Current Affairs MCQ

Q. Who headed the Supreme Court Collegium that recommended the appointment of Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Vipul Pancholi to the Supreme Court in August 2025?
a) Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
b) Justice N.V. Ramana
c) Justice B.R. Gavai
d) Justice U.U. Lalit

Q. The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) completed how many years on 28 August 2025?
a) 10 years
b) 11 years
c) 12 years
d) 9 years

Q. Under the restructured PM SVANidhi Scheme in August 2025, what is the revised loan amount for the first tranche?
a) ₹10,000 → ₹12,000
b) ₹10,000 → ₹15,000
c) ₹15,000 → ₹20,000
d) ₹20,000 → ₹25,000

Q. On 26 August 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Maruti-Suzuki’s first Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV). What is its name?
A) e BALENO
B) e VITARA
C) e SWIFT
D) e DZIRE

Q. Who popularised Ganesh Chaturthi as a public celebration in the late 19th century?
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Rabindranath Tagore
d) Dadabhai Naoroji

Q. The U.S. announced 50% tariffs on Indian imports effective from 27 August 2025. What was the main reason cited for imposing these additional tariffs?

a) India’s export subsidies and currency manipulation
b) India’s high tariffs, trade barriers, and close ties with Russia
c) India’s environmental and climate policies
d) India’s rising software and IT exports

Q. In which weight category did Mirabai Chanu win Gold at the 2025 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Ahmedabad?
a) 49kg
b) 48kg
c) 50kg
d) 45kg

Q. When and where did ISRO successfully conduct the first Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-01) for the Gaganyaan mission?
a) 15 Aug 2025, Chandipur
b) 24 Aug 2025, Sriharikota
c) 19 Aug 2025, Bengaluru
d) 25 Aug 2025, Ahmedabad

Q. According to Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2023-24, what is India’s women’s workforce participation rate (WPR)?
a) 22%
b) 34.5%
c) 40.3%
d) 47.5%

Q. Which team won the Durand Cup 2025?
A) East Bengal
B) Jamshedpur FC
C) NorthEast United FC
D) Diamond Harbour FC

Q. Where was India’s first Removable Solar Panel pilot project launched in August 2025?
a) Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai
b) Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), Varanasi
c) Diesel Loco Shed, Bhopal
d) North Western Railway Workshop, Jaipur

Q. Who was appointed as India’s new Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA) in August 2025?
a) Rajinder Khanna
b) Anish Dayal Singh
c) T.V. Ravichandran
d) Pawan Kapoor

Q. Who won the gold medal for India in the 72kg category at the U20 World Wrestling Championships 2025 in Bulgaria?
a) Priya Malik
b) Kajal Dochak
c) Reena
d) Shruti

Q. The National Space Day was celebrated in India on 23 August 2025 to commemorate the successful soft landing of which mission?
a) Chandrayaan-1
b) Chandrayaan-2
c) Chandrayaan-3
d) Mangalyaan

Q. On 22 August 2025, the Supreme Court modified its earlier order regarding stray dogs in Delhi-NCR. According to the new order, stray dogs may be released back to their original areas only after:
A) Rabies treatment only
B) Sterilisation and vaccination
C) MCD registration
D) Adoption by animal lovers

Q. Which type of games are banned under the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025?
a) Social/Educational Games
b) Esports
c) Online Money Games involving betting/wagering
d) Adventure-based Games

Q. Who is the current Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) as of August 2025?
a) K. Sivan
b) S. Somnath
c) V. Narayanan
d) G. Madhavan Nair

Q. What is the name of Uranus’s newly discovered 29th moon in 2025?
a) S/2025 U1
b) Ura-29
c) S/2025 M1
d) Neo-U1

Q. Which Indian authority partnered with Starlink in 2025 for Aadhaar-Based Customer Verification in India?
a) TRAI
b) UIDAI
c) NITI Aayog
d) Ministry of Electronics & IT

Q. What is the range of Agni-5, the Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) successfully test-fired in August 2025 from Chandipur, Odisha?
a) 1,500 km
b) 3,000 km
c) 5,000+ km
d) 7,500 km

Q. Who will lead India in the 2025 Asia Cup T20 tournament in Abu Dhabi and Dubai from September 9 to 28, 2025?
A) Rohit Sharma
B) Virat Kohli
C) Suryakumar Yadav
D) Hardik Pandya

