General Knowledge MCQ â Set : 1 // About BRICS
Q. What is the budget of Chandrayaan-3 ? āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨-ā§Šā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ ?
A) āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ âš1,250 āĻā§āĻāĻŋ / Approximately âš1,250 crore B) āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ âš789 āĻā§āĻāĻŋ / Approximately âš789 crore
C) āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ âš615 āĻā§āĻāĻŋ / Approximately âš615 crore D) āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ âš320 āĻā§āĻāĻŋ / Approximately âš320 crore
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: C) āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ âš615 āĻā§āĻāĻŋ / Approximately âš615 crore
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨-ā§Š āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§° āĻŽā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ âš615 āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžā§° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§°āĻ¤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ âš250 āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻļāĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨/āĻŽāĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻ˛āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻšā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ âš365 āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ¸ā§ā§ąāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ§ā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ (The total cost of the Chandrayaan-3 mission was approximately âš615 crore, including about âš250 crore for the spacecraft components and âš365 crore for launch services.)
Q. Which fuel was used to power the second phase of Chandrayaan-3 ? āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨-ā§Šā§° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§° āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ?
A) āĻ¤ā§°āĻ˛ āĻ
āĻā§āĻ¸āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¨ / Liquid Oxygen B) āĻšāĻžāĻāĻĄā§ā§°āĻā§āĻ¨ / Hydrogen
C) āĻ¤ā§°āĻ˛ āĻ
āĻā§āĻ¸āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻā§°ā§ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻĄā§ā§°āĻā§āĻ¨ / Liquid Oxygen and Hydrogen D) āĻāĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¨āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ / None of these
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: D) āĻāĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¨āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ / None of these
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ L110-āĻ¤ UH25 āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ¨ āĻā§°ā§ NâOâ āĻ āĻā§āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĄāĻžāĻāĻāĻžā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§ A, B āĻŦāĻž C āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻ¨āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ (The L110 second stage used UH25 as fuel and NâOâ as oxidizer. Therefore, the correct option is D) None of these.)
Q) ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ŧ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤ BRICS-ā§° āĻ āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻž āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻļā§ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§ ? Which country holds the BRICS Chairmanship in 2026 ?
A) Brazil / āĻŦā§ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ B) India / āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ C) China / āĻā§āĻ¨ D) Russia / ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: B) India / āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ ā§§ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§ ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ŧā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž BRICS-ā§° āĻāĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻŦāĻžā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻˇ āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Q) ā§§ā§ŽāĻ¤āĻŽ BRICS āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻˇ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛āĻ¨ ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ŧ āĻ'āĻ¤ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ? Where was the 18th BRICS Summit 2026 held ?
A) Mumbai / āĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ B) Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi / āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻĒāĻŽ, āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ā§ C) Gurugram / āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽ D) Kolkata / āĻāĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻž
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: B) Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi / āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻĒāĻŽ, āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ā§
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: ā§§ā§ŽāĻ¤āĻŽ BRICS Summit ā§§ā§¨–ā§§ā§Š āĻā§āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§° ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§ŦāĻ¤ Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi-āĻ¤ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
Q) ā§§ā§ŽāĻ¤āĻŽ BRICS āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻˇ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛āĻ¨ ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ŧ āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ? When was the 18th BRICS Summit 2026 held ?
A) 10–11 September / ā§§ā§Ļ–ā§§ā§§ āĻā§āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§° B) 12–13 September / ā§§ā§¨–ā§§ā§Š āĻā§āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§° C) 15–16 September / ā§§ā§Ģ–ā§§ā§Ŧ āĻā§āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§° D) 20–21 September / ā§¨ā§Ļ–ā§¨ā§§ āĻā§āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§°
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: B) 12–13 September / ā§§ā§¨–ā§§ā§Š āĻā§āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§°
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: Summit āĻĻā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛—ā§§ā§¨ āĻā§°ā§ ā§§ā§Š āĻā§āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§° ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§ŦāĨ¤
Q) ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ŧ BRICS āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻˇ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛āĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻ āĻāĻļāĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž ā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻā§ā§°āĻ¸āĻāĻā§° āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻˇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻā§āĻ¨ ? Who was the senior UN official who attended the 2026 BRICS Summit ?
