1. India declined to back the joint statement at the SCO Defence Ministers' meeting. What was the reason?
Answer: E. India held back because the text did not strongly condemn terrorism, particularly after the Pahalgam attack.
2. The Keeladi excavation calls into question existing beliefs about which period?
Answer: B. Finds from 800 BCE to 1 CE hint that the Sangam Age might have started earlier than the circa 300 BCE usually assumed.
3. MoSPI's forthcoming national survey will directly capture which household economic measure?
Answer: A. This is the first nationwide survey to ask households about income directly, so it can gauge inequality and poverty more accurately than consumption proxies.
4. What certification will SBI's partnership with FPSB India provide to employees?
Answer: D. SBI is building CFP certification into staff training to improve its financial advisory services.
5. For selling bancassurance products, Equitas SFB is tying up with which type of bank?
Answer: B. Equitas SFB, itself a small finance bank, has partnered with Edelweiss Life to offer life insurance to its customers.
6. Which insurer-related finding did IRDAI report after its checks on health insurance practices?
Answer: A. Inspections turned up problems with CIS design, portability data and claims handling across eight health insurance companies.
7. What obstacle does MoSPI meet when carrying out a national income survey?
Answer: D. Wealthier groups frequently refuse entry or understate earnings because of tax and privacy worries, which hurts how representative the data is.
8. Which body carried out the recent inspections that flagged irregularities among health insurers?
Answer: C. The insurance regulator, IRDAI, raised issues about claims practices and compliance.
9. Farmers are asking for AI-based price forecasting tools mainly to achieve what?
Answer: E. Growers want to foresee prices for produce such as basmati rice and horticulture crops, so they can decide when and where to sell.
10. Moong and urad will be bought in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh through which scheme?
Answer: B. The Centre cleared purchases under the PSS, aiming to secure fair prices for pulses and cut out middlemen.
11. Which pair of countries, besides India and the USA, supplied crew members for Axiom-4?
Answer: A. Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski of Poland and Tibor Kapu of Hungary completed the crew.
12. On which river is the Keeladi archaeological site in Sivaganga district located?
Answer: D. Keeladi is on the banks of the Vaigai, southeast of Madurai.
13. Which ministry announced the nationwide household income survey?
Answer: C. The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation announced it.
14. Sagarmala Finance Corporation Limited, India's first maritime sector NBFC, comes under which ministry?
Answer: C. SMFCL is under MoPSW.
15. What is the minimum core monthly instalment under Bank of Baroda's bob Flexi SDP?