1. Which country ranked second in the Global Business Climate Survey 2026?
Answer: C. Ireland was second, behind India.
2. How often does Strobilanthes kunthiana (Neelakurinji) flower en masse?
Answer: B. S. kunthiana blooms synchronously once in 12 years.
3. How much did banks mobilise through FCNR(B) deposits, per the RBI Bulletin's State of the Economy report?
Answer: C. About $13.3 billion was raised.
4. According to the RBI survey for 2025-26, India's software services exports were worth how much?
Answer: B. Exports rose 8.2% to $221.4 billion.
5. From 22 September 2026, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited is known by what name?
Answer: A. The company changed its name to ICICI Life Insurance Limited.
6. Which bank is the Sponsor Operating Unit for TBX's B2B bill payments?
Answer: B. IDFC FIRST Bank acts as the Sponsor Operating Unit.
7. Which regulator proposed lower Expense of Management limits and commission caps for insurance distributors?
Answer: B. IRDAI made the proposal.
8. From which date will RBI's new market-risk capital framework apply?
Answer: C. The framework applies from 1 April 2027.
9. How many NBFCs had their Certificates of Registration cancelled by RBI during 4-31 August 2026?
Answer: B. RBI cancelled five CoRs and accepted eight surrenders.
10. Which constitutional provision governs removal of the Chief Election Commissioner?
Answer: A. Article 324(5) says the CEC is removed like a Supreme Court Judge.
11. Which two UN bodies released the Gender Snapshot 2026?
Answer: B. UN Women and UN DESA released it.
12. Which Act replaced the Election Commission (Conditions of Service of Election Commissioners and Transaction of Business) Act, 1991?
Answer: B. The 2023 Act replaced the 1991 Act.
13. India became the first country of which region to host the World Circular Economy Forum?
Answer: B. India is the first South Asian host of WCEF.
14. In which sport did Salman Khan of the Indian Army win bronze at the Asian Games?
Answer: B. He won bronze in rowing.
15. Who won India's first Asian Games mixed team skeet bronze?
Answer: A. Naruka and Dhaliwal took the bronze.