Author name: Archit Gulia

Q. India defeated which team in the semi-final to reach the Women’s World Cup 2025 final?
A. England
B. Australia
C. South Africa
D. New Zealand

Q. Who has been appointed as the 53rd Chief Justice of India (CJI)?
A. Justice B.R. Gavai
B. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
C. Justice Surya Kant
D. Justice Sanjiv Khanna

Q. President Droupadi Murmu recently took a sortie in a Rafale fighter aircraft from which Air Force Station?
A) Hindon Air Force Station
B) Ambala Air Force Station
C) Gwalior Air Force Station
D) Jodhpur Air Force Station

Q. The Model Youth Gram Sabha (MYGS) initiative launched in October 2025, aims to promote which of the following among students?
A) Financial literacy and entrepreneurship
B) Democratic values and participatory governance
C) Environmental awareness and digital skills
D) Sports and physical fitness

Q. Which aircraft will be jointly produced in India by HAL and Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation?
a) SJ-100
b) MiG-35
c) Tejas Mk2
d) Dornier 228

Q. Cyclone Montha made landfall near which coastal area of Andhra Pradesh on 28 October 2025?
a) Visakhapatnam
b) Kakinada
c) Nellore
d) Kalingapatnam

Q. Who is the Chairperson of the 8th Central Pay Commission (CPC)?
a) Justice A.K. Sikri
b) Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai
c) Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman
d) Dr. Pulak Ghosh

Q. Who led Argentina’s ruling party to a landslide victory in the October 2025 midterm elections?
A. Alberto Fernández
B. Javier Milei
C. Mauricio Macri
D. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

Q. The 8th International Solar Alliance (ISA) Assembly from October 27–30, 2025 was held at which venue?
A. Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
B. Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
C. India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
D. Hyderabad International Convention Centre

Q. What was the theme of Vigilance Awareness Week 2025, observed from October 27 to November 2, 2025?
A. Say No to Corruption
B. Integrity – A Way of Life
C. Vigilance: Our Shared Responsibility
D. Transparency for Tomorrow

Q. What is Special Intensive Revision (SIR) conducted by the Election Commission of India?
A. A campaign to promote voter awareness
B. A special drive to update and verify electoral rolls before elections
C. A program to conduct opinion polls and surveys
D. A review of political party symbols and registration

Q. Where was the 47th ASEAN Summit 2025 held from October 26–28?
A. Jakarta
B. Bangkok
C. Kuala Lumpur
D. Singapore

Q. What does NAKSHA stand for in the programme launched by the Department of Land Resources (DoLR) in February 2025?
A. National Analytical Knowledge System for Housing and Assets
B. National Geospatial Knowledge-based Land Survey of Urban Habitations
C. National Aerial Kartographic Survey for Habitat Areas
D. National Advanced Knowledge Scheme for Housing Assessment

Q. The Vigyan Ratna award under the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 2025 was conferred posthumously on which eminent scientist?
A. S. Venkata Mohan
B. Jayant Vishnu Narlikar
C. K. Thangaraj
D. Gyanendra Pratap Singh

Q. When is the Raising Day of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) celebrated?
A) October 20
B) October 21
C) October 24
D) October 26

Q. Rashtriya Ekta Diwas is observed every year on October 31 to mark the birth anniversary of which national leader?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Lal Bahadur Shastri

Q. When is the uncrewed Gaganyaan G1 mission scheduled to launch?
a) November 2025
b) December 2025
c) January 2026
d) March 2026

Q. On which festival were the Kedarnath and Yamunotri shrines closed for winter?
a) Diwali
b) Bhai Dooj
c) Dussehra
d) Kartik Purnima

Q. Where did Delhi conduct its first artificial rain trial through cloud seeding in collaboration with IIT Kanpur on 23 October 2025?
A) Dwarka
B) Burari
C) Rohini
D) Lajpat Nagar

