India became the first G20 nation to source 40 per cent of its installed electricity capacity from non-fossil fuels. When did it reach this mark?

The correct answer is New Delhi. The Bloomberg New Economy Forum, which gathers business leaders, policymakers and delegates from many countries for discussions on the economy, technology, energy and global affairs, was held in India for the first time, and the Prime Minister addressed the gathering in the national capital. He welcomed the delegates to India and congratulated Mr Bloomberg and his team for choosing the country as the venue, saying they had picked the right place at the right time. Mumbai, the financial capital, hosts many business summits but was not the venue of this edition. Bengaluru is the country's technology hub and also did not host it. Gandhinagar is associated with other investment events in Gujarat and is not the site of this forum. For the examination, remember the pairing of the forum, its first Indian edition and New Delhi as the city.

The correct answer is 7.8 per cent. Speaking at the forum, the Prime Minister said India's growth rate in the April-June quarter of this year stood at that level, and he described the growth as resting on a strong base. The supporting figures he gave were a current account deficit that has dropped to about half a per cent of GDP, or 0.61 per cent last year, against more than 4 per cent twelve to thirteen years ago, foreign exchange reserves above 700 billion dollars and a banking system in its strongest position in many decades. Options A and B understate the quarter's performance, while option D of 8.4 per cent overstates it, and none of the three was the figure cited. Aspirants should also remember the reform list placed beside these numbers: GST replacing a complex web of taxes, the insolvency law, 29 labour laws merged into four codes and hundreds of minor business offences decriminalised.

The correct answer is once in four years, which is why the meeting is described as quadrennial and why India's turn as host was called a historic moment by the Ministry of Earth Sciences. The assembly in Pune runs for five days, from 12 to 16 October 2026, and brings together more than 550 participants from Europe, the Americas, South Asia, South East Asia and Australia, of whom 380 are attending in person and about 180 online. Options A and B suggest a much shorter cycle, which would make such a large global gathering impractical, and option D stretches the gap by a year. Note the difference between the four-year cycle of the assembly and the five-day length of this edition, as the two numbers are easily swapped in an examination question.

The correct answer is the World Climate Research Programme, usually shortened to WCRP. Atmospheric Processes and their Role in Climate is one of its core projects and works on the atmospheric drivers and processes that govern weather patterns and the dynamics of the global climate. A scientific officer of this programme at the World Meteorological Organization was among the dignitaries at the inaugural function, and the organisation's Deputy Secretary-General was the guest of honour. Options B, C and D are genuine international scientific efforts in the earth sciences, which makes them plausible distractors, but the assembly in Pune belongs to the climate research programme named in option A. The assembly meets once in four years and serves as a global platform to identify research gaps and build partnerships.

The correct answer is the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune. The inaugural function of the assembly was held there, and the institute's Director delivered the opening keynote on modelling the monsoon and on narrowing the gap between how far the monsoon can be predicted in principle and the skill of actual forecasts. The chair of the Scientific Organizing Committee also heads the institute's Centre for Climate Change Research. Options B, C and D are all institutions under the Ministry of Earth Sciences and are easy to confuse with the host, but none of them hosted this assembly: the first issues the country's weather forecasts, the second works on medium range modelling and the third on ocean information services. The Secretary of the Ministry of Earth Sciences was the chief guest and joined the function online.