1. On 24 June 2026, Bangladesh became the ____ nation to join the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA).
Answer: B. Bangladesh's entry on 24 June 2026 made it the 27th IBCA member; its Cabinet had cleared the move earlier, on 22 May 2026.
2. Launched by PM Modi at Mysuru on 9 April 2023, the International Big Cat Alliance has its headquarters in which city?
Answer: D. The alliance operates from New Delhi, with the NTCA under MoEFCC as nodal agency. It gained treaty-based status as an international organisation on 23 January 2025 and covers 7 big cat species.
3. The Ministry of Home Affairs has announced that digital recording of all investigations and trials under the new criminal laws begins on what date?
Answer: A. Under the MHA announcement, digital recording across investigations and trials under BNS, BNSS and BSA starts on 1 January 2027, with the data held on the MeghRaj government cloud.
4. How many pillars of the criminal justice system are brought together on one platform by the Interoperable Criminal Justice System (ICJS)?
Answer: C. ICJS links five pillars: police, courts, prisons, forensics and prosecution, through CCTNS, e-Courts, e-Prisons, e-Forensics and e-Prosecution, so data flows smoothly between them.
5. Which state runs the Sujalam Sufalam Jal Abhiyan (SSJA), a flagship water conservation drive that added 20,789 lakh cubic feet of storage capacity in 2026?
Answer: E. SSJA is Gujarat's major groundwater recharge and water conservation campaign, begun in 2018. CM Bhupendra Patel started the 2026 round in Gandhinagar on 23 February 2026.
6. By 2030, the SUMAN Roadmap 2030 (unveiled at the 16th CCHFW Conference) seeks to bring India's Maternal Mortality Ratio under how many per 100,000 live births?
Answer: C. Launched by J.P. Nadda on 29 June 2026 in New Delhi, the roadmap targets an MMR below 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030, matching SDG 3.1 and concentrating on 130 high-burden districts across 13 states.
7. What is "Ayushman Sarathi", which Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda launched on 29 June 2026?
Answer: E. Ayushman Sarathi is the National Health Authority's official WhatsApp chatbot for PM-JAY, offering round-the-clock help such as eligibility checks, card management, eKYC and grievance redressal.
8. Project BRAHMANK marked its 16th Raising Day on 29 June 2026 at Ranaghat in Arunachal Pradesh. Which organisation runs this project?
Answer: B. BRAHMANK is a Border Roads Organisation project under the Defence Ministry, raised on 29 June 2011. It looks after 811 km of road and 86 bridges in Arunachal Pradesh and part of Assam's Dhemaji district.
9. Who launched the FCRA 2.0 Portal together with the e-OCI Card on 30 June 2026?
Answer: D. Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the FCRA 2.0 Portal, hosted on MeghRaj cloud, and the e-OCI Card, which is expected to serve over 50 lakh OCI cardholders worldwide.
10. Foreign contributions received under the FCRA, 2010 must be routed into a designated account held at which bank branch?
Answer: A. The amended FCRA 2010 requires the designated account at the New Delhi Main Branch of the State Bank of India on Sansad Marg. Section 7 also bars passing foreign funds on to others.
11. Who designed EPFO's CITES 2.01, whose database migration ran from 26 June to 1 July 2026?
Answer: D. C-DAC built CITES 2.01. It folds more than 120 scattered EPFO databases into one national database, so any provident fund office can handle any member's request.
12. Around how many EPS pensioners gain from the Centralised Pension Payment System (CPPS), which has run under the CITES framework since 1 January 2025?
Answer: A. CPPS serves over 78 lakh EPS pensioners, who can draw pension from any bank and branch in India without having their Pension Payment Orders moved when they change bank or place.
13. Under the RBI's revised framework, an Unregistered Type I NBFC, which is exempt from registration under Section 45-IA of the RBI Act, 1934, must have assets below what amount?
Answer: C. Such an NBFC takes no public funds, has no customer interface and holds assets under ₹1,000 crore. Voluntary surrender of its registration certificate is filed on RBI's PRAVAAH portal.
14. By when did IRDAI Chairman Ajay Seth say the first Bima Sugam products should be available?
Answer: E. Ajay Seth said on 30 June 2026 that the initial motor, health and term life products on Bima Sugam would be ready by the end of September 2026; it forms part of the Bima Trinity with Bima Vistaar and Bima Vahaak.
15. In IRDAI's "Bima Trinity" framework, what does Bima Vahaak stand for?
Answer: B. Bima Vahaak is an agent network built around women. These agents are meant to sell the rural composite cover, Bima Vistaar, through the Bima Sugam online marketplace.
16. In which state was the country's first PACS-based RuTAGe Smart Village Centre (RSVC) opened, at Beerpur PACS?
Answer: E. The first PACS-based RSVC opened at Beerpur PACS in Jagtial district, Telangana, with a second at Nandanam FSCS in Hanumakonda. The Principal Scientific Adviser's office and NABARD lead it, with a ₹33.52 lakh Gramya Vikas Nidhi grant.
17. The Union Cabinet cleared the World's Largest Grain Storage Plan in the Cooperative Sector (WLGSP-Coops) on 31 May 2023. Which ministry carries out the plan?
Answer: B. The Ministry of Cooperation, created on 6 July 2021 under Amit Shah with the vision "Sahakar Se Samriddhi", implements it, building PACS-level godowns, custom hiring centres, processing units and Fair Price Shops.
18. General Upendra Dwivedi was succeeded as the 31st Chief of the Army Staff by whom?
Answer: D. General Dhiraj Seth took over as the 31st Army Chief after General Upendra Dwivedi retired following more than four decades in uniform.
19. With the Union Cabinet's extra ₹30,000 crore for NIIF, the government's overall commitment to the fund doubles to what figure?
Answer: A. The Cabinet's additional ₹30,000 crore in the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund doubles the government's total pledge to ₹60,000 crore, aimed at infrastructure and new sectors such as e-mobility.
20. Where was the 30th edition of Exercise RIMPAC 2026, in which the Indian Navy took part, held?
Answer: C. RIMPAC 2026 took place in Hawaii, USA. It is the largest maritime exercise in the world, with warships, submarines, aircraft and roughly 30,000 personnel.
21. What was the theme of National Statistics Day on 29 June 2026, held to remember P.C. Mahalanobis?
Answer: A. The 2026 theme was "Unlocking the Potential of Administrative Data". The day is marked every 29 June in honour of statistician Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis.
22. The anniversary of which event is remembered on International Asteroid Day, 30 June?
Answer: C. Every 30 June, the day raises awareness of asteroid impact risks and planetary defence, and it commemorates the 1908 Tunguska event over Siberia.
23. Which driver took victory at the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix, his second win of the season?
Answer: E. George Russell of Mercedes-AMG Petronas won in Austria ahead of Max Verstappen, which was his second victory of the 2026 season.
24. India's women's cricket side has directly qualified for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. After how long a gap does cricket come back to the Games?
Answer: B. India took Asia's automatic spot for LA 2028, and cricket makes its Olympic return after a gap of 128 years.
25. Which state saw the launch of the "PM Family Care Tracker" pilot, a digital platform tracking children's health, nutrition, education and welfare benefits?
Answer: D. Amit Shah started the pilot in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The platform follows children's health, nutrition, education and welfare benefits so government schemes reach them on time.