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• The Shaksgam Valley, recently seen in the news, is located in:

  • Arunachal Pradesh
  • Sikkim
  • Himachal Pradesh
  • Ladakh

• With reference to the Samagra Shiksha scheme, consider the following statements:

  1. It is a Central Sector Scheme.
  2. It was launched to adopt a holistic approach to school education from pre-nursery to Class XII.
  3. It subsumed the earlier schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE).

  How many of the statements given above is/are correct?

  • Only one
  • Only two
  • All three
  • None

• Consider the following description:

  It is located in Kerala and shares its boundaries with the Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary (Karnataka), Kottiyoor Wildlife Sanctuary, and the North Wayanad forest division. The area is characterised by evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, and the Cheenkanni River, originating from the Brahmagiri ranges, flows through its dense forests.

  Which of the following is correctly described above?

  • Silent Valley National Park
  • Thattekad Bird Sanctuary
  • Aralam Butterfly Sanctuary
  • Periyar Tiger Reserve

• With reference to FDI trends in H1 FY26 (April–September 2025) in India, consider the following statements:

  1. Singapore was the largest source of FDI into India during H1 FY26, followed by the United States.
  2. Gujarat remained the top recipient of FDI, followed by Maharashtra.

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  • 1 only
  • 2 only
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2

• The Hadramout Province, recently seen in the news, is located in:

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Oman
  • Iraq
  • Yemen