Q2. What WHO centre has been set up in India to propagate global traditional medicine?
1) Global Centre of Herbal Medicine.
b) Global Traditional Medicine Centre.
c) Ayurveda Research Center (international).
d) WHO-AYUSH Innovation Centre.
Respondent: b) Global Traditional Medicine Centre.
Explanation: It is situated in India to combine science and traditional knowledge.
Q3. What is the Indian ministry that leads in the AYUSH sector?
a) Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
b) Ministry of AYUSH
c) Ministry of Tribal Affairs
d) ministry of rural development.
Answer: b) Ministry of AYUSH
Description Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, Homeopathy dedicated ministry.
Economic Strategy 2025 India, Article 11.
What is the significant driver of economic growth that India 2025 economic strategy is targeting?
a) The soaring increase in government spending in military.
b) A tremendous growth in domestic consumption.
c) Enhancing export to the United States.
d) driving a foreign direct inflow.
Reason: b) A high growth in domestic consumption.
Rationale: The article indicates that the policy will focus more on the establishment of the household consumption as a driver since the private investment and net exports headwinds will be in play.
What is the household consumption-increasing policy measure?
a) An increase of the interest rates of the savings accounts.
b) GST changes and taxation cut.
c) Increasing the tariffs on imported commodities.
d) Curbing expenditure by the government on infrastructure.
Reasons: b) Tax cut reduction in the GST.
Elucidation: GST changes... taxes will be cut on most goods is one part of the statement quoted in the article and income tax cuts is another part of the statement used to increase the amount of disposable income and consumption.
Article 12: Corn Trade Scandal between the US and India.
Among the considerations which India is not eager to carry the US corn in large volumes is:
a) The US corn is of low quality.
b) Banning of genetically modified (GM) corn importing.
c) Sluggish demand of corn in Indian ethanol market.
d) high cost of transportation of the United States.
Proposal: x) The banning of imported (genetically modified) GM corn.
Explanation The article clearly states that the U.S. does not sell a lot of goods to India because there is no importation of genetically modified (GM) corn in India that are banned partially.
Indian domestic consumption of maize is increasingly oriented to:
a) Production of animal food to export.
b) enhancing the program of blending ethanol.
c) Processing of processed food to be consumed at home.
d) Replacing wheat as a staple food grain.
Rational: b) Bronzing against the ethanol blending program.
Explanation: It is also being established in other places as per the article to meet the ethanol demand to decrease the oil imports and carbon emission.
Article 13: NHRC Online Internship.
The NHRC online internship program targets information to the young people regarding human rights within the context of modern issues, which include:
b) History and classical literature of the middle ages.
b) AI, climate change and the gig economy.
c) Complex mathematical ideas.
d) The traditional ways of agriculture.
Response: b) Climate change, AI and the gig economy.
Summary: The article explains that this program discusses a dystopian future like climate change, artificial intelligence, cybercrimes, and employment as a gig economy.
Pedagogical treatment of internship will include:
a) Hands-on military training.
b) Virtual visit and lecture of such organizations as Tihar Jail.
c) Intense physical exercise programs.
d) Corporate finance simulation.
Response: b) Online tours and lectures of attractions like Tihar Jail.
Explanation: The curriculum will be described as a combination of lectures and virtual tours in the institutions such as Tihar Jail, shelter homes, and the police.
Article 14: Clean Plant Programme of India.
Clean Plant Programme (CPP) is aimed at:
a) Pesticide resistant genetic modification crops.
b) Supply the farmers with certified planting material, devoid of viruses.
c) Plant mixed genres of all the indigenous crops.
d) Promote organic farming which is chemical free.
Response: b) Supply certified virus free planting material to the farmers.
Reason: this was because the CPP was started on the premise of making available high-quality and virus free plant material to the farmers to boost the health and output of crops.
Who is the international group that is lending money to fund CPP?
a) The World Bank
b) International monetary fund (IMF).
c) Asian Development Bank (ADB).
d) World Health Organization (WHO).
Answer: c) Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Explaination: The article states that it is an investment of 98million dollars loan by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Article 15:Taliban Fastens Mouth on US Bagram Proposal.
Why did the Taliban reject the US initiative on the matter of Bagram Air Base?
1) The premises was in a wretched condition.
b) It would violate Afghanistan Sovereignty and the Doha Agreement.
c) They had intended some bottom deal with China.
d) US financial offer was not high enough.
Reaction: b) It would be contrary to the sovereignty of Afghanistan and the Doha Agreement.
Rationalisation: Taliban spokesperson denied these allegations and urged the U.S government to be accommodative and defer to the sovereignty of Afghanistan, and had Washington recalled its promises to the Doha Agreement.
Bagram Air Base is a symbol of:
a) Soviet influence in the 1980s.
b) the pull out of the US military action in Afghanistan.
c) India-Afghan training camp.
d) A second economic zone to Afghanistan.
Cause: b) The US military withdrawal in Afghanistan.
Explanation The US abandoned the base in 2021, which is explicated as the personification of US withdrawal of their troops.
Article 16: e-Governance National conference.
The 28 th National Conference on e-Governance (NCeG) 2025 had the following theme:
a) Artificial Intelligence and National Security.
b) Viksit Bharat - Citizen Service and Digital transformation.
c. Rural Internet and Digital Literacy.
d) Future of Cloud computing.
Question: Viksit Bharat - The Civil service and Digital transformation?
Background: The article states the theme of the conference, which was Viksit Bharat - Civil Service and Digital Transformation.
The results of the conference are:
a) a new national digital currency.
b) Visakhapatnam Declaration on e-Governance 2025.
c) A suggestion of uniting all state IT departments.
d) A cyber cooperation treaty.
Response: b) Visakhapatnam Declaration on e-Governance 2025.
Rationale: The outcome of the summit was the Visakhapatnam Declaration on e-Governance 2025 making promises to digital governance that is citizen centric.
Article 17: The Smog Road Eats Delhi.
What is the technology that Delhi is trying to use to fight air pollution?
a) Massive air cleaners at high-traffic intersections.
b) TiO 2 photocatalytic coatings.
c) The suspension of all personal cars twice a week.
d) Seeding of the clouds to produce artificial rainfall.
Response: b) TiO2 based photocatalytic coatings.
Explanation: The article addresses experiments on the use of titanium dioxide (TiO2) based surfaces that can break down harmful compounds in the atmosphere like nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) and hydrocarbons in the presence of sunlight.
The suggested coating functions by:
a) Absorbing contaminants in the form of sponges.