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1) As of 2026, the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S) has revised the base year of India’s merchandise trade indices from 2012–13 to which of the following years?

(a) 2018–19

(b) 2019–20

(c) 2020–21

(d) 2021–22

(e) 2022–23

2) As of 2026, the “ICICI PF National Pension System (NPS) Swasthya Equity Plus” scheme has been launched under which regulatory framework of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)?

 

(a) PFRDA Innovation Promotion Scheme

(b) PFRDA Regulatory Sandbox Framework

(c) NPS Digital Expansion Framework

(d) Pension Reforms Acceleration Scheme

(e) National Retirement Innovation Mission

3) In 2026, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) issued a USD 197.67 million guarantee to which bank for refinancing investments in India’s Grid-connected Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic (GRPV) systems?

(a) HDFC Bank

(b) Punjab National Bank

(c) Bank of Baroda

(d) State Bank of India

(e) ICICI Bank

4) As of 2026, India recently joined the USA-led Pax Silica Coalition as which numbered member country?

(a) 8th

(b) 9th

(c) 10th

(d) 11th

(e) 12th

 

5) Which female cheetah translocated from South Africa recently gave birth to three cubs at Kuno National Park, marking the 9th successful litter under Project Cheetah?

(a) Aasha

(b) Siyaya

(c) Gamini

(d) Nirva

(e) Veera

6)  What is the name of the one-stop hub launched by the European Union (EU) in New Delhi to facilitate safe and legal migration of Indian students and professionals?

(a) EU Mobility Facilitation Centre

(b) European Skills Connect Office

(c) EU–India Migration Support Hub

(d) European Legal Gateway Office

(e) EU Talent Access Centre

7) Who released the updated Tamil and Gujarati editions of the Constitution of India along with the 8th Edition of the Legal Glossary (English–Hindi)?

(a) Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan

(b) Prime Minister Narendra Modi

(c) Union Home Minister Amit Shah

(d) President Droupadi Murmu

(e) Chief Justice of India

8) Which organisation is leading the integration of Artificial Intelligence into key Indian Railways passenger and operational applications?

(a) Railway Board

(b) Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)

(c) Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS)

(d) RailTel Corporation of India

(e) Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL)

9) As of 2026, India’s largest integrated lithium-ion battery Gigafactory by Waaree Energies will be established in which state?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Gujarat

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Andhra Pradesh

(e) Karnataka

10) From which date will cash payments be discontinued at all National Highway toll plazas in India?

(a) 1 April 2026

(b) 1 March 2026

(c) 1 January 2026

(d) 1 July 2026

(e) 15 August 2026

11) In 2026, Larsen & Toubro’s Vyoma unit signed an MoU with the Government of Gujarat to set up a 250 MW green AI-ready data centre at which location?

(a) GIFT City

(b) Dholera Special Investment Region

(c) Sanand Industrial Area

(d) Dahej Special Economic Zone

(e) Mundra

 

12) Who has been appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Slice Small Finance Bank (Slice SFB)?

(a) Satish Kumar Kalra

(b) Shyam Srinivasan

(c) Aditya Puri

(d) Rajan Bajaj

(e) Chandra Shekhar Ghosh

13) In 2026, the Indian Army successfully conducted a live firing test of which Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) at the Pokhran Field Firing Range?

(a) Akash-NG

(b) QRSAM

(c) Barak-8

(d) S-400

(e) Strela-10

14) In 2026, Indian Navy’s Sail Training Ship INS Sudarshini arrived at which Egyptian port as part of its Lokayan-26 deployment?

(a) Alexandria

(b) Port Said

(c) Suez

(d) Safaga

(e) Damietta

15) What is the name of the AI-enabled biometric deduplication and document verification platform launched by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)?

(a) Invisible Shield

(b) Digital Identity Shield

(c) Aadhaar Suraksha Net

(d) Aadhaar Secure AI Grid

(e) Bharat Biometric Guard

16) Which company launched the healthcare reasoning AI model “Vaidya 2.0” at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in Mumbai?

