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NITI Aayog launches 'From Borrowers to Builders' report on women's role in India's financial growth
Q1 Advanced

According to NITI Aayog's report 'From Borrowers to Builders' launched on 3 March 2025, how many women were monitoring their credit as of December 2024?

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Correct answer: A — 27 million

As of December 2024, 27 million women were monitoring their credit, a 42% increase over the previous year.

Q2 Advanced

Under NITI Aayog's Women Entrepreneurship Platform, which collaborative was mentioned at the launch of the 'From Borrowers to Builders' report on 3 March 2025?

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Correct answer: C — Financing Women Collaborative

NITI Aayog CEO B.V.R. Subrahmanyam said the Financing Women Collaborative (FWC) has been constituted under WEP and invited financial sector stakeholders to join it.

World Wildlife Day 2025 observed with theme 'Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Planet'
Q3

What was the theme of World Wildlife Day observed on 3 March 2025?

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Correct answer: C — Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Planet

The 2025 theme was 'Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Planet'. The other options were themes of earlier years.

Q4 Advanced

According to the Environment Ministry's World Wildlife Day 2025 backgrounder, how much of its 2025-26 budget is earmarked for the Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats?

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Correct answer: D — ₹450 crore

₹450 crore is set aside for Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats out of the Ministry's total 2025-26 budget of ₹3,412.82 crore.

97th Academy Awards: 'Anora' wins Best Picture among five Oscars; Sean Baker wins four
Q5

Which film won Best Picture at the 97th Academy Awards held on 2 March 2025?

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Correct answer: D — Anora

'Anora' won Best Picture and four other awards; 'The Brutalist', 'Conclave' and 'Emilia Pérez' were among the other nominees.

Q6

Who won the Best Actor Oscar at the 97th Academy Awards on 2 March 2025?

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Correct answer: A — Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody won Best Actor for 'The Brutalist', his second win in the category; Kieran Culkin won Best Supporting Actor.

Q7 Advanced

Which film won Best International Feature at the 97th Academy Awards (2 March 2025)?

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Correct answer: B — I'm Still Here (Brazil)

Brazil's 'I'm Still Here' won Best International Feature; 'No Other Land' won Best Documentary Feature.

Q8 Advanced

Consider the following statements about the 97th Academy Awards held on 2 March 2025: 1. Sean Baker became the first person to win four Oscars for the same film. 2. Mikey Madison won Best Actress for 'Anora'. 3. The ceremony was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel at the Dolby Theatre. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Correct answer: C — 1 and 2 only

Statements 1 and 2 are correct: Sean Baker won Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay and Editing for 'Anora', and Mikey Madison won Best Actress. Statement 3 is wrong: the 2025 ceremony at the Dolby Theatre was hosted by Conan O'Brien.

Madhya Pradesh to give farmers permanent power connections for ₹5; 30 lakh solar pumps in three years
Q9

At the Kisan Aabhar Sammelan in Bhopal on 2 March 2025, Madhya Pradesh announced that farmers would get a permanent electricity connection for:

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Correct answer: D — ₹5

Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced that farmers would get a permanent electricity connection for just ₹5, starting with the central region.

Q10 Advanced

How many solar pumps did Madhya Pradesh say it would give farmers over the next three years, as announced on 2 March 2025?

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Correct answer: D — 30 lakh

The state plans to give 30 lakh solar pumps over three years, at 10 lakh a year.

Vidarbha win Ranji Trophy 2024-25, their third title, on first-innings lead over Kerala in Nagpur
Q11

Which team won the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy, taking the title on first-innings lead when the final against Kerala in Nagpur was drawn on 2 March 2025?

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Correct answer: B — Vidarbha

Vidarbha won the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy on their 37-run first-innings lead over Kerala after the final at Nagpur was drawn on 2 March 2025.

Q12 Advanced

Vidarbha's Harsh Dubey, Player of the Series in the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy, set the record for the most wickets in a Ranji season. How many wickets did he take?

