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India's territorial limit extends towards the sea up to
India's territorial waters, where it has full sovereignty, extend 12 nautical miles (about 22.2 km) from the baseline of its coast.
Read the full explanation →As per the Cabinet Resolution of 1st January, 2015, the NITI Aayog consists of : 1. Prime Minister of India 2. Governing Council comprising Chief Ministers of all the States and Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories 3. Rural Development Minister 4. Chief Executive Officer to be appointed by the Prime Minister. Select the correct answer using the code given below:
The resolution that created NITI Aayog names the Prime Minister as Chairperson, a Governing Council of Chief Ministers and Lieutenant Governors, and a Chief Executive Officer appointed by the Prime Minister.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following statements is not true for glass ?
This is the false statement: glass cools into an amorphous solid without any regular crystal structure. When molten glass cools, its viscosity rises so quickly that the atoms have no time to arrange themselves in an ordered crystal lattice.
Read the full explanation →An object is launched horizontally from a height of 45 m above the ground with a speed of 10 m/s. The time at which the object will hit the ground is : (Take g = 10 m/s²)
For an object launched horizontally, the time of fall depends only on the height, because its starting vertical speed is zero.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements regarding the delimitation exercise carried out in Assam in 2023 : 1. The delimitation of constituencies was done on the basis of 2001 census. 2. No increase was made in the number of ST Assembly seats. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The 2023 delimitation in Assam used the 2001 Census figures, but it raised the number of Assembly seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes.
Read the full explanation →The coastal drive test released by TRAI ran between which two points?
The correct answer is Port Blair to Havelock, the coastal stretch covered in the island drive test alongside a city drive in South Andaman district, ten hotspot locations and a walk test.
Read the full explanation →Which of these is NOT a parameter captured during a TRAI Independent Drive Test?
During an Independent Drive Test the regulator captures coverage gap, which is the share of samples with signal strength below the prescribed minimum for the technology in use, and for voice it records Call Setup Success Rate, Drop Call Rate, call setup time, call silence rate and speech quality on…
Read the full explanation →Which operator recorded the highest average download speed in the Kolkata area drive test?
The correct answer is RJIL, which averaged 297.95 Mbps on its 5G and 4G networks in parts of Kolkata city and the Howrah and Hooghly districts.
Read the full explanation →Under which Licensed Service Area was the TRAI drive test in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands conducted?
For telecom licensing the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are grouped with West Bengal, and the drive test across South Andaman district and the coastal route from Port Blair to Havelock was conducted under that service area during August 2026, supervised by the regulator regional office at Kolkata.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following was NOT among the five sovereign commitments outlined at the workshop?
Professor R. R. Sonde of IIT Delhi-Abu Dhabi, the Guest of Honour, outlined five sovereign commitments covering energy independence, economic development, net-zero emissions and industrial decarbonisation, universal energy access, and a clean environment.
Read the full explanation →Where was the workshop commemorating National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day held?
The correct answer is the IIT Madras Research Park in Chennai, where the 9th Workshop on Recent Advancements in Hydrogen Value Chain was held on 13 October 2026.
Read the full explanation →The 9th Workshop on Recent Advancements in Hydrogen Value Chain was organised by which centre?
It organised the workshop at the IIT Madras Research Park in Chennai to commemorate National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day, and about 150 delegates from academia, research institutes and industry attended.
Read the full explanation →Which organisation is organising this edition of ESTIC?
The correct answer is the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, usually written as CSIR, which is organising this year edition of the conclave.
Read the full explanation →How many Technology Innovation Hubs has DST established under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems?
The DST Secretary, Professor Umesh Waghmare, said the department has set up that many Technology Innovation Hubs under the mission, and named TiHAN at IIT Hyderabad, IHFC at IIT Delhi and ARTPARK at IISc Bengaluru as examples.
Read the full explanation →What is the theme of ESTIC 2026?
Professor Abhay Karandikar, Member of NITI Aayog and the Chief Guest at the curtain-raiser, called the theme apt because it speaks of the creative minds that work on scientific innovations and then turn them into technologies that serve society.
Read the full explanation →Where and when will ESTIC 2026 be held?
The curtain-raiser announced that the second edition of the Emerging Science, Technology and Innovation Conclave will be held there, and that this edition is being organised by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.
Read the full explanation →In which year was a separate Ministry of AYUSH established, as recalled by the Vice-President?
Speaking about the place of traditional medicine in India, the Vice-President recalled the creation of a separate Ministry of AYUSH in that year and the work it has since done to strengthen education, expand healthcare services and promote scientific research.
Read the full explanation →Which of these was NOT launched by the Vice-President at the AIIA event?
At the inaugural ceremony the Vice-President inaugurated the AYUSH Start-up Portal, the AIIA-iCAINE website and the Ayurveda Digital Innovation and Venture Acceleration Facility, known by its short name AyuDIVA, and he launched the Vamana App together with the Panchakarma Assessment App.
Read the full explanation →KAUMARACON-2026 was an international conference on which branch of Ayurveda?
The theme of the third edition was Shaping the Future of Child Health: Global Perspectives, Research Innovations, and Clinical Frontiers in Kaumarabhritya, and the Vice-President said it reflected a shared duty to let every child grow up healthy and well nurtured.
Read the full explanation →Who inaugurated the third edition of KAUMARACON-2026 at the All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi?
The correct answer is the Vice-President of India, Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, who opened the conference in New Delhi and used the address to call for stronger scientific research into Ayurveda so that the efficacy of traditional practices is established and their acceptance abroad grows.
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