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India's Targets: BPSC Prelims MCQs

32 practice questions on India's Targets. Each one opens to its answer and explanation.

1. 1. Current Affairs 2025–26

   By which year does India aim to blend 30% ethanol in petrol?

   1. A2030
   2. B2047
   3. C2028
   4. D2025
   Answer and explanation →

2. 2. Current Affairs 2025–26

   By which year does India aim to end child marriage completely, with a 10% fall in its prevalence as an interim target for 2026?

   1. A2035
   2. B2047
   3. C2030
   4. D2026
   Answer and explanation →

3. 3. Current Affairs 2025–26

   India aims to eliminate malaria fully by 2030. Its interim target is:

   1. Azero deaths from malaria by 2025
   2. Ba 50% cut in cases by 2026
   3. Ca malaria vaccine for all children by 2028
   4. Dzero indigenous malaria cases by 2027
   Answer and explanation →

4. 4. Current Affairs 2025–26

   India's target for cargo carried on inland waterways is:

   1. A200 million tonnes by 2030 and 500 million tonnes by 2047
   2. B100 million tonnes by 2030 and 200 million tonnes by 2047
   3. C500 million tonnes by 2030 and 1,000 million tonnes by 2047
   4. D50 million tonnes by 2030 and 100 million tonnes by 2047
   Answer and explanation →

5. 5. Current Affairs 2025–26

   By which year does India aim to end HIV/AIDS as a public health threat?

   1. A2035
   2. B2030
   3. C2047
   4. D2025
   Answer and explanation →

6. 6. Current Affairs 2025–26

   By which year does Indian Railways aim to reach net-zero carbon emissions?

   1. A2047
   2. B2070
   3. C2030
   4. D2035
   Answer and explanation →

7. 7. Current Affairs 2025–26

   Under the "Panchamrit" pledges at COP26, how much non-fossil power capacity does India aim to install by 2030?

   1. A500 GW
   2. B1,000 GW
   3. C175 GW
   4. D300 GW
   Answer and explanation →

8. 8. Current Affairs 2025–26

   Which of the following is NOT one of India's five "Panchamrit" pledges at COP26 in Glasgow?

   1. A500 GW of non-fossil capacity by 2030
   2. BPhasing out all coal power by 2040
   3. CCutting projected carbon emissions by 1 billion tonnes by 2030
   4. DNet-zero emissions by 2070
   Answer and explanation →

9. 9. Current Affairs 2025–26

   Under the Panchamrit pledges, by how much does India aim to cut the carbon intensity of its economy by 2030 (from 2005 levels)?

   1. A33–35%
   2. B60%
   3. C50%
   4. D45%
   Answer and explanation →

10. 10. Current Affairs 2025–26

    India's target for electric vehicles is:

    1. A10% of all vehicles on the road by 2030
    2. B100% of new car sales by 2030
    3. C50% of two-wheelers by 2025
    4. D30% of new vehicle sales by 2030
    Answer and explanation →

11. 11. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Under the National Steel Policy, India aims at a crude steel capacity of:

    1. A500 million tonnes by 2030
    2. B300 million tonnes by 2047
    3. C300 million tonnes by 2030
    4. D100 million tonnes by 2030
    Answer and explanation →

12. 12. Current Affairs 2025–26

    India aims to gasify how much coal by 2030?

    1. A100 million tonnes
    2. B1 billion tonnes
    3. C50 million tonnes
    4. D10 million tonnes
    Answer and explanation →

13. 13. Current Affairs 2025–26

    India's target for textile exports is:

    1. AUS$50 billion by 2025
    2. BUS$100 billion by 2030
    3. CUS$500 billion by 2047
    4. DUS$250 billion by 2030
    Answer and explanation →

14. 14. Current Affairs 2025–26

    India's target for its bioeconomy is:

    1. AUS$150 billion by 2025
    2. BUS$100 billion by 2047
    3. CUS$1 trillion by 2030
    4. DUS$300 billion by 2030
    Answer and explanation →

15. 15. Current Affairs 2025–26

    India's target for Geographical Indication (GI) tags is:

    1. A10,000 by 2030
    2. B2,000 by 2030
    3. C5,000 by 2047
    4. D1,000 by 2025
    Answer and explanation →

16. 16. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Under India's new Nationally Determined Contribution for 2031–35, by how much does India aim to cut the emissions intensity of its GDP by 2035, from 2005 levels?

