1. Three statements are given about Venezuela. Which of them hold true?
Answer: B. Venezuela sits on the northern edge of South America, facing the Caribbean, and neighbours Colombia, Brazil and Guyana. Its government is a presidential republic, so the parliamentary claim fails.
2. Finding sugars, amino acids and nucleobases in material from asteroid Bennu lends weight to which idea?
Answer: E. Samples brought back by OSIRIS-REx from Bennu held the full set of molecular building blocks for life. This backs the view that such ingredients reached Earth from space.
3. The Indian Army has recently inducted Suryastra. What kind of system is it?
Answer: A. Suryastra is an Indian-made long-range launcher that can fire different types of rockets from one platform, which is why it is called a universal multi-calibre system.
4. What is the main purpose of the booklet titled "Know Your Survey: A User Guide to ASUSE"?
Answer: C. The booklet explains the ASUSE survey in plain, non-technical words so the public can understand the data and trust it more.
5. Which achievement is Savitribai Phule rightly linked with?
Answer: A. Savitribai Phule helped start the first school for girls in the country in 1848, at Bhidewada in Pune.
6. What is the chief aim of the PRAGATI platform?
Answer: D. PRAGATI is a technology-driven governance tool used to review stalled infrastructure and development projects and clear the obstacles holding them up.
7. Micro and small exporters under the MSME export-credit collateral support scheme can get guarantee cover of up to what percentage?
Answer: B. The scheme backs bank loans to micro and small exporters with a credit guarantee of up to 85 percent, which encourages banks to lend to them.
8. Which one is NOT an allowed way for a foreign bank to operate in India?
Answer: C. A foreign bank may open branches, set up a wholly owned subsidiary or run a liaison office. Operating as a cooperative bank is not an option.
9. The technology road map that SEBI has proposed for market infrastructure institutions mainly stresses what?
Answer: E. SEBI wants market institutions to adopt AI-based surveillance and risk management along with stronger cyber security so that markets are ready for the future.
10. Which factor mainly underpins India's standing as the largest rice producer in the world?
Answer: D. A suitable climate, river systems, fertile alluvial soil and irrigation-backed yields together explain why India leads in rice output.
11. Which country lies to the west of Venezuela?
Answer: C. Colombia is Venezuela's western neighbour; Brazil is south and Guyana east.
12. Which spacecraft of NASA collected the samples from asteroid Bennu that were studied for the origin of life?
Answer: B. The notes state NASA's OSIRIS-REx collected Bennu samples in 2020.
13. The Indian Army's Suryastra rocket launcher contract, signed under emergency procurement, was worth how much?
Answer: D. The deal with NIBE Limited was valued at ₹293 crore.
14. Which body released the 'Know Your Survey: A User Guide to ASUSE'?
Answer: B. The NSO under MoSPI published the guide.
15. Where was India's first girls' school, co-founded by Savitribai Phule in 1848, located?
Answer: C. The 1848 school was at Bhidewada, Pune.