1. Which Indian institute was designated as a Category A Rinderpest Holding Facility in 2025?
a) ICAR–IVRI, Bareilly
b) ICAR–NIHSAD, Bhopal
c) ICAR–NIVEDI, Bengaluru
d) ICAR–NBAGR, Karnal
e) ICAR–CARI, Port Blair
Answer: b) ICAR–NIHSAD, Bhopal
2. Category A RHF status allows storage of which materials?
a) Only vaccine stocks
b) Only attenuated strains
c) Diagnostic kits only
d) All rinderpest virus–containing materials (excluding vaccine stocks)
e) None of the above
Answer: d) All rinderpest virus–containing materials (excluding vaccine stocks)
3. ICAR–NIHSAD’s Category A recognition was announced during which event?
a) FAO General Conference 2025
b) WHO World Health Assembly 2025
c) WOAH 92nd General Session (May 25–29, 2025, Paris)
d) UNGA Special Session on Zoonoses 2025
e) G20 Health Ministers’ Meeting 2025
Answer: c) WOAH 92nd General Session (May 25–29, 2025, Paris)
4. Who received the WOAH–FAO certificate on India’s behalf?
a) Dr. Emmanuelle Soubeyran
b) Alka Upadhyaya
c) Susana Pombo
d) Atul Chaturvedi
e) Parshottam Rupala
Answer: b) Alka Upadhyaya
5. With NIHSAD’s inclusion, India joined how many global Category A RHF facilities?
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6
e) 8
Answer: d) 6
6. The Digital India programme was launched on:
a) 26 January 2015
b) 15 August 2014
c) 1 July 2015
d) 2 October 2016
e) 1 July 2014
Answer: c) 1 July 2015
7. Digital India’s coordinating department is:
a) DoT
b) NIC
c) NITI Aayog
d) MeitY (DeitY at launch)
e) MyGov
Answer: d) MeitY (DeitY at launch)
