1. Which option correctly defines Maternal Mortality?
Answer: E. It covers a woman's death while pregnant, during childbirth or up to 42 days after the pregnancy ends, where pregnancy-related causes are responsible.
2. Which factor has helped bring down India's Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) in a big way?
Answer: B. Delivering in a facility gives mothers skilled care and emergency help, which greatly lowers maternal deaths.
3. In the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), the 'Usual Status' approach looks at employment over what period?
Answer: D. Usual Status (ps+ss) classifies a person by activity during the preceding year, giving a longer-term picture of employment.
4. Which sector still accounts for the largest share of employment according to PLFS 2025?
Answer: A. Farming still engages the biggest part of the workforce, about 43%, although that proportion is slowly shrinking.
5. The PM E-DRIVE Scheme chiefly seeks to promote what?
Answer: C. The scheme backs electric two-wheelers and three-wheelers so that dependence on fossil fuels and carbon emissions come down.
6. What is the main aim of the RBI's dollar unwind directive?
Answer: E. Banks were told to trim their dollar positions in order to back the rupee and stop it from falling too sharply.
7. What do we call the position of a bank that holds more foreign currency assets than liabilities?
Answer: B. Having more assets than liabilities in a foreign currency leaves the bank net long in that currency.
8. Which description best fits rupee depreciation?
Answer: D. Depreciation means the rupee buys less, so a larger number of rupees is needed to purchase one dollar.
9. Which entity did the RBI penalise for breaching Prepaid Payment Instrument (PPI) norms?
Answer: A. The penalty on Pine Labs related to full-KYC PPIs that were issued without proper verification, against RBI norms.
10. What is the principal purpose of Priority Sector Lending (PSL)?
Answer: C. PSL makes sure that areas such as agriculture, MSMEs and weaker sections get enough bank credit.
11. In which year did Gurjant Singh receive the Arjuna Award?
Answer: C. Sources record his Arjuna Award in 2021.
12. What does EASA stand for?
Answer: B. EASA is the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.
13. Gopalpur Port in the Port of Refuge arrangement covers which routes?
Answer: B. Gopalpur on the east coast covers Bay of Bengal and Malacca Strait routes.
14. Which IAF platforms already carry ASRAAM, per reports?
Answer: B. ASRAAM is already integrated with the LCA Tejas and the upgraded SEPECAT Jaguar.
15. Payments Vision 2028 promotes interoperability of which platform to help MSME receivables?
Answer: B. It backs full interoperability across TReDS platforms.