World Post Day and World Sight Day.
1. World Post Day is celebrated on the following day:
a) the second Thursday of October.
b) October 8th
c) October 9th
d) October 10th
Answer: c) October 9th
Rationale: World Post day is always observed on the same date every year on the 9th of October compared to World Sight Day, which takes place on the second Thursday of every October.
2. What shall the theme be of World Sight Day 2025?
a) #HopeInSight
b) #LoveYourEyes
c) VISION 2020
d) Universal Eye Care
Answer: b) #LoveYourEyes
The objective of the 2025 campaign is to be an explanation of the use of personal responsibility in eye health through the hashtag of the 2025 campaign titled: LoveYourEyes.
3. The Universal Postal Union (UPU) which resulted in the establishment of World Post Day was established in:
a) Tokyo, Japan in 1969
b) Bern, Switzerland in 1874
c) New York, USA in 1945
d) London, UK in 1920
Answer: b) Bern, Switzerland in 1874
Rationale: World Post Day (2 nd October) was set to remember the establishment of the Universal Postal Union (Bern, Switzerland, 1874).
4. What was the biggest international project to which World Sight Day was incorporated?
a) Universal Postal Union (UPU).
b) VISION 2020
c) The UN Decade of the Ocean Science.
d) The Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference.
Answer: b) VISION 2020
Explanation: World Sight Day became part of a global project, VISION 2020, after its initiation, and this initiative was organized by the International Agency to Prevent Blindness (IAPB).
Indian Economy & Finance
5. How large is the Tata Capital landmark IPO?
a) ?10,000 crore
b) ?15,511 crore
c) ?20,000 crore
d) ?24,634 crore
Answer: b) ?15,511 crore
Rationale: Tata Capital IPO is priced at 15,511 crore, which is the biggest by the Tata Group and any NBFC in India.
6. What will be the external debt-to-GDP ratio of India as of June 2025?
a) 18.9%
b) 19.1%
c) 6.6%
d) 53.8%
Answer: a) 18.9%
Explanation: The ratio of external debt to GDP relied to 18.9 percent as compared to 19.1 percent, which means that the economy is expanding much faster than the debt.
7. Why is there a decrease in Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI) holdings in Indian Government Securities (G-Secs) to 6.7 percent?
a) Growth in the yield spread between the US and India.
b) A reduction in the yield spread and international risk aversion.
c) A rise in FPI investment limit by the RBI.
d) the expulsion of India in the JPMorgan bond index.
Response: b) Narrowing of the yield spread and aversion to global risks.
Reason: This fall is explained by the reduction in the spread of yields (the Indian debt became less appealing), the pressure on rupee depreciation, and international trepidation because of the US tariffs and geopolitical conflict.
8. What is the network on which the AU KOSMO UPI credit card is issued by the AU Small Finance Bank?
a) Visa
b) Mastercard
c) American Express
d) RuPay
Answer: d) RuPay
Rationalization: The AU KOSMO is an online-based credit card based on the RuPay network, which allows direct UPI payments.
9. How far would the National Stock Exchange (NSE) have made it by September 2025?
a) Listing 500 companies
b) Reaching over 120 million active investors.
c) Achieving a market capital of $5 trillion.
d) New bond trading platform.
Response: b) Gaining over 120 million active investors.
Purport: NSE registered more than 120 million active investors, and the expansion and expansion of capital markets in India have been fast.
International Events and Innovation.
10. What was the major conclusion of the pilot project of HSBC in quantum computing?
a) It cut transaction costs by 50 percent.
b) It estimated the execution of bond trade with 34 percent higher precision.
c) It was able to resolve a complicated issue in a few seconds which would have taken a traditional computer years.
d) It coded financial records with an impeccable code.
Response: b) It forecasted bond trade execution with 34 per cent more precision.
Rationale: The evidence-of-concept by HSBC proved that a quantum computing model could forecast a bond trade to be executed at a quoted price at 34 percent higher precision.
11. Through the New Development Bank (NDB) intends to issue its inaugural Indian rupee bond by:
a) The end of 2025
b) The first half of 2026
c) 2027
d) 2030
Answer: b) The first half of 2026
Explanation The NDB is conducting the negotiation with the RBI and intends to issue the bond in the first half of the calendar year 2026.
12. In: the first Coral Larvae Cryobank in Southeast Asia was opened.
a) India
b) Indonesia
c) The Philippines
d) Thailand
Answer: c) The Philippines
History: the first Coral Larvae Cryobank in Southeast Asia was launched by the Philippines in collaboration with a number of other countries.
Indian Policy and Indian Infrastructure.
13. Which national master plan does the four recently approved projects on multi-tracking worth an estimated 24,634 crore correspond to?
a) Swachh Bharat Mission
b) PM Gati Shakti
c) Digital India
d) National Infrastructure Pipeline.
Answer: b) PM Gati Shakti
Rationale The rail projects are aligned with the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan of multi-modal connectivity.
14. The GIS platform of both Jal Jeevan and Swachh Bharat Missions is being done with the cooperation of:
a) NASA
b) ISRO
c) BISAG-N
d) NITI Aayog
Answer: c) BISAG-N
Description: It is an initiative of the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation in partnership with the Bhaskaracharya National Institute of Space Applications and Geoinformatics (BISAG-N).
Sports & Culture
15. Which Indian weight lifter won a silver medal in the 2025 world weightlifting championship?
a) Saikhom Mirabai Chanu
b) Karnam Malleswari
c) Bindyarani Devi
d) Sanket Sargar
Question: a) Saikhom Mirabai Chanu
Explanation: Mirabai Chanu was the