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Prelims Booster - 24-December -2024 | 5 Questions daily| UPSC and State PSC

 1. The " SMILE program" of the government of India often appears in the news, it is related to? 

a) Primary education

b) MSME Sector

c) Transportation ecosystem

d) Sustainable development


Answer. c) Transportation ecosystem;

There are two Smile programs:

Smile Program ( under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment): empowerment of transgenders.

Smile Program ( under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry): Focus on strengthening multimodal logistics infrastructure at national, state, and city levels.


2. The highest mountain peak in Europe is -------.

a) Mount Saramati

b) Mount Elbrus

c) Mount Hermon

d) Mount Zugspitze


Answer. b) Mount Elbrus

The highest mountain peak in Europe is Mount Elbrus. It is located in Russia. It is also the highest peak of the Caucasus mountain range.

Mount Saramati: The highest peak of Nagaland

Mount Hermon: The highest peak in Syria

Mount Zugspitze: The highest peak in Germany


3. Where is the Forest Survey of India ( FSI) headquarters?

a) New  Delhi

b) Kolkata

c) Dehradun

d) Nagpur


Answer. c) Dehradun


Dehradun is the headquarters of the Forest Survey of India ( FSI).


4. " Denali Fault" often appears in the news, it forms a boundary between which two tectonic plates?

a) North America and the Pacific Plate

b) North America and the Atlantic Plate

c) Africa and Arabian plate

d) Africa and Indian Ocean plate


Answer. a) North America and the Pacific Plate.

Denali fault ( in southern Alsask, USA) lies along the boundary where the Pacific Plate is subducting beneath the North American Plate, marking a zone of active tectonic interaction.


5. Which of the following is India’s first "bio-bitumen-based National Highway?

a) Bangalore-Chennai National Highway

b) Nagpur-Mansar Bypass 

c) Delhi-NCR Bypass

d) Ranch-Dhanbad Highway


Answer. b) Nagpur-Mansar Bypass 

Nagpur-Mansar Bypass is part of NG-44 Maharashtra.

Union Minister, Shree Nitin Gadkari inaugurated India’s first bio-bitumen-based National Highway stretch on NH-44, Nagpur-Mansar Bypass.

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