APSC MCQs / APSC Prelims Practice Questions based on Assam Tribune (Daily) –30/01/2026
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 (30-01-2026). 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: 30/01/2025)
🟩 TOPIC 1: Drug Trafficking and NDPS Enforcement in Assam
Q1. Assam’s growing vulnerability to drug trafficking is mainly due to:
(a) High urbanisation
(b) Strategic location and transport corridors
(c) Decline in agricultural employment
(d) Weak judicial system
Answer: (b)
Explanation:
The newspaper highlighted Assam’s strategic location and use of road corridors as a key factor making it a transit and destination State for narcotics.
Q2. NDPS enforcement actions in Assam are increasingly focused on:
(a) End-users only
(b) Supply chain disruption and organised networks
(c) Decriminalisation of minor offences
(d) Rehabilitation centres alone
Answer: (b)
Explanation:
Recent operations emphasised dismantling supply chains, not merely arresting consumers.
Q3. Drug trafficking poses an internal security risk primarily because it:
(a) Reduces tax revenues
(b) Fuels organised crime and social instability
(c) Increases rural migration
(d) Weakens electoral participation
Answer: (b)
Explanation:
The report linked narcotics trade with organised crime, youth vulnerability, and social harm, making it an internal security issue.
🟩 TOPIC 2: ST Status Demand of Six Assam Communities
Q4. The demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status by six Assam communities is rooted mainly in claims of:
(a) Recent migration
(b) Economic prosperity
(c) Historical marginalisation and cultural distinctiveness
(d) Urban backwardness
Answer: (c)
Explanation:
The newspaper cited historical disadvantage and cultural identity as the basis of the demand.
Q5. A major concern associated with extending ST status to new communities is:
(a) Violation of fundamental rights
(b) Dilution of benefits for existing ST communities
(c) Increase in urbanisation
(d) Abolition of reservations
Answer: (b)
Explanation:
Existing ST groups fear redistribution of limited reservation benefits, a key concern highlighted.
Q6. Granting ST status requires:
(a) Only a State government notification
(b) District-level approval
(c) Constitutional and procedural clearance
(d) Judicial verdict alone
Answer: (c)
Explanation:
Inclusion in the ST list involves constitutional procedures, not unilateral State action.
🟩 TOPIC 3: Sudden Flyover Closure and Urban Governance Failures
Q7. The sudden closure of a flyover in Guwahati exposed which key urban governance weakness?
(a) Excessive privatisation
(b) Lack of preventive maintenance and planning
(c) Over-regulation of infrastructure
(d) Judicial interference
Answer: (b)
Explanation:
The incident revealed reactive decision-making and poor preventive planning, as per the report.
Q8. Public criticism of the flyover closure focused most on:
(a) Toll collection
(b) Environmental clearance
(c) Lack of prior notice and diversion planning
(d) Funding sources
Answer: (c)
Explanation:
Citizens objected to the absence of advance communication and traffic management plans.
Q9. Urban infrastructure failures primarily undermine:
(a) Foreign policy credibility
(b) Public trust in city administration
(c) Monetary stability
(d) Legislative authority
Answer: (b)
Explanation:
The newspaper framed the issue as a governance credibility and citizen trust problem.
🟩 TOPIC 4: E-Methanol Plant by Assam Petro-Chemicals Ltd
Q10. E-methanol is best described as:
(a) A synthetic fertiliser
(b) A low-carbon alternative fuel
(c) A petroleum by-product
(d) A nuclear fuel
Answer: (b)
Explanation:
E-methanol was highlighted as a cleaner, low-carbon fuel option.
Q11. The proposed e-methanol plant signifies which broader transition in Assam?
(a) Shift towards defence manufacturing
(b) Green energy and industrial decarbonisation
(c) Complete exit from hydrocarbons
(d) Agricultural mechanisation
Answer: (b)
Explanation:
The initiative reflects a green energy transition and cleaner industrial pathway.
Q12. Why is the project significant for Assam Petro-Chemicals Ltd?
(a) It reduces workforce size
(b) It modernises a State PSU for future relevance
(c) It eliminates all fossil fuel use immediately
(d) It replaces refinery operations
Answer: (b)
Explanation:
The project was framed as PSU modernisation and diversification, not shutdown of existing operations.
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