1. Where was India’s first glass bridge inaugurated?
Answer: Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu.
2. Who inaugurated the glass bridge in Kanniyakumari?
Answer: Chief Minister MK Stalin.
3. Which two landmarks are connected by the glass bridge in Kanniyakumari?
Answer: Vivekananda Rock Memorial and Thiruvalluvar Statue.
4. How much did the Tamil Nadu government invest in the glass bridge project?
Answer: ₹37 crore.
5. Which system has EPFO implemented across India?
Answer: Centralized Pension Payments System (CPPS).
6. How many pensioners benefit from EPFO’s CPPS initiative?
Answer: Over 68 lakh.
7. Who was re-elected as US House Speaker in 2025?
Answer: Mike Johnson.
8. Which US President-elect supported Mike Johnson’s re-election?
Answer: Donald Trump.
9. What is Assam’s elephant population according to the 2024 estimate?
Answer: 5,828 elephants.
10. Which Indian state adopted the Green GDP model first?
Answer: Chhattisgarh.
11. What base year is India adopting for its revised GDP calculations?
Answer: 2022–23.
12. What is Nomura’s revised GDP growth forecast for India in FY25?
Answer: 6.7%.
13. What was India’s GDP growth rate in the April–June quarter of FY25?
Answer: 6.7%.
14. When did India form a committee to revise the WPI base year?
Answer: January 2, 2025.
15. What is the new WPI base year proposed by India?
Answer: 2022–23.
16. Which banks’ merger did RBI approve effective January 6, 2025?
Answer: National Co-operative Bank and Cosmos Co-operative Bank.
17. Which fintech company plans to sell part of its stake in Unity Small Finance Bank?
Answer: BharatPe.
18. How much stake in Unity Bank is BharatPe planning to sell?
Answer: Up to 25% of its 49% stake.
19. How much does BharatPe aim to raise through the stake sale?
Answer: Approximately ₹6,500 crore ($800 million).
20. What are the new deposit schemes launched by SBI?
Answer: ‘Har Ghar Lakhpati’ and ‘SBI Patrons’.
21. What is the savings goal under ‘Har Ghar Lakhpati’ scheme?
Answer: ₹1 lakh or multiples thereof.
22. What does RBI’s report “State Finances: A Study of Budgets 2024-25” highlight?
Answer: Post-pandemic improvement in state fiscal health.
23. Which scheme in Telangana now provides ₹7,500 per acre to farmers?
Answer: Rythu Bharosa Scheme.
24. How many farmers will benefit under the expanded Rythu Bharosa Scheme?
Answer: About 70 lakh.
25. What does the UDISE+ report for 2023–24 reveal?
Answer: A decline in student enrolment to 24.8 crore.
26. By how much has student enrolment dropped since 2018–19?
Answer: Over one crore (6% decline).
27. When is World Braille Day celebrated annually?
Answer: January 4.
28. World Braille Day marks the birth anniversary of which inventor?
Answer: Louis Braille.
29. Which IAS officer was appointed as DG of DGCA in January 2025?
Answer: Faiz Ahmed Kidwai.
30. Faiz Ahmed Kidwai belongs to which cadre and batch?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh cadre, 1996 batch.
