1. Which of these is a brand-new test category brought in by Bharat NCAP 2.0?
Answer: C. Version 2.0 adds Vulnerable Road User Protection and Post-Crash Safety. Frontal, side and oblique pole tests were there earlier.
2. A 50:50 joint venture to make HAMMER weapons in India has been agreed between France and India through which two entities?
Answer: C. A 50:50 Joint Venture Cooperation Agreement links Bharat Electronics Ltd with Safran Electronics & Defence of France to build HAMMER munitions locally.
3. Which digital platform does the NITI Aayog Water Budgeting report use for planning and data integration?
Answer: E. Varuni is a web platform used for water budgeting, supply-demand analysis, hotspot mapping and planning at block level.
4. How does the RBI Bulletin of November 2025 describe India's present inflation?
Answer: D. The RBI says inflation has eased to a record low and sits well under the target, which supports growth.
5. Crisil expects NBFC assets under management to go beyond what figure by March 2027?
Answer: B. Crisil's estimate is that NBFC AUM will exceed Rs 50 trillion by FY27, helped by robust demand driven by consumption.
6. Which security does SEBI propose to leave out of BSDA portfolio valuation altogether?
Answer: D. Delisted securities would be dropped entirely from the valuation since they have neither a market price nor any value that can be realised.
7. What new cap on brokerage for cash market trades has SEBI put forward?
Answer: A. The proposal lowers the cash market brokerage ceiling from 12 bps to 2 bps, easing costs passed on to investors.
8. How frequently would BSDA eligibility be reviewed under SEBI's proposal?
Answer: A. SEBI favours an automatic and uniform quarterly review in place of checks tied to each depository participant's billing cycle.
9. What share of India's freshwater use goes to agriculture, as stated in the Water Budgeting report?
Answer: B. Farming draws most of the country's freshwater, so measures like micro-irrigation and crop diversification are essential.
10. According to the report, which block has the largest water deficit?
Answer: E. Namchi has a 94% water shortfall, the worst among the aspirational blocks that were studied.
11. What was the final score when India won the Women's Kabaddi World Cup 2025?
Answer: C. India won 35-28 against Chinese Taipei.
12. Which ministry released the draft Bharat NCAP 2.0?
Answer: B. MoRTH released the draft.
13. India and France agreed to jointly produce which air-to-ground weapon?
Answer: A. The agreement covers HAMMER precision-guided munitions.
14. What is the name of the web-based water budgeting platform used in NITI Aayog's aspirational blocks report?
Answer: B. Varuni supports block-level water budgeting and gap analysis.
15. Who succeeded CJI B. R. Gavai as the 53rd Chief Justice of India?
Answer: C. Justice Surya Kant took office on 24 November 2025.