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Correct answer: C — 69

Harsh Dubey took 69 wickets in the 2024-25 season, passing the 68 taken by Bihar's Ashutosh Aman in 2018-19.

Q13 Advanced

The Ranji Trophy won by Vidarbha on 2 March 2025 was the team's:

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Correct answer: A — Third Ranji Trophy title

It was Vidarbha's third Ranji Trophy title, after their back-to-back wins in 2017-18 and 2018-19.

Champions Trophy 2025: Varun Chakravarthy's 5/42 helps India beat New Zealand by 44 runs, top Group A
Q14

Which Indian bowler took 5 for 42 and was player of the match as India beat New Zealand in the Champions Trophy 2025 group match on 2 March 2025?

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Correct answer: A — Varun Chakravarthy

Varun Chakravarthy, playing his first match of the tournament, took 5 for 42 and was named player of the match.

Q15 Advanced

By what margin did India beat New Zealand in their Champions Trophy 2025 Group A match in Dubai on 2 March 2025?

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Correct answer: B — 44 runs

India made 249 for 9 and bowled New Zealand out for 205, winning by 44 runs.

Q16 Advanced

Which New Zealand bowler also took five wickets in the Champions Trophy 2025 match against India on 2 March 2025?

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Correct answer: A — Matt Henry

Matt Henry took 5 for 42 as New Zealand restricted India to 249 for 9.

Mana avalanche rescue in Chamoli concludes: 46 of 54 BRO workers rescued, eight dead
Q17

The avalanche that hit a Border Roads Organisation camp near Mana village on 28 February 2025, whose rescue operation ended on 2 March 2025, occurred in which district of Uttarakhand?

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Correct answer: B — Chamoli

The avalanche struck the BRO camp near Mana village in Chamoli district; the rescue operation ended on 2 March 2025.

Q18 Advanced

Of the 54 BRO workers buried in the Mana avalanche of 28 February 2025, how many were rescued alive by the time the operation ended on 2 March 2025?

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Correct answer: A — 46

46 of the 54 workers were rescued and eight died, according to the Army and the state disaster management authority.

Q19 Advanced

Which equipment was airlifted from Delhi to help locate the last buried workers in the Mana avalanche rescue (2 March 2025)?

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Correct answer: C — A drone-based intelligent buried object detection system

A drone-based 'intelligent buried object detection system' was airlifted from Delhi to Joshimath to help find the last buried containers.

Central Warehousing Corporation celebrates 69th Foundation Day
Q20 Advanced

The Central Warehousing Corporation, which celebrated its 69th Foundation Day on 2 March 2025, was established in which year?

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Correct answer: C — 1957

The CWC was set up in 1957 and marked its 69th Foundation Day on 2 March 2025.

Q21 Advanced

At CWC's 69th Foundation Day (2 March 2025), Pralhad Joshi said the government aims to bring logistics costs down to around what level?

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Correct answer: D — 8%

He said the National Logistics Policy and PM Gati Shakti aim to cut logistics costs from 13-14% to the global standard of around 8%.

Q22 Advanced

Consider the following statements about the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), which marked its 69th Foundation Day on 2 March 2025: 1. The CWC is a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956. 2. The Warehousing Corporations Act, 1962, under which the CWC functions, is administered by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Correct answer: B — 2 only

The CWC is a statutory corporation constituted under the Warehousing Corporations Act, 1962 (Section 3), not a company under the Companies Act; that Act is administered by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Food and Public Distribution). Only the second statement is correct.

UK hosts leaders' meeting on Ukraine at Lancaster House; Starmer announces 'coalition of the willing'
Q23

At which venue did UK PM Keir Starmer host the leaders' meeting on Ukraine on 2 March 2025?

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Correct answer: D — Lancaster House, London

The leaders' meeting on Ukraine was held at Lancaster House, London, where Starmer announced the four-point plan.

