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• Suppose you are travelling through a region where:

  1. You are in a high-altitude cold desert located between the Karakoram Range to the north and the Ladakh Range to the south.
  2. It is connected to Leh through the Khardung La Pass, one of the world’s highest motorable mountain passes.
  3. It is strategically important due to its proximity to the Siachen Glacier and the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

  The place described above is:

  • a) Nubra Valley
  • b) Zanskar Valley
  • c) Spiti Valley
  • d) Pangi Valley

• Consider the following description of a country:

  1. It is located in the southeastern region of Europe.
  2. It shares land borders with Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Greece.
  3. It is bounded by the Adriatic Sea to the west and the Ionian Sea to the southwest.
  4. The Drin is one of its principal rivers.

  The country described above is:

  • a) Croatia
  • b) Bulgaria
  • c) Serbia
  • d) Albania

• Consider the following statements regarding the Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC) 2026:

  1. It is a biennial intergovernmental conference organised by the United Nations to review progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
  2. The theme of HSC 2026 is “Together we co-create sustainable development.”
  3. One of the key structural pillars of the conference focuses on Risk, Uncertainty and Conflict.

  Which of the statements given above are correct?

  • a) 2 only
  • b) 2 and 3 only
  • c) 1 and 3 only
  • d) 1, 2 and 3

• Consider the following statements regarding Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC):

  1. It is the world’s largest international maritime exercise hosted by the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet.
  2. It is conducted biennially (once every two years).

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  • a) 1 only
  • b) 2 only
  • c) Both 1 and 2
  • d) Neither 1 nor 2

• Consider the following statements regarding heatwaves in India:

  1. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), a heatwave over the plains requires the maximum temperature to be at least 40°C.
  2. According to the IMD, a severe heatwave is declared when the departure of the maximum temperature from the normal exceeds 6.4°C.

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  • a) 1 only
  • b) 2 only
  • c) Both 1 and 2
  • d) Neither 1 nor 2