Article 1: India Adds Two Wetlands in Bihar- Ramsar.
How many Ramsar sites does India have currently?
a) 26
b) 51
c) 93
d) 172
Answer: c) 93
Explanation: Article too quotes that with inclusion of Gokul Jalashay and Udaipur Jheel the total number of Ramsar sites in India hits 93.
Which of those below is an important role of wetlands according to the Ramsar Convention?
a) Generating solar energy
b) Flood control and recharging groundwater.
c) As the major sources of mineral deposits.
d) serving as the centers of international trade.
Response: b) Flood and ground water recharge.
Explanation: According to the article wetlands are significant ecosystems which manage floods and assist in recharging ground water as well as other services such as maintaining biodiversity and also supporting livelihoods.
IndiaSICA Partnership 2025. Article 2.
One of the key areas of collaboration that have been noted between India and SICA include adopting India:
a) model of agricultural subsidy.
b)Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
c) National education policy
d) Space research technology
Approach: b) Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
Explanation: The article focuses on the issue of partnerships in digital payments and India proposes its UPI framework to SICA economies so that their financial systems can be revised and become more inclusive.
IndiaSICA partnership is largely developed as an example of:
a) North-South Cooperation
b) East-West Dialogue
c) South-South Cooperation
d) Transatlantic Partnership.
Respond: c) South-South Cooperation.
Explanation The article refers many times to the fact that this joint venture strengthens the Indian resolve of pursuing South-South cooperation meaning cooperation among other developing nations in the southern hemisphere.
Article 3: NGT halts the construction in the Pallikaranai Marsh.
What prompted the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to halt a construction which was near the Pallikaranai Marsh?
a) To develop a new house complex.
b) the marsh is a drinking water source to Chennai.
c) To conserve the ecosystem of the wetland and avoid the rise in floods.
d)Since construction was conducted with unlawful materials.
Reason: c) To conserve the ecosystem of the wetland and avoid future flooding.
Vision: The mandate of the NGT was to save the ecosystem under threat. It noted that any disembedding in the marsh would raise the risks of floods in the vicinities and damage to its ecological capacity.
When and in which year was the Pallikaranai Marsh declared to be a Ramsar Site?
a) 2011
b) 2020
c) 2022
d) 2025
Answer: c) 2022
Explanation The article states that the Pallikaranai Marsh was and is still to be a Ramsar Site declared in 2022.
Article 4: Indian Children 2025
The question is: What is the trend in the dropout rates in schools? According to the report Children in India 2025, the trend saw is a question of being gross national.
a) The number of drop outs has risen remarkably.
b) The dropout rates have also been the same.
c) Rates of dropping out have been reduced.
d) Drop out rates are not mentioned in the report.
Reason:The dropout rates have been reduced.
Explanation: In the report, one can see impressive drops in the rate of dropouts at the preparation and middle levels between 2022-23 and 2024-25.
The child well-being data included in the report is first deepened to the audience including:
a) International agreements of trade.
b) Evidence based policy planning.
c) Setting up new schools
d) Regulation of the firms in private.
Rationale: b) Evidence-based policy planning.
Explanation: The report, the article says, is an important tool that policymakers and researchers can use in evidence-based planning with respect to the future of generations in India.
Article 5: Sanctuary of Dugong IUCN and the Dugong.
The Dugong Conservation Reserve at the Palk bay is important to the survival of the dugongs due to its protection of their:
a) Nesting beaches
b) Seagrass meadows
c) Coral reef habitats
d) Freshwater sources
Answer: b) Seagrass meadows
Description The reserve comprises more than 12,250 hectares of seagrass areas which appear the main food in dugongs.
How are seagrass, in the reserve, being rehabilitated in an innovative way?
a) With the frames made of bamboo and coconuts rope.
2) Planting genetically engineered seagrass.
c) Artificial light systems.
d) Deep-water dredging
Meanwhile: a) working with bamboo and coconuts rope frames.
Rationale: The article talks about bamboo and coconut rope frames as a possible new community-driven way of restoring a sequence of seagrass.
Article 6: India comes up with Forest Environmental Accounting.
So which UN framework is compatible with The Forest Environmental Accounting report?
a) UNESDP Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
b) UN System of Environmental Economic Accounts (SEEA)
c)UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
d) UN REDD+ Programme
Response: b) UN System of Environmental Economic Accounts (SEEA)
Adequacy: According to the article, it is the first forest accounting report that had to comply with the UN System of Environmental Economic Accounts (SEEA) framework as a whole.
What service made by forests had an enormous increase of 51.82 percent in Economic value?
a) Timber production
b) Carbon retention
c) Tourism
d) Fruit cultivation
Answer: b) Carbon retention
Explanation: According to the article, the price of the so-called regulation services i.e. the retention of carbon increased by 51.82 percent.
Article 7: Mobility Cloud Sovereign.
Develop a Sovereign Mobility Cloud is mainly supposed to:
a) cut the cost of transport.
b) Keep data of transport systems confined to the boundaries of a given country.
c) Innovate at a faster rate passenger cars.
d) Turning all conventional cars to autonomous cars.
Response:b) Keep data transmitted by transport systems inside of a country.
Reasoning A Sovereign Mobility Cloud is described as a platform where data and information have to be retained within the territory of a country, which guarantees data autonomy, security, and regulatory requirements.
What nation was used to draw as an example the implementation of a Sovereign Mobility Cloud?
a) India
b) United Kingdom
c) United Arab Emirates (UAE)
d) South Korea
Response: c) United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Description: The article provides the example of the UAE when the country finally launched its Sovereign Mobility Cloud during the Dubai World Congress.
Article 8: Mahi bisanswara Atomic power plant.
The Mahi Banswara project shall have how many native 700 MW reactors?
a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) Ten
Answer: c) Four
Explanation: It is well noted in the