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Q1. Under which Article of the Indian Constitution does the Governor of a state appoint the Chief Minister and administer their oath of office and secrecy?
- C. Joseph Vijay and Suvendu Adhikari recently took the oath of office as the Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, respectively. Article 164 explicitly states that the Chief Minister shall be appointed by the Governor, and the other Ministers shall be appointed by the Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister.
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Q2. The Strait of Hormuz, a highly sensitive geopolitical chokepoint heavily impacting India's oil imports, connects the Persian Gulf to which of the following water bodies?
- The Strait of Hormuz is the world's most important oil transit chokepoint. It connects the Persian Gulf in the west to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea in the southeast, making it vital for global energy security and India's economic stability.
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Q3. Which of the following is not a constituent part of India’s official Foreign Exchange Reserves managed by the Reserve Bank of India?
- India's foreign exchange reserves consist of only four main components: Foreign Currency Assets (the largest component), Gold, Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) allocated by the IMF, and the Reserve Tranche Position (RTP) with the IMF. India does not utilize Sovereign Wealth Funds as part of its official forex reserves
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Q4. The CBI, investigating major educational irregularities, derives its power to investigate from which of the following legislations?
- Despite its role as the premier investigating agency of the Central Government, the CBI is not a statutory body. It derives its legal powers to investigate crime solely from the Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act of 1946.
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Q5. Which of the following nations is not a full member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)?
- ASEAN consists of 10 member states: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. While Timor-Leste has been admitted "in principle," it has not yet achieved full membership status.