1. India raised its technical mission in Kabul to the level of a full Embassy. What is the main purpose?
Answer: E. The upgrade signals India's wish to engage Afghanistan more on national development, regional stability and counterterrorism, while it keeps providing humanitarian help.
2. Which two countries took part in Exercise KONKAN 2025?
Answer: B. The two-nation naval drill took place off India's western coast between the Indian Navy and the UK's Royal Navy, improving coordination and interoperability at sea.
3. What is the principal goal of the Demographic Mission 2025 announced by the Prime Minister?
Answer: A. The mission uses data-driven governance to watch population shifts, stop illegal infiltration and encourage balanced, sustainable population growth.
4. The Sa-Dhan Bharat Microfinance Report 2025 said PAR 30+ delinquencies rose to what level in FY25?
Answer: D. Loans overdue beyond 30 days climbed steeply from 2.1% in FY24 to 6.2% in FY25, a sign of mounting stress among small and rural borrowers.
5. What reform has RBI recommended for EPFO to keep it sustainable in the long run?
Answer: C. RBI advised switching from book-value to market-value accounting so that EPFO's finances reflect their true position and match global best practice.
6. RBI merged 9,000 circulars into how many master circulars as part of its regulatory clean-up?
Answer: D. To make compliance easier, the central bank condensed 9,000 circulars into 238 master circulars that span 11 types of regulated entities and 30 areas of regulation.
7. What is the purpose of the NPCI–PayPal partnership?
Answer: C. The tie-up places UPI inside PayPal World so that wallets can transact across borders, boosting interoperability among digital payment systems.
8. What combined outlay was set for the PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana and the Dalhan Atmanirbharata Mission?
Answer: A. Together the schemes carry ₹35,440 crore, made up of ₹24,000 crore for PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana and ₹11,440 crore for the pulses mission, to lift crop productivity and pulse self-reliance.
9. By which year does the Pradhan Mantri Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana hope to double farmers' income?
Answer: E. This long-term farm modernisation scheme covers 100 low-performing districts and relies on technology-led, sustainable agriculture to double incomes by 2030.
10. What total budget has been allotted to PMDDKY for 2025–31?
Answer: B. Over six years the scheme gets ₹1.44 lakh crore, which merges 36 existing schemes to modernise farming across 100 districts.
11. The 2019 amendment to the RTI Act mainly changed which aspect of information commissions?
Answer: D. It empowered the Central Government to set commissioners' terms and salaries, which critics say reduced their autonomy.
12. Who petitioned to disqualify Paul Biya from the 2025 race, citing his advanced age and health?
Answer: B. Opposition candidate Akere Muna filed the petition, arguing Biya's age and health made him unfit.
13. What did India upgrade its technical mission in Kabul to?
Answer: C. It was raised to a full-fledged Embassy of India.
14. Exercise KONKAN 25 is a bilateral naval exercise between India and which country?
Answer: B. It was held between the Indian Navy and the UK's Royal Navy.
15. On which occasion was the Demographic Mission announced in 2025?
Answer: B. The PM announced it in his Independence Day 2025 address.