Q1: Recently, what percentage of India's GDP growth rate has the IMF projected for the year 2025-26?

Answer: 6.6%

Q2: Which state government has announced the establishment of 'Disability Rehabilitation Centres’ at each divisional headquarters?

Answer: Uttar Pradesh

Q3: Which are the three states that topped the recently published 'State Mining Preparedness Index'?

Answer: Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Gujarat

Q4: Which status was recently granted to Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam?

Answer: Mini Ratna

Q5: Where did the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India hold its 9th Joint Committee Meeting on Spam and Cyber Fraud Issues?

Answer: New Delhi

Q6: Who recently addressed the conference on 'Extradition of Fugitives: Challenges and Strategies' organized by the CBI in New Delhi?

Answer: Home Minister Amit Shah

Q7: The Reserve Bank of India has allowed Indian banks to lend to customers in Indian Rupees in which country?

Answer: Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and Nepal

Q8: Who recently became the first Indian to climb nine peaks over 8,000 meters?

Answer: Bharat Thammineni

Q9: Where is the 16th Annual Meeting of the WHO-International Regulatory Cooperation for Herbal Medicines being held?

Answer: Jakarta

Q10: Where did Union Minister of State, Shri Jitin Prasada, inaugurate the 'Uttarakhand AI Impact Summit-2025' on October 17?

Answer: Dehradun

Q11: Which ministry recently established Centres of Excellence to promote heritage and classical languages?

Answer: Ministry of Minority Affairs

Q12: Which state recently approved the new Bamboo Industry Policy-2025?

Answer: Maharashtra

Q13: Under the 'Pulses Self-Reliance Mission,' the pulses acreage is to be expanded from 27.5 million hectares to how many lakh hectares by 2030-31?

Answer: 31 million hectares

Q14: Who has implemented the new policy under the 'Per Drop More Crop' scheme?

Answer: Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Q15: What is India's rank among 123 countries on the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2025?

Answer: 102nd

Q16: Who declared independence in India?

Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

Q17: Who founded the Maurya Empire?

Answer: Chandragupta Maurya

Q18: Who wrote India's national anthem, 'Jana Gana Mana'?

Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

Q19: Between whom was the First Battle of Panipat (1526) fought?

Answer: Babur and Ibrahim Lodi

Q20: Which dynasty is known as the Golden Age of India?

Answer: Gupta Dynasty

Q21: Which number should come next in the series: 3, 9, 27, 81, ?

Answer: 243

Q22: Find the odd one out: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15

Answer: 15

Q23: If A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, then CODE = ?

Answer: 27

Q24: In a certain code, CAT = 24 and DOG = 26, what will be BAT = ?

Answer: 23

Q25: If P is 16th letter from the left, then what is the 16th letter from the right in English alphabet?

Answer: K

Q26: Reasoning: Find the next term in the series: 2, 6, 12, 20, ?

Answer: 30 (Pattern: n^2 + n)

Q27: Reasoning: Which number is missing? 5, 10, 20, 40, ?

Answer: 80 (Pattern: Multiply by 2)

Q28: Reasoning: If all roses are flowers and some flowers are red, then some roses are definitely red. True or False?

Answer: False (All roses may or may not be red)

Q29: Reasoning: A train 120 m long passes a platform 180 m long in 30 seconds. What is the speed of the train?

Answer: 10 m/s (Total distance = 120+180 = 300 m; Speed = 300/30 = 10 m/s)

Q30: Reasoning: In a code, PEN = 13, BOOK = 21, NOTE = 34. Find CODE.

Answer: 23 (Sum of alphabetical positions of letters modulo 26)