Q1) A majority stake in Flipkart is held by:
Q2) The 1973 finance-ministers’ meeting nicknamed the “Library Group” took place in:
Q3) Who has been appointed Director of the Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) in New Delhi?
Q4) The Department of Biotechnology functions under which Union ministry?
Q5) The G7’s aggregate share of global GDP and population is closest to:
Q6) **Rajiv Gandhi Van Samvardhan Yojana** was launched on:
Q7) The **International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing** is observed every year on:
Q8) The new licence allows Flipkart to:
Q9) Flipkart Finance Private Limited received its NBFC licence from the RBI on:
Q10) The scheme was unveiled in which Himachal Pradesh district?
Q11) How many sovereign countries are counted as formal members of the G7 and the G20 respectively?
Q12) Roughly what share of global GDP and world population do the G20 countries (incl. EU) represent?
Q13) According to FAO estimates, IUU fishing accounts for roughly what share of the world’s total catch?
Q14) The G7 presidency:
Q15) The primary UN body coordinating international efforts to curb IUU fishing is:
Q16) Which of the following was **NOT** one of the original G6 founding members?
Q17) Unlike many UN bodies, **neither** the G7 **nor** the G20 maintains:
Q18) Before this appointment, Ashwani Lohani served **both** as Chairman of the Railway Board and as CMD of which airline?
Q19) In which year was the **G20** created (initially as a finance-ministers’ forum)?
Q20) The hearings for India’s IIAS presidential bid were held in February 2025 at which New Delhi venue?
Q21) The European Union’s status within the G7 is best described as:
Q22) Which country’s entry in 1976 converted the G6 into the G7?
Q23) The IIAS is headquartered in which city?
Q24) The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) observed **Swachhata Pakhwada 2025** during which fortnight?
Q25) Lohani is famous for reviving which historic steam locomotive for heritage service?
Q26) Which of the following is **NOT** a typical consequence of IUU fishing listed by the UN?
Q27) The first G6 leaders’ summit (precursor to the G7) was held in 1975 at:
Q28) The UN General Assembly proclaimed this IUU-Fishing Day at its **72nd session** in which year?
Q29) How many cleanliness and awareness activities were carried out by DBT and its institutions across India during Swachhata Pakhwada 2025?
Q30) Which Union department represents India at the IIAS and spearheaded the successful presidential campaign?
Q31) The pledge-taking ceremony that launched Swachhata Pakhwada 2025 at DBT headquarters was led by:
Q32) Swachhata Pakhwada is an outreach initiative under which nationwide flagship programme?
Q33) India has been a member-state of the IIAS since:
Q34) The 75 % LTV ceiling will apply to gold loans sanctioned by:
Q35) Which Union department has asked the RBI to revisit the draft gold-loan rules to protect small borrowers (≤ ₹2 lakh)?
Q36) The European Union participates in the G7 as:
Q37) Compared with the G20, the G7 is best characterised as a grouping of:
Q38) Ashwani Lohani’s tenure as PMML Director has been fixed at:
Q39) Alongside the Van Samvardhan Yojana, the Himachal Pradesh government also rolled out which complementary initiative?
Q40) India has secured the Presidency of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) for which term?
Q41) Who is the Indian bureaucrat nominated to assume the IIAS Presidency for the 2025 – 2028 term?
Q42) The primary objective of the Rajiv Gandhi Van Samvardhan Yojana is to increase green cover by planting mainly:
Q43) Which of the following nations is **NOT** a member of the G20?
Q44) Flipkart plans to roll out its in-house lending via the fintech app named:
Q45) Global economic losses attributed to IUU fishing are widely estimated at **more than**:
Q46) Before the NBFC licence, Flipkart’s co-branded credit-card partner was:
Q47) Besides gold, the draft “Lending Against Gold Collateral” Directions say the same rules may **mutatis mutandis** apply to loans secured by:
Q48) Which rival platform is seeking a similar foothold through its pending acquisition of NBFC Axio?
Q49) The draft RBI norms propose a uniform maximum Loan-to-Value (LTV) ratio of ____ % for all gold loans.
Q50) With this approval, Flipkart becomes the _____ Indian e-commerce firm to secure an NBFC licence for direct lending.
Q51) For “bullet-repayment” gold loans, the draft directs lenders to calculate the LTV ratio on the basis of:
Q52) The 5 June date commemorates the entry-into-force (2016) of which legally binding treaty?
Q53) The first **G20 Leaders’ Summit** (heads of state/government) convened in 2008 in:
Q54) The Group of Seven (G7) maintains its permanent headquarters in:
Q55) Russia was expelled from what was then the G8—returning it to the G7—in:
Q56) On which date did the Reserve Bank of India issue its draft guidelines on lending against gold collateral?
Q57) The Prime Ministers Museum and Library was formerly known as:
Q58) The G7 rotating presidency for **2025** will be held by ______, while the G20 presidency that same year will be chaired by ______.