1. Which of the following is not among the four Labour Codes notified by the Centre?
Answer: D. The notified codes cover wages, industrial relations, social security and occupational safety, health and working conditions. No code exists under the name Labour Welfare & Employment.
2. ICDS has completed 50 years. Which age group is its main target?
Answer: A. The scheme serves children up to six years as well as expectant and nursing mothers, with nutrition and early childhood development as its core.
3. Which of these is not a basic service delivered through ICDS?
Answer: B. ICDS provides six services, namely nutrition, pre-school education, immunisation, health check-ups, referrals and health education. Loans for skilling are not among them.
4. What is the main reason for linking India's UPI with the Eurozone's TIPS system?
Answer: E. The UPI-TIPS connection is intended to allow fast, real-time payments between India and the Eurozone.
5. Who operates the TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) system?
Answer: C. The Eurosystem runs TIPS, led by the European Central Bank along with the national central banks of the euro area.
6. What explains the recent rise of India's Credit-Deposit (CD) ratio above 80%?
Answer: A. Strong demand for loans combined with slower deposit mobilisation took the ratio over 80%, the top of the RBI's comfort zone.
7. Within what range does the RBI normally regard the CD ratio as comfortable?
Answer: D. A ratio between 60% and 75% is usually viewed by the RBI as healthy, striking a balance between liquidity and credit supply.
8. To what level does the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill 2025 propose to lift FDI in insurance from the present 74%?
Answer: C. The bill would take the FDI cap in the sector to 100% so as to attract investment and spur growth.
9. What was e-NAM created to link together?
Answer: E. e-NAM unites APMC mandis across the country into one online marketplace for farm produce.
10. Following its expansion, how many commodities in total can now be traded on e-NAM?
Answer: B. Nine additions, including green tea and mentha oil, bring the number of standardised tradable commodities on e-NAM to 247.
11. Warm days in India are increasing by how many days per decade in many regions?
Answer: C. The study reports 5 to 10 additional warm days per decade.
12. Azim Premji, honoured by ISB in November 2025, is the Founder Chairman of which company?
Answer: B. Premji is the Founder Chairman of Wipro.
13. Under which Australian law do the under-16 social media restrictions operate?
Answer: C. The restrictions are part of reforms under the Online Safety Act.
14. Which body established World Television Day?
Answer: D. The United Nations created the observance in 1996.
15. Mahavatar Narsimha is India's entry in which Oscars 2026 category?
Answer: C. Mahavatar Narsimha competes in animation, while Homebound is in international feature.