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In the midst of its bitter border standoff with China in eastern Ladakh, India will hold the first phase of the
Malabar naval exercise with navies of the US, Japan and Australia from November 3 to 6 in the Bay of Bengal
off Visakhapatnam coast, officials said on Friday. The second phase of the mega exercise is scheduled to be
held from November 17 to 20 in the Arabian sea, they said. Last week, India announced that Australia will
be part of the Malabar exercise which effectively makes it a drill by all four member nations of the Quad or
Quadrilateral coalition.
China has been suspicious about the purpose of the Malabar exercise as it feels that the annual war game is
an effort to contain its influence in the Indo-Pacific region. The invitation by India to the Australian Navy for
the exercise came two weeks after foreign ministers of the ‘Quad’ member nations held extensive talks in
Tokyo with a focus on enhancing their cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, a region where China has been
expanding its military influence.
The officials said the first phase of the drill would witness complex and advanced naval exercises, including
surface, anti-submarine and anti-air warfare operations, besides cross-deck flying, seamanship evolutions
and weapon firing exercises. The Malabar exercise started in (X) as a bilateral drill between the Indian Navy
and the US Navy in the Indian Ocean.
The annual exercise was conducted off the coast of Guam in the Philippine Sea in 2018. The Indian Navy will
deploy a number of key platforms in the exercise which will include destroyer Ranvijay, frigate Shivalik, off-
shore patrol vessel Sukanya, fleet support ship Shakti and submarine Sindhuraj.
In addition, advanced jet trainer Hawk, long-range maritime patrol aircraft P-8I, Dornier maritime patrol
aircraft, and a number of helicopters will also be participating in the exercise, the officials said. During the
recent Indo-US 2+2 talks, US Defence Secretary Mark Esper welcomed India’s invitation to Australia to join
the Malabar exercise. The evolving situation in the Indo-Pacific region in the wake of China’s increasing
military muscle flexing has become a major talking point among leading global powers.

Q. 1 . The Malabar exercise started in (X) as a bilateral drill between the Indian Navy and the US Navy in the
Indian Ocean. What is redacted with (X) in the passage above ?
a. 1998
b. 1992
c. 1897
d. 1996
Q. 2. Which country became the permanent member of the exercise in 2015 ?
a. China
b. USA

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c. Japan
d. Sri lanka

Q. 3. Which of the following statements are not true about Malabar operation ?
a. The 2020 Exercise is expected to be held in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea.
b. In 2019, the exercise was conducted off the coast of Sri lanka
c. Due to Covid-19 pandemic the exercise had been planned in a ‘non-contact - at sea’ format.
d. Its objective is to enhance safety and security in the maritime domain

Q. 4 When did it expanded from bilateral naval exercise to a trilateral format ?

a. 2012
b. 2013
c. 2014
d. 2015

Passage 2
Over the last one week, residents of Assam and Mizoram have clashed twice over territory, injuring at least
eight people and torching a few huts and small shops. It spotlights the long-standing inter-state boundary
issues in the Northeast, particularly between Assam and the states that were carved out of it.
“According to an agreement between governments of Assam and Mizoram some years ago, status quo
should be maintained in no man’s land in the border area. However, people from Lailapur broke the status
quo and allegedly constructed some temporary huts..
In the Northeast’s complex boundary equations, showdowns between Assam and Mizoram residents are
less frequent than they are between, say, Assam and Nagaland residents. Nevertheless, the boundary
between present-day Assam and Mizoram, (X) long today, dates back to the colonial era, when Mizoram was
known as Lushai Hills, a district of Assam.
The dispute stems from a notification of 1875 that differentiated Lushai Hills from the plains of Cachar, and
another of 1933 that demarcates a boundary between Lushai Hills and Manipur.
A Mizoram minister told The Indian Express that Mizoram believes the boundary should be demarcated on
the basis of the 1875 notification, which is derived from the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation (BEFR) Act,
1873. Mizo leaders have argued in the past argued against the demarcation notified in 1933 because Mizo
society was not consulted. MZP’s Vanlaltana said the Assam government follows the 1933 demarcation, and
that was the point of conflict.

Q.1 Mizoram borders Assam’s Barak Valley and the boundary between present-day Assam and Mizoram is
(x) long, What is redacted with (X) in the passage above ?
a. 165 km
b. 189 km
c. 156 km

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d. 176 km
Q. 2 When was Mizoram granted statehood ?
a. 1986
b. 1987
c. 1978
d. 1875
Q. 3 Which of the following statement is not true about Meghalaya ?

a. The 884-km boundary between the two states also witnesses flare-ups.
b. Meghalaya came into existence as an autonomous state within the state of Assam in April 1970
comprising the United Khasi and Jaintia Hills and the Garo Hills districts.
c. As per Meghalaya government statements, today there are 12 areas of dispute between the two
states
d. It achieved statehood in December 1973

Q. 4 Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal launched a food park in Mizoram that will benefit
25,000 farmers and create 5,000 jobs,The park will leverage an additional investment of about ………….in
about 30 food processing units
a. 560 crores
b. 250 crores
c. 390 crores
d. 298 crores