(a) Infosys

(b) TCS

(c) Wipro

(d) Fractal AI

(e) HCLTech

17) Who launched the indigenously manufactured Tetanus and Adult Diphtheria (Td) Vaccine at the Central Research Institute (CRI), Kasauli?

(a) Mansukh Mandaviya

(b) J.P. Nadda

(c) Amit Shah

(d) Anupriya Patel

(e) Droupadi Murmu

18) As of 2026, Mani Shankar Mukhopadhyay, who recently passed away, was associated with which field?

(a) Classical Music

(b) Indian Cinema

(c) Bengali Literature

(d) Social Activism

(e) Indian Journalism

19) Which country created history at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics by winning a record 17 gold medals at a single Winter Games?

(a) Germany

(b) United States

(c) Canada

(d) Norway

(e) Sweden

20) As of 2026, Harmanpreet Kaur became the most-capped player in women’s international cricket during her ____ international appearance.

(a) 350th

(b) 352nd

(c) 354th

(d) 355th

(e) 356th

 

21) As of 2026, Central Excise Day is observed every year on which date?

(a) 15 January

(b) 30 January

(c) 24 February

(d) 1 March

(e) 15 March

22) In which year was the Grid-connected Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic (GRPV) systems programme launched by State Bank of India (SBI)?

(a) 2014

(b) 2015

(c) 2016

(d) 2017

(e) 2018


23) As of 2026, Project Cheetah was launched on which date to reintroduce cheetahs in India?

(a) 17 September 2022

(b) 2 October 2022

(c) 15 August 2022

(d) 26 January 2023

(e) 5 June 2022

24) Where is the headquarters of Slice Small Finance Bank (Slice SFB) located?

(a) Bengaluru, Karnataka

(b) Mumbai, Maharashtra

(c) Hyderabad, Telangana

(d) Guwahati, Assam

(e) Jaipur, Rajasthan

25) Who is the Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)?

(a) Bhuvnesh Kumar

(b) Neelkanth Mishra

(c) S. Krishnan

(d) Ajay Bhushan Pandey

(e) Rajesh Kumar Singh

Answers:

1) Answer: E

Short Explanation:

• The Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S) under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry (MoC&I) revised the base year of India’s merchandise trade indices from 2012–13 to 2022–23.

Detailed Explanation:

• The Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S) under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry (MoC&I) revised the base year of India’s merchandise trade indices from 2012–13 to 2022–23.
• The revision aims to better measure changes in the unit values (prices) of exports and imports over time and improve relevance, reliability, and analytical usefulness for policy-makers, researchers, and stakeholders.
• The base year revision was recommended by a DGCI&S-constituted committee headed by Nachiketa Chattopadhyay of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata, West Bengal.
• The updated series includes monthly, quarterly, and annual trade indices.
• It covers trade indices based on Principal Commodity (PC) classification, Standard International Trade Classification (SITC), and Broad Economic Category (BEC).
  
  
  

2) Answer: B

Short Explanation:

• ICICI Prudential Pension Funds Management Company Limited launched India’s first Swasthya Scheme named “ICICI PF NPS Swasthya Equity Plus”, integrating retirement planning with healthcare benefits under the National Pension System (NPS).

Detailed Explanation:

• ICICI Prudential Pension Funds Management Company Limited launched India’s first Swasthya Scheme named “ICICI PF NPS Swasthya Equity Plus”, integrating retirement planning with healthcare benefits under the National Pension System (NPS).
• The scheme is launched as a Proof of Concept (POC) under the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Regulatory Sandbox Framework.
• The scheme was developed in collaboration with Apollo HealthCo Limited (healthcare network partner) and KFin Technologies Limited (digital technology partner).

 

3) Answer: D

Short Explanation:

• The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the guarantee arm of the World Bank Group (WBG), issued a USD 197.67 million guarantee for five years to Citibank N.A. for its non-shareholder loan to the State Bank of India (SBI).

