1. With reference to the Supreme Court's directions concerning electoral black money, consider the following statements:

1. Cash or assets seized during elections are required to be reported within 24 hours.
2. Static Surveillance Teams detecting cash exceeding ?10 lakh are required to share the information with Income Tax authorities.
3. Election-related FIR investigations should ordinarily be completed within one year.
4. Investigating Officers are required to submit quarterly status reports to the Election Commission of India.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

• 1, 2 and 3 only
• 1, 3 and 4 only
• 2 and 4 only
• 1, 2, 3 and 4

2. With reference to India's professional services sector, consider the following statements:

1. The services sector contributed around 55% of India's GDP/GVA in FY24.
2. It accounts for nearly 30% of employment.
3. Professional and management consulting accounted for about one-fifth of India's services exports in 2024–25.
4. India's Revealed Comparative Advantage in services declined between 2005 and 2024.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

• 1 and 2 only
• 1, 2 and 3 only
• 2, 3 and 4 only
• 1, 2, 3 and 4

3. Which one of the following Supreme Court decisions is correctly matched with its principal significance?

• Lily Thomas v. Union of India — Immediate disqualification upon conviction for offences attracting imprisonment of two years or more
• PUCL v. Union of India — Introduction of state funding of elections
• Vohra Committee — Introduction of NOTA
• Public Interest Foundation v. Union of India — Abolition of the Representation of the People Act, 1951

4. Consider the following statements regarding a greenium:

1. It refers to green bonds trading at lower yields than comparable conventional bonds.
2. It indicates stronger investor willingness to pay for environmentally sustainable assets.
3. It implies that green bonds necessarily carry higher credit risk.
4. Bond prices and yields generally move inversely.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

• 1 and 2 only
• 1, 2 and 4 only
• 2, 3 and 4 only
• 1, 2, 3 and 4

5. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

• New Lamps for Old — Criticism of the moderate approach of the early Congress
• Savitri — Account of the Alipore Bomb Case
• The Life Divine — Newspaper founded during the Swadeshi movement
• Essays on the Gita — Work written by Chittaranjan Das