1. What is the BHARAT SAMPARK initiative mainly designed to do?
Answer: A. It is a government outreach effort that brings students, particularly from top institutions, closer to public institutions, policy processes and nation-building work.
2. Which ministry is the nodal ministry for BHARAT SAMPARK?
Answer: E. The Communications Ministry coordinates it, with emphasis on modernising India Post and digital infrastructure.
3. Under which Act was the National Commission for Women (NCW) set up?
Answer: B. NCW is a statutory body that began functioning in 1992 on the basis of the 1990 Act.
4. Where is India's first mega shipbuilding cluster, NSHIP, being developed?
Answer: C. The National Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries Park, the country's first such mega cluster, is coming up at Thoothukudi.
5. Which base year does India's new Consumer Price Index (CPI) series use?
Answer: E. The base was moved from 2011–12 to 2023–24, drawing on the latest Household Consumption Expenditure Survey.
6. In the new CPI series, which component's weight has been cut significantly?
Answer: B. Its share dropped from roughly 46% to close to 37%, in line with Engel's Law and shifting consumption habits.
7. Slice Small Finance Bank brought out India's first digital savings account tied fully to which rate?
Answer: C. The account is linked 100% to the RBI repo rate, with interest worked out and credited every day.
8. Which authority grants the Payment Aggregator–Physical (PA-P) licence?
Answer: A. RBI issues these licences, allowing firms to aggregate and process offline digital payments for merchants.
9. Which entity issues the first USD-backed stablecoin cleared by the UAE Central Bank?
Answer: D. The stablecoin, USDU, comes from Universal Digital and falls under the UAE's Payment Token Services Regulation.
10. What does SEBI's No-Objection Certificate (NOC) to NSE enable it to do?
Answer: C. The NOC lets NSE appoint intermediaries, draft the DRHP and move ahead with the IPO-related formalities.
11. Where was the swearing-in of Maharashtra's first woman Deputy Chief Minister held on 31 January 2026?
Answer: B. Sunetra Pawar took the oath at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai.
12. On which date was the National Commission for Women established?
Answer: A. NCW was established on 31 January 1992.
13. Where is India's first mega shipbuilding cluster being developed through the NSHIP SPV?
Answer: A. NSHIP will develop the cluster at Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu.
14. What is the base year of the new CPI series released by MoSPI?
Answer: C. The base year changed from 2011-12 to 2023-24.