A) António Guterres / āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ ' āĻā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻ B) Ban Ki-moon / āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻŋ-āĻŽā§āĻ¨ C) Kofi Annan / āĻā§āĻĢāĻŋ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ D) Tedros Adhanom / āĻā§āĻĄā§ā§°'āĻ āĻāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻŽ
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: A) António Guterres / āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ ' āĻā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻ
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: UN Secretary-General António Guterres-āĻ Summit-āĻ¤ āĻ āĻāĻļāĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
Q) BRICS-ā§° āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§āĻļāĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻšā§° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§°āĻ¤ āĻļā§āĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻļā§ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻĒāĻĻ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ? Which country most recently became a full member of BRICS ?
A) Saudi Arabia / āĻā§āĻĻāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ą B) Indonesia / āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄā§āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž C) Egypt / āĻāĻāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤ D) Ethiopia / āĻāĻĨāĻŋāĻāĻĒāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: B) Indonesia / āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄā§āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄā§āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ģ āĻāĻ¨ā§° āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§āĻ¤ BRICS-ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
Q) BRICS-ā§° āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻ¸āĻšāĻ¯ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻž āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ? Which bank was established for BRICS economic and development cooperation ?
A) Asian Development Bank / āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĄā§āĻā§āĻ˛āĻĒāĻŽā§āĻŖā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ B) New Development Bank / āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻĄā§āĻā§āĻ˛āĻĒāĻŽā§āĻŖā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ C) World Bank / āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ D) Asian Infrastructure Bank / āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ¨āĻĢā§ā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻāĻāĻžā§° āĻŦā§āĻāĻ
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: B) New Development Bank (NDB) / āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻĄā§āĻā§āĻ˛āĻĒāĻŽā§āĻŖā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: BRICS āĻĻā§āĻļāĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻšā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨āĻŽā§āĻ˛āĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ New Development Bank (NDB) āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
Q) āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¤āĻŽ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ BRICS-ā§° āĻ āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻž āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§ ? For how many times has India held the BRICS Chairmanship ?
A) Second / āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻŦāĻžā§° B) Third / āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻŦāĻžā§° C) Fourth / āĻāĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻŦāĻžā§° D) Fifth / āĻĒāĻā§āĻāĻŽāĻŦāĻžā§°
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: C) Fourth / āĻāĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻŦāĻžā§°
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§° āĻāĻā§° āĻ āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻžā§° āĻŦāĻā§° āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ 2012, 2016 āĻā§°ā§ 2021; ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ŧ āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻŦāĻžā§°āĨ¤
Q) ā§§ā§§āĻ¤āĻŽ BRICS Energy Ministers’ Meeting ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ŧ āĻ'āĻ¤ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ? Where was the 11th BRICS Energy Ministers’ Meeting held in 2026 ?
A) New Delhi / āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ā§ B) Mumbai / āĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ C) Gurugram / āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽ D) Bengaluru / āĻŦā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ā§°ā§
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: C) Gurugram / āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽ
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: ā§§ā§§āĻ¤āĻŽ BRICS Energy Ministers’ Meeting ā§¨ā§Ģ–ā§¨ā§Ŧ āĻā§āĻ¨ ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§ŦāĻ¤ Gurugram, Haryana-āĻ¤ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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Q) BRICS-ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻĒāĻ āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§āĻļāĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻš āĻā§āĻ¨āĻā§āĻāĻāĻ¨ ? Which countries were the founding members of BRICS ?
A) Brazil, Russia, India, China / āĻŦā§ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ˛, ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤, āĻā§āĻ¨ B) Brazil, India, China, South Africa / āĻŦā§ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤, āĻā§āĻ¨, āĻĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻŖ āĻāĻĢā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻž C) India, Russia, China, Iran / āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤, ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻā§āĻ¨, āĻā§°āĻžāĻŖ D) Brazil, India, Egypt, China / āĻŦā§ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤, āĻāĻāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤, āĻā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: A) Brazil, Russia, India, China / āĻŦā§ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ˛, ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤, āĻā§āĻ¨
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: āĻŽā§āĻ˛ BRIC-āĻ¤ Brazil, Russia, India āĻā§°ā§ China āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ South Africa ā§¨ā§Ļā§§ā§Ļ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ¤ BRICS āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
Q) ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ŧ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§° BRICS āĻ āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻžā§° āĻ āĻ§ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤ Energy Track-ā§° āĻŽā§āĻ˛ theme āĻāĻŋ ? What was the main theme of the Energy Track under India’s 2026 BRICS Chairship ?