Detailed Explanation:

• The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the guarantee arm of the World Bank Group (WBG), issued a USD 197.67 million guarantee for five years to Citibank N.A. for its non-shareholder loan to the State Bank of India (SBI).
• The guarantee supports the refinancing of investments in India’s Grid-connected Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic (GRPV)
• The GRPV systems programme was launched by SBI in 2016 with financing from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), part of the World Bank Group.
• The facility allows refinancing of the remaining principal of the USD 500 million IBRD loan for the GRPV systems.

4) Answer: E

Short Explanation:

• India formally joined as the 12th country in the USA-led Pax Silica Coalition, a strategic alliance focused on secure, resilient, and innovation-driven supply chains for critical minerals, semiconductors, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure.
• The Pax Silica Coalition was launched on 12 December 2025 in Washington DC, USA, to strengthen global technology security and supply chain resilience.

Detailed Explanation:

• India formally joined as the 12th country in the USA-led Pax Silica Coalition, a strategic alliance focused on secure, resilient, and innovation-driven supply chains for critical minerals, semiconductors, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure.
• The Pax Silica Coalition was launched on 12 December 2025 in Washington DC, USA, to strengthen global technology security and supply chain resilience.
• The coalition aims to build security in critical minerals, rare earth elements (REEs), semiconductor manufacturing, and AI technology ecosystems through public-private partnerships and technology collaboration.
• One of the major objectives is to reduce global dependency on China in rare earth processing and semiconductor supply chains, strengthening technological and economic sovereignty.

5) Answer: C

Short Explanation:

• Female cheetah Gamini, translocated from South Africa, gave birth to three cubs at Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh, marking the 9th successful cheetah litter at the park.
• With the new births, India’s cheetah population increased to 38, including 27 India-born cubs and 11 translocated adult cheetahs from Namibia and South Africa.

Detailed Explanation:

• Female cheetah Gamini, translocated from South Africa, gave birth to three cubs at Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh, marking the 9th successful cheetah litter at the park.
• With the new births, India’s cheetah population increased to 38, including 27 India-born cubs and 11 translocated adult cheetahs from Namibia and South Africa.
• Earlier, Namibian cheetah Aasha gave birth to five cubs, showing increasing reproductive success under Project Cheetah.
• Three adult cheetahs were also relocated to Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh, expanding cheetah habitat beyond Kuno National Park.
• Project Cheetah was launched on 17 September 2022 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the release of eight Namibian cheetahs to reintroduce the species that became extinct in India in 1952.
  
  

6) Answer: D

Short Explanation:

• The European Union (EU) launched the European Legal Gateway Office in New Delhi, India, to serve as a one-stop hub for facilitating safe and legal migration of Indian students, researchers, and professionals to EU member countries.

Detailed Explanation:

• The European Union (EU) launched the European Legal Gateway Office in New Delhi, India, to serve as a one-stop hub for facilitating safe and legal migration of Indian students, researchers, and professionals to EU member countries.
• This is the first such office established by the EU in a partner country, primarily focusing on the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector as part of the India–EU mobility agreement.
• The initiative is a key outcome of the India–EU Summit (held on 27 January 2026) and supports the Joint Strategic Agenda and Skills Mobility Cooperation between India and the European Union.
• The Gateway Office provides reliable information on mobility pathways, skill requirements, and academic and professional qualification standards across 27 EU member states.

7) Answer: A

Short Explanation:

• Vice President P. Radhakrishnan released the updated Tamil and Gujarati editions of the Constitution of India along with the 8th Edition of the Legal Glossary (English–Hindi) at Uprashtrapati Bhavan.
• The initiative aims to enhance constitutional awareness and linguistic inclusivity.
• Release made on the occasion of International Mother Language Day (21 February).

Detailed Explanation:

• Vice President P. Radhakrishnan released the updated Tamil and Gujarati editions of the Constitution of India along with the 8th Edition of the Legal Glossary (English–Hindi) at Uprashtrapati Bhavan.
• The initiative aims to enhance constitutional awareness and linguistic inclusivity.
• Release made on the occasion of International Mother Language Day (21 February).
• Objective is to promote access to constitutional provisions in regional languages.
• India has 22 officially recognised languages under the Eighth Schedule.
• Constitution now available in multiple Indian languages including Bodo, Dogri, Santhali and Nepali.

