1. Most of the NPAs being put up for sale come from which portfolio?
Answer: D. The bulk of the bad loans on offer belong to the microfinance book.
2. What share of Indian firms does the IMF describe as zombie firms?
Answer: C. Fifteen percent of firms that operate continuously are classed as zombie firms.
3. Financial creditors' recovery rate under the IBC dropped from 43% in 2019 to what figure?
Answer: E. By June 2025 the recovery rate had slid down to 33 percent.
4. What role is the S-500 Prometey mainly designed for?
Answer: A. The S-500 is able to engage aircraft, ballistic missiles and satellites in low orbit.
5. Which region is placed wholly in Zone VI?
Answer: B. The whole Himalayan arc, stretching from J&K to Arunachal, falls in Zone VI.
6. The Tex-RAMPS Scheme is run by which ministry?
Answer: D. Tex-RAMPS is a Central Sector Scheme that sits under the Ministry of Textiles.
7. Which zone has been newly introduced in the Earthquake Code 2025?
Answer: B. The newly added Zone VI is now the category with the highest risk.
8. Objecting to its references to the Middle East conflict, which country pulled out of the Declaration?
Answer: C. The Milei government in Argentina took exception to the Middle East references in the text.
9. For UNSC reforms, which areas were the focus of the 2025 G20 Summit?
Answer: E. The G20 asked for better representation of Africa, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific.
10. Because there is no PPI, which index serves as the deflator?
Answer: A. In the absence of a PPI, the WPI is what gets used to deflate values.
11. Which country hosted the 2025 G20 Summit in Johannesburg?
Answer: B. South Africa held the 2025 presidency and hosted the summit.
12. What grade has the IMF given India's national accounts statistics on its Data Adequacy Assessment scale?
Answer: D. NAS is graded C, the second-lowest of four grades.
13. What is the name of the submersible used in India's Samudrayaan mission?
Answer: A. The mission uses the submersible MATSYA 6000.
14. What is the financial outlay of the Tex-RAMPS scheme for 2025-31?
Answer: B. Tex-RAMPS has an outlay of ₹305 crore for 2025-31.
15. Which new seismic zone was created for the Himalayan arc in India's revised earthquake code IS 1893:2025?
Answer: C. The entire Himalayan arc was placed in newly created Zone VI.