28 JANUARY 2026

28 JANUARY 2026

Q1. Which of the following statements about the C-295 transport aircraft is/are correct?

  1. It is a medium-range, twin-engine turboprop military transport aircraft.
  2. It is being manufactured in India through an Airbus–Tata collaboration at Vadodara.
  3. It is designed to replace the ageing Avro-748 aircraft of the Indian Air Force.
  4. It is India’s first indigenously developed fighter aircraft produced by the private sector.

Options:

A. 1, 2 and 3 only

B. 1 and 4 only

C. 2 and 4 only

D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

 

Q2. Consider the following statements regarding India’s FDI trends as per GITM 2025:

  1. India recorded a sharp rise in FDI inflows in 2025, driven mainly by services and manufacturing sectors.
  2. India’s FDI inflows declined in 2025 due to global economic slowdown.

Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

A. 1 only

B. 2 only

C. Both 1 and 2

D. Neither 1 nor 2

 

Q3. Assertion (A): The United States’ exit from the International Solar Alliance (ISA) has disrupted India’s solar energy expansion to the extent that it is irreversible.

Reason (R): The U.S. contributes only a marginal share to ISA’s funding, while India’s solar sector is sustained by domestic policy support, long-term contracts, and growing indigenous manufacturing capacity.

Choose the correct answer:

A. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A

B. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A

C. A is true, but R is false

D. A is false, but R is true

 

Q4. With reference to the Padma Awards, consider the following statements:

  1. The Padma Awards were instituted in 1954 by the Government of India.
  2. The total number of Padma Awards conferred in a year is capped at 120, excluding posthumous and foreign/NRI/OCI awardees.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A. 1 only

B. 2 only

C. Both 1 and 2

D. Neither 1 nor 2

 

Q5. Which country co-chaired the 6th ASEAN–India Digital Ministers’ Meeting (ADGMIN) along with India?

A. Thailand

B. Indonesia

C. Vietnam

D. Singapore