Question : Assertion: Climate change adaptation strategies aim to build resilience and reduce vulnerability to the impacts of climate change.

Reason: Adaptation involves implementing measures such as disaster preparedness, infrastructure upgrades, and agricultural adaptation.

Option 1: Both assertion and reason are correct, and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

Option 2: Both assertion and reason are correct, but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

Option 3: Assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.

Option 4: Assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.

Question : ________ is/are an item for which both GST and central excise duty are applicable in India.

Option 1: Alcohol for human consumption

Option 2: Tobacco and tobacco products

Option 3: Petroleum products

Option 4: All the agricultural commodities

Question : Given here are four sentences. The first sentence is in the correct order, while the rest of the sentences are jumbled. Pick the option that gives their correct order.

A. Residents in Ryde, Isle of Wight have been living with a stench from rotting seaweed, which smells like raw sewage.
B. Diggers have been brought in to scoop about 300 tonnes of the washed-up seaweed off the beach.
C. The warm weather has made the odour from the seaweed so pungent it is making people feel sick.
D. It will be taken to agricultural fields on the west of the island and used as fertilizer.

Option 1: ACBD

Option 2: ABDC

Option 3: ADBC

Option 4: ABCD

Question : The Green Revolution in India primarily focused on:  
 

Option 1: Diversifying agricultural crops  
 

Option 2: Increasing the production of food grains  
 

Option 3: Reducing the use of chemical fertilizers  

Option 4: Promoting organic farming  

Question : Which of the following best describes the rural-urban divide in India?

Option 1: The difference in political ideologies between rural and urban areas

Option 2: The disparity in access to healthcare and education

Option 3: The contrast in agricultural and industrial activities

Option 4: The distinction in religious practices

Question : During the Crisis of the Constitutional Order, civil liberties organizations were crucial in:

Option 1: Providing legal aid to political detainees

Option 2: Promoting foreign investment

Option 3: Advocating for agricultural reforms

Option 4: Supporting government initiatives

Question : Statement 1: Agricultural marketing involves the selling of agricultural products.

Statement 2: Agricultural marketing helps farmers reach a wider customer base.

Option 1: Both statement 1 and statement 2 are true.
  

Option 2: Both statement 1 and statement 2 are false.
 

Option 3: Statement 1 is true, but statement 2 is false.

Option 4: Statement 1 is false, but statement 2 is true.

Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
The Black Drongo, also known as the King Crow, is a small Asian bird of the drongo family. Previously, it was seen as a subspecies of the African Fork-tailed Drongo but is now recognised as a full species. It is a common resident breeder in much of tropical southern Asia from southwest Iran through India and Sri Lanka to southern China and Indonesia. It is a wholly black bird with a distinctive forked tail and measures 28 cm in length.
Feeding on insects, it is commonly found in open agricultural areas and light forest areas throughout its range, perching conspicuously on a bare perch or along power or telephone lines.
The species is famous for its aggressive behaviour towards much larger birds, such as crows, and never hesitates to dive-bomb any birds of prey that invade its territory. Smaller birds often nest in the well-guarded vicinity of a nesting Black Drongo.
The Black Drongo has been introduced to some Pacific islands, where it has thrived and become abundant to the point of threatening and causing the extinction of native and endemic bird species there.
Drongos fly with strong flaps of the wing and are capable of fast manoeuvres that enable them to capture flying insects. With short legs, they sit upright on thorny bushes, bare perches or electricity wires. They may also perch on grazing animals.
The Black Drongo is found predominantly in open country and usually perches and hunts close to the ground. They are mostly aerial predators of insects but also glean from the ground or off vegetation.
They are found as summer visitors to northeastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan but are mainly resident south from the Indus Valley up to Bangladesh and into India and Sri Lanka.
Question:
Which aspect of its nature does the bird show to larger birds that attempt to violate its space?

Option 1: Its ability to fly high.

Option 2: Its tendency to sit upright on perches.

Option 3: Its ability to catch flying insects.

Option 4: Its capacity to attack.

Question : What was a major impact of the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka on the country's development?  
   

Option 1: Increased tourism  
      

Option 2: Enhanced agricultural productivity  
   

Option 3: Prolonged civil war  

Option 4: Rapid industrialization  

Question : Which of the following is an example of non-point source pollution?

Option 1: Industrial discharge

Option 2: Sewage treatment plant effluent

Option 3: Oil spill from a tanker

Option 4: Agricultural runoff