1. Who inaugurated the Integrated Control Room for Emergency Response (ICR-ER) in June 2025?
Answer: A. Home Minister Amit Shah started the ICR-ER, a platform for real-time disaster response, together with two further disaster management tools.
2. What does the 'Flood Hazard Zonation Atlas of Assam' provide?
Answer: D. The atlas supplies flood risk information for specific parts of Assam, which helps in readiness and response in a state prone to floods.
3. Which Indian astronaut is to carry out microgravity experiments on the ISS during the AX-4 mission?
Answer: E. Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla will represent India on the ISS in the AX-4 flight, which Axiom Space, NASA and ISRO are coordinating.
4. In the 2025 Digital News Report, roughly what share of Indian respondents said they turn to AI chatbots for news every week?
Answer: C. Close to one in five Indian respondents uses AI chatbots weekly for information, pointing to early uptake of generative tools.
5. What did India's unemployment rate for people aged 15 and above climb to in May 2025?
Answer: B. The May 2025 PLFS report put joblessness at 5.6%, with especially high rates among young people and women.
6. What is the principal aim of the 'Dharti Aaba Janbhagidari Abhiyan'?
Answer: B. The campaign works to saturate tribal and PVTG areas with welfare schemes as part of the Janjatiya Gaurav Varsh.
7. Despite the growing number of bank branches, ATM expansion has slowed because of which trend?
Answer: E. Wide use of UPI and internet banking has cut cash withdrawals at ATMs, mostly in urban India.
8. A pilot by TRAI and the RBI on user consent is intended to achieve what?
Answer: D. The pilot aims to convert old user consents for commercial messaging into digital form, curbing fraud and improving accountability.
9. India's first Cybersecurity Operations Centre for cooperative banks carries which name?
Answer: A. Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank opened Sahakar Suraksha in Navi Mumbai to shield cooperative and rural banks from cyber attacks.
10. Why has SEBI's CeFCoM fee collection platform seen so little uptake?
Answer: C. Though secure, CeFCoM drew few users as it was voluntary, poorly publicised and pricier than the alternatives.
11. In which year will India's next Census, its first digital one, be conducted?
Answer: C. The Home Ministry announced the next Census for 2027.
12. Portulaca bharat, a newly described endemic plant, was found in which hill range?
Answer: C. It was found on rocky, semi-arid slopes of the Aravalli Hills near Jaipur.
13. Who launched the three disaster-management technology platforms including NDEM Lite 2.0?
Answer: B. Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched them.
14. How many microgravity experiments did ISRO shortlist for Shubhanshu Shukla on the AX-4 mission?
Answer: C. ISRO shortlisted seven experiments.
15. How many countries were covered in the Digital News Report 2025 survey?
Answer: C. The survey covered 100,000 respondents across 48 countries.