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Prelims Booster 28 April 2026 – 5 UPSC & State PSC Practice Questions for Prelims

 1. The 10th Schedule of the Indian Constitution is related to

a) Panchayati Raj Institution

b) Judicial Review

c) Anti-defection

d) Scheduled Language


Answer. c) Anti-defection

Context: 

1. The recent move by seven Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MPs to join the BJP has ignited a legal debate over the 10th Schedule of the Constitution.

2. 52nd Constitutional Amendment (1985): Introduced during the Rajiv Gandhi administration to provide a legal deterrent against opportunistic defections.

3. The 10th Schedule, popularly known as the Anti-Defection Law.



2. An economic model powered by creativity, cultural expression, and intellectual property is known as ..?

a) Creative Economy

b) Blue Economy

c) Orange Economy

d) Green Economy


Answer. c) Orange Economy

Context: 

1. India is shifting its growth strategy to centralize creativity, culture, and content through the Orange Economy, aiming to transform its vast cultural assets into scalable global Intellectual Property (IP).

2. The Orange Economy is an economic model powered by creativity, cultural expression, and intellectual property. It spans diverse fields such as design, film, animation, VFX, gaming, fashion, digital media, and immersive storytelling, focusing on monetizing cultural assets as internationally scalable and reusable resources.


3. Luzon Island is part of which country?

a) Indonesia

b) Oman

c) China

d) Philippines


Answer. d) Philippines


Context: 

1. China’s military Southern Theater Command recently conducted live-fire drills, rapid maneuvers, and sea-air coordination exercises in waters east of Luzon Island.

2. Luzon Island is the most important island of the Philippines, housing more than half of the country’s total population


4.  Google’s $15 billion AI Data Centre will be set in which state?

a) Tamil Nadu

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Gujarat


Answer. b) Andhra Pradesh

Context: 

1. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister is set to lay the foundation stone for Google’s $15 billion AI Data Centre Hub near Visakhapatnam.

2. The Google AI Data Hub is a large-scale artificial intelligence-driven data centre campus being developed by Google through its subsidiary Raiden Infotech in partnership with Adani Infra.


5. "Chernobyl disaster (1986)" happened in which country?

a) Uzbekistan

b) Russia

c) Ukraine

d) France


Answer. c) Ukraine

Context:

1. The world marks the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, which remains the most expensive man-made catastrophe in history with costs exceeding $700 billion.

2. Failed Experiment: On April 25-26, 1986, technicians attempted an experiment to test the Unit 4 RBMK reactor’s safety systems.



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