1. NITI Aayog's report 'Reimagining Care: Strategies for Empowering Caregivers in Viksit Bharat@2047' projects that India's 60-plus population, 149 million in 2022, will reach what level by 2050?
Answer: C. The report expects the older-age share to double from about 10.5% to 20.8%, or 347 million people, by 2050. India would thus face a heavy long-term care load before it becomes a rich country.
2. MoRTH has proposed changes to the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 to bring in V2V technology. What main edge does V2V hold over cameras and radar?
Answer: A. Vehicles fitted with on-board units exchange speed, location and braking data directly with each other. Hazards outside the driver's visual range can therefore be flagged without any cellular network.
3. India has launched a Conservation Action Plan for the Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa). How long ago did this cat split from the Pantherinae lineage?
Answer: D. The Clouded Leopard diverged more than six million years ago, making it one of the oldest living cats and a link between big and small felines. The plan was announced on International Clouded Leopard Day, 4 August.
4. Which character served as the official mascot of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games?
Answer: E. Finnie was the mascot of the 23rd Commonwealth Games, held from 23 July to 2 August 2026. India finished fourth with 39 medals, and Ahmedabad will host in 2030.
5. India set a record at Glasgow 2026 in which sport, with 10 medals including seven golds, the most any nation has won in that sport at one CWG?
Answer: B. Indian boxers collected 10 medals, seven of them gold, with Lovlina Borgohain adding a silver in the 75kg class. Athletics also produced 10 medals but without such a gold haul.
6. GOBARdhan has been reshaped into the National Circular Bioenergy Scheme (Rs 23,731 crore, FY27-FY36). Which ministry now runs it?
Answer: A. Started in 2018 under Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen), the programme now sits with the Petroleum Ministry. It aims for roughly ten times more compressed biogas from dung, crop residue, press mud and municipal waste.
7. Under SEBI's directive of 16 January, the Closing Auction Session began on NSE and BSE on 3 August 2026. Its reference price is the VWAP of trades in which window, and what band applies?
Answer: C. The auction sets one closing price instead of an average of continuous trades. Its reference price comes from the volume-weighted average of trades between 3:00 and 3:15 PM and is held within a strict 3% band.
8. Urban cooperative bank licences are issued by the RBI under Section 22 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 read with which section, the one that extends the Act to cooperative societies?
Answer: E. Section 22 deals with licensing, and Section 56 applies the Banking Regulation Act to cooperative societies with modifications. Together they form the legal basis for UCB licensing.
9. The Bankers' Books Evidence Bill, 2026 is intended to replace the old Act from which year?
Answer: B. The Bill would supersede the 135-year-old Bankers' Books Evidence Act of 1891. It widens the meaning of bankers' books to include electronic, digital and cloud-based records.
10. RBI's draft framework on Credit Valuation Adjustment risk, which would replace the 2011 rules, is proposed to take effect from what date?
Answer: A. The draft, aligned with final Basel III, would apply from 1 April 2027 to commercial banks other than small finance banks, payments banks and local area banks. Comments were invited until 28 August.
11. How many NBFCs appear on RBI's Upper Layer list for 2026-27, Tata Sons among them?
Answer: C. The 2026-27 Upper Layer list names 17 NBFCs, and Tata Sons is among them while its de-registration request is being examined. Once in the layer, an NBFC faces enhanced norms for at least five years.
12. The AI farm advisory app FarmerChat 2.0 has passed 10 lakh users. Which organisation built it?
Answer: D. Digital Green India built FarmerChat, which gives local advice by voice, photo or text even where connectivity is poor. Version 2.0 adds saved farmer preferences.
13. ICAR-NIPB produced India's first fully annotated telomere-to-telomere genome of pigeonpea. Which variety was sequenced?
Answer: A. The T2T assembly of the tur variety Asha covers all 11 chromosomes, including centromeres and telomeres, closing the repeat-rich gaps that a draft genome leaves. NIPB also made the first pigeonpea draft genome in 2011.
14. A proposed central law on women farmers' rights would be modelled on the Women Farmers Empowerment Act, 2026 of which state?
