GST Overhaul 2025
Q1. When will the new GST design be in force?
a) September 4, 2025
b) September 22, 2025
c) October 1, 2025
d) January 1, 2026
Answer: b) September 22, 2025
Q2. So what GST rate will cement now pay in the new regime?
a) 5%
b) 12%
c) 18%
d) 28%
Answer: c) 18%
APEDA BHARATI Initiative
Q3. What does BHARATI stand for?
a) Bharat Hub Agricultural Research and Technology Innovation.
b) Bharat Hub Agritech, Resilience, Advancement and Incubation of export enablement.
c) Bharat Agro-Tech Resilience and Incubation Team of India.
d) Bharat High-tech Agri Research and Trade Initiative.
Answer: b) Bharat Hub Agritech, Resilience, Advancement and Incubation of export enablement.
Q4. What is the number of startups that are being backed up in BHARATI pilot stage?
a) 50
b) 75
c) 100
d) 200
Answer: c) 100
Boston Brahmins
Q5. Who invented the name Boston Brahmins in 1861?
a) John Adams
b) Oliver Wendell Holmes
c) T.S. Eliot
d) Franklin D. Roosevelt
Choice: b) Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Q6. What were the primary descendants of the settlers of Boston Brahmin?
a) French
b) Spanish
c) English
d) Dutch
Answer: c) English
Delhi Forest Department Definition of Tree.
Q7. The Delhi Preservation of Trees Act (DPTA), 1994, states that the trunk diameter of a plant qualifying as a tree is:
a) 2 cm
b) 5 cm
c) 10 cm
d) 15 cm
Answer: b) 5 cm
Q8. Under the new definition, what is the diameter of the trunk at what height?
a) 10 cm above ground
b) 20 cm above ground
c) 30 cm above ground
d) 50 cm above ground
Answer: c) 30 cm above ground
ESA Solar Orbiter
Q9. ESA solar orbiter mission was launched in collaboration with:
a) ISRO
b) NASA
c) JAXA
d) CNSA
Answer: b) NASA
Q10. So what are Solar Energetic Electrons (SEEs) primarily associated with?
a) Lunar cycles
b) Solar flares & CMEs
c) Magnetic storms on Earth
d) Asteroid collisions
Answer: b) Solar flares & CMEs
Vrindavani Vastra
Q11. On what saint-reformer was the Vrindavani Vastra made?
a) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
b) Srimanta Sankardeva
c) Tulsidas
d) Kabir
Answer: b) Srimanta Sankardeva.
Q12. Where does Vrindavani Vastra lie at the moment?
a) Indian Museum, Kolkata
b) National Museum, Delhi
c) British Museum, London
d) Guwahati State Museum
Response: c) British Museum,