1. Bihar's 2025 Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists is chiefly meant to do what?
Answer: A. The SIR works by officials visiting homes to confirm and update names on the voter lists, ahead of the Bihar Assembly polls due in October 2025.
2. The Election Commission of India derives its authority to direct and oversee elections from which constitutional article?
Answer: B. Article 324 vests the superintendence, direction and control of elections in the ECI, which is why it is the correct provision.
3. Experts criticising NITI Aayog's suggestion to lower duties on farm goods from the US mainly warn about what?
Answer: C. Critics fear that depending on cheap American farm imports, along with swings in world prices, could hurt farm livelihoods and national food security.
4. Which Indian maritime policy is backed by the QUAD at Sea Ship Observer Mission?
Answer: D. The mission supports SAGAR, which stands for Security and Growth for All in the Region, India's maritime outlook.
5. Which proposal forms part of the GST 2.0 reform agenda?
Answer: E. GST 2.0 suggests covering fuel and electricity under the tax so that the cascading of taxes on taxes is lowered.
6. The FSR 2025 flags growing stress in which loan category?
Answer: A. Stress has been building in unsecured personal credit, notably among young borrowers and in Tier-III cities.
7. Despite record issuance, what weakness holds back India's corporate bond market at present?
Answer: B. New issues in the primary market are strong, but the lack of depth in secondary trading limits how far the market can develop.
8. NABARD and ICAR-NIRCA are training FPOs in post-harvest handling of which two crops?
Answer: C. The programme teaches modern post-harvest methods for turmeric and chilli so that growers can fetch better market value.
9. Which subsidy design has been put forward to overhaul fertiliser support in India?
Answer: D. Under the proposal, money would go straight to farmers, calculated using data on their land, soil and crops.
10. Which farming practice goes by the name "Jhum" in India?
Answer: E. Jhum involves clearing and burning plots on hill slopes and then leaving them fallow for long spells, which is shifting cultivation.
11. Udaygiri was handed over about how long after its launch?
Answer: C. Sources note delivery came roughly 37 months after launch, helped by integrated construction.
12. CITES completed 50 years of entry into force in 2025. Who has been its Secretary-General since 2018?
Answer: B. Ivonne Higuero of Panama has led the Geneva-based Secretariat since 2018 and is its first woman head.
13. Which pair of leaders is associated with the Santhal Hul of 1855?
Answer: C. Sidhu and Kanhu were the principal leaders of the 1855 Santhal rebellion in the Rajmahal hills.
14. Which Article empowers the Election Commission of India to supervise and conduct elections, as noted in the Bihar SIR 2025 context?
Answer: A. Article 324 gives the ECI superintendence of elections; Article 326 deals with voter eligibility.
15. Which body's paper proposed cutting tariffs on US farm goods under the proposed India-US FTA?
Answer: B. The notes say a NITI Aayog paper made the tariff-cut recommendations.