(1.) Who assumed charge as India's third Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) on May 31, 2026?

(a.) General Anil Chauhan

(b.) General Manoj C. Pande

(c.) General NS Raja Subramani

(d.) General Upendra Dwivedi

(2.) When is World No Tobacco Day observed globally every year?

(a.) May 15

(b.) May 25

(c.) May 31

(d.) June 5

(3.) Who assumed charge as the Additional Director General (ADG) of the Military Nursing Service in May 2026?

(a.) Major General Rachel Thomas

(b.) Major General Lissamma PV

(c.) Major General Smita Devrani

(d.) Major General Sunita Kapoor

(4.) Which spacecraft payload detected subsurface water ice deposits in permanently shadowed lunar south polar craters?

(a.) Chandrayaan-2 DFSAR

(b.) Chandrayaan-3 LIBS

(c.) Aditya-L1 SUIT

(d.) Mars Orbiter Mission MCC

(5.) Which fintech enterprise became the first Indian Payment Aggregator to secure final IFSCA approval as a PSP in GIFT City?

(a.) Razorpay

(b.) Cashfree

(c.) Decentro

(d.) Pine Labs

(6.) In which year was World No Tobacco Day originally established by the World Health Organization?

(a.) 1975

(b.) 1987

(c.) 1995

(d.) 2001

(7.) Which military regiment is General NS Raja Subramani originally commissioned into?

(a.) Parachute Regiment

(b.) Garhwal Rifles

(c.) Gorkha Rifles

(d.) Sikh Regiment

(8.) What does the acronym DFSAR stand for in the context of the Chandrayaan-2 lunar exploration payloads?

(a.) Dual-Frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar

(b.) Deep Frequency Surface Analysis Radiometer

(c.) Digital Finder Satellite Array Receiver

(d.) Direct Flight Space Altitude Radiosonde

(9.) Where is the regulatory authority IFSCA headquartered, which regulates financial units in GIFT City?

(a.) Mumbai, Maharashtra

(b.) New Delhi, Delhi

(c.) Gandhinagar, Gujarat

(d.) Bengaluru, Karnataka

(10.) Which official portal serves as the primary gateway for central government press releases in India?

(a.) pib.gov.in

(b.) india.gov.in

(c.) mygov.in

(d.) niti.gov.in

(11.) What concurrent official secretariat responsibility is held by the Chief of Defence Staff in India?

(a.) Secretary, Department of Military Affairs (DMA)

(b.) Secretary, Department of Defence Production

(c.) Principal Scientific Advisor to Cabinet

(d.) National Security Council Director General

(12.) What was the primary target objective of WHO's global campaign focus for World No Tobacco Day?

(a.) Exposing tobacco and nicotine industry marketing tactics targeting youth

(b.) Banning all agricultural land cultivation of tobacco crops worldwide

(c.) Levying a 100% international tax on cigarette manufacturers

(d.) Mandating prison sentences for individual retail smokers

(13.) Which military medical institution served as the alma mater for Major General Rachel Thomas?

(a.) Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune

(b.) Army College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

(c.) Command Hospital Air Force, Bangalore

(d.) Armed Forces Medical Research Centre, Lucknow

(14.) In which year was India's Chandrayaan-2 mission launched into lunar orbit?

(a.) 2017

(b.) 2019

(c.) 2021

(d.) 2023

(15.) What is the operational significance of securing a PSP license from IFSCA within GIFT City?

(a.) Enabling licensed entities to offer robust cross-border payment aggregation and embedded financial services internationally

(b.) Permitting retail micro-lending directly to foreign governments

(c.) Exempting transactions from all domestic income tax laws permanently

(d.) Replacing central bank digital currencies with private crypto tokens

(16.) Who was the predecessor of Major General Rachel Thomas as ADG, Military Nursing Service?

(a.) Major General Lissamma PV

(b.) Major General Sunita Vasudevan

(c.) Major General Geeta Rana

(d.) Major General Mary Mammen

(17.) Which city serves as the location where the National War Memorial is situated in India?