Q. Who has been named as the INDIA bloc’s (Opposition parties) candidate for the Vice Presidential election 2025?
a) CP Radhakrishnan
b) Jagdeep Dhankhar
c) Justice B. Sudershan Reddy
d) Mallikarjun Kharge

Q. India and China agreed to resume direct flight connectivity in August 2025. Flight services were suspended after which past events?
a) Pulwama Attack and Balakot Strikes
b) Kargil War and Mumbai Attacks
c) Doklam Standoff and 2020 Galwan Valley Clash
d) BRICS Summit and SCO Summit

Q. Name of the 12th India–Sri Lanka Naval Exercise held in Colombo in August 2025:
A) MILAN-25
B) SLINEX-25
C) VARUNA-25
D) INDRA-25

Q. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited India in August 2025 for the first time since which event?
A) Doklam Standoff 2017
B) Galwan Valley clashes 2020
C) SCO Summit 2023
D) BRICS Expansion 2024

Q. India aims to establish the Bharatiya Antariksh Station by which year?
A) 2030
B) 2035
C) 2040
D) 2047

Q. Who has been announced as the NDA’s candidate for the Vice Presidential Election 2025?
A) Jagdeep Dhankhar
B) JP Nadda
C) CP Radhakrishnan
D) Rajnath Singh

Q. Which Indian badminton player won the women’s singles title at the Malaysia International Challenge 2025?
A) PV Sindhu
B) Malvika Bansod
C) Devika Sihag
D) Isharani Baruah

Q. In August 2025, which global rating agency upgraded India’s sovereign credit rating to ‘BBB’?
A) Moody’s
B) Fitch
C) S&P Global Ratings
D) CRISIL

Q. The Trump–Putin summit of August 2025 in Alaska primarily focused on which issue?
A) NATO Expansion
B) Trade Agreements
C) Arms Control
D) Ukraine–Russia Conflict

Q. On 15 August 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered India’s longest-ever Independence Day speech. How long did it last?
A) 1 hour 20 minutes
B) 1 hour 30 minutes
C) 1 hour 43 minutes
D) 1 hour 50 minutes

Q. Who won the Masters Section of the Chennai Grand Masters 2025 chess tournament?
A) Arjun Erigaisi
B) Karthikeyan Murali
C) Vincent Keymer
D) Anish Giri

Q. Partition Horrors Remembrance Day is observed annually on which date?
a) 15 August
b) 14 August
c) 12 August
d) 9 August

Q. Which city has been proposed as the lead host for the 2030 Commonwealth Games in India’s bid?
A) Delhi
B) Bhubaneswar
C) Ahmedabad
D) Mumbai

Q. When will the host nation for the 2030 Commonwealth Games be announced?
A) August 2025, Delhi
B) September 2025, Toronto
C) November 2025, Glasgow
D) December 2025, London

Q. In 2025, India’s solar PV module manufacturing capacity reached what level, up from 2.3 GW in 2014?
A) 50 GW
B) 75 GW
C) 100 GW
D) 120 GW

Q. The Income-Tax Bill, 2025 replaces which earlier law?
a) Direct Tax Code, 2010
b) Wealth Tax Act, 1957
c) Income Tax Act, 1961
d) Taxation Laws Act, 1980

Q. India Bans Jute Imports from Bangladesh via Land Routes in August 2025, which port is now the only entry point for the banned jute products from Bangladesh?
a) Haldia Port
b) Paradip Port
c) Kolkata Port
d) Nhava Sheva Seaport

Q. Namrata Batra reached the final in which sport at the 2025 World Games?
A) Boxing
B) Wrestling
C) Wushu
D) Judo

Q. At which event will Australia formally recognize the State of Palestine in 2025?
A) G20 Summit
B) 80th UN General Assembly
C) Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
D) ASEAN Summit

Q. The Merchant Shipping Bill 2024, passed by Parliament in August 2025, will replace which Act?
A) Merchant Navy Act 1962
B) Indian Shipping Act 1947
C) Merchant Shipping Act 1958
D) Marine Transport Act 1970

Q. On which day is World Sanskrit Day (Vishva Samskrita Dinam) celebrated?
A) Ashadha Purnima
B) Shravana Purnima
C) Kartika Purnima
D) Chaitra Purnima

Q. First Freight Train Reaches Kashmir Valley on 9 August 2025 — this is part of which railway project?
A) Konkan Railway Project
B) Udhampur–Srinagar–Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL)
C) Himalayan Freight Corridor
D) Northern Railway Expansion Project

