1. What is IRDAI ?
    Ans : Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India . It is a statutory body that supervises and develops the insurance sector in India. Its primary functions include protecting the interests of policyholders, ensuring the orderly growth of the insurance industry, and promoting efficiency and fairness in the conduct of insurance business. The authority was established in 1999 by an act of Parliament. 
  2. What is SEBI ?
    Ans : Securities and Exchange Board of India . It is India’s primary regulator for the securities market and investment sector. Its main functions are to protect investors, promote the development of the securities market, and regulate it through rules and enforcement. SEBI performs quasi-legislative, quasi-executive, and quasi-judicial functions to oversee entities like stock exchanges and mutual funds, and to prevent unfair practices such as insider trading and market manipulation
  3. In the I T industry , what is SaaS ?
    Ans : Software As A Service
  4. What is PFRDA ?
    Ans : Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority . It is a statutory body in India that promotes and regulates pension funds, including the National Pension System (NPS). It was established to ensure old-age income security by overseeing the management of pension funds, protecting subscriber interests, and ensuring the growth and sustainability of pension schemes in the country
  5. Who is the Chief of Defence Staff in India ?
    Ans : Gen. Anil Chauhan
  6. Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda inaugurated 10 new AMRIT Pharmacy Outlets . What is AMRIT Pharmacy ?
    Ans :  Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment . AMRIT pharmacies have been providing life-saving and essential medicines at discounts ranging from 50% to 90%. Jan Aushadhi and AMRIT were conceived and designed to deliver medicines and medical supplies at aordable rates
  7. The Assam Government has signed an agreement with a British Museum to bring back which Artefact ?
    Ans : To bring back the revered Vrindavani Vastra . It is a motif-rich silk textile, woven under the guidance of 15th or 16th century neo Vaishnav saint-reformer Srimanta Sankaradeva. Pieces of the Vrindavani Vastra likely reached Tibet in the 17th or 18th century and were later collected by British explorers
  8. The Chennai Super Kings Team has traded which players from and to Rajasthan Royals Team for IPL 2026 ?
    Ans : CSK has traded out Jadeja (₹14 crore) and Sam Curran (₹2.40 crore) in exchange for Sanju Samson (₹18 crore)
  9. Who are pugilists ?
    Ans : A pugilist is an individual who engages in the sport or profession of boxing. Historically, the term originates from the Latin word ‘pugil,’ meaning a boxer or a fighter
  10. Kumamoto Masters is associated With which sport ?
    Ans : The $475,000 prize money Kumamoto Masters Japan , is a  badminton tournament held  in Kumamoto
  11. With whom has the Andhra Pradesh government signed an MOU for establishing Andhra Pradesh Centre for Energy and Cyber Resilience ?
    Ans : The AP government has signed the MOU with the World Economic Forum (WEF) for the establishment of Andhra Pradesh Centre for Energy and Cyber Resilience
  12. What is the deBlock Summit ?
    Ans :The deblock Summit is  Iran’s first international blockchain conference, held at Tehran ,  which is also backed by the Iranian government
  13. The World Health Organization (WHO) released its Global Tuberculosis Report 2025 this week which states that  _____________ remains one of the world’s deadliest infections, claiming over 12 lakh lives and affecting an estimated 1.07 crore people in 2024 . Which disease is this ?
    Ans : Tuberculosis . India has a large volume of TB cases, but TB incidence has dropped by 21% from 237 per lakh population in 2015 to 187 per lakh population in 2024 .  87% of the world’s TB patients were concentrated in 30 countries, with the highest rates found in India (25%), Indonesia (10%), the Philippines (6.8%), China (6.5%), Pakistan (6.3%), Nigeria (4.8%), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (3.9%) and Bangladesh (3.6%), the report noted