1. LIC recently launched Protection Plus (Plan 886). What type of product is it?
A) Guaranteed return plan
B) Pure risk cover plan
C) Market-linked insurance plan
D) Endowment plan
Answer: B) Pure risk cover plan
Explanation: Protection Plus (Plan 886) provides pure life-risk coverage without savings components.
2. Which country’s bank partnered with NIPL to enable cross-border QR payments?
A) Thailand
B) Sri Lanka
C) Cambodia
D) Vietnam
Answer: C) Cambodia
Explanation: NPCI International partnered with ACLEDA Bank of Cambodia to enable UPI-style QR payments abroad.
3. Developing nations paid how much more in external debt servicing than they received between 2022–24?
A) $300 billion
B) $741 billion
C) $500 billion
D) $1 trillion
Answer: B) $741 billion
Explanation: This is the largest negative gap in over 50 years.
4. SEBI’s FVCI (Amendment) Regulations 2025 mainly enable what?
A) Foreign banks to operate in India
B) High-risk investors to enter equity markets
C) Low-risk foreign investors to invest via single-window access
D) NRIs to invest without KYC
Answer: C)
Explanation: The amendment simplifies investment access for low-risk foreign venture capital investors .
5. Who inaugurated the 68th Founding Day of the DRI?
A) Nirmala Sitharaman
B) Pankaj Chaudhary
C) Amit Shah
D) Rajnath Singh
Answer: B) Pankaj Chaudhary
Explanation: The MoS Finance inaugurated the event in New Delhi.
6. SoLAR Phase-II was launched in how many countries?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 4
D) 6
Answer: C) 4
Explanation: Implemented in India, Bangladesh, Kenya & Ethiopia for solar-based agricultural resilience.
7. Who has been appointed UN Resident Coordinator in India (2025–2029)?
A) Achim Steiner
B) Filippo Grandi
C) Stefan Priesner
D) Jeffrey Sachs
Answer: C) Stefan Priesner
Explanation: Appointed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
8. Which celebrities are the new brand ambassadors of AU Small Finance Bank?
A) Virat Kohli & Alia Bhatt
B) Ranbir Kapoor & Rashmika Mandanna
C) Hrithik Roshan & Anushka Sharma
D) Rohit Sharma & Deepika Padukone
Answer: B)
Explanation: AU SFB appointed them after receiving in-principle approval to become a universal bank.
Defence & Military
9. Exercise Harimau Shakti 2025 is conducted between India and which country?
A) Indonesia
B) Malaysia
C) Singapore
D) Thailand
Answer: B) Malaysia
Explanation: Conducted at Mahajan Field Firing Range, Rajasthan.
10. Exercise Garuda 2025 (8th edition) was held in which country?
A) India
B) France
C) UAE
D) UK
Answer: B) France
Explanation: At Air Base 118, Mont-de-Marsan, France.
11. Exercise Garuda Shakti is a joint special forces exercise between India and—
A) Nepal
B) Indonesia
C) Sri Lanka
D) Malaysia
Answer: B) Indonesia
Explanation: Held at Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh.
12. INS Aridhaman, soon to be commissioned, belongs to which category?
A) Destroyer
B) Aircraft carrier
C) Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN)
D) Attack submarine (SSN)
Answer: C)
Explanation: India’s third indigenous SSBN , strengthening sea-based nuclear deterrence.
13. Where did the Indian Navy conduct a grand Operational Demonstration on 3 December 2025?
A) Kochi Beach
B) Marina Beach
C) Shangumugham Beach
D) Juhu Beach
Answer: C) Shangumugham Beach
Explanation: Displayed naval prowess and technology.
14. The recent high-speed rocket-sled test of a pilot escape system was conducted by DRDO at—
A) Hyderabad
B) Chandigarh (TBRL)
C) Bengaluru
D) Balasore
Answer: B)
Explanation: Conducted at TBRL, Chandigarh .
Industry, Economy & Technology
15. BDL received additional Army contracts worth—
A) ?1,200 crore
B) ?3,000 crore
C) ?2,461.62 crore
D) ?5,000 crore
Answer: C) ?2,461.62 crore
16. Which Indian state revised the Deen Dayal Lado Lakshmi Yojana (DDLLY) with quarterly payments?
A) Haryana
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Rajasthan
D) Gujarat
Answer: A) Haryana
17. Aadhaar authentications recorded in November 2025 were—
A) 180 crore
B) 231 crore
C) 250 crore
D) 300 crore
Answer: B) 231 crore
18. Which organisation released the Women, Peace & Security (WPS) Index 2025-26?
A) UNDP
B) WHO
C) GIWPS & PRIO
D) World Bank
Answer: C)
Explanation: Released by Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security and Peace Research Institute Oslo .
19. Which sports league won “Emerging Professional Sports Event of the Year” at India Sports Awards 2025?
A) Ultimate Kho-Kho
B) Pro Kabaddi League
C) Archery Premier League (APL)
D) World Chess League
Answer: C)
International Affairs
20. India will assume chairship of