11-08-2026 (Static)

With reference to banking sector reforms in India, consider the following statements:

1. The Narasimham Committee recommended that statutory pre-emption of bank resources through high SLR and CRR should be reduced.
2. The introduction of prudential norms was intended to improve transparency and financial discipline in the banking sector.
3. The reforms recommended the complete withdrawal of priority-sector lending requirements for commercial banks.
4. The reforms sought to strengthen the autonomy and operational efficiency of public sector banks.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding capital account convertibility in India:

1. Current account convertibility permits transactions relating to trade in goods and services, income payments and certain transfers.
2. Capital account convertibility implies freedom to convert domestic financial assets into foreign financial assets and vice versa, subject to the applicable framework.
3. India adopted full capital account convertibility immediately after accepting the recommendations of the Tarapore Committee.
4. Capital account liberalisation can expose an economy to greater risks from volatile capital flows.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following pairs:

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

With reference to intangible assets and investment, consider the following statements:

1. Expenditure on research and development can generate intangible capital.
2. Patents and copyrights can provide their owners with economic benefits despite having no physical form.
3. Human capital is entirely excluded from the broader concept of intangible capital because it cannot be owned or transferred like physical property.
4. Investment in software can constitute intangible investment.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding India's planning strategy and the Fifth Five-Year Plan:

1. The Fifth Five-Year Plan gave explicit importance to poverty removal and economic self-reliance.
2. The Minimum Needs Programme sought to establish minimum standards of basic social consumption.
3. The Fifth Plan was terminated one year before its originally intended completion.
4. The concept of the Minimum Needs Programme was confined exclusively to rural agricultural development.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding world climatic regions and biomes:

1. The natural vegetation of the Mediterranean climate is adapted to prolonged summer drought and periodic forest fires.
2. Tropical rainforests generally exhibit a highly developed vertical stratification of vegetation.
3. Coniferous forests of the Taiga are primarily associated with regions having very high annual precipitation distributed uniformly throughout the year.
4. Tundra vegetation is generally dominated by trees with shallow root systems adapted to permanently frozen ground.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding the Peninsular drainage system of India:

1. The Narmada and Tapi flow through structural troughs associated with rift valleys.
2. The east-flowing Peninsular rivers generally have longer courses and larger drainage basins than the west-flowing rivers.
3. The Mahanadi, Godavari and Krishna form extensive deltas along the eastern coast.
4. The Western Ghats act as a major water divide between the east-flowing and west-flowing Peninsular rivers.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following pairs:

How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

With reference to seismic waves and the Earth's interior, consider the following statements:

1. P-waves can travel through both solids and liquids.
2. S-waves cannot propagate through the liquid outer core.
3. The existence of the S-wave shadow zone provided evidence for the liquid nature of the outer core.
4. P-waves are completely blocked by the outer core, producing their shadow zone.
5. The difference in the behaviour of P- and S-waves helps scientists infer the internal structure of the Earth.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding tectonic landforms:

1. A horst is an uplifted block bounded by approximately parallel faults.
2. A graben is a depressed block formed between two approximately parallel faults.
3. Rift valleys are generally associated with tensional forces.
4. Fold mountains are primarily formed by the divergence of two tectonic plates.
5. The East African Rift System represents a major example of continental crust undergoing extensional tectonic activity.

Which of the statements given above are correct?