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Prelims Booster - 09-MAY -2025 | 5 Questions| UPSC and State PSC

 1. "Operation Kagar" often appears in the news; it is ----------

a) an anti-Naxal military campaign

b) an anti-terror military campaign

c) a campaign against Illegal Pakistani

d) a campaign against illegal Bangladeshi


Answer. a) an anti-Naxal military campaign;

Operation Kagar is an anti-Naxal military campaign launched in January 2024 by the Union Government.


2. " Betla National Park " is located in -------------

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Chhattisgarh

d) Jharkhand


Answer. d) Jharkhand;

 Betla National Park and Palamu Tiger Reserve are located in Jharkhand.

Palamu Tiger Reserve is one of India’s first nine Project Tiger reserves, notified in 1974, and the only one in Jharkhand.


3. Which river is the "Baglihar dam" on?

a) Indus River

b) Chenab River

c) Beas River

d) Satluj River


Answer. b) Chenab River;

India has halted water flow from the Chenab River through the Baglihar Dam in Jammu and Kashmir. 


4. 4th Generation Biofuels are -------------fuel.

a) High Carbon Content

b) Carbon Neutral

c) Carbon Negative

d) None of the above


Answer. c) Carbon Negative;

1st Generation Biofuel: High Carbon Content made from edible items, such as Sugar, Corn, etc.

2nd Generation biofuels: High Carbon Content made from leftover food crops, Rice Husk, Wood chips, etc.

3rd Generation biofuel: Carbon Neutral made from microorganisms, Algae.

4th Generation biofuel: Carbon Neutral made from genetically modified crops.


5. " Anak Krakatau volcano" often appears in the news. Where is it located?

a) Indonesia

b) Japan

c) Philippines

d) Morocco


Answer. a) Indonesia;

Anak Krakatau (“Child of Krakatoa”) is located between Java and Sumatra in Indonesia in the Sunda Strait.


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