A) Energy for All / āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ āĻā§°ā§āĻāĻŽā§ B) Green Energy for India / āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ C) One Energy, One World / āĻāĻ āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ, āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ D) Energy First / āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: A) Energy for All / āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ āĻā§°ā§āĻāĻŽā§
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§° Energy Track-ā§° theme āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ “ā¤¸ā¤°āĨā¤ĩāĨā¤ˇā¤žā¤ ā¤ā¤°āĨā¤ā¤ŽāĨ” (Energy for All), āĻ¯āĻžā§° āĻ˛āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¸āĻžā§°ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ-āĻĒā§ā§°ā§ąā§āĻļ āĻā§°ā§ āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§ā§°āĻā§āĻˇāĻžā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻšāĻ¯ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻā§°āĻžāĨ¤
Q) ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ŧ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤ BRICS-ā§° āĻŽā§āĻ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§āĻļā§° āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ ? How many full member countries does BRICS have in 2026 ?
A) 9 B) 10 C) 11 D) 12
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: C) 11
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§ŦāĻ¤ BRICS-ā§° ā§§ā§§āĻāĻ¨ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§āĻļ āĻšā§āĻā§: Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa āĻā§°ā§ UAE.
Q) BRICS-ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¸āĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ? When did the first major expansion of BRICS take place ?
A) 2010 B) 2012 C) 2015 D) 2024
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: A) 2010
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: South Africa ā§¨ā§Ļā§§ā§Ļ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤ BRIC-āĻ¤ āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻā§ BRICS āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ē āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ¨ā§° āĻŦā§āĻšā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¸āĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
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Q. What is the budget of Chandrayaan-3 ? āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨-ā§Šā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ ?
A) āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ âš1,250 āĻā§āĻāĻŋ / Approximately âš1,250 crore B) āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ âš789 āĻā§āĻāĻŋ / Approximately âš789 crore
C) āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ âš615 āĻā§āĻāĻŋ / Approximately âš615 crore D) āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ âš320 āĻā§āĻāĻŋ / Approximately âš320 crore
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: C) āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ âš615 āĻā§āĻāĻŋ / Approximately âš615 crore
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨-ā§Š āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§° āĻŽā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ âš615 āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžā§° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§°āĻ¤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ âš250 āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻļāĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨/āĻŽāĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻ˛āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻšā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ âš365 āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ¸ā§ā§ąāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ§ā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ (The total cost of the Chandrayaan-3 mission was approximately âš615 crore, including about âš250 crore for the spacecraft components and âš365 crore for launch services.)
Q. Which fuel was used to power the second phase of Chandrayaan-3 ? āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨-ā§Šā§° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§° āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ?
A) āĻ¤ā§°āĻ˛ āĻ
āĻā§āĻ¸āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¨ / Liquid Oxygen B) āĻšāĻžāĻāĻĄā§ā§°āĻā§āĻ¨ / Hydrogen
C) āĻ¤ā§°āĻ˛ āĻ
āĻā§āĻ¸āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻā§°ā§ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻĄā§ā§°āĻā§āĻ¨ / Liquid Oxygen and Hydrogen D) āĻāĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¨āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ / None of these
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: D) āĻāĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¨āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ / None of these
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ L110-āĻ¤ UH25 āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ¨ āĻā§°ā§ NâOâ āĻ āĻā§āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĄāĻžāĻāĻāĻžā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§ A, B āĻŦāĻž C āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻ¨āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ (The L110 second stage used UH25 as fuel and NâOâ as oxidizer. Therefore, the correct option is D) None of these.)
Q) ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ŧ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤ BRICS-ā§° āĻ āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻž āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻļā§ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§ ? Which country holds the BRICS Chairmanship in 2026 ?