Q. Which sportsman was conferred the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army in October 2025?

a) PV Sindhu
b) Virat Kohli
c) Neeraj Chopra
d) Abhinav Bindra

Q. Ningol Chakouba festival is celebrated in which Indian state?
a) Assam
b) Tripura
c) Manipur
d) Meghalaya

Q. Who is the author of the book “Civil-Military Fusion as a Metric of National Power and Comprehensive Security”?
a) Gen Anil Chauhan
b) Lt Gen Raj Shukla (Retd)
c) Gen Upendra Dwivedi
d) Rajnath Singh

Q. According to the Global Forest Resources Assessment (GFRA) 2025, what is India’s global rank in total forest area?
a) 7th
b) 8th
c) 9th
d) 10th

Q. Who became Japan’s first female Prime Minister in October 2025?
A) Yuriko Koike
B) Sanae Takaichi
C) Fumio Kishida
D) Yoko Kamikawa

Q. Regional Connectivity Scheme – UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik), which completed 9 years on 21 October 2025, is a scheme related to:
A) Connecting railways with all major cities
B) Roadways bus service to connect all districts
C) Providing broadband to all villages
D) Making air travel affordable and connecting smaller cities and towns

Q. Where will the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 be held from October 31 to November 17?
A) Chennai
B) Mumbai
C) Arpora, Goa
D) New Delhi

Q. Which team won the 125th Indian Football Association (IFA) Shield in 2025?
A. East Bengal FC
B. Real Kashmir FC
C. Mohun Bagan Super Giant
D. Bengaluru FC

Q. Which countries mediated the ceasefire between Afghanistan and Pakistan in October 2025?
A. Saudi Arabia and Iran
B. Qatar and Turkiye
C. China and Russia
D. USA and UAE

Q. Who won Bolivia’s 2025 presidential election?
A. Evo Morales
B. Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga
C. Rodrigo Paz
D. Edman Lara

Q. Police Commemoration Day is observed every year on October 21 to commemorate which historical event?
A. Battle of Kargil
B. 26/11 Mumbai Attacks
C. 1959 Hot Springs incident in Ladakh
D. Operation Blue Star

Q: The Indian Hockey Team reached the final of which international tournament in October 2025 held in Malaysia?

A) Asia Cup
B) Hockey Champions Trophy
C) Sultan of Johor Cup
D) Nations Cup

Q. Which organization developed the Tejas LCA Mk1A fighter jet?
A) DRDO
B) ISRO
C) Bharat Dynamics Limited
D) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)

Q. National Security Guard (NSG) Raising Day is observed every year on October 16. In which year was the NSG established?

A) 1980
B) 1982
C) 1984
D) 1986

Q. The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed every year on:
A) October 15
B) October 17
C) October 20
D) October 24

Q: Which two countries are participating in the 5th edition of the naval exercise ‘Samudra Shakti’?
A) India and Japan
B) India and Indonesia
C) India and Sri Lanka
D) India and Australia

Q. Which Indian city will host the 2030 Commonwealth Games?
A) New Delhi
B) Ahmedabad
C) Mumbai
D) Bengaluru

Q. The Ministry of Defence has signed a ₹659.47 crore contract in October 2025 to equip which rifle of the Indian Army with advanced night sights?
A) INSAS
B) AK-203
C) SIG716
D) Tavor

Q. “In October 2025, senior Naxal cadres surrendered in Gadchiroli. Who among them was a Polit Bureau Member of the Central Naxal Committee?”
A) Mallujola Venugopal Rao alias Bhupati
B) Ganesh Patil
C) Ramesh Yadav
D) Suresh Singh

Q. Who authored the book titled “Ready, Relevant and Resurgent II: Shaping a Future Ready Force”, released in October 2025?
a) Rajnath Singh
b) General Anil Chauhan
c) General Bipin Rawat
d) Ashok Kumar

Q. Where was the inaugural India–South Korea naval bilateral exercise held in October 2025?
a) Visakhapatnam
b) Busan
c) Chennai
d) Seoul

Q. What is the flat customs duty on shipments from India to the U.S. under the new DDP mechanism?
a) 25% of declared FOB value
b) 40% of declared FOB value
c) 50% of declared FOB value
d) 60% of declared FOB value

Q: Which Indian city will host Google’s largest AI and data infrastructure hub outside the U.S.?
a) Bengaluru
b) Hyderabad
c) Visakhapatnam
d) Pune

