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Q. Mauritius PM Dr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam, who visited India from September 9–16, 2025, has ancestral roots in which Indian state?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Bihar
c) Gujarat
d) Tamil Nadu
Q. Fitch Ratings recently (in September 2025) revised India’s GDP growth forecast for FY2025 from:
a) 6.0% to 6.5%
b) 6.5% to 6.9%
c) 6.8% to 7.2%
d) 7.0% to 7.5%
Q. The 17th Asia Cup 2025 is being played from September 9–28, 2025 in which country?
a) India
b) Pakistan
c) UAE
d) Sri Lanka
Q. Which ministry launched Adi Sanskriti, the world’s first Digital Tribal University, launched?
a) Ministry of Culture
b) Ministry of Tribal Affairs
c) Ministry of Education
d) Ministry of Skill Development
Q. Who was elected as the 15th Vice President of India in September 2025?
a) Justice B. Sudershan Reddy
b) CP Radhakrishnan
c) Jagdeep Dhankhar
d) Venkaiah Naidu
Q. Who resigned as Prime Minister of Nepal on 9 September 2025?
a) Pushpa Kamal Dahal
b) Sher Bahadur Deuba
c) KP Sharma Oli
d) Ramesh Lekhak
Q. Who is the newly appointed head coach of the Indian football team in 2025?
a) Igor Stimac
b) Khalid Jamil
c) Stephen Constantine
d) Clifford Miranda
Q. In September 2025, massive youth-led protests by ‘Gen Z’ erupted in Kathmandu, Nepal. What was their main demand?
a) Restoration of dissolved Parliament
b) Withdrawal of social media ban
c) Reduction of fuel prices
d) Resignation of the Prime Minister
Q. Name of the Japanese Prime Minister who resigned in September 2025 after 11 months in office?
a) Fumio Kishida
b) Shigeru Ishiba
c) Shinjiro Koizumi
d) Sanae Takaichi
Q. Which Indian filmmaker won the Best Director award in the Orizzonti section at the 82nd Venice Film Festival (2025)?
a) Mira Nair
b) Anuparna Roy
c) Zoya Akhtar
d) Rima Das
Q. Who won the 2025 U.S. Open men’s singles title?
a) Novak Djokovic
b) Rafael Nadal
c) Jannik Sinner
d) Carlos Alcaraz
Q. Which team won the 2025 Men’s Asia Cup Hockey Championship held Rajgir, Bihar ?
a) Pakistan
b) Japan
c) India
d) South Korea
Q. Who is the current Prime Minister of Bhutan who visited India in September 2025?
a) Lotay Tshering
b) Tshering Tobgay
c) Jigme Khesar Namgyel
d) Lyonpo Dorji
Q. The Ganesh Visarjan ritual is traditionally performed on which day of the Hindu lunar calendar?
a) Ashtami Tithi of Bhadrapada
b) Dashami Tithi of Bhadrapada
c) Chaturdashi Tithi of Bhadrapada
d) Purnima Tithi of Bhadrapada
Q. Teachers’ Day in India is celebrated on September 5th to mark the birth anniversary of which former President of India?
a) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
b) Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
d) Dr. Zakir Husain
Q. Which legendary king’s annual return is celebrated during Onam?
a) King Ashoka
b) King Vikramaditya
c) King Mahabali
d) King Harsha
Q. What GST slabs were retained after scrapping the 12% and 28% rates in September 2025?
a) 5% and 18%
b) 12% and 18%
c) 5% and 28%
d) 0% and 12%
Q. As per the new Guidelines issued in Sept 2025 for Co-location of Anganwadi Centres, where will the Anganwadi Centres be located?
a) Inside Primary Health Centres
b) In Community Halls
c) Within School Premises
d) At Panchayat Offices
Q. The ₹1,500 crore Incentive Scheme approved by the Government in September 2025 to develop recycling capacity of critical minerals will be implemented under which mission?
a) Make in India Mission
b) National Mineral Development Mission
c) National Critical Mineral Mission (NCMM)
d) Self-Reliant Minerals Initiative
Q. Who is the current Prime Minister of Singapore who visited India in September 2025?
a) Lee Hsien Loong
b) Lawrence Wong
c) Tharman Shanmugaratnam
d) Halimah Yacob
Q. Where is Tata Electronics building India’s first semiconductor fabrication plant?
a) Bengaluru, Karnataka
b) Dholera, Gujarat
c) Noida, Uttar Pradesh
d) Hyderabad, Telangana
Q. Who chaired the 56th GST Council Meeting held in New Delhi on 3 September 2025?
a) Prime Minister Narendra Modi
b) Nirmala Sitharaman
c) Piyush Goyal
d) Rajnath Singh
Q. What is the name of India’s first fully Made-in-India semiconductor chip unveiled in 2025?
a) Shakti-2101
b) Vikram-3201
c) Aryabhata-2000
d) Chandrayaan-1601
Q. Where was Semicon India 2025 held from 2–4 September 2025?
a) Bengaluru
b) Gandhinagar
c) Greater Noida
d) New Delhi (Yashobhoomi)
Q. The 21st edition of the India–US Joint Military Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2025, from 1–14 September 2025 held at:
a) Fort Wainwright, Alaska
b) Fort Bragg, North Carolina
c) Fort Hood, Texas
d) Camp Humphreys, South Korea
Q. Who has been appointed as the 29th Controller General of Accounts (CGA) in September 2025?
a) Meena Agarwal
b) TCA Kalyani
c) Arvind Saxena
d) Soma Roy Burman
Q. The 25th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Heads of State Council Summit (2025) was held in:
A. Beijing
B. Tianjin
C. Moscow
D. New Delhi
Q. Which Indian organisation won the 2025 Ramon Magsaysay Award?
A. Pratham Foundation
B. Smile Foundation
C. Educate Girls (Foundation to Educate Girls Globally)
D. Akshaya Patra Foundation
Q: During his Tokyo visit, PM Modi announced a target of how much Japanese investment in India over the next 10 years?
a) 5 trillion yen
b) 7 trillion yen
c) 8 trillion yen
d) 10 trillion yen
Q. What was India’s GDP growth rate in the April–June quarter of 2025-26?
a) 6.5%
b) 7.0%
c) 7.8%
d) 8.2%
Q. National Sports Day (29 August) marks the birth anniversary of which legendary Indian sportsperson?
a) Kapil Dev
b) P. T. Usha
c) Major Dhyan Chand
d) Milkha Singh
Q. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-nation tour from August 29–September 1, 2025, covers which two countries?
a) Japan and South Korea
b) Japan and China
c) China and Russia
d) South Korea and Vietnam
Q. Who has been appointed as India’s next High Commissioner to Canada in August 2025?
a) Sanjay Kumar Verma
b) Dinesh K. Patnaik
c) Vikram Misri
d) S. Jaishankar
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