8) Answer: C

Short Explanation:

• Indian Railways has integrated Artificial Intelligence into key passenger facing and operational applications to improve grievance redressal, ticket prediction, crowd management and freight planning.
• The initiative is led by the Centre for Railway Information Systems and was highlighted at the AI India Summit 2026 in New Delhi.
• Artificial Intelligence integrated into RailMadad, RailOne and Coach Mitra applications to enhance passenger services.

Detailed Explanation:

• Indian Railways has integrated Artificial Intelligence into key passenger facing and operational applications to improve grievance redressal, ticket prediction, crowd management and freight planning.
• The initiative is led by the Centre for Railway Information Systems and was highlighted at the AI India Summit 2026 in New Delhi.
• Artificial Intelligence integrated into RailMadad, RailOne and Coach Mitra applications to enhance passenger services.
• In RailMadad, Artificial Intelligence classifies and prioritises complaints based on urgency and type, identifies complaint trends and analyses passenger sentiment.
• Integration with Bhashini platform enables voice to text conversion in 12 languages for multilingual grievance reporting.
• In RailOne, Artificial Intelligence improves waiting ticket confirmation percentage prediction.
• Coach Mitra application operational in 74 trains, supporting onboard housekeeping services through Artificial Intelligence enabled monitoring.

9) Answer: D

Short Explanation:

• Andhra Pradesh has secured India’s largest integrated lithium ion battery Gigafactory by Waaree Energies with an investment of ₹8,175 crore.
• The 16 Gigawatt hour facility will be established at Rambilli in Anakapalli district and is expected to generate around 3,000 direct jobs.

Detailed Explanation:

• Andhra Pradesh has secured India’s largest integrated lithium ion battery Gigafactory by Waaree Energies with an investment of ₹8,175 crore.
• The 16 Gigawatt hour facility will be established at Rambilli in Anakapalli district and is expected to generate around 3,000 direct jobs.
• The project will significantly strengthen India’s clean energy and battery manufacturing ecosystem and reduce dependence on imports.
• Investment of ₹8,175 crore for setting up a 16 Gigawatt hour lithium ion battery Gigafactory.
• The project will be located at Rambilli in Anakapalli district, Andhra Pradesh.
• The facility will cover the entire battery value chain including cell manufacturing and battery pack assembly.

10) Answer: A

Short Explanation:

• The Government of India has decided to discontinue cash payments at all National Highway toll plazas from 1 April 2026.
• The National Highways Authority of India confirmed that toll payments will be accepted only through digital modes such as FASTag and Unified Payments Interface.

Detailed Explanation:

• The Government of India has decided to discontinue cash payments at all National Highway toll plazas from 1 April 2026.
• The National Highways Authority of India confirmed that toll payments will be accepted only through digital modes such as FASTag and Unified Payments Interface.
• The decision aims to improve traffic flow, reduce congestion and enhance transparency across more than 1,150 fee plazas nationwide.
• Cash payments will not be accepted at any National Highway toll plaza from 1 April 2026.
• Toll payments will be processed exclusively through FASTag and Unified Payments Interface.
• India currently has more than 1,150 toll plazas on National Highways and Expressways.

11) Answer: B

Short Explanation:

• At the India Artificial Intelligence Impact Summit 2026, Larsen & Toubro through its Vyoma unit signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Gujarat to conduct a feasibility study for setting up a 250 Megawatt green Artificial Intelligence ready data centre at Dholera Special Investment Region.
• The proposed project involves an investment of ₹25,000 crore and is expected to be operational by 2028, strengthening Gujarat’s digital and Artificial Intelligence infrastructure.

