1. Recently, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) were used for the first time to drop explosive devices, triggering blasts inside the Air Force Station’s technical area in Jammu. UAV’s are used in which of the following purposes?

1. 1. 1. Package Delivery
   2. 2. in Agriculture for spraying pesticides
   3. 3. Monitoring Environmental Changes
   4. 4. Aerial Photography

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2. With reference to the Drone Rules, 2021, which of the statement(s) given below is/are not correct?

1. 1. 1. No Flight Permission required upto 200 feet in green zones and upto 400 feet in the area between 8 and 12 km from the Airport Perimeter.
   2. 2. No pilot licence required for micro drones (for non-commercial use), nano drone and for R&D organisations.
   3. 3. No restriction on drone operations by foreign-owned Companies registered in India.

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3. Right to Education is enshrined in which of the articles of the Indian Constitution?

1. 1. 1. Article 21A
   2. 2. Article 45
   3. 3. Article 44
   4. 4. Article 47

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4. Consider the following statements:

1. 1. 1. Minority schools are exempted from implementing The Right to Education policy and do not fall under the government’s Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.
   2. 2. Article 15(5) empowers the country to make reservations with regard to admissions into educational institutions both privately run and those that are aided or not aided by the Government.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

5. Which of the given statement/s is/are correct?

1. 1. 1. The One Ocean Summit is organized by UNESCO in cooperation with the World Bank.
   2. 2. The agenda of the One Ocean summit is to build international cooperation for anti-piracy.
   3. 3. The UNESCO is the custodian of unique ocean places, through 232 marine biosphere reserves and 50 marine World Heritage sites of outstanding universal value.

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6. Consider the following statements with respect to Madhvacharya:

1. 1. 1. He is the founder of Tattvavada.
   2. 2. The Bhakti movement vocalist Purandara Dasa was a follower of Madhvacharya’s philosophy.
   3. 3. His name at birth was Ilaya Perumal.

Which of the given statements is/are Incorrect?

7. Which of the following is not included in the assets of a commercial bank in India?

8. Consider the following:

1. 1. 1. Volatile Organic Molecules (VOCs) are carbon-containing chemicals released by vehicular emissions only.
   2. 2. The majority of the VOCs are carcinogenic.
   3. 3. The VOCs can also trigger the formation of Particulate Matter (PM2.5).

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

9. Consider the following, with regard to Vigyan Jyoti Programme

1. 1. 1. It aims to address the underrepresentation of women in different fields of Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
   2. 2. It envisages hand-holding and interventions right from the school level i.e., Class IX and which will continue till the PhD level.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

10. Consider the following, with regard to Nuclear Fusion

1. 1. 1. Fusion requires the presence of uranium/plutonium for the reaction to take place.
   2. 2. Fusion reactions take place in the liquid state of matter.
   3. 3. Tritium, an isotope of hydrogen, is produced during nuclear fusion when the fusion neutrons interact with lithium.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?