1. What is the main purpose of the SHINE mobile app introduced by Indian Railways?
Answer: B. SHINE stands for Sexual Harassment Incident Notification for Empowerment and was introduced on International Women's Day. It is tied to the HRMS and offers confidential complaints with quicker redressal.
2. The Government of India has announced standards under the National Green Hydrogen Mission for which products?
Answer: C. Standards now exist for green ammonia and green methanol, which are derivatives of green hydrogen. They set emission thresholds and bring transparency to production and trade.
3. At what altitude do Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) satellites usually operate?
Answer: E. VLEO covers orbits from 150 km to 450 km, which is below ordinary LEO at 500 to 2000 km. BEL and Bellatrix Aerospace are teaming up on such satellites.
4. Which state will stage the inaugural Khelo India Tribal Games (KITG) in 2026?
Answer: D. Chhattisgarh will host the first-ever KITG from 25 March to 6 April 2026. Raipur, Jagdalpur and Sarguja are the venues.
5. Under which government platform does the SWAYATT initiative operate?
Answer: A. SWAYATT, short for Startups, Women and Youth Advantage through e-Transactions, began in 2019 on GeM. It helps startups, women entrepreneurs and youth-led firms take part in public procurement.
6. For which bank did the Reserve Bank of India waive the need to create a Non-Operative Financial Holding Company (NOFHC)?
Answer: D. RBI eased the NOFHC rule for AU Small Finance Bank as it becomes a universal bank. The structure would still be needed if it later sets up other financial services entities.
7. What risk weight do NBFCs currently carry on retail loans?
Answer: E. NBFCs face a 100% risk weight on retail loans while banks face about 75%. That gap raises NBFC capital needs and weakens their competitiveness against banks.
8. Under RBI's Scale-Based Regulation framework, in which category do large and systemically important NBFCs fall?
Answer: C. The framework sorts NBFCs into Base, Middle, Upper and Top layers. Big, systemically important ones sit in the Upper Layer and are supervised nearly as strictly as banks.
9. Which body launched the National Climate Stack Innovation Challenge?
Answer: A. NABARD started the challenge in March 2026. Its goal is a National Climate Stack giving ready-to-use climate intelligence for agriculture, rural finance and public planning.
10. What does DiCRA, the platform named in the National Climate Stack initiative, stand for?
Answer: B. DiCRA expands to Data in Climate Resilient Agriculture. It is a digital public good due to be upgraded into digital public infrastructure for climate-resilient farming and rural finance planning.
11. What does SHINE, launched by Indian Railways, stand for?
Answer: A. SHINE expands to Sexual Harassment Incident Notification for Empowerment.
12. Which ministry is the nodal ministry for the National Green Hydrogen Mission, under which green ammonia standards were announced?
Answer: A. MNRE is the nodal ministry for the mission.
13. On which date is International Women's Day observed?
Answer: D. The Prime Minister's greeting was on International Women's Day, March 8.
14. Bharat Electronics Limited signed an MoU with which start-up to develop VLEO satellite systems?
Answer: C. The MoU partner was Bellatrix Aerospace.
15. In which state will the first Khelo India Tribal Games be held?
Answer: D. The games are to be hosted by Chhattisgarh.