Quiz Content

• Consider the following description:

  A biome marked by a continuous grass cover with scattered trees and distinct wet and dry seasons. It occurs in tropical regions with moderate rainfall, supporting diverse grasses and large herbivores, and is found in the East African plains, parts of South America, northern Australia, and in India across the Deccan Plateau, Terai–Duar belt, and parts of western India.

  Which of the following ecosystems is described above?

  • a) Tropical Rainforest
  • b) Temperate Grassland
  • c) Tropical Thorn Forest
  • d) Savanna

• Which of the following became the first insect to be granted legal rights?

  • a) Honey bee
  • b) Dragonfly
  • c) Stingless bees
  • d) Butterfly

• With reference to the Sangita Kalanidhi Award, consider the following statements:

  1. It was instituted by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
  2. It is regarded as the highest honour for excellence in Hindustani classical music.
  3. Violinist R.K. Shriramkumar has been conferred the Sangita Kalanidhi Award in 2025.

  How many of the statements given above are correct?

  • a) Only one
  • b) Only two
  • c) All three
  • d) None

• With reference to copper, consider the following statements:

  1. Chile possesses the largest proven copper reserves in the world.
  2. The Malanjkhand copper mine, located in Rajasthan, is the largest open-pit copper mine in India.

  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

• The term PathGennie, recently seen in the news, refers to:

  • a) A vaccine development programme launched by the Ministry of Health
  • b) An open-source computational software for accelerating drug discovery
  • c) A genomic sequencing facility set up in India
  • d) A satellite-based disease surveillance system