Q. 5 . How many constituencies does Assam have in its Legislative Assembly?

a. 136
b. 126
c. 187
d. 162

Paasage 3

The All India Judges Association has passed a resolution condemning Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.
Jagan Mohan Reddy’s letter against Supreme Court judge, Justice N.V. Ramana, as a “deliberate attempt to
scandalise and coerce the judiciary”. The Association said the “tone, tenor and timing of the letter portrays
malafide and appears to be orchestrated for hidden agendas”.“The Executive Committee of All India Judges
Association considers this act to be a deliberate attempt to scandalise and coerce the judiciary and legal
fraternity. Moreover, such a scandalous letter interferes with the sovereignty of the judges conferred under

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our Constitution,” the resolution passed on October 18 said.The resolution also condemned “all such attacks
on the judicial institution by vested interests, who are bent upon to destroy judicial dignity and the
independence of the judiciary and try to intimidate judges for favourable orders”.The letter and its release
to the media has created a furore among the legal fraternity, with many similar resolutions passed by several
Bar bodies objecting to Mr. Reddy’s actions as an affront to the judiciary.The Bar Council of India (BCI), the
apex lawyers’ body in the country, called the release of the letter a “sinister act” and a “manifestation of the
conspiracy to scandalise and malign judges”.BCI linked Mr. Reddy’s move to a PIL being heard by a Bench led
by Justice Ramana to decriminalise politics and speed up the prosecution of corrupt politicians across the
country.

Q. 1 Which are broad alternatives when it comes to complaints against sitting judges ?
1. Impeachment.
2. In-house procedure
3. Senate tries the accused judge
4. voting in SC

a. only 1
b. only 2 and 3
c. only 1 and 2
d. none of the above

Q. 2 Who is the first judge to be impeached by Rajya Sabha in Independent India ?

a. Harsh Slave
b. Soumitra Sen
c. TS Thakur
d. HJ Kania

Q. 3 The Chief Justice and Judges of the High Courts are to be appointed by the President under …………….
Of the Constitution ?
a. Clause (1) of Article 227
b. Clause (2) of Article 227
c. Clause (1) of Article 217
d. Clause (1) of Article 211

Passage 4

(x) and the NITI Aayog on Monday said they have set up a Frontier Technologies Cloud Innovation Center
(CIC) that will work on addressing societal challenges around areas like agriculture and healthcare through
digital innovation.

The NITI Aayog Frontier Technologies Cloud Innovation Center is the first (x) CIC in India, and the first such
centre that has been set up at a national level. It has such centres across countries like Australia, Bahrain,

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Canada, France, Germany, South Korea, and the US, including one in partnership with the University of British
Columbia.

"We use these CICs to be able to collaborate broadly with communities of interests. It helps them to minimise
technology costs, so that they can explore a lot of different alternatives. It lets them expand the number of
solutions they can experiment with from the public sector," Max Peterson, vice-president (international
sales- worldwide public sector) at (x) told reporters in a virtual briefing.

(x)steps in and provides various sorts of ways to think about digital innovation, the digital innovation team
and credits that help underpin all the experimentation, and provides training and mentoring for
collaborators in the CIC, he added.

The (x)CIC Global Program provides an opportunity for government agencies, non-profit entities, and
educational institutions, to collaborate on pressing challenges, apply design thinking methodology, test new
ideas, and access technology expertise from (x)

The NITI Aayog Frontier Technologies CIC, which will be based in its office in New Delhi, will work to identify
and prioritise projects as well as collaborate with local leaders, including subject matter experts at the state
and district level, to solve critical societal challenges.

Local enterprises, start-ups, researchers and universities in India will experiment and build prototypes on (x)
Cloud, and contribute along with the global CIC community dedicated to accelerating societal innovation.

NITI Aayog Mission Director (Atal Innovation Mission) Ramanan Ramanathan said the CIC in India has the
mandate of the important role that emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning and
blockchain would play in driving research implementation and partnerships to improve the technology
ecosystem in the country.

Q. 1. Which online platform has collaborated with NITI Ayog that will work on addressing societal challenges
around areas like agriculture and healthcare through digital innovation redacted with (X) in the passage
above ?

a. NETFLIX
b. Amazon web series
c. UBER
d. eBAY
Q. 2 Which of the following scheme is not true about NITI Aayog Frontier Technologies Cloud Innovation
Center ?

a. To address societal challenges through digital innovation.

b. To enable budding innovators and start-ups and help in piloting state-of-the-art, cloud-centric
digital innovations by leveraging emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), Internet
of Things (IoT), robotics, etc.
c. To identify and deploy leading-edge technologies to drive continuous innovation in delivering
citizen services.
d. None of the above

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Q. 3 Who is the current CEO of the NITI Aayog?

a. Rajeev Kumar

b. Arvind Subramanyam

c. Amitabh Kant

d. Narendra Modi

Q. 4 When was (x) founded ?

a. 2007
b. 2009
c. 2006
d. 2010

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