Answer: c) BISAG-N
Description: It is an initiative of the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation in partnership with the Bhaskaracharya National Institute of Space Applications and Geoinformatics (BISAG-N).
Sports & Culture
15. Which Indian weight lifter won a silver medal in the 2025 world weightlifting championship?
a) Saikhom Mirabai Chanu
b) Karnam Malleswari
c) Bindyarani Devi
d) Sanket Sargar
Question: a) Saikhom Mirabai Chanu
Explanation: Mirabai Chanu was the silver medallion winner in the 49kg category and new Indian national records in Clean and Jerk and Total Lift.
16. The Guwahati BWF World Junior Championships 2025 will be important to India in the sense that:
a) It is the initial occasion when India is hosting any of the BWF events.
b) India became the first time the team winner.
c) This is the first occasion in 17 years that India is hosting this event.
d) There was a new scoring system that was launched specifically to this event.
Response: c) It will be the first time that India will have hosted this event after 17 years.
Rationalization: The article says that this is the first time in 17 years that the championship is being hosted in India with the previous one in Pune in 2008.
17. Bathukamma festival that is a two-record-breaking Guinness World record is held in what state?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Telangana
d) Karnataka
Answer: c) Telangana
Description: Bathukamma festival is a colorful floral fest of Telangana.
Environment & Conservation
18. And in what Indian state is the first IUCN-designated Dugong Conservation Reserve?
a) Gulf of Mannar
b) Palk Bay, Tamil Nadu
c) Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
d) Gulf of Kutch
Answer: b) Palk Bay, Tamil Nadu
Description: The first Dugong Conservation Reserve, a registered IUCN reserve, is found in the Palk Bay in Tamil Nadu.
19. What schedule of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 does Dugangs belong to?
a) Schedule I
b) Schedule II
c) Schedule IV
d) Schedule V
Answer: a) Schedule I
Reason: Dugongs have the greatest protection over Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Miscellaneous
20. The Indian Air Force Day is observed on 8 th October with the aim of marking:
a) Its first combat action in 1947
b) The day it emerged as an independent force in the year 1950.
c) Its formal foundation in 1932
d) The triumph at the Kargil War.
Response: c) Its institutionalization in 1932.
Explanation: On October 8, 1932, the Indian Air Force was officially implemented, and it is celebrated as the Indian Air Force Day.