Detailed Explanation:

• At the India Artificial Intelligence Impact Summit 2026, Larsen & Toubro through its Vyoma unit signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Gujarat to conduct a feasibility study for setting up a 250 Megawatt green Artificial Intelligence ready data centre at Dholera Special Investment Region.
• The proposed project involves an investment of ₹25,000 crore and is expected to be operational by 2028, strengthening Gujarat’s digital and Artificial Intelligence infrastructure.
• Memorandum of Understanding signed between Gujarat Department of Science and Technology and L and T Vyoma under the Investment Promotion Activity of the India Artificial Intelligence Impact Summit 2026.
• The proposed project involves ₹25,000 crore investment for a 250 Megawatt high scale Artificial Intelligence ready data centre.
• The facility will be developed at Dholera Special Investment Region in Gujarat.
• The data centre will be designed as green and sustainable digital infrastructure.
  

12) Answer: D

Slice Small Finance Bank (Slice SFB) appointed its founder Rajan Bajaj as Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

• He succeeded Satish Kumar Kalra, marking the bank’s transition from a fintech startup to a fully licensed Small Finance Bank (SFB).
• The appointment was approved by the Board of Directors, shareholders, and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

13) Answer: E

Short Explanation:

• The Indian Army (IA) under its Konark Corps, including the Air Defence Warriors of the Blazing Skies Brigade, successfully conducted a high-intensity live firing test of the Strela-10 Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) at the Pokhran Field Firing Range, Rajasthan.

Detailed Explanation:

• The Indian Army (IA) under its Konark Corps, including the Air Defence Warriors of the Blazing Skies Brigade, successfully conducted a high-intensity live firing test of the Strela-10 Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) at the Pokhran Field Firing Range, Rajasthan.
• The test demonstrated precision targeting capabilities, accurately engaging aerial targets, thereby strengthening operational readiness and air defence preparedness in desert terrain.
• Key objectives included enhancing crew coordination, validating firing standards, and reinforcing combat preparedness in challenging environments.

14) Answer: D

• Indian Navy’s Sail Training Ship INS Sudarshini arrived at Safaga, Egypt as part of its Lokayan-26 deployment.
• The ship covered a distance of 1,832 nautical miles in 16 days, sailing from Salalah to Safaga, demonstrating crew endurance, confidence, and operational resilience.
• On arrival, the ship was welcomed by Egyptian Navy officials and Indian Embassy representatives, highlighting strong diplomatic maritime relations.

15) Answer: A

Short Explanation:

• The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) launched an AI-enabled biometric deduplication and document verification platform to strengthen India’s digital security framework and improve Aadhaar authentication accuracy.
• The platform is called the “Invisible Shield”, representing a multi-layered AI-based digital defence system that performs crores of high-speed computations using accelerated computing technology to protect citizen data privacy and trust.

Detailed Explanation:

• The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) launched an AI-enabled biometric deduplication and document verification platform to strengthen India’s digital security framework and improve Aadhaar authentication accuracy.
• The platform is called the “Invisible Shield”, representing a multi-layered AI-based digital defence system that performs crores of high-speed computations using accelerated computing technology to protect citizen data privacy and trust.
• UIDAI operates one of the world’s largest biometric deduplication systems, ensuring one unique identity per resident by cross-checking every new Aadhaar enrolment or update transaction against the entire Aadhaar database.
• UIDAI has developed indigenous AI models for fingerprint, face, and iris biometric modalities in collaboration with the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad.
• The system runs on NVIDIA DGX High-Performance Computing Infrastructure, enabling secure population-scale biometric processing.

16) Answer: D

Short Explanation:

• Fractal AI launched Vaidya 2.0, a next-generation healthcare reasoning AI model, at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in Mumbai (held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi).
• Vaidya 2.0 integrates healthcare decision-making actions with raw clinical data, improving real-world medical diagnosis support and patient care workflows.

Detailed Explanation:

• Fractal AI launched Vaidya 2.0, a next-generation healthcare reasoning AI model, at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in Mumbai (held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi).
• Vaidya 2.0 integrates healthcare decision-making actions with raw clinical data, improving real-world medical diagnosis support and patient care workflows.
• The platform provides key healthcare use cases such as Emergency Assist, which helps in rapid patient triage and critical medical decision support during emergency time windows.
• Fractal AI claims Vaidya 2.0 is the first AI model to score above 50 (specifically 50.1) on OpenAI’s HealthBench (Hard) Benchmark, outperforming models like GPT-5 and Gemini Pro 3.

