1. With the 2026 tournament, which country becomes the first to be a World Cup host or co-host on three occasions?
Answer: E. Mexico's three World Cup hosting stints, in 1970, 1986 and 2026, are unmatched by any other country.
2. Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement saw its first carbon credits go to a clean-cooking scheme located where?
Answer: C. The inaugural Article 6.4 credits came from a Myanmar project that swapped old wood-fired stoves for clean cookstoves.
3. Which place hosted the 22 January 2015 launch of BBBP, the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme?
Answer: A. Panipat in Haryana was the venue where the Prime Minister unveiled BBBP, which aims to improve the child sex ratio and empower girls.
4. What FY27 GDP growth does the latest Global Economic Prospects report of the World Bank now project for India?
Answer: E. Citing sturdy domestic demand and structural reforms, the World Bank nudged its FY27 estimate for India up by 0.1 percentage point to 6.6%.
5. Which category of people is eligible to hold FCNR(B) deposits?
Answer: B. The FCNR(B) facility, kept in designated foreign currencies, can be used by NRIs as well as OCIs and PIOs.
6. Expand FBIL, whose reference exchange rates feed into the RBI's FCNR(B) swap window.
Answer: E. FBIL, regulated by the RBI, acts as India's administrator of financial benchmarks and releases daily official rates for major currency pairs.
7. The Lok Sabha saw the introduction of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 on which date?
Answer: D. Lok Sabha took up the FCRA Amendment Bill, 2026 for introduction on 25 March 2026, with wide-ranging changes to foreign contribution rules.
8. Who is the developer of Oilseeds Kisaan Mitra, the first WhatsApp AI advisory service in India aimed at oilseed farmers?
Answer: A. The multilingual AI chatbot on WhatsApp was built by ICAR-IIOR, the oilseeds research institute based in Hyderabad.
9. A NITI Aayog mission from 2016 fosters innovation and entrepreneurship via Atal Tinkering Labs and Atal Incubation Centres. Which is it?
Answer: E. Set up in 2016 within NITI Aayog, the Atal Innovation Mission supports innovation through its labs, incubators and related programmes such as ACICs.
10. Which city houses the headquarters of the NBA, the body that recently reconstituted the Expert Committee on Agrobiodiversity?
Answer: B. Chennai in Tamil Nadu is home to the NBA, an autonomous statutory body created by the 2002 Biological Diversity Act.
11. What cumulative outreach target has been set for DISHA 2.0 across its four components?
Answer: D. The target is 3 crore beneficiaries; 2.37 crore was the reach of the earlier 2021-26 phase.
12. Kunal Shah, appointed to head WhatsApp globally, earlier founded which two companies?
Answer: B. He founded FreeCharge, later acquired by Snapdeal, and then CRED.
13. Which portal for auctions did Amit Shah launch for NAFED on 23 June 2026?
Answer: B. NAFEX.in is NAFED's digital auction portal.
14. Skeletal remains from Rakhigarhi were transferred by the ASI to which institution for scientific study?
Answer: B. ASI transferred the remains to the Anthropological Survey of India under an MoU.
15. Which department prepares and publishes the IAS Civil List?
Answer: B. The e-Civil List is prepared by DoPT, the cadre controlling authority of the IAS.