[1]. Recently, the BrahMos missile was in the news after India signed a missile export deal with Vietnam. BrahMos is best described as:

[A]. A subsonic ballistic missile

[B]. A hypersonic glide vehicle

[C]. A long-range supersonic cruise missile

[D]. An anti-tank guided missile

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[2]. Recently, the Northwest Indian Dust Storms were in the news. These dust storms occur primarily during which of the following periods?

[A]. December to February

[B]. July to September

[C]. April to June

[D]. October to November

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[3]. Recently, the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) was in the news for crossing 90 crore Ayushman Bharat Health Accounts (ABHAs). ABDM is implemented by which of the following organisations?

[A]. National Health Authority (NHA)

[B]. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

[C]. NITI Aayog

[D]. National Informatics Centre (NIC)

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[4]. Recently, Operation Sheruwali was in the news. Operation Sheruwali is the name of a:

[A]. Counter-terrorism operation in Jammu & Kashmir

[B]. Naval exercise conducted in the Arabian Sea

[C]. Border infrastructure development programme

[D]. Disaster management exercise in the Himalayas

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[5]. With reference to the PM SVANidhi Scheme, recently in the news, consider the following statements:

1. PM SVANidhi is a Central Sector Scheme launched in 2020 to provide collateral-free working capital loans to street vendors.
2. The scheme offers an interest subsidy of 7% per annum on timely or early repayment of loans.
3. Vendors become eligible for UPI-linked RuPay Credit Cards with a limit of up to ₹30,000 after successfully repaying the second loan tranche.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

[A]. 1 and 2 only

[B]. 2 and 3 only

[C]. 1 and 3 only

[D]. 1, 2 and 3

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