    1. A45%
    2. B47%
    3. C33%
    4. D60%
    Answer and explanation →

17. 17. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Under India's NDC for 2031–35, what share of installed power capacity is to come from non-fossil sources by 2035?

    1. A50%
    2. B40%
    3. C60%
    4. D75%
    Answer and explanation →

18. 18. Current Affairs 2025–26

    India aims to create an additional carbon sink through forest and tree cover, by 2035, of:

    1. A3.5 to 4.0 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent
    2. B2.5 to 3.0 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent
    3. C1 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent
    4. D10 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent
    Answer and explanation →

19. 19. Current Affairs 2025–26

    India aims to land an Indian astronaut on the Moon by:

    1. A2030
    2. B2035
    3. C2040
    4. D2047
    Answer and explanation →

20. 20. Current Affairs 2025–26

    India's target for nuclear power capacity by 2047 is:

    1. A500 GW
    2. B100 GW
    3. C22 GW
    4. D50 GW
    Answer and explanation →

21. 21. Current Affairs 2025–26

    By 2047, India aims to be among the top five:

    1. Acar-making nations by value
    2. Boil-producing nations
    3. Cwheat-exporting nations
    4. Dshipbuilding nations
    Answer and explanation →

22. 22. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Under the Kigali Amendment, India aims to cut its production and use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) by 85% by:

    1. A2070
    2. B2030
    3. C2035
    4. D2047
    Answer and explanation →

23. 23. Current Affairs 2025–26

    By March 2026, which goal did the Union Home Minister declare achieved?

    1. AIndia free of tuberculosis
    2. Bevery village with a bank branch
    3. CIndia free of Naxalism
    4. Devery home with piped water
    Answer and explanation →

24. 24. Current Affairs 2025–26

    India aims to eliminate lymphatic filariasis by:

    1. A2027
    2. B2035
    3. C2030
    4. D2025
    Answer and explanation →

25. 25. Current Affairs 2025–26

    By which year does India aim to make solar manufacturing fully indigenous, including solar cells?

    1. A2035
    2. B2028
    3. C2025
    4. D2047
    Answer and explanation →

26. 26. Current Affairs 2025–26

    India aims to eliminate sickle cell disease by:

    1. A2040
    2. B2030
    3. C2035
    4. D2047
    Answer and explanation →

27. 27. Current Affairs 2025–26

    The Gaganyaan crewed mission is targeted for launch in:

    1. A2027
    2. B2030
    3. C2025
    4. D2035
    Answer and explanation →

28. 28. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Which of the following targets is for 2047?

    1. ANet-zero emissions for Indian Railways
    2. BIndia to become a developed nation
    3. C20% ethanol blending in petrol
    4. D500 GW of non-fossil power capacity
    Answer and explanation →

29. 29. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Arrange these goals by their target year, earliest first: (1) Bharatiya Antariksh Station, (2) an Indian on the Moon, (3) net zero for India, (4) 500 GW of non-fossil capacity.

    1. A1, 4, 2, 3
    2. B4, 1, 2, 3
    3. C4, 2, 1, 3
    4. D1, 2, 4, 3
    Answer and explanation →

30. 30. Current Affairs 2025–26

    MATSYA-6000, the crewed submersible of the Samudrayaan mission, is planned for launch by:

    1. A2035
    2. B2025
    3. C2027
    4. D2030
    Answer and explanation →

31. 31. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Chandrayaan-4, the lunar sample return mission, is planned for:

    1. A2030
    2. B2027–28
    3. C2035
    4. D2025
    Answer and explanation →

32. 32. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Which of the following is India's target year for net-zero emissions?

    1. A2070
    2. B2047
    3. C2050
    4. D2060
    Answer and explanation →