1. Which description fits KAVACH, which was in the news?
Answer: D. It is Indian Railways' homegrown Automatic Train Protection system, built to stop collisions, overspeeding and signals passed at danger (SPAD).
2. Which of the following is NOT a feature of the KAVACH system?
Answer: E. Its job is safety, such as braking and avoiding collisions, rather than planning routes or timetables.
3. Which ministry set up the Passenger Assistance Control Room (PACR)?
Answer: C. The Ministry of Civil Aviation runs this round-the-clock control room for handling grievances and emergencies.
4. Under which mission was the PARAM Rudra supercomputer, inaugurated at IIT Patna, developed?
Answer: A. PARAM Rudra comes under the National Supercomputing Mission, which seeks to build up India's high-performance computing capacity.
5. On the banks of which river does Gandikota Canyon, called the 'Grand Canyon of India', lie?
Answer: C. The Penna (Pennar) river carved this gorge in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh.
6. To what level did the Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill, 2025 raise the FDI limit in insurance companies?
Answer: E. The cap rises from 74% to 100% via the automatic route, intended to bring in global capital and expertise.
7. Which regulator gets enhanced powers under the Insurance Amendment Bill, 2025?
Answer: D. IRDAI can now probe violations, check mis-selling and push for more transparency.
8. How has the RBI classified Aryaman Finance (India) Limited?
Answer: A. AFIL is a non-deposit-taking NBFC within the Investment and Credit Company category.
9. What does bancassurance mean?
Answer: B. In this model, banks use their branch networks to distribute insurance products.
10. Which organisation gave PayNearby its TPAP licence to operate UPI services?
Answer: B. Third Party Application Providers for UPI payments are authorised by NPCI.
11. Kavach is which type of system developed for Indian Railways?
Answer: A. Kavach is an indigenous Automatic Train Protection system.
12. Which ministry established the 24x7 Passenger Assistance Control Room (PACR)?
Answer: B. MoCA set up the PACR.
13. Which organisation developed the PARAM Rudra supercomputer inaugurated at IIT Patna?
Answer: B. PARAM Rudra was developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC).
14. PRAGATI, the governance platform, was launched in which year?
Answer: B. The notes state it was launched in 2015.
15. Gandikota Canyon was carved by which river?
Answer: C. The notes say the Penna (Pennar) River carved the gorge.