8. India’s internet connections rose from 25.15 crore (Mar 2014) to approximately what by June 2024?
a) 55.10 crore
b) 75.22 crore
c) 96.96 crore
d) 110.00 crore
e) 125.40 crore
Answer: c) 96.96 crore
9. Total telephone connections in India (Apr 2025) crossed:
a) 80 crore
b) 100 crore
c) 120+ crore
d) 140 crore
e) 160 crore
Answer: c) 120+ crore
10. Aadhaar IDs generated as of April 2025 are about:
a) 120.00 crore
b) 130.50 crore
c) 141.88 crore
d) 150.00 crore
e) 160.25 crore
Answer: c) 141.88 crore
11. The Global Yoga Connect 2025 summit theme was:
a) Yoga for Health and Harmony
b) Yoga for Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
c) Yoga for One Earth, One Health
d) Yoga for Global Peace
e) Yoga for All
Answer: c) Yoga for One Earth, One Health
12. The main IDY 2025 celebration venue is:
a) Delhi
b) Jaipur
c) Visakhapatnam
d) Rishikesh
e) Lucknow
Answer: c) Visakhapatnam
13. Which report assessed a decade of IDY impact?
a) Yoga Drishti
b) Yogic Insights
c) Yoga Prabhava
d) Yoga Sankalp
e) IDY Impact Atlas
Answer: c) Yoga Prabhava
14. The e-book released at Yoga Connect 2025 included:
a) Yoga Sutras Revisited
b) IDY – The Yogic Path of a Statesman’s Vision
c) Yogic Diet Compendium
d) Ayurveda for All
e) Yoga for NCDs Handbook
Answer: b) IDY – The Yogic Path of a Statesman’s Vision
15. PU signed an MoU with which policy think tank?
a) NCAER
b) ICRIER
c) RIS
d) CPR
e) IDSA
Answer: c) RIS
16. The RIS University Connect Hub MoU with PU focuses on:
a) Only trade remedies
b) Defence diplomacy
c) Global development, South–South cooperation, public policy
d) Nuclear energy policy
e) Only climate finance
Answer: c) Global development, South–South cooperation, public policy
17. University of Aberdeen’s first India campus will be in:
a) Pune
b) Mumbai (Fort)
c) Navi Mumbai
d) Bengaluru
e) Hyderabad
Answer: c) Navi Mumbai
18. The Aberdeen India campus plans to start operations by:
a) 2025
b) 2026
c) 2027
d) 2028
e) 2029
Answer: b) 2026
19. MSC Bank’s cyber initiative “Sahakar Suraksha” is India’s first C-SOC for:
a) Commercial banks
b) NBFCs
c) Payment banks
d) Cooperative banks
e) Small finance banks
Answer: d) Cooperative banks
20. “Sahakar Suraksha” will primarily serve how many DCCBs in Maharashtra?
a) 21
b) 31
c) 36
d) 42
e) 50
Answer: b) 31
21. The 3rd UN Ocean Conference (UNCO3) in 2025 was jointly hosted by:
a) France & India
b) France & Costa Rica
c) Spain & Portugal
d) Italy & Brazil
e) Greece & Morocco
Answer: b) France & Costa Rica
22. UNCO3 2025 theme was:
a) Ocean Action Now
b) Accelerating action and mobilizing all actors to conserve and sustainably use the ocean
c) Blue Growth for All
d) Saving the Seas Together
e) Ocean Resilience 2030
Answer: b) Accelerating action and mobilizing all actors to conserve and sustainably use the ocean
23. Which initiative launched at UNCO3 targets ocean-focused climate action?
a) Blue Bonds Alliance
b) Ocean NAPs
c) Blue NDC Challenge
d) SeaChange Accord
e) Marine NET Zero Pact
Answer: c) Blue NDC Challenge
24. At UNCO3, how many countries ratified the High Seas Treaty during a special event?
a) 10
b) 12
c) 18
d) 24
e) 30
Answer: c) 18
25. India’s presentation at the 113th ILO Conference highlighted progress in:
a) Only industrial safety
b) Employment, social security, labour reforms
c) Maritime labour only
d) Wage code alone
e) Gig economy code
Answer: b) Employment, social security, labour reforms
26. The ILC 2025 adopted first global labour standards focused on preventing:
a) Chemical exposure
b) Physical hazards
c) Ergonomic risks
d) Workplace biological hazards
e) Psychosocial hazards
Answer: d) Workplace biological hazards
27. SIPRI Yearbook 2025 estimated India’s nuclear warheads at:
a) 165
b) 170
c) 172
d) 180
e) 190
Answer: d) 180
28. SIPRI flagged India’s advancement with which missile feature?
a) Ramjet only
b) Scramjet
c) Canisterised missiles with MIRV potential
d) Purely liquid fuel
e) Glide vehicle only
Answer: c) Canisterised missiles with MIRV potential
29. Arms revenues of the top 100 companies in 2023 were about:
a) USD 520 bn
b) USD 580 bn
c) USD 632 bn
d) USD 700 bn
e) USD 750 bn
Answer: c) USD 632 bn
30. Vietnam joined BRICS in 2025 as a:
a) Full member
b) Observer
c) Dialogue partner
d) Partner country
e) Associate member
Answer: d) Partner country
31. The BRICS partner country category was created at which summit?
a) Goa 2016
b) Johannesburg 2018
c) New Delhi 2021
d) Kazan 2024 (16th BRICS Summit)
e) Cape Town 2023
Answer: d) Kazan 2024 (16th BRICS Summit)
32. As a partner, Vietnam can participate in:
a) Summits only
b) Summits, working groups, ministerials, projects (no full voting rights)
c) Only trade forums
d) NDB governance
e) None of these
Answer: b) Summits, working groups, ministerials, projects (no full voting rights)
