1. Which veterinary medicine is chiefly blamed for the 95% fall in India's vulture numbers since the 1990s?
Answer: E. Vultures that ate carcasses of animals treated with diclofenac suffered kidney failure, which wiped out roughly 95% of the population.
2. Which of these is NOT a Critically Endangered vulture species in India?
Answer: C. Of India's 9 vulture species, three are Critically Endangered: White-rumped, Indian and Slender-billed; the Himalayan Griffon is only Near Threatened.
3. In which state are Border Wing Home Guards (BWHG) presently functioning?
Answer: A. BWHGs are sanctioned for 7 border states, but only Rajasthan runs them now, with 2,279 active personnel.
4. Which one of these is NOT part of the Great Nicobar Island Project?
Answer: D. The project comprises a transhipment terminal, an airport, a township and a power plant, but it has no metro rail corridor.
5. Why is the 'Samudra Pradakshina' expedition noteworthy?
Answer: B. The voyage is the first ever sailing circumnavigation by an all-women crew drawn from the Army, Navy and Air Force together.
6. When will the next All India Debt and Investment Survey (AIDIS) and Situation Assessment Survey (SAS) be carried out?
Answer: E. The 81st NSS round, run by the NSO under MoSPI between July 2026 and June 2027, will take up both AIDIS and SAS.
7. What share of storage capacity have Indian dams lost to sedimentation, as per an IISER Bhopal study?
Answer: C. The IISER Bhopal researchers concluded that reservoirs across the country have seen close to half of their capacity filled up by accumulated sediment.
8. Under which Act was Nabfid created?
Answer: A. Nabfid is a Development Finance Institution set up through the NABFID Act, 2021 with the job of providing long-term infrastructure finance.
9. The RBI's idea of letting lenders remotely lock phones mainly concerns which loan category?
Answer: D. The proposal would let lenders lock a phone bought on credit if the borrower defaults, and it is aimed at small-ticket consumer lending.
10. How many Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) are left after the One State-One RRB consolidation?
Answer: B. After the May 2025 merger exercise, the RRB count dropped from 43 to 28, spread over 26 states and 3 Union Territories.
11. Who dissolved Nepal's Federal Parliament on Karki's recommendation on 12 September 2025?
Answer: B. President Ram Chandra Poudel dissolved Parliament on her recommendation.
12. Through which messaging platform can the Never Alone web-based app be accessed?
Answer: E. The programme runs through a web-based app accessible via WhatsApp.
13. Which veterinary drug was the primary cause of India's vulture crash?
Answer: B. Diclofenac caused kidney failure in vultures.
14. In which state are Border Wing Home Guards currently operational?
Answer: D. The notes say BWHG works only in Rajasthan.
15. What is the planned capacity of the ICTT under the Great Nicobar Island Project?
Answer: C. The ICTT is planned for 14.2 million TEU.