A) Brazil / āĻŦā§ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ B) India / āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ C) China / āĻā§āĻ¨ D) Russia / ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: B) India / āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ ā§§ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§ ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ŧā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž BRICS-ā§° āĻāĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻŦāĻžā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻˇ āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Q) ā§§ā§ŽāĻ¤āĻŽ BRICS āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻˇ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛āĻ¨ ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ŧ āĻ'āĻ¤ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ? Where was the 18th BRICS Summit 2026 held ?
A) Mumbai / āĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ B) Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi / āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻĒāĻŽ, āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ā§ C) Gurugram / āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽ D) Kolkata / āĻāĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻž
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: B) Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi / āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻĒāĻŽ, āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ā§
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: ā§§ā§ŽāĻ¤āĻŽ BRICS Summit ā§§ā§¨–ā§§ā§Š āĻā§āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§° ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§ŦāĻ¤ Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi-āĻ¤ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
Q) ā§§ā§ŽāĻ¤āĻŽ BRICS āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻˇ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛āĻ¨ ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ŧ āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ? When was the 18th BRICS Summit 2026 held ?
A) 10–11 September / ā§§ā§Ļ–ā§§ā§§ āĻā§āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§° B) 12–13 September / ā§§ā§¨–ā§§ā§Š āĻā§āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§° C) 15–16 September / ā§§ā§Ģ–ā§§ā§Ŧ āĻā§āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§° D) 20–21 September / ā§¨ā§Ļ–ā§¨ā§§ āĻā§āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§°
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: B) 12–13 September / ā§§ā§¨–ā§§ā§Š āĻā§āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§°
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: Summit āĻĻā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛—ā§§ā§¨ āĻā§°ā§ ā§§ā§Š āĻā§āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§° ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§ŦāĨ¤
Q) ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ŧ BRICS āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻˇ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛āĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻ āĻāĻļāĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž ā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻā§ā§°āĻ¸āĻāĻā§° āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻˇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻā§āĻ¨ ? Who was the senior UN official who attended the 2026 BRICS Summit ?
A) António Guterres / āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ ' āĻā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻ B) Ban Ki-moon / āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻŋ-āĻŽā§āĻ¨ C) Kofi Annan / āĻā§āĻĢāĻŋ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ D) Tedros Adhanom / āĻā§āĻĄā§ā§°'āĻ āĻāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻŽ
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: A) António Guterres / āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ ' āĻā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻ
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: UN Secretary-General António Guterres-āĻ Summit-āĻ¤ āĻ āĻāĻļāĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
Q) BRICS-ā§° āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§āĻļāĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻšā§° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§°āĻ¤ āĻļā§āĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻļā§ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻĒāĻĻ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ? Which country most recently became a full member of BRICS ?
A) Saudi Arabia / āĻā§āĻĻāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ą B) Indonesia / āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄā§āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž C) Egypt / āĻāĻāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤ D) Ethiopia / āĻāĻĨāĻŋāĻāĻĒāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: B) Indonesia / āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄā§āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄā§āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ģ āĻāĻ¨ā§° āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§āĻ¤ BRICS-ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
Q) BRICS-ā§° āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻ¸āĻšāĻ¯ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻž āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ? Which bank was established for BRICS economic and development cooperation ?
A) Asian Development Bank / āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĄā§āĻā§āĻ˛āĻĒāĻŽā§āĻŖā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ B) New Development Bank / āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻĄā§āĻā§āĻ˛āĻĒāĻŽā§āĻŖā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ C) World Bank / āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ D) Asian Infrastructure Bank / āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ¨āĻĢā§ā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻāĻāĻžā§° āĻŦā§āĻāĻ
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: B) New Development Bank (NDB) / āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻĄā§āĻā§āĻ˛āĻĒāĻŽā§āĻŖā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: BRICS āĻĻā§āĻļāĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻšā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨āĻŽā§āĻ˛āĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ New Development Bank (NDB) āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
Q) āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¤āĻŽ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ BRICS-ā§° āĻ āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻž āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§ ? For how many times has India held the BRICS Chairmanship ?
