1. LIC recently launched Protection Plus (Plan 886). What type of product is it?
A) Guaranteed return plan
B) Pure risk cover plan
C) Market-linked insurance plan
D) Endowment plan
Answer: B) Pure risk cover plan
Explanation: Protection Plus (Plan 886) provides pure life-risk coverage without savings components.
2. Which country’s bank partnered with NIPL to enable cross-border QR payments?
A) Thailand
B) Sri Lanka
C) Cambodia
D) Vietnam
Answer: C) Cambodia
Explanation: NPCI International partnered with ACLEDA Bank of Cambodia to enable UPI-style QR payments abroad.
3. Developing nations paid how much more in external debt servicing than they received between 2022–24?
A) $300 billion
B) $741 billion
C) $500 billion
D) $1 trillion
Answer: B) $741 billion
Explanation: This is the largest negative gap in over 50 years.
4. SEBI’s FVCI (Amendment) Regulations 2025 mainly enable what?
A) Foreign banks to operate in India
B) High-risk investors to enter equity markets
C) Low-risk foreign investors to invest via single-window access
D) NRIs to invest without KYC
Answer: C)
Explanation: The amendment simplifies investment access for low-risk foreign venture capital investors .
5. Who inaugurated the 68th Founding Day of the DRI?
A) Nirmala Sitharaman
B) Pankaj Chaudhary
C) Amit Shah
D) Rajnath Singh
Answer: B) Pankaj Chaudhary
Explanation: The MoS Finance inaugurated the event in New Delhi.
6. SoLAR Phase-II was launched in how many countries?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 4
D) 6
Answer: C) 4
Explanation: Implemented in India, Bangladesh, Kenya & Ethiopia for solar-based agricultural resilience.
7. Who has been appointed UN Resident Coordinator in India (2025–2029)?
A) Achim Steiner
B) Filippo Grandi
C) Stefan Priesner
D) Jeffrey Sachs
Answer: C) Stefan Priesner
Explanation: Appointed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
8. Which celebrities are the new brand ambassadors of AU Small Finance Bank?
A) Virat Kohli & Alia Bhatt
B) Ranbir Kapoor & Rashmika Mandanna
C) Hrithik Roshan & Anushka Sharma
D) Rohit Sharma & Deepika Padukone
Answer: B)
Explanation: AU SFB appointed them after receiving in-principle approval to become a universal bank.
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9. Exercise Harimau Shakti 2025 is conducted between India and which country?
Month: Current Affairs - December 06, 2025
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