200. Which international institution reclassified India’s exchange-rate arrangement to a crawl-like regime in 2025?
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(A) World Bank
(B) Asian Development Bank
(C) International Monetary Fund
(D) Bank for International Settlements
Answer: (C) International Monetary Fund
Explanation: The IMF monitors member countries’ exchange-rate policies through surveillance exercises. A crawl-like arrangement denotes small adjustments or gradual movement in an exchange rate rather than a permanently fixed parity. The reclassification concerns the rupee’s observed behaviour, not a law changing India’s currency.
199. According to the IMF January 2026 World Economic Outlook, what rate of world economic growth was projected for 2027?
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(A) 3.2%
(B) 2.9%
(C) 4.0%
(D) 3.5%
Answer: (A) 3.2%
Explanation: The IMF’s January 2026 World Economic Outlook update projected world output growth of 3.2% in 2027. Such projections are estimates, not final growth figures. The Fund periodically revises them as global inflation, trade, investment and monetary conditions evolve.
198. Which development bank signed five agreements with India in 2025, including support for PM Surya Ghar?
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(A) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
(B) Asian Development Bank
(C) World Bank
(D) New Development Bank
Answer: (B) Asian Development Bank
Explanation: The Asian Development Bank signed the package of loan agreements, including support for rooftop solar under PM Surya Ghar. The ADB is a regional multilateral lender focused on development finance in Asia and the Pacific, unlike the IMF’s principal balance-of-payments role.
197. India was re-elected in 2025 to the Category B Council of which international body for 2026–27?
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(A) International Seabed Authority
(B) World Trade Organization
(C) International Civil Aviation Organization
(D) International Maritime Organization
Answer: (D) International Maritime Organization
Explanation: The International Maritime Organization has a Council with categories reflecting shipping-related interests. Category B includes states with major interests in international seaborne trade. India’s re-election relates to maritime governance and trade logistics, not to WTO market-access negotiations.
196. In which year did India join the World Trade Organization?
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(A) 1995
(B) 2001
(C) 1993
(D) 1991
Answer: (A) 1995
Explanation: India joined the WTO as an original member on 1 January 1995, when the organisation replaced the GATT framework. The WTO administers trade agreements covering goods, services and intellectual property and provides a forum for negotiations and dispute settlement.
195. What is meant by globalisation?
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(A) Reduced international trade
(B) Expansion of state ownership
(C) Isolation from global markets
(D) Integration of national economies with the global economy
Answer: (D) Integration of national economies with the global economy
Explanation: Globalisation refers to growing economic integration through cross-border trade, capital flows, technology, production networks and services. It does not mean economic isolation. Liberalisation of tariffs and foreign investment rules can foster integration, although governments may still regulate specific sectors.
194. Population density is the number of people per which measure?
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(A) Total population
(B) Unit of land area
(C) Urban centre
(D) Area under cultivation
Answer: (B) Unit of land area
Explanation: Arithmetic population density divides total inhabitants by the land area occupied, usually expressed as persons per square kilometre. Physiological density instead uses cultivable land. The distinction helps compare overall settlement pressure with pressure on agriculturally productive land.
193. Approximately how many people lived in India on 1 March 2001?
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(A) 1,210 million
(B) 950 million
(C) 1,027 million
(D) 1,000 million
Answer: (C) 1,027 million
Explanation: The 2001 Census recorded about 1.027 billion inhabitants, marking India’s crossing of one billion people. The next census in 2011 counted around 1.21 billion. Both figures are historical enumerations rather than estimates of India’s present population.
192. Which state had the highest number of children aged 0–6 in the Census 2011 provisional figures?
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(A) Maharashtra
(B) Bihar
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: (D) Uttar Pradesh
Explanation: Uttar Pradesh had the largest absolute number of children aged below seven in Census 2011, consistent with its position as India’s most populous state. An absolute count is different from the percentage share of children within each state’s population.
191. Which state has high population density partly because of early settlement and development?
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(A) Rajasthan
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Meghalaya
(D) Sikkim
Answer: (B) Uttar Pradesh
Explanation: The fertile, well-watered Indo-Gangetic plain supported long-established settlements and intensive agriculture. Uttar Pradesh consequently has dense rural and urban populations. Density varies with terrain, livelihoods, infrastructure and historical settlement, rather than the age of a state’s institutions alone.