1. Which description fits the NISAR mission built jointly by NASA and ISRO?
Answer: D. NISAR is a NASA-ISRO Earth-observation mission using dual-frequency SAR to monitor changes in biomass, glaciers and earthquakes.
2. Sohrai Art, shown recently at Kala Utsav 2025, is mainly practised by which tribal groups?
Answer: D. It is a ritual mural tradition of the Santhal, Munda and Oraon tribes of Jharkhand, expressing agrarian life and spiritual ecology.
3. In which Indian city did the 14th edition of Exercise Bold Kurukshetra take place?
Answer: B. The 2025 India–Singapore bilateral exercise was held in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, with a focus on mechanised warfare and peacekeeping drills.
4. What is the biggest danger to the survival of the Great Indian Bustard (GIB)?
Answer: E. This critically endangered bird often dies after hitting high-tension lines, leading to demands for designated power corridors.
5. What score did RBI's Financial Inclusion Index (FI Index) record for the year that ended March 2025?
Answer: B. RBI reported 67.0 for March 2025, an improvement driven mostly by the usage and quality of financial services.
6. According to RBI norms, what major difficulty do rural customers face in re-KYC?
Answer: E. RBI permits digital re-KYC for low-risk accounts, yet many banks still ask for physical visits and extra documents, which burdens rural customers.
7. Which regulatory demand have India's Payment Banks made to improve their profitability?
Answer: A. They asked for a lower Statutory Liquidity Ratio so they can invest more flexibly and earn better net interest margins.
8. What novel feature did Federal Bank bring in for card payments in e-commerce?
Answer: C. Federal Bank introduced the country's first biometric authentication for online transactions, replacing OTPs for faster and safer checkout.
9. Horticulture is estimated to account for what share of India's agricultural Gross Value Added (GVA)?
Answer: C. Going by IBEF 2024, horticulture contributes close to 33% of agricultural GVA, which makes it central to the agri-economy.
10. Which technology in smart farming can detect crop health and soil condition even when skies are cloudy?
Answer: A. SAR can sense moisture, waterlogging and crop condition in any weather, cloud cover included.
11. Under the 2025 amendment, Urban Disaster Management Authorities are to be set up where?
Answer: C. UDMAs are established in state capitals and large municipal centres.
12. Who may require audits more often than once a year under the guidelines?
Answer: B. Annual is the minimum; sectoral regulators can require more frequent assessments.
13. Which launch vehicle was chosen to carry the NISAR satellite from Sriharikota in July 2025?
Answer: D. NISAR was set to launch on the GSLV Mk-II.
14. Sohrai art is a ritual mural tradition from which state?
Answer: B. Sohrai art is from Jharkhand.
15. Exercise Bold Kurukshetra 2025 is a bilateral exercise between India and which country?
Answer: B. It is held between India and Singapore.