1. With which company did UIDAI partner to show authorised Aadhaar centres on digital maps?
Answer: A. More than 60,000 verified Aadhaar centres now appear on Google Maps, helping citizens find genuine enrolment and update centres and steer clear of fraudsters.
2. Which organisation restored the Chungthang–Lachen road and the Taram Chu Bridge in Sikkim?
Answer: B. After repeated natural disasters damaged the network in North Sikkim, BRO rebuilt the route and bridge, improving border-area connectivity and strategic logistics.
3. After which freedom fighter is Pakyong Airport in Sikkim proposed to be renamed?
Answer: C. Sikkim's government said the airport would carry the name of Trilochan Pokhrel, widely called 'Gandhi Pokhrel', in recognition of his role in the independence struggle.
4. Whose 95th martyrdom day was marked on 27 February?
Answer: D. He had sworn never to be taken alive by the British and gave up his life in 1931 at Alfred Park in Allahabad on this date.
5. India has revised the base year of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to which year?
Answer: E. The new base of 2024 reflects present-day consumption and brings the index in line with the COICOP 2018 classification for more accurate inflation tracking.
6. The revised CPI classification in India follows which international standard?
Answer: D. The Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose, 2018 edition, widens the categories from six to twelve to mirror current spending.
7. In the revised CPI, the weight of which category has risen because of shifting consumption patterns?
Answer: C. Food items now carry less weight while housing and services carry more, mirroring long-run shifts in household spending habits.
8. Which indicator tells you how costly a basket of goods is relative to the base year?
Answer: B. The CPI level shows how pricey goods and services are versus the base year, whereas the inflation rate tracks how fast prices are changing.
9. Which of these describes inflation?
Answer: E. Inflation is the pace at which overall prices of goods and services go up, eroding what money can buy; CPI is a common gauge of it.
10. Rice is fortified mainly with which micronutrients to fight malnutrition?
Answer: A. Fortified grains carry iron, folic acid and vitamin B12 to tackle malnutrition and anaemia, particularly among vulnerable people served by government welfare schemes.
11. Which body issued the National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (2018) titled 'AI for All'?
Answer: B. The 2018 strategy was launched by NITI Aayog.
12. Which two countries conduct Exercise DHARMA GUARDIAN?
Answer: B. It is an annual bilateral military exercise between India and Japan.
13. Which railway zone launched the next-generation Rail Parcel App?
Answer: B. South Central Railway launched the app at Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad.
14. Which country's government runs the International Climate Initiative (IKI)?
Answer: C. IKI is a financial mechanism of the German Government.
15. Which new SEBI mutual fund category replaces retirement and children's funds?
Answer: B. Lifecycle Funds replace both discontinued categories.