1. For how long will the Employee's Enrolment Scheme 2025 stay in force?
Answer: E. The window runs from 1 November 2025 through 30 April 2026, giving half a year for employees to be enrolled in EPF voluntarily.
2. A stretch of National Highway is labelled a "black spot" under the e-DAR/iRAD system on the basis of what condition?
Answer: C. A 500-metre section qualifies once it logs at least five grievous crashes or ten fatalities within a three-year period.
3. The total tally of India's medals at the Asian Youth Games 2025 held in Bahrain was:
Answer: D. India's best-ever showing at these Games came to 48 medals, made up of 13 gold, 18 silver and 17 bronze.
4. The number of local indicators that Kerala used to identify its extremely poor families was:
Answer: A. The state's yardstick covered four hardships: food insecurity, missing healthcare, housing problems and no steady source of income.
5. In which year was Lucknow given the UNESCO 'Creative City of Gastronomy' designation?
Answer: E. The designation came at UNESCO's 43rd General Conference, which named Lucknow a Creative City of Gastronomy in 2025.
6. What is the chief use of ISRO's CMS-03 (GSAT-7R) satellite?
Answer: B. As India's heaviest communications satellite, it carries secure strategic links, particularly serving the defence and maritime sectors.
7. RBI figures for 2024-25 show that household financial liabilities grew by what proportion compared with 2019-20?
Answer: C. Household borrowing more than doubled, up 102 percent, which was faster than the growth in household assets.
8. Under the draft Capital Market Exposure (CME) norms from the RBI, banks' exposure is capped at what share of Tier-1 capital?
Answer: B. The draft says a bank's capital market exposure should stay within 40 percent of Tier-1 capital, on both a solo and a consolidated basis.
9. What percentage of nitrogen is present in ordinary solid urea?
Answer: D. Urea, with the formula CO(NH2)2, is 46 percent nitrogen, the richest nitrogen content among solid fertilisers.
10. Teak and rosewood grown as long-term timber in an agroforestry model can bring in how much income after roughly 15 years?
Answer: A. Timber is treated as a 'biological saving' that pays out about ₹5 to 12 lakh once a cycle of around 15 years is complete.
11. Which country passed a similar generational tobacco law that was repealed in 2024 before implementation?
Answer: D. New Zealand's comparable law was repealed in 2024 before it took effect, so the Maldives is the first to enforce one.
12. Which statement about the CTBT is correct, based on current reports?
Answer: C. The CTBT prohibits all nuclear explosions. The US signed but has not ratified it.
13. Under the Employee's Enrolment Scheme 2025, how long does the compliance window last?
Answer: B. It runs from 1 November 2025 to 30 April 2026, six months.
14. In the e-DAR/iRAD system, what is the length of a National Highway stretch classed as a black spot?
Answer: C. The notes define a black spot as a 500-metre stretch.
15. How many medals did India win at the Asian Youth Games 2025?
Answer: C. India's tally was 48, made up of 13 gold, 18 silver and 17 bronze.