APSC MCQs / APSC Prelims Practice Questions based on Assam Tribune (Daily) –26/01/2026
For APSC CCE and other Assam Competitive examinations aspirants, practicing Daily MCQs is vital. This blog covers most important Prelims questions from the Assam Tribune today (26-01-2026). These issues are key for both APSC Prelims syllabus, offering insights into the important topics of current affairs.
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APSC MCQs / APSC Prelims Practice Questions (Date: 26/01/2025)
🟩 TOPIC 1: Recruitment Scams and Crisis of Trust in Public Employment
Q1. The recruitment scam reported in Assam primarily highlights which governance failure?
(a) Judicial overreach
(b) Fiscal indiscipline
(c) Breakdown of recruitment oversight and accountability
(d) Excessive decentralisation
Answer: (c)
Explanation:
The newspaper linked the scam to systemic loopholes, weak monitoring, and lack of accountability in public recruitment processes.
Q2. Recruitment scams most directly undermine which principle of democratic governance?
(a) Federalism
(b) Meritocracy
(c) Subsidiarity
(d) Cooperative governance
Answer: (b)
Explanation:
Public employment scams erode merit-based selection, damaging trust in State institutions and fairness of governance.
🟩 TOPIC 2: Tea Garden Workers’ Welfare and Electoral Politics
Q3. Tea garden workers in Assam are politically significant primarily because they:
(a) Control major trade unions
(b) Form a large and concentrated voter base
(c) Are employed in public sector units
(d) Dominate urban constituencies
Answer: (b)
Explanation:
The Assam Tribune highlighted tea workers as a numerically significant and electorally influential group, making them central to welfare politics.
Q4. Welfare announcements for tea garden workers during election periods raise concerns mainly related to:
(a) Fiscal deficit
(b) Judicial review
(c) Politicisation of welfare delivery
(d) Decline of plantation economy
Answer: (c)
Explanation:
The concern is that welfare schemes may be driven by electoral timing rather than long-term policy intent.
🟩 TOPIC 3: Upper Dehing Reserve Forest Fire
Q5. Upper Dehing Reserve Forest is ecologically significant mainly because it:
(a) Is India’s largest mangrove forest
(b) Supports dense biodiversity in Upper Assam
(c) Lies entirely in a coastal zone
(d) Is a notified national park
Answer: (b)
Explanation:
The report emphasised rich biodiversity and dense forest cover of Upper Dehing, making the fire environmentally serious.
Q6. Forest fires in reserve forests raise governance concerns primarily due to:
(a) Absence of climate change
(b) Weak surveillance and enforcement
(c) Excessive community participation
(d) Over-regulation of forests
Answer: (b)
Explanation:
The incident exposed administrative lapses, weak monitoring, and delayed response in forest governance.
🟩 TOPIC 4: Special Revision of Electoral Rolls – Arbitrary Deletions
Q7. Allegations of arbitrary deletion of voters during Special Revision mainly relate to violation of:
(a) Fiscal responsibility
(b) Due process of law
(c) Parliamentary privilege
(d) Judicial independence
Answer: (b)
Explanation:
The controversy centred on lack of notice, hearing, and appeal, which are core elements of due process.
Q8. Why is the issue of electoral roll revision particularly sensitive in Assam?
(a) High urbanisation
(b) History of identity and citizenship debates
(c) Low voter turnout
(d) Frequent delimitation exercises
Answer: (b)
Explanation:
Assam’s history of migration, citizenship verification, and identity politics amplifies the civil consequences of voter deletions.
🟩 TOPIC 5: Padma Awards and Assamese Culture & Sericulture
Q9. The Padma Awards highlighted in the newspaper recognised contributions primarily related to:
(a) Defence manufacturing
(b) Sports administration
(c) Assamese culture and sericulture
(d) Information technology
Answer: (c)
Explanation:
The honours recognised individuals associated with Assamese cultural traditions and sericulture, linking heritage with livelihoods.
Q10. Sericulture is best described as:
(a) Cultivation of medicinal plants
(b) Rearing of silkworms for silk production
(c) Processing of cotton fibres
(d) Manufacturing of synthetic textiles
Answer: (b)
Explanation:
Sericulture involves rearing silkworms, a traditional livelihood activity central to Assam’s handloom culture.
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