1. What is India's latest Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR)?
Answer: D. India's MMR has come down to 93 deaths per lakh live births, a sign that maternal healthcare has got better.
2. World Red Cross Day falls on which date?
Answer: A. May 8 is observed as World Red Cross Day because it is the birth anniversary of Henry Dunant, who founded the Red Cross.
3. Which Indian cricketer declared his retirement from Test cricket on May 8, 2025?
Answer: C. Rohit Sharma announced on May 8, 2025 that he was ending his Test career.
4. What did India's foreign exchange reserves amount to in May 2025?
Answer: E. The reserves were put at $688 billion in May 2025, which points to the country's sound financial footing.
5. Which firm was recently cleared to function as an online payment aggregator in India?
Answer: B. Zaakpay, the merchant payments business of MobiKwik, got RBI's final nod to run as a licensed online payment aggregator.
6. The Coalition for GM-Free India recently objected to which pair of genome-edited rice varieties?
Answer: D. The coalition protested against releasing Kamala (DRR Dhan 100) and Pusa DST Rice 1, pointing to health and environmental worries.
7. The Coalition for GM-Free India's chief objection to genome-edited crops is what?
Answer: A. The group argued that such crops might harm health and do environmental damage that cannot be undone.
8. Pusa DST Rice 1, a genome-edited variety, came out of which institute?
Answer: C. IARI in Delhi was the developer of this genome-edited rice.
9. In Q3 FY25, what was the typical loan size per borrower in IndusInd Bank's microfinance book?
Answer: E. IndusInd Bank's microfinance portfolio averaged ₹42,274 of loan for each borrower at the end of Q3 FY25.
10. What was India's Maternal Mortality Ratio (per 100,000 live births) in 2019-21 according to the latest SRS-based data?
Answer: C. MMR declined to 93 in 2019-21 from 97 in 2018-20.
11. India's draft climate finance taxonomy was released by which ministry?
Answer: B. The Finance Ministry made the draft public.
12. Under the 2025 notification on predatory pricing, 'cost' is defined as which measure?
Answer: C. Cost is defined as Average Variable Cost (AVC).
13. Which body published the 23rd Annual South Asia Press Freedom Report?
Answer: B. The report is published by the Asia Press Freedom Group.
14. From which date is the UK planning to introduce its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism?
Answer: C. The UK CBAM is planned from 1 January 2027.
15. Which rating agency placed IndusInd Bank's long-term debt on watch with negative implications?
Answer: C. CRISIL Ratings took this action.