1. Which Indian warship took part in the IMDEX Asia 2026 naval exercise?
Answer: E. INS Kiltan was India's participant at IMDEX Asia 2026, displaying naval diplomacy and maritime cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.
2. Which state was the host of the Khelo India Youth Games 2026?
Answer: C. Bihar staged the 2026 edition, which boosted sporting culture and youth participation.
3. The main goal of the SVAMITVA Scheme is to give:
Answer: A. Using drone mapping of land, the scheme hands rural households legal ownership cards for their property.
4. The revamped SHAKTI policy on coal allocation was launched by which ministry?
Answer: E. The Coal Ministry reworked SHAKTI to make coal linkage allocation to thermal plants more transparent and efficient.
5. PM POSHAN is a scheme concerned with:
Answer: C. This centrally sponsored scheme serves nutritious mid-day meals to schoolchildren to lift nutrition and attendance.
6. What chiefly led the RBI to restrict New India Co-operative Bank?
Answer: E. The restrictions followed supervisory worries and a worsening liquidity position at the bank.
7. Which body brings out the Financial Stability Report?
Answer: C. The RBI releases the FSR to review risks to, and the resilience of, the financial system.
8. Which organisation operates the Unified Payments Interface?
Answer: A. NPCI built and runs UPI, which makes real-time digital payments possible.
9. In Basel norms, what does the abbreviation CRAR expand to?
Answer: D. CRAR gauges a bank's capital adequacy by setting its capital against risk-weighted assets, supporting financial stability.
10. The Liquidity Coverage Ratio is meant to make sure banks hold enough:
Answer: B. LCR requires banks to keep sufficient high-quality liquid assets so they can withstand short-term liquidity stress.
11. The 35th ISO/TC 20/SC 14 meetings on Space Systems and Operations were hosted in New Delhi by which Indian body?
Answer: C. BIS, India's National Standards Body, hosted the meetings.
12. Which ancient foundation technique was used to restore the Kalyana Mandapam of the Thousand Pillar Temple at Hanamkonda?
Answer: A. ASI rebuilt the pavilion on a sand-filled pit, as Kakatiya engineers did.
13. Where were PMSBY, PMJJBY and APY launched on 9 May 2015?
Answer: C. They were launched by PM Narendra Modi in Kolkata, West Bengal.
14. JANANI is an upgraded version of which existing health portal?
Answer: B. JANANI upgrades the Reproductive and Child Health portal.
15. IALFS 2.0, the aircraft leasing and financing summit, was held at which location?
Answer: B. The summit took place at GIFT City in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.