1. The Niveshak Didi initiative, recently launched in its Phase II, is primarily aimed at:

• Enhancing rural women’s financial literacy through peer-based education
• Providing microcredit facilities for self-help groups in rural areas
• Promoting women’s participation in stock market trading
• Offering insurance coverage for rural households

2. The Graphite Spyware, recently in news, is capable of which of the following?

1. Accessing encrypted communications such as WhatsApp and Signal
2. Converting a mobile device into a listening tool
3. Wiping out all stored data remotely

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

• 1 and 2 only
• 2 and 3 only
• 1 and 3 only
• 1, 2 and 3

3. The “Wayanad Model”, recently in news, is associated with:

• Community-led eradication of invasive alien species
• Women’s self-help group–based microfinance initiatives
• Integrated watershed management in Kerala
• A tribal health and nutrition programme

4. The Self-Respect Movement launched by Periyar in 1925 primarily focused on:

• Attaining political independence from British rule
• Promoting rationalism, social equality, and anti-caste reforms
• Strengthening the Justice Party as a non-Brahmin political alternative
• Advocating armed resistance against colonial rule

5. Which of the following is true about Majorana Particles?

1. They are fermions that are their own antiparticles.
2. They annihilate upon contact with themselves.
3. In condensed matter systems, they can appear as quasiparticles inside superconductors.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

• 1 and 2 only
• 1 and 3 only
• 2 and 3 only
• 1, 2 and 3