1. In the Global Risks Report 2026, which risk is placed first over the short term of two years?
Answer: D. The WEF report ranks geo-economic confrontation, meaning trade barriers, sanctions and curbs on investment, as the leading short-term risk, ahead of armed conflict.
2. What is the SVASTIK portal, launched by CSIR-NIScPR, about?
Answer: A. SVASTIK stands for Scientifically Validated Societal Traditional Knowledge, and it shares Indian traditional knowledge in several languages once it has passed scientific validation.
3. Who publishes the Export Preparedness Index (EPI) 2024?
Answer: D. NITI Aayog brought out the fourth edition of the index, which rates how ready States and UTs are for exporting.
4. With which community is the Sammakka-Saralamma Jatara chiefly associated?
Answer: C. This tribal festival is held every two years at Medaram in Telangana by the Koya Adivasi community.
5. Which pillar of the IndiaAI Mission is about giving affordable access to GPUs and AI accelerators?
Answer: A. The compute pillar builds shared national AI computing infrastructure so that the country relies less on computing services from abroad.
6. Which agency manages the Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS) under StartUp India?
Answer: E. SIDBI runs the Rs 10,000 crore fund, which puts money into AIFs that in turn back startups.
7. Which report suggests centralised, AI-enabled digital portals to make MSME schemes work better?
Answer: B. The report argues for a single AI-enabled MSME portal that would lower the cost of compliance and improve how schemes reach businesses.
8. How are plantations on forest land classified under the amended Forest Conservation Guidelines 2026?
Answer: C. After the amendment, plantation and afforestation count as forestry activities, so compensatory afforestation (CA) and NPV payments are no longer needed.
9. Which long-term risk climbs sharply in the Global Risks Report 2026 ranking because of weak governance?
Answer: B. AI risks move from a low place in the short-term list into the top five over the long run, driven by worries about jobs, misinformation and warfare.
10. The India-Israel Joint Declaration on Fisheries and Aquaculture covers everything below EXCEPT which item?
Answer: E. The declaration deals with sustainable aquaculture, saving water, better seed and monitoring, and deep-sea mining is not part of it.
11. Which risk tops the 2-year horizon in the Global Risks Report 2026?
Answer: C. Geo-economic confrontation ranks 1st over the short term.
12. Which institution prepared the NITI Aayog report on convergence of MSME schemes?
Answer: B. The Administrative Staff College of India prepared the blueprint.
13. The January 2026 forest guideline amendment waives which payment for restoration on degraded forest land?
Answer: B. NPV is not applicable to such plantation or restoration work.
14. Which ministry is the nodal ministry for the IndiaAI Mission?
Answer: A. MeitY is the nodal ministry.
15. What does SVASTIK, the portal launched by CSIR-NIScPR, stand for?
Answer: C. SVASTIK expands to Scientifically Validated Societal Traditional Knowledge.