1. Boreendo, which UNESCO recently placed under safeguarding, belongs chiefly to which region?
Answer: E. It is a traditional clay vessel-flute of Sindh in Pakistan, tied to the Indus Valley Civilization and featured at the 20th ICH Committee session.
2. Where was India's first entirely home-built hydrogen fuel-cell vessel inaugurated?
Answer: C. Its launch took place on 11 December 2025 at Varanasi's Namo Ghat, as a push for cleaner inland waterway transport.
3. The World Inequality Report 2026 is brought out by which organisation?
Answer: A. The report comes from the World Inequality Lab, with economists such as Thomas Piketty among its editors.
4. What portion of India's national income goes to the top 10% of earners, per the World Inequality Report 2026?
Answer: E. The top tenth of earners take 58% of all national income, pointing to deep inequality.
5. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) revised its FY26 growth projection for India to what figure?
Answer: B. The bank raised its forecast citing robust household consumption and recent tax reductions.
6. Which transactions would be covered by the RBI's proposed forex transparency norms?
Answer: E. The draft asks for all charges on retail forex dealings to be disclosed across cash, TOM (next-day settlement) and spot deals.
7. Pension funds were recently allowed by PFRDA to put money into which additional asset class?
Answer: D. The regulator widened the investable universe to include gold and silver ETFs so portfolios can be better diversified.
8. Fitch Solutions expects the repo rate to stay at what level through FY27?
Answer: A. Fitch forecasts that the RBI will hold at 5.25% following the total rate reductions made during 2025.
9. Roughly what fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions comes from food systems?
Answer: E. Farming and food together are responsible for close to a third of worldwide greenhouse gas output.
10. Under Green Revolution 2.0, which paddy-field practice is advised to lower methane emissions?
Answer: B. Alternately flooding and drying paddy fields cuts methane release and also conserves water, in line with climate-smart farming.
11. Boreendo, safeguarded by UNESCO's heritage committee, is a traditional instrument from which region?
Answer: B. Boreendo comes from Sindh, Pakistan.
12. According to the World Inequality Report 2026, what share of India's national income goes to the top 10% of earners?
Answer: B. The report says the top 10% capture 58% of national income.
13. Where was the first India-Brunei JWG on Defence Cooperation held?
Answer: B. The inaugural meeting took place in New Delhi on 9 December 2025.
14. Which ministry released the draft questionnaire for ASUSE 2026?
Answer: B. MoSPI released the draft questionnaire.
15. Which company built India's first indigenous hydrogen fuel-cell vessel launched at Varanasi?
Answer: B. The pilot vessel was built by Cochin Shipyard Limited.