1. Who received the Sharjah Award for Best International Non-Fiction Book for the book The Tamils: A Portrait of a Community?
Answer: Nirmala Lakshman.
2. On which date is World Tsunami Awareness Day celebrated every year?
Answer: November 5.
3. Under which Article of the Indian Constitution must an arrested person be presented before a Magistrate within 24 hours?
Answer: Article 22(2).
4. Which country has been granted an extended USD 500 million Line of Credit by India for road, healthcare and defence-related projects?
Answer: Guyana.
5. Which Indian state is taking steps to make its Legislative Assembly completely paperless through the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA)?
Answer: Chhattisgarh.
6. Who has taken charge as the 55th Director General of the Geological Survey of India (GSI)?
Answer: Dinesh V. Ganvir.
7. What is the highest data transmission speed demonstrated by JNCASR researchers using their newly developed terahertz silicon photonic chip?
Answer: 100 Gbps.
8. Which Japanese banking institution has purchased a minority stake in India’s asset management company One Planet Partners?
Answer: Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank.
9. Who has been appointed as the 43rd Commandant of the Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering (MCEME), Secunderabad?
Answer: Lt Gen IS Rathore.
10. Up to which year has the Union Cabinet approved the extension of the Fast Track Special Courts Scheme?
Answer: 2031.