1. What is the causative agent of West Nile fever, recently in news?
Answer: Virus.
2. Which day is observed as ‘World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day’?
Answer: 8 May.
3. Pyrenees Mountains, recently in news, forms a natural border between which two countries?
Answer: Spain & France.
4. What is ‘Leber congenital amaurosis’, recently seen in news?
Answer: A rare genetic eye disorder.
5. Glyptothorax punyabratai, recently seen in news, belongs to which species?
Answer: Catfish.
6. In FY25, banks’ credit-to-deposit (CD) ratios are probably going to be more than what percentage, given that credit growth is still outpacing deposit growth?
Answer: 81%.
7. Which bank is facing a ₹2.9 crore GST order for excess input tax credit claims?
Answer: IDBI bank.
8. In FY24, India auctioned ₹20,000 crore of sovereign green bonds (SGrB), a major rise from how much crore in FY23?
Answer: Rs. 16000crore.
9. Which bank accepts Unified Payments Interface payments from non-resident Indians in India using international mobile numbers?
Answer: ICICI bank.
10. Over the last two years, the outstanding amount of home loans has increased by Rs 10 lakh crore. How many trillion dollars do industry experts anticipate the sector will reach by 2030?
Answer:$1trillion.
