1. Which one of these is not a hurdle in setting up Early Warning Systems across the Himalayan region?
Answer: C. Himalayan slopes are steep and broken, so flat uniform land is not available. Every other listed item is a genuine obstacle to building these systems.
2. Which law does the privacy framework of Aadhaar Vision 2032 seek to be consistent with?
Answer: B. The Vision 2032 plan states it will bring its data protection and privacy safeguards in line with the DPDP Act of 2023.
3. On what day of the year is the Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak presented?
Answer: E. The medal is given each year on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's birth anniversary, which is observed on 31 October.
4. Which city has been chosen to host Exercise MILAN in 2026?
Answer: D. Visakhapatnam will stage MILAN 2026 together with the IFR and the IONS Conclave, in line with India's MAHASAGAR vision.
5. Real-time tracking of glacier and glacial lake changes in the Himalayan early warning systems depends on which technology?
Answer: E. Satellite feeds track how glaciers move, how snow melts and how high glacial lakes rise, and this is central to the Himalayan warning network.
6. Why did the RBI turn down the bids in the auction of the 7-year bond?
Answer: A. Participants wanted a yield near 6.6%, a level the RBI judged too high, so the auction was scrapped.
7. Under the revised RBI norms, the Held-for-Trading (HFT) category has been folded into which category?
Answer: C. The central bank has absorbed HFT into FVTPL, so securities held for trading or managed on a fair-value basis now sit together there.
8. Household inflation expectations in 19 cities are captured by which RBI survey?
Answer: B. The IESH gathers what households in 19 cities expect for prices, and it feeds directly into monetary policy decisions.
9. Which pair of crops is the focus of the SMART-CROP project?
Answer: A. The initiative targets these two pulses mainly to build their resilience to climate stress.
10. Which app ecosystem supports enumeration and supervision in the Marine Fisheries Census 2025?
Answer: D. Three apps, VYAS-NAV, VYAS-BHARAT and VYAS-SUTRA, handle village validation, household counting and field supervision respectively.
11. Which source has the largest installed capacity within India's non-fossil mix of 256.09 GW?
Answer: E. Solar leads with 127.33 GW, well ahead of wind at 53.12 GW, nuclear at 45.25 GW and hydro at 30.29 GW.
12. India's relationship with ASEAN, as described by Rajnath Singh at the Kuala Lumpur meeting, is which kind of partnership?
Answer: B. Singh called the meeting a vital opportunity to expand the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between India and ASEAN.
13. Chabahar is a key node of which trade corridor linking India, Iran, Russia and Europe?
Answer: D. Chabahar connects to the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC).
14. China's Tiangong space station, to which Shenzhou-21 was sent, was completed in which year?
Answer: D. The notes state Tiangong was completed in 2022 and serves as a permanent orbital research base.
15. In the Himalayan EWS discussion, what share of India's disasters fell in the Himalayas during 2013-2022?
Answer: C. The notes say 68 Himalayan incidents in 2013-2022 made up 44% of India's total.