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Prelims Booster 20 MAY 2026 – 5 UPSC & State PSC Practice Questions for Prelims

 1. India’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered human-elephant conflict research centre is set to be established in which state?

a) Karnataka

b) Kerala

c) Jharkhand

d) Assam


Answer. c) Jharkhand

Context: 

1. India’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered human-elephant conflict research centre is set to be established within the Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Jharkhand.


2.  " Betla National Park" is located in which state?

a) Bihar

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Jharkhand

d) Assam


Answer. c) Jharkhand

Context: 

1. India’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered human-elephant conflict research centre is set to be established within the Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Jharkhand.

2. It comprises a Core Area (Critical Tiger Habitat) of 414.08 sq. km—which includes the Betla National Park (226.32 sq. km)—and a surrounding Buffer Area of 715.85 sq. km.


3. India upgraded bilateral ties to a Green Strategic Partnership with which country recently?

a) Norway

b) Sweden

c) Iceland

d) Netherlands


Answer. a) Norway

Context: 

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Norwegian counterpart Jonas Gahr Støre officially upgraded bilateral ties to a Green Strategic Partnership during a historic state visit to Oslo.

2. The high-level summit yielded 12 agreements across space, health, and digital public infrastructure (DPI), while King Harald V conferred the Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit upon PM Modi.


4. Which river has its source in the Western Ghats at Trimbakeshwar in Maharashtra?

a) Godavari

b) Krishna

c) Narmada

d) Mahanadi


Answer. a) Godavari

1. I am Godavari. My journey begins high up in the Western Ghats at Trimbakeshwar in Maharashtra.

2. I travel 1,465 kilometres before joining the Bay of Bengal. I am the second-longest river in India after the river Ganga.


5. Pench National Park is located in which state?

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Odisha

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Telangana


Answer. a) Madhya Pradesh

Pench National Park is located primarily in the Seoni and Chhindwara districts of Madhya Pradesh, with an extension into Nagpur, Maharashtra.



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