1. Following the April 22 terror attack in Jammu & Kashmir, which step was NOT taken by India?
Answer: B. India clamped down on trade, mail and shipping and stopped non-official Pakistani travel, but never announced an end to formal diplomatic relations.
2. A ₹64,000 crore agreement between India and France covers the purchase of which military hardware?
Answer: D. The contract covers 26 naval Rafale-M jets, which are slated to operate from INS Vikrant and INS Vikramaditya.
3. The 2023–2025 global vaccine report flagged which major worry?
Answer: A. Coverage slipped worldwide because of false information, supply troubles and reduced funds, leaving 14.5 million children without routine shots.
4. How old is the Acheulean tool-making workshop found at Mangar Bani in Haryana believed to be?
Answer: C. The Aravalli site at Mangar Bani dates to roughly half a million years ago, making it the oldest site of its kind in North India.
5. According to the IIST study, what bodily change occurs in microgravity?
Answer: E. Using a 3D thermoregulation model, IIST found astronauts' core temperature could climb from 36.3°C to 40°C in space.
6. Which statement on crypto scams in India is wrong?
Answer: B. The trouble is not only lax enforcement but also the lack of a formal regulatory framework even as crypto is taxed, so statement C is the false one.
7. What chiefly lay behind the year-on-year fall in SBI's Q4 FY25 net profit?
Answer: D. Net profit declined 10% as provisions rose 20% and net interest margin shrank by 32 bps to 3.15%.
8. What record GST figure did India post for April 2025?
Answer: A. April 2025 saw an all-time high of ₹2.37 lakh crore in GST receipts, up 12.6% year on year thanks to year-end filings and fintech uptake.
9. What sets the genome-edited rice varieties Kamala (DRR Dhan 100) and Pusa DST Rice 1 apart?
Answer: C. Both varieties were edited through SDN1 and SDN2 with no foreign genes added, which is why they count as non-GM.
10. Which obstacle stands in the way of expanding Agrivoltaics (APVs) in India?
Answer: E. Installation costs around ₹2.7 crore per MW, tariffs are low and clear policy is missing, all of which hold back scaling of APVs.
11. In the EU-India ICT tariff dispute, the EU argued India's duties violate which agreement?
Answer: B. The EU says the ITA mandates zero duty on covered products.
12. Which body announced the ban on direct or indirect import or transit of goods from Pakistan?
Answer: B. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade issued the ban.
13. How many Rafale-M jets did India agree to buy from France under the April 2025 deal?
Answer: B. The deal covers 26 jets: 22 single-seaters and 4 trainers.
14. In 2023, how many children missed all routine vaccines worldwide, according to the WHO-UNICEF-Gavi warning?
Answer: C. The notes give 14.5 million for 2023, up from 13.9 million in 2022.
15. The Mangar Bani prehistoric workshop is located in which Indian state?
Answer: B. It lies between Manesar and Faridabad in Haryana, within the Aravallis.