1. What position did India hold in the Sustainable Development Report (SDR) 2025?
Answer: E. India placed 99th of 167 countries with a score of 67, entering the top 100 for the first time.
2. According to NITI Aayog's report, which platform has gone past ₹23.9 trillion in transactions per month?
Answer: E. NITI Aayog's 'India's Data Imperative' report notes that the Unified Payments Interface handles ₹23.9 trillion worth of transactions each month.
3. The SPMEPCI scheme sets what minimum investment?
Answer: B. To encourage making electric passenger cars in India, the scheme requires a least investment of ₹4,150 crore.
4. The tribal empowerment campaign DAJA carries the name of which tribal leader?
Answer: A. Dharti Aaba Janbhagidari Abhiyan honours Bhagwan Birsa Munda and aims to empower more than 5.5 crore tribal citizens.
5. EPFO has raised the auto-settlement ceiling for advance claims to what amount?
Answer: D. The higher auto-settlement limit of ₹5 lakh was introduced so that workers can get financial access more easily.
6. A ₹1 trillion VRRR auction by the RBI is meant to do what?
Answer: D. A Variable Rate Reverse Repo auction pulls surplus money out of the banking system.
7. Which company issued India's first ESG bonds under SEBI's new framework?
Answer: C. L&T was the first to issue ESG bonds following SEBI's fresh guidelines for sustainability-linked bonds.
8. Sowing of which crop was about 60% higher than the same period in 2024?
Answer: E. By 20 June, paddy had been sown over 1.32 million hectares, roughly 60% more than at this time in 2024.
9. India's first genome-edited rice varieties were created with which technology?
Answer: C. Developers used CRISPR-Cas9 for these varieties, although some people have voiced worries about off-target effects.
10. The Digital Payments Award 2024-25 for financial inclusion went to which bank?
Answer: A. The Ministry of Finance gave IPPB this award for widening access to digital payments.
11. What was India's rank in the Sustainable Development Report 2025 SDG Index?
Answer: B. India ranked 99th of 167 countries.
12. By how much do faulty and duplicate beneficiary records inflate welfare outlays annually, per NITI Aayog?
Answer: C. The report puts the inflation at 4-7% a year.
13. What minimum investment does SPMEPCI require?
Answer: C. The scheme requires a minimum investment of ₹4,150 crore.
14. Which ministry runs the Dharti Aaba Janbhagidari Abhiyan (DAJA)?
Answer: D. DAJA is launched by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
15. EPFO raised the auto-settlement limit for advance claims to what amount?
Answer: D. The limit rose from ₹1 lakh to ₹5 lakh.