A) Second / āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻŦāĻžā§° B) Third / āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻŦāĻžā§° C) Fourth / āĻāĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻŦāĻžā§° D) Fifth / āĻĒāĻā§āĻāĻŽāĻŦāĻžā§°
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: C) Fourth / āĻāĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻŦāĻžā§°
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§° āĻāĻā§° āĻ āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻžā§° āĻŦāĻā§° āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ 2012, 2016 āĻā§°ā§ 2021; ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ŧ āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻŦāĻžā§°āĨ¤
Q) ā§§ā§§āĻ¤āĻŽ BRICS Energy Ministers’ Meeting ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ŧ āĻ'āĻ¤ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ? Where was the 11th BRICS Energy Ministers’ Meeting held in 2026 ?
A) New Delhi / āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ā§ B) Mumbai / āĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ C) Gurugram / āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽ D) Bengaluru / āĻŦā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ā§°ā§
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: C) Gurugram / āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽ
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: ā§§ā§§āĻ¤āĻŽ BRICS Energy Ministers’ Meeting ā§¨ā§Ģ–ā§¨ā§Ŧ āĻā§āĻ¨ ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§ŦāĻ¤ Gurugram, Haryana-āĻ¤ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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Q) BRICS-ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻĒāĻ āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§āĻļāĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻš āĻā§āĻ¨āĻā§āĻāĻāĻ¨ ? Which countries were the founding members of BRICS ?
A) Brazil, Russia, India, China / āĻŦā§ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ˛, ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤, āĻā§āĻ¨ B) Brazil, India, China, South Africa / āĻŦā§ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤, āĻā§āĻ¨, āĻĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻŖ āĻāĻĢā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻž C) India, Russia, China, Iran / āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤, ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻā§āĻ¨, āĻā§°āĻžāĻŖ D) Brazil, India, Egypt, China / āĻŦā§ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤, āĻāĻāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤, āĻā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: A) Brazil, Russia, India, China / āĻŦā§ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ˛, ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤, āĻā§āĻ¨
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: āĻŽā§āĻ˛ BRIC-āĻ¤ Brazil, Russia, India āĻā§°ā§ China āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ South Africa ā§¨ā§Ļā§§ā§Ļ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ¤ BRICS āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
Q) ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ŧ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§° BRICS āĻ āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻžā§° āĻ āĻ§ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤ Energy Track-ā§° āĻŽā§āĻ˛ theme āĻāĻŋ ? What was the main theme of the Energy Track under India’s 2026 BRICS Chairship ?
A) Energy for All / āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ āĻā§°ā§āĻāĻŽā§ B) Green Energy for India / āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ C) One Energy, One World / āĻāĻ āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ, āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ D) Energy First / āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: A) Energy for All / āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ āĻā§°ā§āĻāĻŽā§
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§° Energy Track-ā§° theme āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ “ā¤¸ā¤°āĨā¤ĩāĨā¤ˇā¤žā¤ ā¤ā¤°āĨā¤ā¤ŽāĨ” (Energy for All), āĻ¯āĻžā§° āĻ˛āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¸āĻžā§°ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ-āĻĒā§ā§°ā§ąā§āĻļ āĻā§°ā§ āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§ā§°āĻā§āĻˇāĻžā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻšāĻ¯ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻā§°āĻžāĨ¤
Q) ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ŧ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤ BRICS-ā§° āĻŽā§āĻ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§āĻļā§° āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ ? How many full member countries does BRICS have in 2026 ?
A) 9 B) 10 C) 11 D) 12
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: C) 11
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§ŦāĻ¤ BRICS-ā§° ā§§ā§§āĻāĻ¨ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§āĻļ āĻšā§āĻā§: Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa āĻā§°ā§ UAE.
Q) BRICS-ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¸āĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ? When did the first major expansion of BRICS take place ?
A) 2010 B) 2012 C) 2015 D) 2024
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: A) 2010
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: South Africa ā§¨ā§Ļā§§ā§Ļ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤ BRIC-āĻ¤ āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻā§ BRICS āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ē āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ¨ā§° āĻŦā§āĻšā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¸āĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
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Q. āĻ¸ā§ā§°ā§āĻ¯ā§° āĻĒā§āĻšā§° āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ˛āĻžāĻā§ ? How much time does sunlight take to reach the Earth ?
