1. Which critically endangered grassland bird was recorded in the 2025 Kaziranga National Park survey?
Answer: A. The Bengal Florican, a critically endangered species, turned up during the 2025 bird survey at Kaziranga.
2. What does the National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) do under MGNREGS?
Answer: B. NMMS is a mobile app that takes two photos a day so worker attendance can be monitored in real time.
3. Which institution headed India's "Crop Seeds on ISS" space biology project?
Answer: C. The Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology led the experiment on crop seeds flown to the ISS in 2025.
4. In which city is the 75th Pradhan Mantri Divyasha Kendra located?
Answer: D. The 75th PMDK was opened at the Government Medical College in Badaun, Uttar Pradesh.
5. Ookla's 2025 data places India at which global position for internet speed?
Answer: E. India stands 26th with a median download speed of 136.53 Mbps, a big gain since 5G was rolled out.
6. What is the strategic purpose of the bancassurance tie-up between AU Small Finance Bank and LIC?
Answer: A. The partnership uses AU SFB's network to deepen insurance coverage, particularly in rural and underserved markets.
7. Why did microfinance institutions raise lending rates in 2025 even though the RBI cut rates?
Answer: B. MFIs said their funding costs stayed elevated even after the RBI's cuts, so they increased their own rates.
8. Which major reform is proposed to strengthen India's Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code framework?
Answer: C. A parliamentary panel recommended exclusive NCLT and NCLAT benches so that insolvency cases are settled faster.
9. With which bank has Google Pay launched a co-branded credit card?
Answer: D. Google Pay is partnering Axis Bank on a co-branded card as part of widening its financial services.
10. What is NABARD's RuralTech CoLab designed to do?
Answer: E. NABARD started the CoLab to assist agritech and fintech startups and to improve rural innovation and services.
11. How many grassland bird species did the 2025 Kaziranga survey record?
Answer: B. The notes state that 43 species of grassland birds were documented.
12. The National Mobile Monitoring System in MGNREGS captures how many worker photographs per day?
Answer: D. One photo at the start and another at the end of the shift.
13. Which institute leads the 'Crop Seeds on ISS' post-flight research project?
Answer: A. The Space Biology Lab at IIST leads the project.
14. Which agency implements the Pradhan Mantri Divyasha Kendra (PMDK) initiative?
Answer: B. ALIMCO spearheads the PMDK initiative.
15. In Ookla's data for April-June 2025, what was India's global rank for median download speed?
Answer: C. India ranked 26th, with a median 136.53 Mbps.