17) Answer: B

Short Explanation:

• Union Health and Family Welfare Minister P. Nadda launched the indigenously manufactured Tetanus and Adult Diphtheria (Td) Vaccine at the Central Research Institute (CRI), Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, strengthening India’s healthcare self-reliance.
• The launch supports the vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat in healthcare and pharmaceuticals, promoting indigenous vaccine manufacturing and national health security.

Detailed Explanation:

• Union Health and Family Welfare Minister P. Nadda launched the indigenously manufactured Tetanus and Adult Diphtheria (Td) Vaccine at the Central Research Institute (CRI), Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, strengthening India’s healthcare self-reliance.
• The launch supports the vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat in healthcare and pharmaceuticals, promoting indigenous vaccine manufacturing and national health security.
• The Td vaccine has been introduced under the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP), with 55 lakh doses to be supplied by April 2026, and production expected to increase in future years.
• The Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) is the world’s largest immunization programme, currently providing 11 vaccines protecting against 12 vaccine-preventable diseases.
• CRI is the first government institute in India to manufacture vaccines under Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)

18) Answer: C

• Mani Shankar Mukhopadhyay (Shankar), a renowned Bengali novelist and writer, passed away at the age of 93 in Kolkata, West Bengal.
• He was born on 7 December 1933 in Jessore (present-day Bangladesh).
• He was honoured with the Sahitya Akademi Award (2021) for his autobiographical work ‘Eka Eka Ekashi’
  
  

19) Answer: D

Short Explanation:

• Norway created history at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics by winning its 17th gold medal, the highest number of gold medals won by any nation at a single Winter Games.
• The record was achieved after Johannes Dale-Skjevdal secured gold in the men’s 15-kilometre biathlon mass start event.

Detailed Explanation:

• Norway created history at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics by winning its 17th gold medal, the highest number of gold medals won by any nation at a single Winter Games.
• The record was achieved after Johannes Dale-Skjevdal secured gold in the men’s 15-kilometre biathlon mass start event.
• Norway won 17 gold medals, breaking its previous record of 16 gold medals set at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
• Johannes Dale-Skjevdal delivered a perfect 20 out of 20 shooting performance in the biathlon mass start.
• Winning time: 39 minutes 17.1 seconds.

 

20) Answer: E

• India captain Harmanpreet Kaur created history by becoming the most-capped player in women’s international cricket.
• She achieved the milestone during the second Twenty20 International match against Australia in Canberra, marking her 356th international appearance.
• With this, she surpassed New Zealand legend Suzie Bates, who previously held the record with 355 matches.

21) Answer: C

• Every year February 24 is celebrated as the central Excise Day all over the world.
• The day is being celebrated to honor the service of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) to the country.

22) Answer: C

• The Grid-connected Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic (GRPV) systems programme was launched by SBI in 2016 with financing from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), part of the World Bank Group.
• The facility allows refinancing of the remaining principal of the USD 500 million IBRD loan for the GRPV systems.

 

23) Answer: A

• Project Cheetah was launched on 17 September 2022 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the release of eight Namibian cheetahs to reintroduce the species that became extinct in India in 1952.
• Since the programme began, 21 cheetahs (adults and cubs) have died, highlighting the challenges of wildlife reintroduction despite recent conservation successes.
• The project supports biodiversity restoration, wildlife conservation, and ecosystem balance in India’s protected reserves.

24) Answer: D

About Slice SFB :

Headquarters : Guwahati, Assam

Established : 2016

 

25) Answer: B

About UIDAI:

The Unique Identification Authority of India is a statutory authority established under the provisions of Aadhaar act 2016 by the Government of India under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology.

It is a 12-digit unique identification number

Chairman: Neelkanth Mishra

CEO: Bhuvnesh Kumar

Headquarters: New Delhi