Q. Who won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their work on innovation and “creative destruction”?
a) Paul Krugman, Milton Friedman, and Ben Bernanke
b) Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt
c) Simon Johnson, James Robinson, and Daron Acemoglu
d) Ragnar Frisch, Jan Tinbergen, and Nikolaas Tinbergen

Q. Who is the President of Mongolia who visited India in October 2025?
a) Khaltmaagiin Battulga
b) Khurelsukh Ukhnaa
c) Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene
d) Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

Q.: In October 2025, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that recruitment for the Railway Protection Force (RPF) will be conducted every year. Which organisation has been entrusted with conducting this recruitment?
a) Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
b) Railway Recruitment Board (RRB)
c) Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
d) National Recruitment Agency (NRA)

Q: The Exercise AUSTRAHIND 2025 between India and Australia, held at Perth from 13–26 October 2025, was led by which regiment of the Indian Army?

A. Rajput Regiment
B. Sikh Regiment
C. Gorkha Rifles
D. Madras Regiment

Q: Afghan Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi’s visit to India from 9–16 October 2025 marked the first Taliban ministerial trip since 2021. Which religious institution did he visit during his stay to signal outreach to Indian Muslims?

A. Aligarh Muslim University
B. Jamia Millia Islamia
C. Darul Uloom Deoband
D. Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow

Q: The United Nations Troop Contributing Countries (UNTCC) Chiefs’ Conclave 2025 hosted by India will be held in which city?

A. Mumbai
B. Bengaluru
C. New Delhi
D. Hyderabad

Q. Maria Corina Machado, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025, is a political leader from which country?

A) Brazil
B) Colombia
C) Venezuela
D) Argentina

Q. In which event did India win a bronze medal at the BWF World Junior Championships 2025, held in Guwahati, Assam?

A) Men’s Singles
B) Women’s Doubles
C) Mixed Team Event
D) Men’s Doubles

Q. Before its upgradation in October 2025, what was the nature of India’s diplomatic presence in Kabul?

A) No diplomatic mission at all
B) A full-fledged embassy
C) A limited Technical Mission
D) A consulate office

Q. Who won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature?
A. Orhan Pamuk
B. Salman Rushdie
C. László Krasznahorkai
D. Kazuo Ishiguro

Q. Where was the first phase of the Israel–Hamas peace plan signed in October 2025?

A) Geneva, Switzerland
B) Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
C) Doha, Qatar
D) Jerusalem, Israel

Q. Who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025?
A. John Clarke, Michel Devoret, and John Martinis
B. Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi
C. Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and K. Barry Sharpless
D. Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer Doudna, and Feng Zhang

Q. Who is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who visited India in October 2025?
A. Rishi Sunak
B. Keir Starmer
C. Boris Johnson
D. Liz Truss

Q. When is World Mental Health Day observed every year?
A) 5 October
B) 10 October
C) 15 October
D) 20 October

Q. Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics 2025?
A. Peter Higgs, François Englert, and James Peebles
B. John Clarke, Michel Devoret, and John Martinis
C. Roger Penrose, Andrea Ghez, and Reinhard Genzel
D. Alain Aspect, John Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger

Q. When is the Indian Air Force Day celebrated every year?
A. 26 January
B. 15 August
C. 8 October
D. 4 December

Q. Where is the Navi Mumbai International Airport located?
A. Panvel
B. Ulwe, Navi Mumbai
C. Thane
D. Belapur

Q. What are the dates scheduled for polling in the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025?
A) 1st and 5th November
B) 4th and 9th November
C) 6th and 11th November
D) 8th and 12th November

Q. What is the theme of the Global Fintech Fest 2025, held in Mumbai from 7th to 9th October 2025?
A) Digital Finance for All
B) Fintech Innovation for Growth
C) Empowering Finance for a Better World Powered by AI
D) Sustainable and Inclusive Fintech

Q. Who won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?
A) Victor Ambros, Gary Ruvkun, and Mary Brunkow
B) Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi
C) Shimon Sakaguchi, Tasuku Honjo, and James Allison
D) Victor Ambros, Gary Ruvkun, and Shimon Sakaguchi