1. In which state is India's first semiconductor ATMP plant, inaugurated in 2026, located?
Answer: C. Micron Technology's Assembly, Test, Mark and Package facility is at Sanand in Gujarat, boosting domestic semiconductor manufacturing and India's place in electronics supply chains.
2. Which Maharashtra village proclaimed itself a 'caste-free village' in February 2026?
Answer: D. Soundala passed a gram sabha resolution to that effect, aiming at equality by ending caste discrimination and giving everyone equal access to temples, water sources and schools.
3. Who launched the Sustainable Road Safety Financing Project in India?
Answer: B. The UN Road Safety Fund started it in February 2026 to improve how road safety is financed and to back efforts that cut accidents and deaths.
4. What was India's approximate GDP growth for Q3 FY26 under the new GDP series?
Answer: A. Under the new series with 2022–23 as the base year, growth eased a little to around 7.8% in the third quarter of FY26 from the quarter before.
5. About what share of India's international trade is now carried out in rupees under the rupee internationalisation drive?
Answer: E. As part of a gradual push for rupee internationalisation, roughly 5% of foreign trade is invoiced or settled in rupees, a first step toward lowering dollar dependence.
6. What are Special Rupee Vostro Accounts (SRVAs) chiefly used for?
Answer: D. These accounts let foreign banks keep rupee balances in India so that trade can be settled in rupees, supporting the currency's internationalisation.
7. To roughly what level did India's foreign exchange reserves fall in February 2026?
Answer: D. RBI data showed reserves down by about $2.11 billion to nearly $723.6 billion in the week ended 20 February 2026, mostly because of foreign currency assets.
8. By the end of January 2026, India's fiscal deficit stood at about what share of the FY26 target?
Answer: C. Controller General of Accounts figures put the deficit at about 63% of the annual FY26 target at the end of January, a better position than a year earlier.
9. Fortified rice is chiefly enriched with which nutrients?
Answer: A. Micronutrients like iron, folic acid and vitamin B12 are added to fight malnutrition and anaemia among vulnerable groups.
10. Fortified rice has been distributed in India through PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, the Targeted Public Distribution System, PM POSHAN and the Integrated Child Development Services. Which of these were used?
Answer: A. Fortified rice has reached people via PMGKAY, TPDS under the NFSA, PM POSHAN and ICDS, all of which were used to improve nutrition across the country.
11. Which ministry launched the Rail Tech Policy and the Rail Tech Portal?
Answer: A. The Ministry of Railways launched both.
12. ASTraM, the AI-based traffic management system, is used in which city?
Answer: C. ASTraM operates from the Bengaluru Traffic Management Centre.
13. Which organisation released the Global Mind Health in 2025 report?
Answer: A. The US-based NGO Sapien Labs released it.
14. Where was India's first State Innovation Mission launched?
Answer: C. SIM was launched in Agartala, Tripura.
15. India's GDP base year was shifted from 2011–12 to which year in the new series?