What was a key factor in the economic slowdown in Q1 2025?

Explanation: A 50.9% surge in imports, driven by tariff anticipation, contributed to a -0.3% GDP contraction in Q1 2025, per BEA.

Q: Which country has deployed its ship-based defense system C-Dome for the first time on April 11, 2024?
Ans: Israel

Q: What is the function of the driveshaft in a vehicle?
Ans: Transfers power to wheels

Q: In budding , organisms reproduce by having new individuals split off from what?
Ans: existing ones

Q: Which lubricant is used in a vehicle’s steering linkage?
Ans: Grease

Q: To participate in Exercise Varun 2024, the Indian Navy’s P-8I aircraft landed in which country?
Ans: France

Q: South Korea, Japan, and which country have started their first trilateral multi-regional exercise 'Freedom Edge'?
Ans: America

Q: Where is dna located in prokaryotic cells?
Ans: cytoplasm

Q: What was a key factor for box office recovery in 2025?
Ans: Reduced ticket prices

Q: A blood examination shows low platelet count. Which condition is most likely?
Ans: Thrombocytopenia

Q: In Ashtanga Hridayam, which treatment is indicated for Garbhini Shwasa?
Ans: Kantakari Avaleha

Q: The hypothalamus in vertebrates integrates what two systems?
Ans: endocrine and nervous

Q: What should a driver do at a “No Parking” sign?
Ans: Avoid parking

Q: Manyachivadi village has become the first solar village of which state?
Ans: Maharashtra

Q: Where has a new species of "Damselfish" been found recently?
Ans: Maldives

Q: In Ashtanga Hridayam, which treatment is indicated for Garbhini Arsha?
Ans: Bilwadi Taila