1. The National Green Tribunal granted clearance to which major infrastructure project valued at Rs81,000 crore?
A) Sagarmala Port Project
B) Great Nicobar Infrastructure Project
C) Bharatmala Highway Project
D) Andaman Coastal Corridor
✅ Answer: B) Great Nicobar Infrastructure Project
2. The Demwe Lower Hydroelectric Project, recently granted an environmental clearance extension, is located in:
A) Sikkim
B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Arunachal Pradesh
D) Uttarakhand
✅ Answer: C) Arunachal Pradesh
3. The Demwe Lower Hydroelectric Project has a planned capacity of:
A) 1,200 MW
B) 1,500 MW
C) 1,750 MW
D) 2,000 MW
✅ Answer: C) 1,750 MW
4. Losar Festival is primarily associated with:
A) Ladakhi Harvest Tradition
B) Tibetan New Year
C) Buddhist Monsoon Celebration
D) Himalayan Winter Solstice
✅ Answer: B) Tibetan New Year
5. Losar Festival 2026 was celebrated at which location?
A) Leh
B) Tawang
C) McLeod Ganj
D) Dharamshala
✅ Answer: C) McLeod Ganj
6. Who inaugurated the first Mumbai Climate Week?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Devendra Fadnavis
C) Eknath Shinde
D) Aaditya Thackeray
✅ Answer: B) Devendra Fadnavis
7. The India–France Year of Innovation 2026 was launched during the visit of:
A) Olaf Scholz
B) Joe Biden
C) Emmanuel Macron
D) Rishi Sunak
✅ Answer: C) Emmanuel Macron
8. India and France signed a Joint Declaration of Intent focusing on cooperation in:
A) Defence Technology
B) Renewable Energy
C) Critical Minerals
D) Space Research
✅ Answer: C) Critical Minerals
9. Tejaswin Shankar won a gold medal at which sporting event?
A) Commonwealth Games
B) Asian Games
C) Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
D) World Athletics Championships
✅ Answer: C) Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
10. Arunachal Pradesh Foundation Day is observed on:
A) 15 August
B) 26 January
C) 20 February
D) 1 March
✅ Answer: C) 20 February
11. World Day of Social Justice is observed annually on:
A) 10 December
B) 8 March
C) 20 February
D) 1 May
✅ Answer: C) 20 February
12. ‘Hello Cashback Credit Card’ was launched by:
A) HDFC Bank
B) SBI
C) IDFC First Bank
D) Axis Bank
✅ Answer: C) IDFC First Bank
13. NABARD launched the Price Protection Scheme in partnership with:
A) SEBI
B) MCX
C) NCDEX
D) FCI
✅ Answer: C) NCDEX
14. The Price Protection Scheme enables farmers to hedge price risks using:
A) Futures Contracts
B) Put Options
C) Swaps
D) Insurance Bonds
✅ Answer: B) Put Options
15. Mastercard completed India’s first fully authenticated agentic commerce transaction at:
A) Digital India Summit
B) India AI Impact Summit 2026
C) FinTech Conclave
D) Global Payments Forum
✅ Answer: B) India AI Impact Summit 2026
16. Airtel Money received RBI approval to operate as:
A) Small Finance Bank
B) Payment Bank
C) Type II NBFC-ND (ICC)
D) Microfinance Institution
✅ Answer: C) Type II NBFC-ND (ICC)
17. Tarique Rahman became the Prime Minister of:
A) Sri Lanka
B) Nepal
C) Bangladesh
D) Maldives
✅ Answer: C) Bangladesh
18. CTS Krishna (Yard 18003) is associated with:
A) Indian Coast Guard
B) Indian Navy
C) DRDO
D) Shipping Corporation of India
✅ Answer: B) Indian Navy
19. CTS Krishna was launched at which shipbuilding facility?
A) Mazagon Dock
B) Cochin Shipyard
C) L&T Shipyard, Kattupalli
D) Goa Shipyard
✅ Answer: C) L&T Shipyard, Kattupalli
20. The UN Fellowship Training Programme on SALW Control is being hosted by:
A) Indian Air Force
B) Indian Navy
C) Indian Army
D) DRDO
✅ Answer: C) Indian Army
21. The Competition Commission of India approved the merger of HLFL with:
A) Tata Capital
B) NDL Ventures Limited
C) Bajaj Finserv
D) Mahindra Finance
✅ Answer: B) NDL Ventures Limited
22. Reliance Consumer Products Limited signed a JV with which Nigerian company?
A) Dangote Group
B) Olam Group
C) Tropical General Investments Group
D) Nigerian Breweries
✅ Answer: C) Tropical General Investments Group
23. Frederick Wiseman was renowned in which field?
A) Fiction Cinema
B) Documentary Filmmaking
C) Journalism
D) Theatre Direction
✅ Answer: B) Documentary Filmmaking