Answer: C. EAC-PM Chairman S. Mahendra Dev said the Centre is looking at legislation along the lines of Maharashtra's law, the first state law of its kind. It lets women be recognised as farmers through a certificate even when land is registered to men.
15. Which Act, passed by the U.S. Senate, could place tariffs of up to 100% on countries that keep buying Russian oil, with possible consequences for India?
Answer: D. The Act permits tariffs as high as 100% on importers of Russian oil under set conditions. India, a large buyer of Russian crude, could therefore be exposed.
16. IRDAI has told insurers, other than reinsurers, to send monthly figures on premium income, investment income and claims paid. Which index is this data meant to help compile?
Answer: B. The monthly insurer data will feed into the Index of Service Production, improving how activity in the insurance sector is measured.
17. The Cabinet cleared the Rs 8,970 crore Guwahati-Tezpur corridor in Assam, a four-lane access-controlled stretch. Which national highway is it on, and under what model will it be built?
Answer: E. The Guwahati-Tezpur project is a four-lane section of NH-15 to be developed on a BOT (Toll) basis. It is meant to improve connectivity within Assam.
18. Squadron Leader Bhawana Kanth is the first Indian woman Fighter Combat Leader. In which city is TACDE, where she did the course?
Answer: E. She finished the FCL course at the Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment in Gwalior. Her achievement marks a milestone for women in fighter combat roles.
19. Twelve rat-hole miners received the Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak for their courage during which rescue?
Answer: B. These miners dug by hand through the last section to reach 41 trapped workers in Uttarakhand's Silkyara Tunnel. The Sarvottam award is the top tier of the Jeevan Raksha Padak series.
20. India hosted the BRICS heads of national statistical offices on 3-4 August 2026, themed 'Quality Statistics as a Driver of Change'. In which city?
Answer: C. The meeting in Lucknow concentrated on deepening statistical cooperation among BRICS members. In a separate item, C-DAC and GSI agreed to work on AI-based geological data processing.
21. IIT Hyderabad and Crimson Energy Experts launched ANUGYAN, an industry-academia nuclear orientation programme. It backs India's nuclear capacity goal of:
Answer: D. ANUGYAN is a three-month residential course that trains skilled nuclear professionals for the target of 100 GW of nuclear power by 2047.
22. Niyo Forex and GlobalPay obtained which category of RBI authorisation under the updated FEMA framework?
Answer: A. Both firms secured AD-II licences, which let them offer a wider set of regulated forex, remittance and cross-border payment services.
23. A newly described seahorse, Hippocampus amandavincentae, settled a taxonomic muddle of 150 years. Which number among seahorse species recorded off Kerala is it?
Answer: E. Scientists at KUFOS identified it as the fifth seahorse species known from Kerala's coast, clearing up confusion that dated back 150 years.
24. Annapurni Subramaniam, Director of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, became the first Indian woman to receive which honour?
Answer: D. She was given the COSPAR Vikram Sarabhai Medal 2026 in Italy, being the first Indian woman and the fourth Indian scientist to win it.
25. Whom did Air India name as its new CEO and Managing Director, replacing Campbell Wilson?
Answer: C. Tewolde Gebremariam, who earlier headed Ethiopian Airlines and has over ten years of global aviation experience, takes over from Campbell Wilson.
26. National Javelin Day on 7 August marks Neeraj Chopra's Tokyo Olympics gold. Which body declared the day, and in which year?
Answer: B. The AFI chose 7 August in 2021 to honour Neeraj Chopra's historic gold at the Tokyo 2020 Games.
27. Tamil Nadu's TVK government presented its first budget for FY27. What size of state economy does it aim for by 2031?
Answer: A. Finance Minister N. Marie Wilson's budget sets a goal of a 1.5 trillion dollar state economy by 2031, stressing AI, industry, education, infrastructure and welfare.
28. Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta opened a STEM Innovation Lab at Sarvodaya Vidyalaya in which locality?
Answer: D. The lab at Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, Pitampura gives government-school pupils hands-on learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.