Lakshadweep and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands together account for nearly what share of India's Exclusive Economic Zone?
- A.About 15 per cent
- B.About 25 per cent
- C.Nearly 40 per cent
- D.Nearly 60 per cent
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Explanation
The correct answer is nearly 40 per cent. India's Exclusive Economic Zone covers close to 24 lakh square kilometres, and the two island groups between them hold about 40 per cent of it, which is why the fisheries roadmap treats them as the anchors of the blue economy. Their position carries India's reach across the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal and on to the routes along which tuna migrate. About 15 per cent and about 25 per cent are both too small a share to explain why these islands were singled out in the Union Budget for 2025-26 and given separate outlays of Rs 175 crore and Rs 218 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana. Nearly 60 per cent overstates the islands' share, because the mainland coast of roughly 11,099 km accounts for the rest of the zone, within which the marine fisheries potential is put at 58.6 lakh metric tonnes.
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Practice Questions
Which island territory has been notified as a dedicated Seaweed Cluster?
- A.Lakshadweep
- B.Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- C.Daman and Diu
- D.Puducherry
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Its clean lagoon systems suit seaweed farming, and the roadmap envisages large-scale cultivation there along with seed banks, hatcheries and training, so that a dependable seaweed value chain can be built for food, nutraceuticals, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and bio-industrial uses.
Read the full explanation →India's seafood exports in 2025-26 were valued at about how much?
- A.Rs 39,272 crore
- B.Rs 73,890 crore
- C.Rs 1,09,000 crore
- D.Rs 24,000 crore
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Rs 39,272 crore is a different figure from the same roadmap: it is the public investment committed to the fisheries sector through schemes and programmes since 2015, not the value of exports in a single year.
Read the full explanation →What was the highest reduction in the maximum retail price reported for an anti-cancer medicine?
- A.50 per cent
- B.67.45 per cent
- C.85 per cent
- D.96.45 per cent
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The correct answer is 96.45 per cent, the steepest cut in a maximum retail price reported to the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority after it capped trade margins on anti-cancer drugs.
Read the full explanation →What is the estimated annual saving to consumers from the revised prices of anti-cancer medicines?
- A.Rs 1,364 crore
- B.Rs 2,540.38 crore
- C.Rs 3,540.38 crore
- D.Rs 679 crore
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That is the yearly saving the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority expects consumers to make once the reduced maximum retail prices of the anti-cancer formulations are in force from 9 November 2026.
Read the full explanation →Which authority capped the trade margins on the maximum retail price of 137 anti-cancer drugs?
- A.Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation
- B.Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
- C.National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority
- D.Directorate General of Health Services
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The NPPA works under the Department of Pharmaceuticals in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, and it is the body that capped trade margins on the retail prices of 137 anti-cancer drugs, with the revised rates applying from 9 November 2026.
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