[A] ā§Ŧ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŖā§āĻĄ / 6 minutes 20 seconds [B] ā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŖā§āĻĄ / 7 minutes 20 seconds
[C] ā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ ā§Ģā§Ļ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŖā§āĻĄ / 7 minutes 50 seconds [D] ā§Ž āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŖā§āĻĄ / 8 minutes 20 seconds
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: [D] ā§Ž āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŖā§āĻĄ / 8 minutes 20 seconds
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: āĻ¸ā§ā§°ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻā§° āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĻā§ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§§ā§Ģ āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āĻšā§°ā§° āĻŦā§āĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§Š āĻ˛āĻžāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°/āĻā§āĻā§āĻŖā§āĻĄāĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¸ā§ā§°ā§āĻ¯ā§° āĻĒā§āĻšā§° āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻšāĻŋāĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ ā§Ž āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ˛āĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Q. Who constructed the Umananda Temple ? āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋā§° āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ?
A) āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻ§ā§° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻš B) ā§°ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻš C) āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŽāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻš D) āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻš
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: A) āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻ§ā§° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻš (Gadadhar Singha)
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: āĻāĻšā§āĻŽ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§°ā§āĻāĻĻā§āĻ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻ§ā§° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻšā§° āĻ¨āĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻā§āĻļāĻ¤ ā§§ā§Ŧā§¯ā§Ē āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋā§° āĻ¨āĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋā§°āĻā§ āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻā§ā§° āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒāĻ¤ āĻ ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤
Q. Which Schedule of the Constitution of India is related to the Panchayati Raj System ? āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§° āĻ¸āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§° āĻā§āĻ¨āĻā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻžāĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ ?
A) 8th Schedule / āĻ āĻˇā§āĻāĻŽ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§ B) 10th Schedule / āĻĻāĻļāĻŽ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§ C) 11th Schedule / āĻāĻāĻžāĻĻāĻļ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§ D) 12th Schedule / āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻļ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: C) 11th Schedule / āĻāĻāĻžāĻĻāĻļ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: 11th Schedule-āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻšā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ 29āĻāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992-ā§° āĻā§°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻāĻ¯ā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
Trick: i. Panchayat → 11th Schedule → 73rd Amendment, ii. Municipality → 12th Schedule → 74th Amendment
Q. Who was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj ? “āĻŦā§ā§°āĻšā§āĻŽ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ”ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻĒāĻ āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ?
A) āĻāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻā§° B) ā§°āĻŦā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻ¨āĻžāĻĨ āĻ āĻžāĻā§ā§° C) ā§°āĻžāĻāĻž ā§°āĻžāĻŽāĻŽā§āĻšāĻ¨ ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ D) āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻˇ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻŦāĻ¸ā§
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: C) ā§°āĻžāĻāĻž ā§°āĻžāĻŽāĻŽā§āĻšāĻ¨ ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ (Raja Ram Mohan Roy)
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: ā§°āĻžāĻāĻž ā§°āĻžāĻŽāĻŽā§āĻšāĻ¨ ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ ā§§ā§Žā§¨ā§Ž āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻāĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ āĻŦā§ā§°āĻšā§āĻŽ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ āĻāĻā§āĻļā§āĻŦā§°āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻā§°ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžā§°ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āĻ¤ āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
Q. Who composed the song “Vande Mataram” ? “āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§°āĻŽ” āĻā§āĻ¤āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ ā§°āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ?
A) ā§°āĻŦā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻ¨āĻžāĻĨ āĻ āĻžāĻā§ā§° B) āĻŦāĻāĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ C) āĻ āĻŽā§°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ D) āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻŦāĻ¸ā§
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: B) āĻŦāĻāĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ (Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay)
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: “āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§°āĻŽ” āĻā§āĻ¤āĻā§ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ ā§°āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ āĻ¤ā§āĻāĻā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŽāĻ (Anandamath)-ā§° āĻ āĻāĻļāĨ¤
Q. Who founded the “Jhansi Rani Regiment” ? “āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ ā§°āĻžāĻŖā§ ā§°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ” āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ?
