1. What is the chief aim of the National Red List Assessment for Flora and Fauna begun in 2025?
Answer: B. The exercise will gauge how threatened close to 11,000 plant and animal species are by 2030, within the country's biodiversity framework.
2. Which city will hold the 8th International Solar Alliance Assembly in 2025?
Answer: D. India will host the assembly at Bharat Mandapam between 27 and 30 October 2025, aiming to strengthen worldwide cooperation on solar power.
3. In the IUCN Green Status Report, how was the gharial categorised?
Answer: A. Gavialis gangeticus got the Critically Depleted label in the first such report, which stresses that its recovery hinges on restored habitat and breeding programmes.
4. The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 went to whom?
Answer: C. The Hungarian author was honoured for philosophical, visionary novels that are famous for their very long, unbroken sentences.
5. Which trio of organisations launched Agentic Payments inside ChatGPT?
Answer: E. Razorpay, NPCI and OpenAI worked together to bring UPI-based transactions straight into the ChatGPT interface.
6. RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra described India's Digital Public Infrastructure as made up of which layers?
Answer: C. There are three layers: Identity through Aadhaar, Payments through UPI and AePS, and Data through the Account Aggregator, which together underpin digital financial inclusion.
7. SEBI reviewed the Stock Lending and Borrowing Mechanism. What is that mechanism for?
Answer: E. It lets investors lend or borrow securities for a short time, which supports short selling and hedging and adds to market liquidity.
8. The RBI recently lifted its cap on loans against which kind of security?
Answer: B. Scrapping the limit on lending against listed corporate debt is intended to deepen the corporate bond market and improve its liquidity.
9. HSBC India's new Innovation Banking platform is mainly meant to do what?
Answer: D. Launched in Mumbai, the platform offers debt-based funding so startups can expand without giving up any ownership stake.
10. After the 2025 expansion, how many commodities can be traded on e-NAM in total?
Answer: A. Nine more items, including Green Tea, Mustard Oil and Mentha Oil, were added, bringing the platform's tradable list to 247.
11. The Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 is open to students of which classes?
Answer: B. It is open to students of classes 6 to 12 nationwide, with focus on Aspirational Districts, tribal and remote areas.
12. Which body is among the organisers of Global Fintech Fest 2025?
Answer: B. The organisers are the Payments Council of India, NPCI and the Fintech Convergence Council.
13. Roughly how many species will India's National Red List Assessment evaluate by 2030?
Answer: C. The notes state nearly 11,000 species.
14. Where is the headquarters of the International Solar Alliance?
Answer: C. ISA is headquartered in Gurugram, India.
15. What does the abbreviation AMRAAM stand for?
Answer: A. AMRAAM means Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile.