1. Which naval project does INS Taragiri belong to?
Answer: A. Taragiri is a stealth frigate of the Nilgiri class built under Project 17A, which produces advanced guided-missile frigates for the Navy.
2. INS Taragiri is driven by which type of propulsion arrangement?
Answer: E. With CODOG, diesel engines give efficient cruising at low speed while gas turbines are engaged for fast combat manoeuvres.
3. An SSBN such as INS Aridhaman is chiefly meant for which role?
Answer: B. Such submarines carry nuclear ballistic missiles and guarantee a second-strike capability, forming a key leg of the nuclear triad.
4. The 'Kar Saathi' platform is mainly designed to do what?
Answer: D. It is an AI-enabled platform that helps taxpayers with filing, compliance and queries linked to the Income Tax Act, 2025.
5. SAMPANN is concerned mainly with which area?
Answer: D. The System for Accounting and Management of Pension is a cloud-based system covering pension processing and payment from start to finish.
6. What does RBI's Benchmark Issuance Strategy (BIS) chiefly aim to achieve?
Answer: B. By standardising how bonds are issued, the strategy is expected to improve liquidity and price discovery in State Development Loans.
7. In bond markets, the term 'yield' stands for what?
Answer: A. Yield is the effective return that an investor gets from holding a bond.
8. As per the study, what share of microfinance loans goes towards business use?
Answer: E. The study found three-quarters of microfinance borrowing is put into productive uses such as business and earning a livelihood.
9. RBI fixes the highest permissible FOIR at what level?
Answer: C. The regulator permits FOIR up to 50 percent, whereas the study found a healthier 18.7 percent, pointing to little borrower stress.
10. Which of these has been designated a Domestic Systemically Important Insurer (D-SII)?
Answer: C. LIC, together with GIC Re and NIACL, is on the D-SII list because of its importance to the Indian financial system.
11. Which shipyard built INS Taragiri?
Answer: D. Taragiri was built by MDL in Mumbai.
12. INS Aridhaman is the third vessel of which class of Indian submarines?
Answer: B. It follows INS Arihant and INS Arighaat in the Arihant class.
13. Kar Saathi was introduced to support the transition to which law?
Answer: D. The platform is built around the Income Tax Act, 2025.
14. What is the full form of the pension platform SAMPANN?
Answer: A. SAMPANN stands for System for Accounting and Management of Pension.
15. YUVIKA, the ISRO programme for school students, expands to what?
Answer: C. YUVIKA stands for Yuva Vigyani Karyakram, the Young Scientist Programme.