Article 4: Coffee Day 2025 International.
What will be the theme of International Coffee Day 2025?
A) Coffee for Energy
B) Adopt Teamwork To Take Action.
C) Sustainable Coffee to a Better Future.
D) Coffee Farmers Operation.
Response: B) Enbrace Teamwork To Take concerted action.
Explanation: The 2025 theme of the article is stated clearly since it says that the theme is Embrace Collaboration For Collective Action - More Than Ever.
It was during what event that the International Coffee Organisation (ICO) officially declared the International Coffee Day which took place on October 1?
A) World Coffee Conference 2010
B) The Expo 2015 in Milan
C) its 50th anniversary in 2013.
D) a UN General Assembly conference.
Answer: B) The Expo 2015 in Milan
Explanation: The article mentions that the ICO made a formal proclamation that declared the first of October as International Coffee Day in Expo 2015 in Milan, Italy.
Indian Economy News Roundup, Article 5.
When does the RBI give banks a deadline within which they should completly adopt the new standardised guidelines of settling the claims of deceased customers?
A) October 1, 2025
B) December 31, 2025
C) March 31, 2026
D) April 1, 2026
Answer: C) March 31, 2026
Elaboration: The article states that these procedures have to be undertaken by the banks before 31 st March 2026.
Which nation became the largest contributor to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) equity inflows in India, in Q1 FY26?
A) Singapore
B) Mauritius
C) United States
D) United Kingdom
Answer: C) United States
Explanation: The article has pointed out that the United States has emerged as the largest contributor of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) equity inflows into India.
Article 6: Lachipora Wild Life Sanctuary.
In what mineral was the recent conservation exercise at the Lachipora Wildlife Sanctuary in the form of closing of illegal units?
A) Limestone
B) Gypsum
C) Coal
D) Bauxite
Answer: B) Gypsum
Explanation: According to the article, the District Magistrate had issued an order to close down 14 illegally running gypsum mines.
What is the threatened species of wild goat the Lachipora Wildlife Sanctuary was majorly intended to protect?
A) Himalayan Ibex
B) Markhor
C) Blue Sheep
D) Hangul
Answer: B) Markhor
Rationalisation: The sanctuary was "mainly created to conserve a beautiful species of wild goats, the Markhor who is under threat.
Industrial name: Ethambutol Hydrochloride.
It is a first line medication whose main use is in the treatment of:
A) Malaria
B) Tuberculosis (TB)
C) Hepatitis
D) Pneumonia
Answer: B) Tuberculosis (TB)
Definition: It is explained in the article as a drug that is antibacterial in nature and it is specifically used in the treatment of tuberculosis.
What is the rationale behind the use of Ethambutol as a combination of drugs rather than as a mono (single)therapy?
A) It is too expensive alone.
B) It is very dangerous when taken in isolation.
C) When used singly, it develops bacterial resistance very fast.
D) It is not effective alone.
Answer: C) Bacterial resistance to it develops quickly when used in isolation.
Explanation: The paper describes the meaning of a defining characteristic as such that b is