1. Which organization publishes the Global Terrorism Index (GTI)?
Answer: E. The Institute for Economics and Peace issues the GTI every year. It gauges terrorism's impact in each country using incidents, deaths, injuries and property damage.
2. Which country was ranked first in the Global Terrorism Index 2026?
Answer: B. Pakistan came out on top with the highest impact score of 8.574, with Burkina Faso and Niger next.
3. The recently launched Internal Audit Portal belongs to which ministry?
Answer: D. The Ministry of Rural Development introduced it to make audits more transparent and accountable, with live tracking.
4. What does the Jal Seva Aankalan Framework mainly deal with?
Answer: A. Within the Jal Jeevan Mission it is used to evaluate rural tap water services, relying on community involvement and digital monitoring.
5. What is the RoDTEP scheme designed to do?
Answer: C. RoDTEP returns the embedded duties and taxes that exporters would otherwise bear, so that taxes are not exported and goods stay competitive abroad.
6. Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (RIIT) is an instance of which type of vehicle?
Answer: E. RIIT is an InvIT sponsored by NHAI. It raises money for new infrastructure by monetizing existing highway assets.
7. For what can the Gift Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs) proposed by SEBI be used?
Answer: B. SEBI's idea is to widen financial inclusion by letting people gift mutual fund investments to others, rather than general spending.
8. What is the main purpose of the unified mandate system proposed by the RBI?
Answer: D. Users would see every recurring payment mandate in one dashboard, across channels such as UPI and cards, making them easier to track.
9. What share of economically active rural women in India work in agriculture?
Answer: A. Roughly 80% of such women are in farming, which shows how central they are to the sector.
10. What is the Namo Drone Didi Scheme mainly intended to do?
Answer: C. It equips women self-help groups with drones, backed by 80% central assistance, for jobs such as spraying and crop monitoring.
11. Since 2018, how much has Nikshay Poshan Yojana transferred to TB patients, as cited at the launch?
Answer: D. Rs 4,590 crore has gone to 1.39 crore TB patients since 2018.
12. The SHG-Bank Linkage award given to Karnataka Grameena Bank is aligned with which scheme?
Answer: B. The bank's SHG work is aligned with the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission.
13. Which body publishes the Global Terrorism Index?
Answer: B. The GTI is published by the Institute for Economics and Peace.
14. Which ministry launched the real-time Internal Audit Portal?
Answer: B. The portal was launched by the Ministry of Rural Development.
15. Which body conducts the ground-level assessment under the Jal Seva Aankalan Framework?
Answer: A. The VWSC carries out the community-led assessment.