11-12 January 2026 Current Affairs MCQ

A. FY 2023–24
B. FY 2024–25
C. FY 2025–26
D. FY 2026–27

✅ Answer: B

Explanation:
IREDA earned the ‘Excellent’ rating for FY 2024–25 from the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy.

Q9. RBI has fixed the Ways and Means Advances (WMA) limit for GNCTD at:

A. ₹500 crore
B. ₹750 crore
C. ₹890 crore
D. ₹1,000 crore

✅ Answer: C

Explanation:
The WMA limit for the Government of NCT of Delhi was fixed at ₹890 crore by RBI.

Q10. Which bank received RBI’s in-principle approval to transfer its Primary Dealer licence to a wholly owned subsidiary?

A. State Bank of India
B. Bank of Baroda
C. Punjab National Bank
D. Canara Bank

✅ Answer: B

Explanation:
Bank of Baroda received RBI’s in-principle approval for PD licence transfer.

Q11. Skydo, a Bengaluru-based fintech, received RBI authorisation to operate as:

A. Payment Bank
B. Bharat BillPay unit
C. Payment Aggregator – Cross Border
D. Small Finance Bank

✅ Answer: C

Explanation:
Skydo was authorised as a Payment Aggregator – Cross Border (PA-CB) .

Q12. Akasa Air became a member of which global aviation body?

A. ICAO
B. IATA
C. ACI
D. DGCA

✅ Answer: B

Explanation:
Akasa Air joined the International Air Transport Association (IATA) , representing about 80% of global air traffic .

Q13. The ‘PANKHUDI’ portal was launched to facilitate:

A. Women entrepreneurship loans
B. Child nutrition monitoring
C. CSR and partnership coordination
D. Anganwadi digitisation

✅ Answer: C

Explanation:
‘PANKHUDI’ is an integrated CSR and partnership facilitation platform under the Women & Child Development Ministry.

Q14. The Param Shakti supercomputing facility has been inaugurated at:

A. IISc Bengaluru
B. IIT Bombay
C. IIT Delhi
D. IIT Madras

✅ Answer: D

Explanation:
Param Shakti was inaugurated at IIT Madras , strengthening India’s high-performance computing capacity.

Q15. National Youth Day is observed on 12 January to commemorate the birth anniversary of:

A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Rabindranath Tagore
C. Swami Vivekananda
D. Subhas Chandra Bose