1. By how much did India's industrial output, as per the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), expand in August 2025?
Answer: B. IIP growth eased slightly to 4% in August 2025 from 4.3% a month before, on weaker manufacturing, though mining and electricity improved.
2. After two new Ramsar sites were added in Bihar in 2025, what is India's total number of Ramsar sites?
Answer: E. With Gokul Jalashay in Buxar and Udaipur Jheel in West Champaran designated, India's count reaches 93, the highest in Asia and third in the world.
3. Which ministry manages the Sahyog portal, whose validity was upheld by the Karnataka High Court?
Answer: C. The Home Ministry runs Sahyog through the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) to send content takedown requests to social media platforms.
4. In NCRB's Crime in India Report 2023, which category showed the sharpest increase in rate over 2022?
Answer: A. Cybercrime cases rose 31.2% in 2023, largely online fraud, sexual exploitation and extortion, a sign of the challenges of digitalisation.
5. In RBI's revised liquidity management framework, which rate continues as monetary policy's operating target?
Answer: D. RBI kept WACR as the operating target so that short-term money market rates remain in line with the policy repo rate.
6. Under RBI's new guidelines, when can banks revise the credit spread on small business loans?
Answer: B. Banks may now adjust loan spreads before the earlier 3-year restriction ends, giving them flexibility and benefiting borrowers.
7. At which level has Moody's affirmed India's long-term sovereign rating?
Answer: E. Moody's left India at Baa3, the lowest investment-grade rung, with a stable outlook, citing fiscal challenges offset by strong economic fundamentals.
8. Which benchmark is going to take the place of MIBOR in India?
Answer: C. SORR will succeed MIBOR as the main benchmark, offering a transparent, secured overnight rate along the lines of the global SOFR.
9. Which pair of organisations formed a bancassurance tie-up to widen non-life insurance reach in semi-urban areas?
Answer: A. Under the deal, TATA AIG's general insurance products will be sold through Equitas Bank's branch network to extend insurance into rural areas.
10. For which initiative did Arya.ag win the SmartAG Award 2025?
Answer: D. The Smart Farm Centre Model combines climate-smart technology with women-led agri-services to make smallholder farmers more resilient and sustainable.
11. Which organisation partnered in setting up the integrative oncology unit at AIIA Goa, according to reports?
Answer: E. A report states the unit was established in partnership with Tata Memorial Centre.
12. India's IIP growth in August 2025 was:
Answer: B. IIP grew 4% in August 2025.
13. Which two Bihar wetlands were newly designated as Ramsar sites?
Answer: B. The notes name Gokul Jalashay (Buxar) and Udaipur Jheel (West Champaran).
14. Which ministry developed the SAHYOG portal?
Answer: B. The portal was developed by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
15. By how much did cybercrime rise in NCRB's Crime in India 2023 report?
Answer: C. Cybercrime rose 31.2% in 2023, mostly fraud (68.9%).