1. Which energy source does PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana seek to spread?
Answer: E. The scheme promotes rooftop solar to encourage clean generation and trim household electricity costs.
2. India's development of which area is the AI Kosha initiative linked with?
Answer: B. AI Kosha supports AI innovation by giving researchers and developers datasets, tools and infrastructure.
3. Recently in the news, Bhargavastra is what kind of indigenous system?
Answer: D. Bhargavastra is a home-built system made to detect hostile drones and neutralise them.
4. Which country was India's partner in Exercise Shakti 2026?
Answer: A. India and France run this bilateral military exercise to improve defence cooperation and interoperability.
5. Bharat Forecast System (BFS) is mainly connected with which area?
Answer: C. BFS is an advanced forecasting model built to make weather predictions across India more accurate.
6. RBI's fintech framework for Self-Regulatory Organisations is meant to encourage what?
Answer: E. RBI brought in the SRO framework to promote responsible conduct, innovation and compliance within the fintech industry.
7. Core Investment Companies mainly keep their investments in which kind of entities?
Answer: B. These companies chiefly hold shares and securities of firms in their own group and are regulated by RBI.
8. What does RBI's Digital Payments Index help to measure?
Answer: D. The index captures how far digital payment systems have grown and spread across the country.
9. PMFBY is a government scheme dealing with which area?
Answer: A. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana shields farmers financially from crop losses caused by natural calamities and bad weather.
10. Natural farming drives promoted by the Centre stress cutting back on what?
Answer: C. Natural farming backs eco-friendly agriculture by lowering reliance on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
11. What share of global greenhouse gas emissions is covered by carbon pricing, per the World Bank's State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2026?
Answer: C. The report says carbon pricing systems cover 29% of global GHG emissions.
12. Which ministry launched the JEEVAN app and SHATAYU dashboard?
Answer: B. MoSJE launched them, through its Department of Social Justice and Empowerment.
13. The newly described Kali night frog has which scientific name?
Answer: B. The new species is Nyctibatrachus kali.
14. Which body launched Bharat Digital Samvad in New Delhi?
Answer: A. BDIA convened the forum.
15. What government guarantee do airlines receive under ECLGS 5.0?
Answer: C. Non-MSMEs, including airlines, get a 90% guarantee.