Question : Biosphere Reserve of India, Nanda Devi (UNESCO) is located in the state of :

Option 1: Uttarakhand

Option 2: Sikkim

Option 3: Meghalaya

Option 4: Himachal Pradesh

Question : Which of the following is a major inland waterway in India?

Option 1: National Waterway 1

Option 2: National Highway 1

Option 3: State Highway 1

Option 4: Golden Quadrilateral

Question : Which state in India had the highest percentage of the Hindu population in 2011?

Option 1: Uttar Pradesh

Option 2: Rajasthan

Option 3: Himachal Pradesh

Option 4: Andhra Pradesh

Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
In India, as perhaps in many other countries of the world, trees have been held in veneration since______ times.

Option 1: vintage

Option 2: ancient

Option 3: antique

Option 4: retro

Question : In which year was the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) set up?

Option 1: 1990

Option 2: 1988

Option 3: 1989

Option 4: 1987

Question : The Kashmir issue has been a point of contention between India and Pakistan since which year? 

Option 1: 1947

Option 2: 1950

Option 3: 1962

Option 4: 1971

Question : Which organization was established to oversee the process of disinvestment and privatization of public sector enterprises in India?

Option 1: Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

Option 2: Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

Option 3: Ministry of Finance

Option 4: Department of Disinvestment

Question : For how much time the President's Rule can be extended in India with the approval of Parliament every six months?

Option 1: 6 months 

Option 2: 1 year

Option 3: 2 years 

Option 4: 3 years 

Question : Case Study 13: Startup India Initiative

A group of young entrepreneurs founded a technology startup with an innovative software product. They applied for the Startup India initiative, which provided various benefits and exemptions to support their business.

Question:

How did the Startup India initiative benefit the tech startup?

Option 1: By increasing their taxes
   

Option 2: By providing benefits and exemptions
   

Option 3: By limiting their access to funding

Option 4: By promoting overseas competition

Question : Comprehension:

Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.

Wetlands are amongst the most productive ecosystems on the Earth and provide many important services to human society. They exhibit enormous diversity according to their genesis, geographical location, water regime and chemistry, dominant species, and soil and sediment characteristics. Globally, the area extent of wetland ecosystems ranges from 917 million hectares (m ha) to more than 1275 m ha. One of the first widely used wetland classification systems, devised by Cowardin et al., 1979, categorised wetlands into marine (coastal wetlands), estuarine (including deltas, tidal marshes, and mangrove swamps), lacustrine (lakes), riverine (along rivers and streams), and palustrine ( marshes, swamps and bogs) based on their hydrological, ecological and geological characteristics.The 

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands was an international treaty signed in 1971. Overall, 1052 sites in Europe; 289 sites in Asia; 359 sites in Africa; 175 sites in South America; 211 sites in North America; and 79 sites in the Oceania region have been identified as Ramsar sites or wetlands of International importance. As per the Ramsar Convention definition most of the natural water bodies (such as rivers, lakes, coastal lagoons, mangroves, peat land, coral reefs) and man-made wetlands (such as ponds, farm ponds, irrigated fields, sacred groves, salt pans, reservoirs, gravel pits, sewage farms and canals) in India constitute the wetland ecosystem distributed in different geographical regions ranging from Himalayas to Deccan plateau. As of February 2022, India has 49 Ramsar sites covering an area of 10,93,636 hectares, the highest in South Asia. As per the estimates, India has about 757.06 thousand wetlands with a total wetland area of 15.3 m ha, accounting for nearly 4.7% of the total geographical area of the country. Out of this, areas under inland wetlands account for 69%, coastal wetlands 27%, and other wetlands (smaller than 2.25 ha) 4%. Gujarat has the highest proportion (17.5%) and Mizoram has the lowest proportion (0.66%) of the area under wetlands. Among Union Territories, Lakshadweep has the highest proportion (around 96%) and Chandigarh has the lowest proportion (3%) of the geographical area under wetlands.

Question:

In India, what kind of wetlands occupy the largest area?

Option 1: coastal wetlands

Option 2: mangrove swamps

Option 3: inland wetlands

Option 4: small wetlands