1. Under the ULLAS programme, which state was declared India's first fully literate one?
Answer: D. Mizoram's 98.2% literacy earned it the first fully literate status under ULLAS, thanks to community-led education and government cooperation.
2. At its 67th Governing Body Meeting in Jakarta, India took over as chair of which organization?
Answer: A. India will head the APO for the 2025–26 term, having assumed the role at the body's 67th session in Indonesia's capital.
3. Which instrument did the Department of Telecommunications bring in against financial fraud?
Answer: C. The FRI is a risk-based measure that grades mobile numbers by how tied they are to financial fraud, helping to stop cyber fraud.
4. What does the Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI) mainly do?
Answer: E. Numbers are placed in Medium, High or Very High risk groups according to their link with fraud, so that enforcement and customer protection can be prioritized.
5. India's first unified payment gateway for SMBs and startups, launched in May 2025, came from which company?
Answer: B. EnKash introduced a gateway tailored to small and medium businesses and startups to make their payment handling smoother.
6. What is the principal aim of EnKash's new payment gateway?
Answer: D. It offers one platform on which smaller firms can manage collections as well as payouts efficiently, improving their finances.
7. Which two entities teamed up in May 2025 to widen access to loans nationwide?
Answer: A. IPPB tied up with Aditya Birla Capital Limited to make varied loan products easy to get, using IPPB's wide network.
8. KVIC marked World Bee Day 2025 under which theme?
Answer: C. The Khadi and Village Industries Commission used this theme to underline how important bees are to farming and ecology.
9. How much honey has KVIC's Honey Mission produced, bringing income to beekeepers?
Answer: E. More than 20,000 metric tonnes of honey have been produced, earning beekeepers around Rs. 325 crore and improving their livelihoods.
10. Under the Honey Mission, how many bee boxes with colonies have been given out across India?
Answer: B. KVIC has handed out over 2 lakh bee boxes and colonies nationwide, which promotes beekeeping and rural jobs.
11. Which organisation sponsored the start of World Turtle Day in 2000?
Answer: C. World Turtle Day began in 2000, sponsored by American Tortoise Rescue.
12. Which two Indian legal frameworks guide polar research engagement, alongside NCPOR's work?
Answer: B. The Arctic Policy and the Indian Antarctic Act provide the legal framework for India's polar research.
13. Which Constitutional article on freedom of religion is linked to the Santhara debate?
Answer: B. The notes tie Santhara's protection to Article 25.
14. Keezhadi, whose excavation report ASI asked to be revised, lies in the basin of which river?
Answer: A. Keezhadi is in the Vaigai river basin near Madurai.
15. Over what time span can jarosite act as a natural luminescent clock, per the notes?
Answer: B. It records events over the past 25,000 years.