1. Compared with MGNREGA, what basic change does the VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025 propose?
Answer: C. Instead of a demand-driven entitlement, work becomes supply-driven, depending on Central notification and fixed budgets.
2. How many days of employment per rural household does the VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025 guarantee?
Answer: E. The guarantee goes up from the 100 days under MGNREGA to 125 days a year for each household.
3. Which existing body would the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan (VBSA) Bill, 2025 replace?
Answer: D. A new apex regulator for higher education would take over from the University Grants Commission (UGC).
4. Which trend is correct as per PLFS for November 2025?
Answer: A. The jobless rate eased to 4.7% and LFPR climbed to 55.8%, a sign that more people were absorbed into work.
5. What chiefly explains the sharp narrowing of India's trade deficit in November 2025?
Answer: D. A steep fall of about 60% year on year in gold imports shrank the merchandise trade gap considerably.
6. The SHANTI Bill, 2025 deals with reform in which sector?
Answer: B. It overhauls India's nuclear energy sector by admitting private and foreign players and revising liability rules.
7. Which Indian sector is seen as most exposed to the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)?
Answer: E. Indian cement exports are carbon-heavy, so they face the biggest CBAM exposure among domestic sectors.
8. Mutations in which gene are chiefly linked to artemisinin resistance in malaria?
Answer: D. Changes in kelch13 slow the clearance of parasites from the blood and are tied to resistance against artemisinin.
9. Which issue does the Right to Disconnect Bill, 2025 mainly address?
Answer: A. It would give employees a legal right to switch off from work messages outside their working hours.
10. The Bison Horn Maria dance belongs to which tribe?
Answer: D. The Dandami Maria people of Bastar in Chhattisgarh perform this dance.
11. Which statement about Sai Jadhav is correct?
Answer: D. She is the first woman to reach the Territorial Army through IMA; she is a fourth-generation uniformed family member.
12. Who signed Punjab's Holy City notification dated 16 December 2025?
Answer: B. Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Alok Shekhar signed it, with the Governor's approval.
13. The VB-G RAM G Bill proposes to replace which existing law?
Answer: A. The Bill would replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005.
14. How long is the empanelment of heritage conservation architects for ASI monuments valid?
Answer: D. Empanelment lasts three years with annual performance reviews.
15. Emperor Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar II, honoured with a commemorative stamp, is also known as what?
Answer: A. His other names are Suvaran Maran and Shatrubhayankar.