1. NCRB's 2023 data showed the steepest rise in crimes against children in which state?
Answer: B. Cases in Assam almost doubled from roughly 5,100 to 10,000, mostly because the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 was enforced strictly.
2. What is the main job of INS Androth, recently commissioned into the Indian Navy?
Answer: D. Commissioned at Visakhapatnam, it is the second Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft and is built for submarine hunting, coastal defence and surveillance in shallow seas.
3. The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine honoured the discovery of what?
Answer: C. Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi were recognised for finding Tregs and FOXP3, which govern immune tolerance and matter for autoimmune disease and cancer therapy.
4. According to S&P Global Market Intelligence, which category of banks did better in market capitalisation between July and September 2025?
Answer: E. State-run lenders such as SBI, Bank of Baroda and Indian Bank gained value thanks to a bigger share of retail loans and a stable domestic economy, whereas private banks lagged amid global trade uncertainty.
5. SEBI's new "@valid" UPI handles are intended to do what?
Answer: A. The handles ensure investors pay only registered intermediaries, and a green trust symbol confirms authenticity, lowering the chance that funds are collected fraudulently.
6. Which institution is carrying out the impact assessment study on services provided by Business Correspondents in India?
Answer: D. The National Institute of Bank Management, which the RBI set up in 1969, is reviewing how Business Correspondents perform and will suggest reforms to deepen financial inclusion.
7. What is the chief aim of RBI's proposal to let banks fund corporate acquisitions?
Answer: C. Allowing banks to finance takeovers would boost liquidity, lessen dependence on loans from abroad and aid strategic M&A, within prudential and risk limits.
8. Which fintech firm said it was launching physical POS machines and sound boxes in India?
Answer: B. Zoho Payments, owned by the Chennai-based software company Zoho, announced POS terminals and sound boxes to strengthen digital payment infrastructure for merchants across the country.
9. The Union Cabinet cleared what total outlay for the Mission for Atmanirbharta in Pulses?
Answer: E. The 2025–31 mission with a ₹11,440 crore budget seeks self-sufficiency in pulses by raising domestic output, cutting imports through better seeds, wider cultivation and improved post-harvest handling.
10. Which one of these is NOT among the components of the Mission for Atmanirbharta in Pulses?
Answer: A. The mission raises domestic production through seed distribution, assured MSP purchase, area expansion and 1,000 processing units; cutting GST on imports is not part of it.
11. Why is the phosphine found on Wolf 1130C not treated as a sign of life?
Answer: C. Brown dwarfs are not regarded as habitable, so the gas is explained by atmospheric conditions or nearby stellar activity instead.
12. Which law's strict enforcement drove the rise in Assam's child-related crime cases in 2023?
Answer: B. Assam's jump came from a crackdown under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006.
13. Which shipbuilder constructed INS Androth, per the notes?
Answer: C. GRSE built INS Androth.
14. What was the theme of India Mobile Congress 2025?
Answer: C. The theme was 'Innovate to Transform'.
15. The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded for discoveries about which cells?
Answer: B. The prize recognised work on regulatory T cells and the Foxp3 gene.