1. The IONS IMEX TTX 2026 run by the Indian Navy was mainly meant to do what?
Answer: D. A table-top exercise works through simulated scenarios by discussion, so partners can practise coordination and decisions without sending out real ships or aircraft.
2. In what year did the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium come into being?
Answer: D. India initiated IONS in 2008 as a forum to deepen naval and maritime cooperation among Indian Ocean littoral nations.
3. Humpback whales cannot thrive in the Baltic Sea because of which condition?
Answer: B. These whales need salty ocean water and rely on krill for food; the Baltic has neither the right salt levels nor that prey, so living there is hard.
4. Exercise Dweep Shakti is linked to the Andaman and Nicobar Command because that command is:
Answer: E. The command brings the Army, Navy and Air Force under a single head, which suits joint drills such as Dweep Shakti centred on defending islands.
5. Which aim best describes NASA's Artemis II mission?
Answer: C. Artemis II carries a crew to test deep-space equipment and prepares the ground for long-term lunar exploration, rather than attempting a landing right away.
6. Under the latest RBI relief steps, export credit can run for up to how long?
Answer: A. To ease cash strain caused by disruptions in global trade, the central bank lengthened the permissible export credit period to 450 days.
7. The RBI relief package lengthens the window for bringing back export earnings to:
Answer: E. Exporters hit by delays from geopolitical trouble now get 15 months, up from the earlier nine, to repatriate their proceeds.
8. RBI's revised norms limit bank lending against shares across the whole system to how much per borrower?
Answer: B. A system-wide ceiling of ₹1 crore per borrower stops people from piling up leverage by borrowing from many banks at once.
9. Which of these is not one of the pillars on which the Supervisory Data Quality Index rests?
Answer: C. The index scores data on accuracy, timeliness, completeness and consistency; how profitable a bank is does not form part of it.
10. Under the revised RBI rules, AD Category-I banks must file ECB returns within what period?
Answer: A. A seven-calendar-day deadline was set so that ECB reporting becomes quicker and compliance is easier to monitor.
11. When did the President give assent to the Income-tax Bill that became the 2025 Act?
Answer: C. Parliament passed it on 12 August 2025 and assent came on 21 August 2025.
12. What kind of exercise was the IONS Maritime Exercise (IMEX) 2026 held in Kochi?
Answer: B. IMEX 2026 was a table-top exercise using war-gaming, with no ship deployment.
13. What is the IUCN Red List category of the humpback whale, as noted in this item?
Answer: A. The notes record the humpback whale as Least Concern.
14. Which Indian command hosted the tri-service Exercise Dweep Shakti on island defence?
Answer: B. Dweep Shakti ran under the Andaman and Nicobar Command, India's only Theater Command.
15. In NASA's Artemis II mission, what is the main safety advantage of a free-return trajectory?
Answer: B. A free-return path uses the Moon's gravity to bring Orion home without a big burn.