Q24 Advanced

What name did Keir Starmer give to the group of countries that would defend a deal in Ukraine and guarantee the peace, announced after the London meeting of 2 March 2025?

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Correct answer: A — Coalition of the willing

Starmer said the UK, France and others would develop a 'coalition of the willing' to defend a deal in Ukraine and guarantee the peace.

Election Commission says duplicate EPIC numbers do not mean fake voters; to allot unique EPIC to every elector
Q25 Advanced

According to the Election Commission's clarification of 2 March 2025, which platform will be updated to help allot a unique EPIC number to every registered elector?

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Correct answer: B — ERONET 2.0

The Commission said duplicate EPIC numbers will be rectified and the ERONET 2.0 platform will be updated to aid the process.

Q26 Advanced

Consider the following statements in the context of the Election Commission's clarification on duplicate EPIC numbers (2 March 2025): 1. Under Article 324 of the Constitution, the superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls is vested in the Election Commission. 2. The identical EPIC numbers arose because some state CEO offices used the same alphanumeric series before the shift to ERONET. 3. The Commission said an elector with a duplicate EPIC number may vote in either of the two states concerned. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Correct answer: B — 1 and 2 only

Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Article 324 vests superintendence of electoral rolls in the Election Commission, and the duplicates came from a decentralised, manual system before ERONET. Statement 3 is wrong: an elector can vote only at the designated polling station where enrolled.

President Droupadi Murmu visits UNESCO World Heritage Site Dholavira in Gujarat
Q27

President Droupadi Murmu visited which UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Harappan Civilisation in Gujarat on 1 March 2025?

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Correct answer: A — Dholavira

The President visited Dholavira, on Khadir island in Kachchh district, which was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2021.

Q28 Advanced

Dholavira, visited by the President on 1 March 2025, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in which year?

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Correct answer: C — 2021

Dholavira was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2021.

Q29 Advanced

Under whose supervision did the ASI excavate Dholavira between 1990 and 2005?

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Correct answer: D — Dr Ravindra Singh Bisht

The ASI excavated Dholavira during 1990–2005 under the supervision of Dr Ravindra Singh Bisht.

Q30 Advanced

Consider the following statements about Dholavira, visited by President Droupadi Murmu on 1 March 2025: 1. It is located on the arid island of Khadir in Kachchh district. 2. Excavations found habitation in seven cultural phases from 3000 to 1500 BCE. 3. It was the first Harappan site in India to be excavated, in the 1920s. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Correct answer: B — 1 and 2 only

Statements 1 and 2 are correct: Dholavira is on Khadir island in Kachchh and showed seven cultural phases from 3000 to 1500 BCE. Statement 3 is wrong: it was excavated by the ASI during 1990–2005.

Jayant Chaudhary launches Swavalambini women entrepreneurship programme at CCS University, Meerut
Q31

At which university was the Swavalambini women entrepreneurship programme launched by Jayant Chaudhary on 1 March 2025?

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Correct answer: A — Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut

Swavalambini was launched at Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, and virtually at BHU, the University of Hyderabad and MANUU.

Q32 Advanced

Which institute implements Swavalambini, the women entrepreneurship programme of MSDE and NITI Aayog launched on 1 March 2025?

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Correct answer: D — NIESBUD

Swavalambini is run under MSDE and implemented by the National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD), in partnership with NITI Aayog.

Q33 Advanced

Consider the following statements about the Swavalambini programme launched on 1 March 2025: 1. It is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and NITI Aayog. 2. Its Women Entrepreneurship Development Programme is a 40-hour training for 300 selected students. 3. Its Faculty Development Programme is a six-month residential course. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Correct answer: D — 1 and 2 only

Statements 1 and 2 are correct: MSDE runs Swavalambini with NITI Aayog, and the EDP is a 40-hour training for 300 selected students. Statement 3 is wrong: the Faculty Development Programme is a five-day training; six months is the mentorship period for participants.

