1. Zelensky's trip to the White House ended suddenly mainly because of what?
Answer: C. The Ukrainian president's meeting closed with no signed minerals agreement, which led to debate over whether he walked out or was asked to go.
2. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar mission is chiefly meant to do which of the following?
Answer: A. Blue Ghost is linked to NASA's Artemis effort and carries instruments that examine regolith, radiation-tolerant computers and navigation signals on the Moon.
3. Which of these is a major proposal in the UGC Draft Regulations, 2025?
Answer: E. The draft widens anti-discrimination protection from students to every stakeholder on campus and sets up equity committees to deal with complaints.
4. The new gene therapy for Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD) is notable because of which result?
Answer: B. Using viral vectors, treated animals such as a calf grew normally with no diet limits, suggesting an option other than a liver transplant.
5. High PM2.5 levels in Northern India are largely attributed to what?
Answer: D. Vehicle exhaust, household heating and burning of biomass are the main contributors, and each of them involves incomplete combustion.
6. Critics of the Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2025 mainly objected to which aspect?
Answer: A. Opposition arose as the bill raised government influence over the BCI and prohibited strikes by lawyers, prompting worries about judicial independence.
7. What is behind the pushback against SEBI's idea of merging mutual funds with insurance?
Answer: D. Mutual funds are generally regarded as pure investments, and earlier efforts to pair them with insurance did not succeed.
8. Under Governor Sanjay Malhotra, which key monetary policy step did the RBI take?
Answer: B. For the first time in five years the central bank trimmed the repo rate, hoping to lift growth at a time when GDP was slowing.
9. IRDAI's decision to let insurers use derivatives for their equity exposure is intended to achieve what?
Answer: E. Insurers can hedge their equity holdings with derivatives, which the regulator expects to improve risk control and deepen liquidity in equity derivatives.
10. Why is India giving preference to bilateral trade pacts over multilateral arrangements?
Answer: C. As faith in global bodies like the WTO and WHO falls, India is moving to two-party deals, among them the proposed India-EU free trade agreement.
11. On which date in 2025 did the Trump-Zelensky meeting at the White House end in a clash?
Answer: B. The notes date the Oval Office confrontation to 28 February 2025.
12. Blue Ghost Mission 1, which landed on the Moon upright, was built and operated by which company?
Answer: B. Firefly Aerospace, a US company, landed Blue Ghost Mission 1.
13. Under the UGC draft regulations 2025, who is protected against discrimination, unlike the 2012 rules?
Answer: B. The draft widens coverage from students to all stakeholders.
14. In the MSUD gene therapy research, which vector carried the working genes into cells?
Answer: A. The therapy used an adeno-associated viral vector to deliver BCKDHA and BCKDHB genes.
15. A Nature Communications study on northern India found PM2.5 toxicity to be how many times that in Chinese and European cities?
Answer: C. The notes state toxicity of PM2.5 in India was five times that of Chinese and European cities.