Q. What discount will passengers get under the new Railways round-trip package scheme, launched in August 2025?
A) 10%
B) 15%
C) 20%
D) 25%

Q. Where will US President Donald Trump meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 15, 2025?
A) Washington D.C.
B) New York
C) Alaska
D) Moscow

Q. What is the name of Asia’s longest freight train, 4.5 km long, that completed its trial run in August 2025?
A) Vajra
B) Rudrastra
C) Garuda
D) Agnivega

Q. What is the scheduled date for polling, if required, in the Vice-Presidential Election 2025?
A. August 25, 2025
B. August 30, 2025
C. September 9, 2025
D. September 5, 2025

Q. Who was the first recipient of the M.S. Swaminathan Award in 2025 for Food and Peace?
A) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
B) Dr. Vandana Shiva
C) Professor Adenle of Nigeria
D) Professor Yuan Longping

Q. Parliament passed the Coastal Shipping Bill, 2025 on 7 August 2025. What is the main objective of this Bill?
A) To ban foreign ships from Indian waters
B) To privatize all Indian ports
C) To boost India’s coastal cargo movement and strengthen the coastal economy
D) To merge coastal and air transport authorities

Q. What was the theme of National Handloom Day 2025, Celebrated on 7th August 2025?
A) Handloom for the Future
B) Threads of Unity
C) Weaving Innovation into Tradition
D) Atmanirbhar Bharat

Q. What is the current repo rate as per the RBI MPC meeting held on 6 August 2025?
A) 5.25%
B) 5.50%
C) 5.75%
D) 6.00%

Q. What is the total tariff rate announced by the US on Indian imports after the additional 25% hike in August 2025?
A) 25%
B) 35%
C) 45%
D) 50%

Q. Which area was most affected by the sudden rise in water levels during the Uttarkashi cloudburst in August 2025?
A. Yamunotri
B. Kheer Gadh near Dharali
C. Kedarnath Valley
D. Tehri Reservoir

Q. Where is Kartavya Bhavan-3 located, which houses key ministries like Home, External Affairs, MSME, Rural Development, DoPT, and Petroleum, and was inaugurated by PM Modi in August 2025?
A. Raisina Hill, New Delhi
B. Rajpath, New Delhi
C. Kartavya Path, New Delhi
D. Sansad Marg, New Delhi

Q. What was the final result of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy Test series 2025?
A. India won 3–2
B. England won 3–2
C. India won 2–1
D. Series drawn 2–2

Q. Which two global entities criticized India for importing oil from Russia, prompting a response from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in August 2025?
A. NATO and UN
B. China and Russia
C. United States and European Union
D. Australia and Japan

Q. According to IATA’s 2024 report, what position did India hold in the list of the world’s largest aviation markets?
A. 3rd
B. 5th
C. 6th
D. 4th

Q. Where was India’s first Make-in-India Green Hydrogen Plant in the port sector inaugurated?
A. Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Maharashtra
B. Deendayal Port Authority, Kandla
C. Paradip Port, Odisha
D. Visakhapatnam Port, Andhra Pradesh

Q. What is the theme of the BIMSTEC Traditional Music Festival, held in New Delhi on 4 August 2025?
A. Rhythm of the Bay
B. Seven Sounds of Asia
C. SaptaSur: Seven Nations, One Melody
D. Musical Unity of Asia

Q. Who is the President of the Philippines who visited India for a State Visit in August 2025?
A. Rodrigo Duterte
B. Benigno Aquino III
C. Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
D. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Q. The Durand Cup, established in 1888, holds what distinction in football history?
A. First FIFA-sanctioned event in India
B. Oldest tournament in the world
C. Oldest football tournament in Asia and fifth oldest in the world
D. First tournament played under floodlights

Q. Which Hindi film won the Best Film award at the 71st National Film Awards?
A. Jawan
B. Sam Bahadur
C. 12th Fail
D. Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani

Q. Who was appointed as the new Prime Minister of Myanmar in July 2025?
A. Aung San Suu Kyi
B. Min Aung Hlaing
C. U Nyo Saw
D. Win Myint

Q. Which U.S. company led by Elon Musk was granted a Unified License on 31 July 2025 to launch satellite internet services in India?
A. SpaceX
B. Blue Origin
C. Starlink
D. Tesla

Q. On July 31, 2025, the Union Cabinet approved a ₹2,000 crore grant-in-aid to which organization under a Central Sector Scheme?
A. NABARD
B. SIDBI
C. NITI Aayog
D. National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC)