1. Which projects did PM Modi inaugurate in Bhuj, Gujarat on 28 May 2025?
Answer: B. The works, valued at ₹53,400 crore, include a green hydrogen plant at Kandla and solar power progress at Khavda, underlining Kutch's role in the green energy and blue economy vision.
2. Which initiative did Rajasthan's Chief Minister discuss with Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah to promote cooperatives?
Answer: D. The talks with Amit Shah covered a campaign meant to give the cooperative sector in the state a boost.
3. What level did a Reuters poll expect the RBI's benchmark rate to fall to at its 6 June 2025 meeting?
Answer: A. Poll respondents anticipated a 25 basis point cut at the June 6 review, which would be the third reduction in a row.
4. What is the RBI seeking approval for in order to promote wider international use of the rupee?
Answer: E. It wants the Union Government to let domestic banks and their foreign branches lend rupees to overseas borrowers, notably in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
5. What is the main focus of the Agri-Industry Conclave 2025 in Narsinghpur, Madhya Pradesh?
Answer: D. The event looks at innovation, technology and farmer welfare in order to strengthen industries built on farm and horticulture produce in the state.
6. About how many farmers of the Barak Valley benefit from PM-KISAN as of May 2025?
Answer: C. A report during a visit to Hailakandi district said that 72,607 of the valley's 86,000 farmers receive benefits from the scheme.
7. What benefit does India's Finance Ministry expect from a successful trade deal with the United States?
Answer: B. The ministry said such a deal could open new markets and turn current economic challenges into growth opportunities, lifting exports considerably.
8. According to the RBI's annual report for 2024-25, what is expected to underpin India's positive outlook for 2025-26?
Answer: A. The report projects a favourable outlook for 2025-26 that rests mainly on robust household demand and higher capital expenditure.
9. Which institution opened a Quantum Technology Research Centre in Delhi in May 2025?
Answer: A. The centre was inaugurated by the defence research body to push forward work in quantum technologies.
10. Researchers from which university created India's first gene-edited sheep, reported on 28 May 2025?
Answer: E. A team headed by Dr. Riyaz Ahmad Shah produced the sheep, a significant step forward for genetic research in the country.
11. What new import threshold applies under the EU's revised carbon border levy?
Answer: A. Only importers above 50 metric tons a year are covered.
12. Which country overtook Japan as the world's largest creditor nation at the end of 2024?
Answer: B. Germany's net external assets exceeded Japan's.
13. On which date did IMD declare the 2025 southwest monsoon onset over Kerala?
Answer: C. The onset was declared on May 24, 2025, eight days before the normal date.
14. Which existing law would the Draft Registration Bill, 2025 replace?
Answer: B. The draft seeks to replace the 117-year-old Registration Act, 1908.