Dr Mayank Sharma takes charge as Controller General of Defence Accounts
Q34

Who assumed office as Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) on 1 March 2025?

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Correct answer: D — Dr Mayank Sharma

Dr Mayank Sharma, a 1989-batch IDAS officer, took charge as CGDA on 1 March 2025.

Q35 Advanced

The new Controller General of Defence Accounts who took charge on 1 March 2025 earlier represented India at which UN body in Vienna?

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Correct answer: A — UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Dr Mayank Sharma served as India's Alternate Permanent Representative at the UNODC, among other UN bodies.

PM Modi addresses post-budget webinar on agriculture and rural prosperity
Q36 Advanced

At the post-budget webinar on agriculture on 1 March 2025, PM Modi said what share of India's domestic pulse consumption still relies on imports?

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Correct answer: B — 20 percent

The PM said 20 percent of domestic pulse consumption still depends on imports, and called for higher production of tur, urad and masoor.

Q37 Advanced

According to PM Modi's post-budget webinar address of 1 March 2025, India's agricultural production has risen from about 265 million tonnes a decade ago to over how much?

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Correct answer: C — 330 million tonnes

Agricultural production rose from about 265 million tonnes to over 330 million tonnes; horticulture output has exceeded 350 million tonnes.

Q38

How many new crop varieties did PM Modi say ICAR developed between 2014 and 2024, in his post-budget webinar address on 1 March 2025?

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Correct answer: A — Over 2,900

The PM said ICAR developed over 2,900 new varieties of grains, oilseeds, pulses, fodder and sugarcane between 2014 and 2024.

Amit Shah reviews Manipur security; directs free movement on all roads from 8 March
Q39

At the Manipur security review on 1 March 2025, Amit Shah directed that free movement be ensured on all roads in the state from which date?

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Correct answer: B — 8 March 2025

Amit Shah directed that free movement of people be ensured on all roads in Manipur from 8 March 2025.

Q40 Advanced

Amit Shah directed on 1 March 2025 that fencing on both sides of designated entry points be completed along Manipur's international border with which country?

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Correct answer: A — Myanmar

Manipur's international border is with Myanmar; Shah asked for fencing on both sides of its designated entry points to be completed at the earliest.

India's coal production in April 2024–February 2025 grows 5.73% to 928.95 MT
Q41 Advanced

What was India's cumulative coal production from April 2024 to February 2025, as reported by the Ministry of Coal on 1 March 2025?

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Correct answer: B — 928.95 MT

Cumulative production reached 928.95 MT, up 5.73% from 878.55 MT in the same period a year earlier.

Q42 Advanced

By what percentage did coal production from captive and other entities grow in April 2024–February 2025, according to the Ministry of Coal?

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Correct answer: C — 30.16%

Captive and other entities produced 173.58 MT, up 30.16%; 31.90% was the growth in their dispatch and 5.73% the growth in total production.

49th Civil Accounts Day marks foundation day of Indian Civil Accounts Service
Q43

Civil Accounts Day, celebrated for the 49th time on 1 March 2025, marks the foundation day of which service?

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Correct answer: B — Indian Civil Accounts Service

Civil Accounts Day marks the foundation day of the Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS); the 49th edition was held in New Delhi on 1 March 2025.

Q44 Advanced

At the 49th Civil Accounts Day (1 March 2025), the Finance Minister said PFMS payments had grown from 2 crore in 2015 to how many in 2024?

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Correct answer: C — 250 crore

Nirmala Sitharaman said the volume of PFMS transactions went up from 2 crore payments in 2015 to 250 crore in 2024.

'Sugamya Yatra' held at Rajiv Chowk Metro Station on International Wheelchair Day 2025
Q45

Where was 'Sugamya Yatra' organised on International Wheelchair Day, 1 March 2025?

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Correct answer: D — Rajiv Chowk Metro Station, New Delhi

DEPwD and the Office of the CCPD organised Sugamya Yatra at Rajiv Chowk Metro Station, New Delhi.

Modi and von der Leyen agree to conclude India–EU FTA within 2025 as EU College of Commissioners visits India
Q46

Who led the EU College of Commissioners on its visit to India on 27-28 February 2025?

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Correct answer: A — Ursula von der Leyen

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen led the College of Commissioners to India and issued a Leaders' Statement with PM Modi on 28 February 2025.

Q47 Advanced

According to the India–EU Leaders' Statement of 28 February 2025, India welcomed the EU joining which initiative?

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Correct answer: A — Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI)

India welcomed the EU joining the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI), and both sides agreed to explore trilateral cooperation in Africa and the Indo-Pacific.

Q48 Advanced

Which defence cooperation framework of the EU did the EU welcome India's interest in joining projects under, as per the Leaders' Statement of 28 February 2025?

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Correct answer: A — Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO)

The EU welcomed India's interest in joining projects under the EU's Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and in negotiating a Security of Information Agreement.

Q49 Advanced

Consider the following statements about the visit of the EU College of Commissioners to India (27-28 February 2025): 1. It was the College's first visit outside the European continent since the start of its new mandate. 2. The leaders noted that the India–EU Strategic Partnership has completed 20 years. 3. The leaders agreed to conclude the India–EU FTA by 2027. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Correct answer: D — 1 and 2 only

Statements 1 and 2 are correct: the visit was the College's first outside Europe in its new mandate, and the leaders built on 20 years of the Strategic Partnership. Statement 3 is wrong: they aimed to conclude the FTA within 2025.

MoSPI: GDP growth estimated at 6.5% for 2024-25; Q3 growth 6.2%; 2023-24 revised to 9.2%
Q50

What real GDP growth rate for the October–December 2024 quarter (Q3 of 2024-25) did MoSPI estimate on 28 February 2025?

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Correct answer: C — 6.2%

Real GDP grew 6.2% in Q3 of 2024-25; 6.5% is the full-year estimate and 5.6% the revised Q2 growth.

Q51

What real GDP growth for 2024-25 was estimated in the Second Advance Estimates released on 28 February 2025?

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Correct answer: B — 6.5%

The Second Advance Estimates put real GDP growth for 2024-25 at 6.5%, revised up from the First Advance Estimates.

Q52 Advanced

As per the First Revised Estimates released on 28 February 2025, India's real GDP growth in 2023-24 was:

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Correct answer: C — 9.2%

Real GDP grew 9.2% in 2023-24, the highest in the previous 12 years except 2021-22; 8.6% was real GVA growth that year and 7.6% the final 2022-23 growth.

Q53 Advanced

According to MoSPI's estimates of 28 February 2025, Private Final Consumption Expenditure is expected to grow by how much in 2024-25?

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Correct answer: C — 7.6%

PFCE is expected to grow 7.6% in 2024-25, compared with 5.6% in 2023-24.

Q54 Advanced

Consider the following statements about the national accounts estimates released by the NSO on 28 February 2025: 1. Real GDP growth of 9.2% in 2023-24 is the highest in the previous 12 years except for 2021-22. 2. The growth rate of real GDP for Q2 of 2024-25 was revised upward to 5.6%. 3. Construction is expected to be the fastest-growing sector in 2024-25 at 10.4%. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Correct answer: C — 1 and 2 only

Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Statement 3 is wrong: construction is estimated to grow 8.6% in 2024-25; 10.4% was its growth in 2023-24.

Government's 10,000 FPO target achieved; 10,000th FPO registered in Khagaria, Bihar
Q55

The 10,000th Farmer Producer Organisation under the central scheme, launched by PM Modi at Bhagalpur, is registered in which district?

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Correct answer: C — Khagaria

The 10,000th FPO is registered in Khagaria district, Bihar, and focuses on maize, banana and paddy.

Q56 Advanced

What is the budget outlay of the Central Sector Scheme for Formation and Promotion of 10,000 FPOs, launched on 29 February 2020?

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Correct answer: D — ₹6,865 crore

The scheme was launched with an outlay of ₹6,865 crore till 2027-28.

Q57 Advanced

Consider the following statements about the scheme for Formation and Promotion of 10,000 FPOs: 1. FPOs under it can be registered under Part IXA of the Companies Act or under a state's Co-operative Societies Act. 2. It provides a matching equity grant of up to ₹2,000 per farmer member, with a limit of ₹15 lakh per FPO. 3. It provides credit guarantee cover for project loans of up to ₹10 crore per FPO. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Correct answer: B — 1 and 2 only

Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Statement 3 is wrong: the credit guarantee facility covers project loans of up to ₹2 crore per FPO.

EPFO's Central Board recommends 8.25% interest on EPF for 2024-25
Q58

What rate of interest on EPF accumulations for 2024-25 did EPFO's Central Board of Trustees recommend on 28 February 2025?

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Correct answer: C — 8.25%

The CBT recommended 8.25% for 2024-25; it is credited after the Government notifies the rate.

Q59 Advanced

Who chairs the Central Board of Trustees of EPF, as at its 237th meeting on 28 February 2025?

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Correct answer: B — Union Minister for Labour and Employment

The CBT is chaired by the Union Labour and Employment Minister (Dr Mansukh Mandaviya); the Central PF Commissioner is Member Secretary.

Rajnath Singh visits DRDO's Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex in Hyderabad
Q60 Advanced

During his visit to DRDO's missile complex in Hyderabad on 28 February 2025, Rajnath Singh felicitated the team of which missile project?

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Correct answer: D — Long-Range Hypersonic Anti-Ship Missile

He felicitated the Long-Range Hypersonic Anti-Ship Missile team, whose flight trials succeeded in November 2024.

Q61

Which DRDO laboratory at the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex briefed Rajnath Singh on missile programmes on 28 February 2025?

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Correct answer: A — Research Centre Imarat (RCI)

Rajnath Singh was briefed on missile technologies and programmes being carried out by the Research Centre Imarat (RCI).

IWAI notifies National Waterways (Construction of Jetties/Terminals) Regulations, 2025
Q62 Advanced

Under the National Waterways (Construction of Jetties/Terminals) Regulations, 2025, an entity wishing to develop a terminal on a national waterway must obtain a No Objection Certificate from which body?

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Correct answer: A — Inland Waterways Authority of India

The regulations, framed by IWAI, require any entity developing or operating an inland waterway terminal on a national waterway to obtain an NoC from IWAI.

Q63 Advanced

Under the National Waterways (Construction of Jetties/Terminals) Regulations, 2025, what initial term is given to temporary terminals?

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Correct answer: B — Five years

Temporary terminals get an initial five-year term, while permanent terminals can be maintained for their lifetime.

Exercise Desert Hunt 2025: IAF conducts tri-service special forces exercise at Jodhpur
Q64

Exercise Desert Hunt 2025, a tri-service special forces exercise held from 24 to 28 February 2025, was conducted at which Air Force Station?

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Correct answer: B — Jodhpur

The IAF conducted Exercise Desert Hunt 2025 at Air Force Station Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

Q65 Advanced

Consider the following statements about Exercise Desert Hunt 2025: 1. It was an integrated tri-service special forces exercise conducted by the Indian Air Force. 2. The Garuds, the IAF's special forces that took part, were formed in 2003. 3. The Marine Commandos (MARCOS) who took part belong to the Indian Army. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Correct answer: B — 1 and 2 only

Statements 1 and 2 are correct: the IAF conducted the tri-service exercise, and the Garuds were formed in 2003. Statement 3 is wrong: MARCOS are the Indian Navy's Marine Commandos; the Army was represented by Para (Special Forces).

National Science Day 2025 observed with theme 'Empowering Indian Youth for Global Leadership in Science & Innovation for Viksit Bharat'
Q66

What was the theme of National Science Day 2025, observed on 28 February 2025?

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Correct answer: B — Empowering Indian Youth for Global Leadership in Science & Innovation for Viksit Bharat

The 2025 theme was 'Empowering Indian Youth for Global Leadership in Science & Innovation for Viksit Bharat'; the other options are themes of earlier years.

Q67 Advanced

At the National Science Day 2025 event, Dr Jitendra Singh said DST's budget allocation rose from ₹2,777 crore in 2013-14 to how much in 2024-25?

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Correct answer: D — ₹28,509 crore

DST's allocation rose to ₹28,509 crore in 2024-25, a 926% increase; ₹6,658 crore was DSIR's and ₹13,416 crore the Department of Space's 2024-25 figure.

Q68 Advanced

According to the government's National Science Day 2025 backgrounder, the INSPIRE-MANAK scheme will be extended from 2025 to which students?

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Correct answer: A — Classes 11 and 12

From 2025, INSPIRE-MANAK will expand its reach to Class 11 and 12 students.

Second ministerial meeting of India–EU Trade and Technology Council held in New Delhi
Q69 Advanced

Where was the first ministerial meeting of the India–EU Trade and Technology Council held, before the second meeting in New Delhi on 28 February 2025?

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Correct answer: D — Brussels

The first India–EU TTC meeting was held in Brussels on 16 May 2023; the second was in New Delhi on 28 February 2025.

Q70 Advanced

Which of the following Union Ministers was NOT an Indian co-chair of the second India–EU TTC meeting on 28 February 2025?

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Correct answer: A — Nirmala Sitharaman

The Indian co-chairs were S. Jaishankar, Piyush Goyal and Ashwini Vaishnaw; the Finance Minister was not a co-chair.

Mines Ministry awards India's first offshore mineral block, a construction sand block, to JNPA for Vadhavan Port
Q71

India's first offshore mineral block, a construction sand block for which a Letter of Intent was handed over on 28 February 2025, was allotted to which entity?

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Correct answer: C — Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority

The LoI for the offshore construction sand block was handed to the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA).

Q72 Advanced

The sand from the offshore block allotted on 28 February 2025 will be used for reclamation at which greenfield port?

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Correct answer: D — Vadhavan, Palghar

About 200 million cubic metres of sand from the block off the Daman coast will be used to reclaim land for the greenfield Vadhavan Port in Palghar, Maharashtra.

Animal Welfare Board of India confers Prani Mitra and Jeev Daya Awards; four animal welfare handbooks released
Q73 Advanced

Which body confers the Prani Mitra and Jeev Daya Awards, presented at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on 27 February 2025?

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Correct answer: B — Animal Welfare Board of India

The Prani Mitra and Jeev Daya Awards are given by the Animal Welfare Board of India, which held the ceremony on 27 February 2025.

Q74 Advanced

Consider the following statements in the context of the awards presented on 27 February 2025: 1. The Prani Mitra Award was instituted in 2001. 2. The Animal Welfare Board of India is a statutory body established under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Correct answer: B — 2 only

Only the second is correct: the AWBI was established under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, while the Prani Mitra Award dates from 1966; it is the Jeev Daya Award that was instituted in 2001.

MeitY launches Aadhaar Good Governance portal to streamline approval of Aadhaar authentication requests
Q75

In the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance amendment rules behind the portal launched on 27 February 2025 (swik.meity.gov.in), 'SWIK' stands for:

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Correct answer: D — Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge

The rules are the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge) Amendment Rules, 2025, hence the portal address swik.meity.gov.in.

Q76 Advanced

The Aadhaar Good Governance portal launched on 27 February 2025 implements amendment rules framed under which Act?

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Correct answer: A — Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016

The Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance Amendment Rules, 2025 were notified under the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016.