1. What is the principal purpose of the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025?
Answer: A. It seeks to shield people, youngsters in particular, from damaging real-money online games while encouraging e-sports and social or educational games.
2. What punishment does the Online Gaming Bill, 2025 prescribe for those who offend repeatedly?
Answer: B. Repeat offenders face a tough penalty of up to five years in jail along with a fine of ₹2 crore.
3. India recently test-fired Agni-5. How far can it strike at maximum?
Answer: C. Developed by DRDO, Agni-5 is an intermediate range ballistic missile able to hit targets as far as 5,000 km and carry nuclear warheads.
4. What would the 130th Constitution Amendment Bill, 2025 provide for?
Answer: D. The PM, Chief Ministers and Ministers would have to go after being held for thirty days in a row on offences carrying at least five years of punishment.
5. Which two countries together founded the International Solar Alliance (ISA)?
Answer: E. The two nations launched the ISA in 2015 at the Paris COP21 summit to advance solar energy.
6. Per the RBI’s August 2025 MPC, inflation in India is likely to climb close to what figure in early 2026?
Answer: A. The central bank forecasts inflation reaching roughly 4.9% in early 2026, which is above its 4% goal.
7. In 2025 the Centre suggested exempting which class of policies from GST?
Answer: B. The idea is to remove the 18% GST on premiums of individual life and health cover, to widen financial inclusion.
8. With which African institution did India Exim Bank recently sign a $40 million line of credit?
Answer: C. The deal with EBID is meant to fund Indian involvement in infrastructure projects across Africa.
9. In which year was India Exim Bank set up?
Answer: D. It came into being in 1982 through the Export-Import Bank of India Act, with a mandate to boost the nation’s foreign trade and investment.
10. Bayer has launched an insecticide named “Camalus”. Which crop group is it mainly aimed at?
Answer: E. It is made for vegetables such as tomato, brinjal, chilli, cabbage and okra, to control both chewing and sucking pests.
11. On which date did the UN General Assembly designate the International Day of Older Persons?
Answer: B. The UN's International Day of Older Persons is on 1 October, distinct from the US-origin World Senior Citizens Day on 21 August.
12. Which pairing of project and cost is correct?
Answer: C. The Bhubaneswar Bypass costs Rs 8,307.74 crore; the Kota-Bundi airport Rs 1,507 crore.
13. What is the maximum prison term for offering or facilitating online money games under the 2025 Online Gaming Bill?
Answer: C. First offences carry up to 3 years and ₹1 crore fine.
14. From where was the Agni-5 missile test-fired on August 20, 2025?
Answer: B. The launch took place from ITR, Chandipur, Odisha.
15. After how many consecutive days of arrest would an office-holder lose office under the 130th Amendment Bill, 2025?
Answer: C. The bill removes the person on the 31st day after 30 consecutive days in custody.