As per BIMCO-ICS Seafarer Workforce Report 2026, India has become the world's ____ largest supplier of seafarers?
Explanation
According to the BIMCO-ICS Seafarer Workforce Report 2026, India is the world's second-largest supplier of seafarers with 3,11,936 professionals and a 12.16 per cent global share, behind only the Philippines, ahead of China, Russia and Indonesia. It includes 1,40,718 officers, 13.41 per cent of the global officer pool, and 1,71,218 ratings. India ranked fifth with a 5.2 per cent share in 2015. Exam angle: the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has launched Mission 20 per cent.
Q2
In July 2026, ADB approved an $850 million loan for Subprogram 2 of which Indian rooftop solar scheme?
Explanation
On 28 July 2026 the Asian Development Bank approved an 850 million dollar loan for Subprogram 2 of the Accelerating Affordable and Inclusive Rooftop Solar Systems Development Program. It backs Pradhan Mantri Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, which targets rooftop solar for 10 million low and middle income households and 30 GW of residential capacity by FY2027. Exam angle: Subprogram 1, worth 650 million dollars, was cleared in November 2025; the scheme gives 60 per cent subsidy up to 2 kW.
Q3
Name India's first tri-service all-women circumnavigation sailing expedition aboard IASV Triveni?
Explanation
Samudra Pradakshina was India's first tri-service all-women circumnavigation expedition, with officers of the Army, Navy and Air Force aboard the 50-foot indigenous IASV Triveni. Flagged off from the Gateway of India, Mumbai on 11 September 2025, it returned on 22 July 2026 after 314 days and 25,500 nautical miles across four oceans. Exam angle: it rounded the three Great Capes, Cape Leeuwin, Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope. Rajnath Singh felicitated the crew on 30 July 2026.
Q4
Which body publishes the Market Distortions Performance Index, where India moved from 82nd to 57th?
Explanation
According to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Competere Foundation for Trade and Competition Policy report 'India's Next Growth Frontier' uses the Market Distortions Performance Index, on which India climbed 25 places from 82nd in 2010 to 57th in 2023. GST, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code and trade facilitation reforms drove the gain. Exam angle: the index rests on three pillars, property rights protection, domestic competition and international competition.
Q5
CTIL, co-host of the July 2026 Market Distortions report launch, is part of which institute?
Explanation
The Centre for Trade and Investment Law (CTIL) is a centre of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi, providing the government with research support on trade and investment law. With the Competere Foundation for Trade and Competition Policy, it launched the report 'India's Next Growth Frontier' at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Exam angle: the same report's Market Distortions Performance Index lifted India from 82nd to 57th.
Q6
Which state launched DWEEPTI Yojana, India's first women-led distributed renewable energy policy?
Explanation
DWEEPTI, Decentralised Women Empowerment on Energy and Policy for Transformative Inclusion, was launched by Chhattisgarh's Panchayat and Rural Development Department with partner Transform Rural India under the Green Economy Transition Mission. It is India's first women-led distributed renewable energy policy, casting SHGs as rooftop solar vendors, technicians and entrepreneurs. Exam angle: five-year targets are 5,000 women-led enterprises and 50,000 green jobs; piloted in Kabirdham district.
Q7
Who won gold in men's 100m T47 at CWG 2026 with a Games record 10.71 seconds?
Explanation
Dilip Mahadu Gavit of Maharashtra won gold in the men's 100m T47 at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow with a Games record 10.71 seconds. Mohammed Basil Morssinganakath took silver in 10.83 seconds for an Indian one-two, with England's Kevin Santos third. Exam angle: T47 is the class for athletes with upper limb impairment; Gavit won 400m T47 gold at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Para Games.
Q8
Which Indian won silver in men's +110kg weightlifting at CWG 2026 with a 388kg total?
Explanation
Lovepreet Singh of Punjab won silver in the men's +110kg weightlifting at Glasgow 2026 with a 388kg total, 176kg in snatch and 212kg in clean and jerk. His 176kg snatch was a Games record, but New Zealand's David Liti lifted 223kg on his last attempt to win gold on 389kg, one kilogram clear. Lovepreet had won 109kg bronze at Birmingham 2022. Exam angle: India took eight weightlifting medals in Glasgow.
Q9
Who won a second successive Commonwealth long jump silver with 8.09m at Glasgow 2026?
Explanation
Murali Sreeshankar of Kerala took silver in the men's long jump at Glasgow 2026 with a best leap of 8.09m. Jamaica's former world champion Tajay Gayle won gold with 8.15m and Scotland's Stephen Mackenzie took bronze with 8.08m. Sreeshankar had also won silver at Birmingham 2022 with 8.08m, making him the first Indian with two Commonwealth long jump medals. Exam angle: a knee injury had kept him out of the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Q10
The Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026 extends protection to which?
Explanation
The Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on 24 July 2026, cleared there on 29 July and in the Lok Sabha on 30 July by voice vote, piloted by Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai. The parent 1971 Act protects the National Flag, the Constitution and the anthem Jana Gana Mana; the same cover now applies to Vande Mataram. Exam angle: penalty is up to three years jail, fine or both.