1. The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2025 proposes to place Chandigarh under which Article?
Answer: C. The bill would bring Chandigarh within Article 240, which lets the President frame regulations for certain Union Territories.
2. What is the principal goal of the Atomic Energy Bill, 2025?
Answer: B. It seeks to modernise the civil nuclear framework by admitting private participation, a field that is at present a government monopoly.
3. The G-20 Summit that the U.S. boycotted was held in which city?
Answer: E. The summit was in Johannesburg, South Africa, and was the first G-20 gathering ever held on African soil.
4. Which reform for F&O trading did ANMI suggest to SEBI?
Answer: B. ANMI argued retail losses come from poor financial literacy and not from expiry-day changes, so it pressed for tighter norms and education.
5. To what level has SEBI proposed to cut brokerage on mutual fund trades in the cash market?
Answer: A. The proposal brings brokerage down from 12 bps to 2 bps so that investors do not pay twice for research.
6. Which main risk did the RBI flag in relation to bank payout APIs?
Answer: E. Unregulated tech service providers used payout APIs to move money without usual checks like KYC or OTP, creating serious AML risks.
7. The RBI recently authorised Easebuzz to function as what kind of entity?
Answer: D. With its RBI-authorised PA status, Easebuzz may now handle online, offline and cross-border merchant payments.
8. Which of these is left out of the Total Expense Ratio (TER) of mutual funds?
Answer: A. SEBI intends to unbundle the TER and keep statutory charges such as STT and stamp duty outside it.
9. Which genome-editing technology is widely used to alter crop genes without bringing in foreign DNA?
Answer: D. In India, CRISPR-Cas9 and Cas12a make exact changes in a plant's own genes, yielding non-transgenic crops.
10. Why is integrated farming being promoted for marginal farmers?
Answer: C. Combining crops, livestock and horticulture raises earnings and makes marginal farms more sustainable.
11. Which of these activities is carried out by NALSA?
Answer: B. NALSA conducts Lok Adalats and legal literacy campaigns besides free legal aid.
12. Which agreement are India and Canada working to revive?
Answer: B. Both agreed to revive talks on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).
13. Dharmendra was born in which village of Punjab?
Answer: B. He was born on 8 December 1935 in Nasrali, Punjab.
14. Which country's approach of disabling under-16 accounts is Malaysia studying?
Answer: B. Malaysia is looking at international models, particularly Australia's disabling of under-16 accounts.
15. The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2025 seeks to bring which Union Territory under Article 240?
Answer: A. The Bill aims to include Chandigarh under Article 240.