1. Which place hosts India's first Equine Disease-Free Compartment (EDFC)?
Answer: A. The compartment was set up at the Remount Veterinary Corps Centre and College in Meerut Cantonment and has WOAH recognition.
2. India signed six bilateral agreements with which Caribbean country, covering areas like pharmaceuticals and agro-cooperation?
Answer: D. During PM Modi's official visit, six pacts were signed with Trinidad and Tobago spanning financial services, agriculture, education and biofuels.
3. What Gini Index figure did the World Bank's report assign to India for 2022–23?
Answer: B. India recorded a Gini Index of 25.5 for 2022–23, which the World Bank report ranks as the fourth most equal country worldwide.
4. RBI created an AI tool to spot mule accounts. What is it called?
Answer: B. Mule Hunter is an AI and machine-learning tool that detects dormant and fraudulent Jan Dhan accounts misused for cybercrime and money laundering.
5. Which real-time digital payment system, brought in during 2016, is described as RBI's flagship?
Answer: E. The Unified Payments Interface, started by NPCI in 2016, has become the most widely used instant payment system in the country.
6. In SBI's 'Necktie Nomics' study, which tie shade signals a decisive monetary policy stance?
Answer: C. The SBI report observed that when the RBI Governor wears a dark tie, it frequently coincides with firm changes in interest rates.
7. What did NCLAT rule on the interplay between IBC and PMLA?
Answer: A. The tribunal held that IBC cannot take precedence when the Enforcement Directorate has already attached the assets as proceeds of crime.
8. Which AI platform does Dvara E-Registry use for credit scoring in agriculture?
Answer: C. KhetScore is a satellite-based, AI-powered tool from Dvara E-Registry that assesses farm productivity and how creditworthy a farmer is.
9. Where can one find India's first Honeybee Flora Park?
Answer: D. It lies at Kallimel near Mavelikara in Kerala and works as a centre for beekeeping, training and tourism.
10. Kerala signed an MoU with Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) mainly to achieve what?
Answer: E. Under the agreement between the KERA project and KAU, climate-smart and low-emission farming methods are to be scaled up across the state.
11. What is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, whose leaders signed agreements with PM Modi?
Answer: B. The notes list Port of Spain as the capital.
12. Which animals are the natural reservoir of the Nipah virus, as per the notes on the Kerala outbreak?
Answer: C. Fruit bats of the Pteropus genus are the natural host.
13. What was India's Gini index for 2022-23 in the World Bank report?
Answer: B. The notes state India's Gini index was 25.5, ranking fourth most equal.
14. The Phenome India National Biobank is modelled on which existing biobank?
Answer: B. It follows the UK Biobank pattern, tailored to India.
15. After how long without customer-driven transactions is a bank account marked inoperative, per the notes?
Answer: D. Accounts idle for 24+ months are marked inoperative.