1. What is the central aim of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)?
Answer: D. PMMVY gives conditional cash help to pregnant and nursing mothers for their first living child, supporting maternal health and nutrition.
2. Counting the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) amount, how much maternity benefit does a woman effectively get under PMMVY?
Answer: B. PMMVY pays ₹5,000 and JSY adds ₹1,000, which together meet the ₹6,000 required by the NFSA.
3. Which scheme has the 'first-to-finish' incentive model as a key feature?
Answer: D. ECMS rewards firms that hit production milestones ahead of others, pushing them toward speed and efficiency.
4. Under which legal provision has the Rah-Veer (Good Samaritan) Scheme been notified?
Answer: A. The scheme rests on Section 134A, which was brought in through the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019.
5. Olive Ridley sea turtles are famous worldwide for which special nesting behaviour?
Answer: E. An arribada is a mass nesting event where thousands of Olive Ridleys come ashore together on particular beaches.
6. Which regulator has flagged insurance misselling as a significant worry?
Answer: B. IRDAI called misselling a serious problem and asked insurers to carry out root-cause analysis.
7. Until when has RBI allowed existing related-party loans that do not comply to stay in place?
Answer: C. Such exposures may simply run off until they mature, with no renewal or increase allowed.
8. The lower risk weights for NBFC infrastructure lending depend mainly on which factor?
Answer: E. RBI kept its repayment-based test but eased the repayment thresholds needed to get the lower risk weights.
9. What chiefly drove the sharp jump in farmer incomes in Beed district?
Answer: B. A move to high-value horticulture, together with groundwater recharge, changed how much farms earned.
10. Which body released 184 new crop varieties with better climate resilience and nutrition?
Answer: C. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research developed these 184 varieties, which span 25 crops.
11. What is the total cash assistance paid in three installments under PMMVY through DBT?
Answer: C. PMMVY pays ₹5,000; with JSY's ₹1,000 the total is ₹6,000.
12. Which department runs the Export Promotion Mission (EPM)?
Answer: B. EPM is a flagship initiative of the Department of Commerce.
13. Under which provision is the Rah-Veer Good Samaritan scheme notified?
Answer: A. Rah-Veer is notified under Section 134A of the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019.
14. What is the mass nesting phenomenon of Olive Ridley turtles called?
Answer: A. Arribada is when thousands of females nest at the same time.
15. Suryastra rocket system is built on which Israeli technology base?
Answer: A. It is based on Precise & Universal Launching System (PULS).