(a.) Mumbai

(b.) New Delhi

(c.) Kolkata

(d.) Dehradun

(18.) Why is the detection of subsurface water ice in lunar south polar craters crucial for future space programs?

(a.) Providing vital resources for in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), life support, and rocket propellant production for deep space missions

(b.) Creating artificial deep sea oceans on the Moon's surface

(c.) Shielding lunar spacecraft from solar radiation flare storms completely

(d.) Lowering lunar gravitational pull for heavy rocket launches

(19.) Which international organization establishes World No Tobacco Day annually?

(a.) World Health Organization (WHO)

(b.) United Nations Environment Programme

(c.) World Bank Group

(d.) UNESCO

(20.) Who holds the executive office of Secretary General or Director-General of the World Health Organization?

(a.) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

(b.) Dr. Hans Kluge

(c.) Dr. Soumya Swaminathan

(d.) Dr. Margaret Chan

(21.) What strategic focus did General NS Raja Subramani emphasize upon assuming charge as the CDS?

(a.) Enhancing jointness, integration, synergy, and accelerated induction of indigenous weapons for Aatmanirbharta

(b.) Privatizing all tri-service military command posts

(c.) Reducing defense budget expenditure allocations by 50%

(d.) Halting joint military exercises with foreign allied nations

(22.) What specific geological feature characterizes the lunar polar craters where water ice deposits were identified?

(a.) Permanently shadowed regions experiencing extreme cold temperatures

(b.) Active volcanic magma fissure vents

(c.) Expansive flat sedimentary limestone plains

(d.) Subterranean liquid water ocean geysers

(23.) Which agency acts as the official press clearing house for central government announcements in India?

(a.) Press Information Bureau (PIB)

(b.) Press Trust of India

(c.) National Informatics Centre

(d.) Doordarshan News

(24.) How do API banking frameworks deployed by fintech platforms like Decentro assist corporate clients?

(a.) Allowing seamless integration of financial services like payments, KYC, and accounts directly into enterprise software workflows

(b.) Mandating physical paper document signatures for every transaction

(c.) Replacing corporate accounting software with manual ledgers

(d.) Restricting fund transfers to banking branch working hours only

(25.) What is the full form of GIFT City where Decentro established its international PSP operations?

(a.) Gujarat International Finance Tec-City

(b.) Global Investment Fund and Technology Centre

(c.) Government Infrastructure and Financial Township

(d.) Greater India Foreign Trade City

(26.) Which Indian state houses the GIFT City project near Gandhinagar?

(a.) Maharashtra

(b.) Gujarat

(c.) Karnataka

(d.) Rajasthan

(27.) What is the broader significance of appointing specialized nursing directorates within armed forces medical services?

(a.) Ensuring high standards of clinical healthcare delivery, nursing education, and wartime medical preparedness

(b.) Managing military combat weapon manufacturing contracts

(c.) Formulating international maritime trade shipping tariffs

(d.) Controlling national currency monetary policy interest rates

(28.) Which radar frequency bands are utilized by the DFSAR instrument on Chandrayaan-2?

(a.) L- and S-band frequencies

(b.) X- and K-band frequencies

(c.) VHF- and UHF-band frequencies

(d.) C- and Ku-band frequencies

(29.) Which official statutory body regulates international financial services centers in India?

(a.) International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA)

(b.) Reserve Bank of India

(c.) Securities and Exchange Board of India

(d.) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority

(30.) Why are multi-stakeholder "Whole-of-Nation" approaches critical for modern national defense strategies?

(a.) Synergizing military, technological, industrial, and civilian capabilities to counter complex multi-domain security challenges effectively

(b.) Reorganizing civilian police forces into active combat infantry brigades

(c.) Banning international trade partnerships during peacetime

(d.) Placing national civilian infrastructure under direct military martial law