A) āĻā§ąāĻžāĻšā§°āĻ˛āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ¨ā§āĻšā§°ā§ B) ā§°āĻžāĻāĻž ā§°āĻžāĻŽāĻŽā§āĻšāĻ¨ ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ C) ā§°āĻžāĻŽāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§°āĻŽāĻšāĻāĻ¸ D) āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻˇ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻŦāĻ¸ā§
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: D) āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻˇ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻŦāĻ¸ā§ (Subhas Chandra Bose)
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: Subhas Chandra Bose formed the Rani of Jhansi Regiment, the women’s regiment of the Indian National Army (INA). Captain Lakshmi Swaminathan led the regiment. (āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻˇ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻŦāĻ¸ā§ā§ąā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻĢā§āĻ (INA)-ā§° āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ ā§°āĻžāĻŖā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ ā§°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻāĻ āĻ¨ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻā§āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻ˛āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻŽā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻĨāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ ā§°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ¨ā§āĻā§° āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤)
Q. Who constructed the Umananda Temple ? āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋā§° āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ?
A) āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻ§ā§° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻš B) ā§°ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻš C) āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŽāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻš D) āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻš
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: A) āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻ§ā§° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻš (Gadadhar Singha)
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: The Umananda Temple was constructed in 1694 under the patronage of Ahom King Gadadhar Singha. It is located on Umananda Island in the Brahmaputra River at Guwahati. (āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋā§° āĻāĻšā§āĻŽ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§°ā§āĻāĻĻā§āĻ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻ§ā§° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻšā§° āĻĒā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻˇāĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ ā§§ā§Ŧā§¯ā§Ē āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋā§° āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻā§ā§° āĻŦā§ā§°āĻšā§āĻŽāĻĒā§āĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻ¨āĻĻā§ā§° āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒāĻ¤ āĻ ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤)
Q. Who was the founder of the “Brahmo Samaj” ? “āĻŦā§ā§°āĻšā§āĻŽ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ”ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻĒāĻ āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ?
A) āĻāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻā§° B) ā§°āĻŦā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻ¨āĻžāĻĨ āĻ āĻžāĻā§ā§° C) ā§°āĻžāĻāĻž ā§°āĻžāĻŽāĻŽā§āĻšāĻ¨ ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ D) āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻˇ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻŦāĻ¸ā§
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: C) ā§°āĻžāĻāĻž ā§°āĻžāĻŽāĻŽā§āĻšāĻ¨ ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ (Raja Ram Mohan Roy)
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded the Brahmo Samaj in 1828 in Calcutta. He was an important social reformer who worked against social evils and promoted monotheism and modern education. (ā§°āĻžāĻāĻž ā§°āĻžāĻŽāĻŽā§āĻšāĻ¨ ā§°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ ā§§ā§Žā§¨ā§Ž āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻāĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ āĻŦā§ā§°āĻšā§āĻŽ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ¤ā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžā§°āĻ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻā§°ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻā§-āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ā§ āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤)
Q. Which Schedule of the Constitution of India is related to the “Panchayati Raj System” ? āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§° āĻ¸āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§° āĻā§āĻ¨āĻā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻžāĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ ?
A) 8th Schedule / āĻ āĻˇā§āĻāĻŽ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§ B) 10th Schedule / āĻĻāĻļāĻŽ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§ C) 11th Schedule / āĻāĻāĻžāĻĻāĻļ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§ D) 12th Schedule / āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻļ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§
āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§° / Ans: C) 11th Schedule / āĻāĻāĻžāĻĻāĻļ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž / Explanation: The 11th Schedule of the Indian Constitution deals with the powers and responsibilities of Panchayats. It contains 29 subjects. It was added by the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992. (āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻĻāĻļ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§ (11th Schedule)-āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤ā§° āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽāĻ¤āĻž āĻā§°ā§ āĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ ā§¨ā§¯āĻāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§ ā§ā§ŠāĻ¤āĻŽ āĻ¸āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻāĻļā§āĻ§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻāĻ¨, ā§§ā§¯ā§¯ā§¨-ā§° āĻā§°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻāĻ¯ā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤)