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  1. What does "NITI" in NITI Aayog stand for?
    1. National Institute for Transforming India
    2. National Institution for Transforming India
    3. National Institution for Technology and Innovation
    4. New India Transformation Initiative
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    Answer: (B) National Institution for Transforming India

    Not "Institute" but Institution — the most common slip. NITI Aayog was set up on 1 January 2015.

  2. What does the "A" in VVPAT stand for?
    1. Automatic
    2. Audit
    3. Assured
    4. Authorised
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    Answer: (B) Audit

    Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail — the voter sees the slip for 7 seconds.

  3. Which law replaced the Indian Penal Code (IPC) from 1 July 2024?
    1. Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
    2. Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam
    3. Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
    4. Bharatiya Dand Sanhita
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    Answer: (C) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

    IPC → BNS; CrPC → BNSS; Evidence Act → BSA.

  4. What is the full form of FIR?
    1. First Investigation Report
    2. Final Information Report
    3. First Information Report
    4. First Inquiry Record
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    Answer: (C) First Information Report

    First Information Report — now in Section 173 of the BNSS.

  5. What replaced MGNREGA from 1 July 2026?
    1. PM-KISAN
    2. VB-G RAM G
    3. DAY-NRLM
    4. PMGSY
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    Answer: (B) VB-G RAM G

    The VB-G RAM G Act, 2025 — the work guarantee rose from 100 to 125 days.

  6. How many states have a Legislative Council (MLCs)?
    1. 4
    2. 5
    3. 6
    4. 7
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    Answer: (C) 6

    6 — AP, Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, UP. Rajasthan has none.

  7. The "V" in GVA stands for —
    1. Volume
    2. Value
    3. Variable
    4. Venture
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    Answer: (B) Value

    Gross Value Added; GVA + product taxes − product subsidies = GDP.

  8. What is the base year of the new Consumer Price Index (CPI) series?
    1. 2011-12
    2. 2012
    3. 2022-23
    4. 2024
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    Answer: (D) 2024

    CPI base 2024; the new base for GDP, IIP and WPI is 2022-23.

  9. What does the "M" in MCLR stand for?
    1. Minimum
    2. Monetary
    3. Marginal
    4. Maximum
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    Answer: (C) Marginal

    Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate — from 1 April 2016.

  10. Which payment system is run by the RBI, not the NPCI?
    1. UPI
    2. IMPS
    3. RTGS
    4. NACH
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    Answer: (C) RTGS

    RTGS and NEFT are run by the RBI; UPI, IMPS, NACH and AePS belong to the NPCI.

  1. What is the full form of TAN?
    1. Tax Account Number
    2. Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number
    3. Taxpayer Assessment Number
    4. Tax Administration Number
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    Answer: (B) Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number

    Whoever deducts or collects tax needs a TAN; every taxpayer has a PAN.

  2. Where is IRDAI headquartered?
    1. Mumbai
    2. New Delhi
    3. Hyderabad
    4. Chennai
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    Answer: (C) Hyderabad

    IRDAI Hyderabad; SEBI Mumbai; PFRDA New Delhi.

  3. What shareholding line separates FDI from FPI?
    1. 5%
    2. 10%
    3. 26%
    4. 49%
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    Answer: (B) 10%

    10% or more = FDI (long-term stake); below 10% = FPI.

  4. What is UNICEF’s official name today?
    1. United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
    2. United Nations Children’s Fund
    3. United Nations Child Welfare Fund
    4. United Nations International Children’s Fund
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    Answer: (B) United Nations Children’s Fund

    In 1953 the name became United Nations Children’s Fund, but the short form UNICEF stayed.

  5. Which of these is NOT in Geneva?
    1. WHO
    2. ILO
    3. WIPO
    4. IMO
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    Answer: (D) IMO

    IMO is in London; WHO, ILO, WIPO, WMO and ITU are in Geneva.

  6. What does the "B" in BIMSTEC stand for?
    1. Bangladesh
    2. Bay of Bengal
    3. Bhutan
    4. Burma
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    Answer: (B) Bay of Bengal

    The first name BIST-EC used country letters; now it is Bay of Bengal Initiative…

  7. India is NOT a member of —
    1. SCO
    2. APEC
    3. IORA
    4. BIMSTEC
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    Answer: (B) APEC

    India is not in APEC, the OECD, the NSG or the ICC (court).

  8. What is the new name of UNWTO?
    1. World Tourism Forum
    2. UN Tourism
    3. Global Tourism Organization
    4. UN Travel
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    Answer: (B) UN Tourism

    Since January 2024, UN Tourism — the old name looked too much like the WTO (trade).

  9. What is the full form of NavIC?
    1. National Navigation for India Constellation
    2. Navigation with Indian Constellation
    3. Navigation via Indian Coordinates
    4. Naval Indian Communication
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    Answer: (B) Navigation with Indian Constellation

    Navigation with Indian Constellation — the operational name of IRNSS.

  10. What was LVM3 earlier called?
    1. PSLV-XL
    2. GSLV Mk III
    3. SSLV
    4. ASLV
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    Answer: (B) GSLV Mk III

    GSLV Mk III — it launched Chandrayaan-3 (14 July 2023).

  1. The "SO" in SONAR stands for —
    1. Solar
    2. Sound
    3. Sonic Optical
    4. Signal Output
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    Answer: (B) Sound

    Sound Navigation and Ranging — under water; RADAR uses radio waves.

  2. The "P" in PCR stands for —
    1. Protein
    2. Plasma
    3. Polymerase
    4. Pathogen
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    Answer: (C) Polymerase

    Polymerase Chain Reaction — the basis of the COVID RT-PCR test.

  3. Who holds the CDS exam?
    1. SSC
    2. UPSC
    3. Army HQ
    4. NTA
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    Answer: (B) UPSC

    The Combined Defence Services exam is held by the UPSC twice a year; the Chief of Defence Staff is a post.

  4. Which force guards the India–China border?
    1. BSF
    2. SSB
    3. ITBP
    4. Assam Rifles
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    Answer: (C) ITBP

    ITBP — China; BSF — Pakistan and Bangladesh; SSB — Nepal and Bhutan; Assam Rifles — Myanmar.

  5. Where does the name BrahMos come from?
    1. Brahma and Moscow
    2. Brahmaputra and Moskva rivers
    3. Brahmastra and missile
    4. Brahmaputra and Moscow city
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    Answer: (B) Brahmaputra and Moskva rivers

    India’s Brahmaputra and Russia’s Moskva rivers — an India–Russia joint venture.

  6. Which systems does the "S" in AYUSH cover?
    1. Surgery
    2. Siddha and Sowa-Rigpa
    3. Sanjeevani
    4. Sanskrit medicine
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    Answer: (B) Siddha and Sowa-Rigpa

    Siddha and Sowa-Rigpa; Y = Yoga & Naturopathy, U = Unani, H = Homoeopathy.

  7. Which scan does NOT use X-rays?
    1. CT
    2. MRI
    3. Mammography
    4. Angiography
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    Answer: (B) MRI

    MRI makes pictures with magnets and radio waves.

  8. Who conducts the GATE exam?
    1. NTA
    2. AICTE
    3. IISc and 7 IITs
    4. UGC
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    Answer: (C) IISc and 7 IITs

    IISc and 7 IITs by turns; the NTA holds JEE (Main), NEET-UG, CUET and UGC-NET.

  9. CITES deals with —
    1. climate change
    2. trade in endangered wildlife
    3. desertification
    4. the ozone layer
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    Answer: (B) trade in endangered wildlife

    Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (1973).

  10. How many digits does an Indian PIN code have?
    1. 5
    2. 6
    3. 7
    4. 8
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    Answer: (B) 6

    6 digits — since 15 August 1972; the first digit tells the zone.

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