APSC MCQs / APSC Prelims Practice Questions based on Assam Tribune (Daily) –26/02/2026
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APSC MCQs / APSC Prelims Practice Questions (Date: 26/02/2026)
🔹 Q1. With reference to the recent eviction drive in Assam forest areas, consider the following statements:
- The Supreme Court upheld the State Government’s eviction process as conforming to principles of fairness.
- The target is to clear at least five lakh bighas of forest land.
- Forests fall under the State List in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
A) 1 and 2 only
B) 2 and 3 only
C) 1 only
D) 1, 2 and 3
✅ Answer: A
Explanation:
- SC upheld the process ✅
- Target: 5 lakh bighas ✅
- Forests are in the Concurrent List, not State List ❌
🔹 Q2. Which of the following crops are most likely to be affected by prolonged winter rainfall deficit in Assam?
- Rapeseed
- Potato
- Maize
- Tea (February flush)
Select the correct answer:
A) 1, 2 and 3 only
B) 2 and 4 only
C) 1, 2, 3 and 4
D) 4 only
✅ Answer: C
Explanation:
The report highlights moisture stress in rapeseed, potato, maize, and delay in tea flush due to dry spell
🔹 Q3. Ramsar Criterion 5 refers to:
A) Wetland supporting endangered species
B) Wetland supporting at least 1% of a waterbird population
C) Wetland regularly supporting 20,000 or more waterbirds
D) Wetland designated by UNESCO
✅ Answer: C
Explanation:
Criterion 5 → 20,000+ waterbirds benchmark; Kaziranga recorded 1,05,540
🔹 Q4. Which of the following species recorded in Kaziranga are classified as endangered?
- Greater Adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius)
- Pallas’s Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus)
- Lesser Adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus)
Select the correct answer:
A) 1 only
B) 1 and 2 only
C) 2 and 3 only
D) 1, 2 and 3
✅ Answer: B
Explanation:
Greater Adjutant & Pallas’s Fish Eagle are endangered; Lesser Adjutant is vulnerable
🔹 Q5. The Central Asian Flyway primarily refers to:
A) A trade corridor between India and Central Asia
B) A migratory route used by waterbirds
C) A defence cooperation mechanism
D) A river basin management initiative
✅ Answer: B
🔹 Q6. With reference to the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, consider the following:
- It provides for establishment of Special Courts.
- It applies automatically to all cases of racial discrimination irrespective of caste status.
- It provides enhanced punishments for offences.
Which of the above statements are correct?
A) 1 and 3 only
B) 1 only
C) 2 and 3 only
D) 1, 2 and 3
✅ Answer: A
Explanation:
- Special courts provision ✅
- Applies only if victim belongs to SC/ST ❌
- Enhanced punishments ✅
🔹 Q7. Exercise MILAN 2026 was conducted in:
A) Kochi
B) Visakhapatnam
C) Port Blair
D) Mumbai
✅ Answer: B
Explanation:
MILAN 2026 concluded in Visakhapatnam
🔹 Q8. Exercise MILAN primarily aims to:
- Enhance maritime cooperation.
- Improve interoperability among navies.
- Promote bilateral land-based exercises.
Select the correct answer:
A) 1 only
B) 1 and 2 only
C) 2 and 3 only
D) 1, 2 and 3
✅ Answer: B
🔹 Q9. Under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, the Enforcement Directorate can:
- Provisionally attach properties derived from proceeds of crime.
- Conduct arrest and prosecution.
- Try and convict accused persons.
Select the correct answer:
A) 1 only
B) 1 and 2 only
C) 2 and 3 only
D) 1, 2 and 3
✅ Answer: B
Explanation:
- ED can attach & arrest ✅
- Trial & conviction done by Special Court ❌
🔹 Q10. India’s official position on the Israel–Palestine issue includes:
- Zero tolerance for terrorism.
- Support for a UN-endorsed peace initiative.
- Rejection of Palestinian statehood.
Select the correct answer:
A) 1 only
B) 1 and 2 only
C) 2 and 3 only
D) 1, 2 and 3
✅ Answer: B
Explanation:
India supports peace initiative & condemns terrorism but supports two-state solution
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