Supreme Court adopt the 'Public Trust Doctrine' in India?

Correct Answer: C [M.C. Mehta v Kamal Nath]

Notes:

1996 ruling: the State is only a trustee of natural resources. A pollution-free environment is part of Article 21.

45.  
Which Tamil Nadu hill-station lake was created in 1824 by John Sullivan, Collector of Coimbatore?

Correct Answer: B [Ooty Lake]

Notes:

Ooty Lake is in the Nilgiris. The star-shaped Kodaikanal Lake was created in 1863.

46.  
Where is the secretariat of the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA) located?

Correct Answer: D [La Réunion (France)]

Notes:

On France's La Réunion island; the agreement was signed in Rome in 2006 and entered into force in 2012.

47.  
Which of the following fish groups does NOT fall under SIOFA's management?

Correct Answer: B [Tuna]

Notes:

Highly migratory species like tuna come under the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC).

48.  
What was India's status in SIOFA from 2022 until October 2026?

Correct Answer: A [Cooperating non-contracting]

Notes:

Approval to move from CNCP to full Contracting Party was announced on 14 Oct 2026.

49.  
Under UNCLOS 1982, up to what distance from the baseline does the Exclusive Economic Zone extend?

Correct Answer: A [200 nautical miles]

Notes:

Territorial sea 12, contiguous zone 24, EEZ 200 nm; beyond lie the high seas, where RFMOs like SIOFA work.

50.  
In the 2017 scheme converting Palk Bay trawlers into deep-sea tuna long-liners, what is the unit cost per vessel?

Correct Answer: B [₹80 lakh]

Notes:

Of ₹80 lakh, ₹56 lakh is Centre–State subsidy; the rest comes from the beneficiary and a bank loan.

51.  
In which year did the UN General Assembly declare 17 October the 'International Day for the Eradication of Poverty'?

Correct Answer: C [1992]

Notes:

Resolution 47/196 of 22 Dec 1992. The first gathering was in Paris in 1987.

52.  
Who, founder of the ATD Fourth World movement, inspired this Day through the 1987 Paris gathering?

Correct Answer: A [Joseph Wresinski]

Notes:

Father Joseph Wresinski; a stone with his words stands at Trocadéro, Paris. Mahbub ul Haq devised the Human Development Index (HDI).

53.  
What is the 2026–2028 theme of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty?

Correct Answer: D [United for Peace & Human Rights]

Notes:

The 2026 focus is 'Safe Homes for All'; over 2.8 billion people face inadequate housing.

54.  
What is the World Bank's international extreme poverty line (2021 PPP), as revised in June 2025?

Correct Answer: C [$3.00]

Notes:

Raised from $2.15 (2017 PPP) to $3.00. Sustainable Development Goal 1 – No Poverty.

55.  
Per NITI Aayog's National MPI 2023, what was Tamil Nadu's multidimensional poverty headcount in 2019-21?

Correct Answer: B [2.20%]

Notes:

It was 4.76% in 2015-16; the national figure is 14.96%; Kerala is lowest at 0.55%.

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