33. UNGA proclaimed 2026 as International Year of the Woman Farmer to:
a) Promote agri-exports only
b) Recognize women’s role in agriculture & highlight challenges
c) Launch a global seed bank
d) Celebrate agri-technology
e) Mark FAO’s anniversary
Answer: b) Recognize women’s role in agriculture & highlight challenges
34. In India, approx. what share of economically active women are in agriculture?
a) 40%
b) 55%
c) ~80%
d) 25%
e) 10%
Answer: c) ~80%
35. Share of women agricultural landowners in India is around:
a) 5%
b) 10%
c) 14% (8.3% ownership by NFHS)
d) 25%
e) 33%
Answer: c) 14% (8.3% ownership by NFHS)
36. Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal’s June 2025 visit covered:
a) France & Germany
b) Switzerland & Sweden
c) Norway & Denmark
d) Italy & Spain
e) Belgium & Netherlands
Answer: b) Switzerland & Sweden
37. He co-chaired a roundtable on which Swiss sector?
a) Pharma
b) Banking
c) Machinery, Electrical & Metal (MEM)
d) Tourism
e) Watchmaking
Answer: c) Machinery, Electrical & Metal (MEM)
38. He co-chaired the 21st session of the India-Sweden JCEISC in:
a) Malmö
b) Stockholm
c) Gothenburg
d) Uppsala
e) Lund
Answer: b) Stockholm
39. David Beckham was knighted in June 2025 for contributions to:
a) Only football
b) Sport and charitable work
c) Entertainment
d) Diplomacy
e) Business
Answer: b) Sport and charitable work
40. Alongside Beckham, which fields saw knighthoods in the same list?
a) Science & tech
b) Film & music (e.g., Gary Oldman, Roger Daltrey)
c) Agriculture & health
d) Education & law
e) Architecture & design
Answer: b) Film & music (e.g., Gary Oldman, Roger Daltrey)
41. Who was appointed MD & Head of Meta India effective 1 July 2025?
a) Ajit Mohan
b) Sandhya Devanathan
c) Arun Srinivas
d) Manish Chopra
e) Kirthiga Reddy
Answer: c) Arun Srinivas
42. Arun Srinivas previously held senior roles at:
a) Amazon & Flipkart
b) P&G & PepsiCo
c) HUL, Ola, WestBridge; Head of Ads at Meta India
d) TCS & Infosys
e) WPP & Dentsu
Answer: c) HUL, Ola, WestBridge; Head of Ads at Meta India
43. China’s CSES-2 (Zhangheng 1-02) primarily monitors:
a) Only space debris
b) EM fields/waves, ionosphere & neutral atmosphere for disaster early warning
c) Only ocean salinity
d) Only CO₂
e) Only auroras
Answer: b) EM fields/waves, ionosphere & neutral atmosphere for disaster early warning
44. Zhangheng 1-02 was launched by which rocket?
a) Long March-4C
b) Long March-6
c) Long March-2D
d) Kuaizhou-1A
e) CZ-5B
Answer: c) Long March-2D
45. The CSES-2 mission life is designed for:
a) 3 years
b) 4 years
c) 6 years
d) 8 years
e) 10 years
Answer: c) 6 years
46. The China–Italy project nickname ‘Limadou’ honors:
a) Marco Polo
b) Matteo Ricci
c) Enrico Fermi
d) Galileo Galilei
e) Amerigo Vespucci
Answer: b) Matteo Ricci
47. GSL launched which 5th FPV for ICG in June 2025?
a) Ajeya
b) Ajeet
c) Achal
d) Ajinkya
e) Akshay
Answer: c) Achal
48. ICGS Achal’s top speed is about:
a) 22 knots
b) 24 knots
c) 27 knots
d) 30 knots
e) 34 knots
Answer: c) 27 knots
49. ICGS Achal’s propulsion uses:
a) Waterjets
b) Fixed pitch propellers
c) Gas turbines only
d) Controllable Pitch Propeller (CPP)
e) Nuclear propulsion
Answer: d) Controllable Pitch Propeller (CPP)
50. Team MGD1 won which title at FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Team Championship 2025?
a) Blitz champions
b) Rapid section champions
c) Overall champions
d) Mixed section
e) Youth section
Answer: b) Rapid section champions
51. Team MGD1 was led by which Indian GM?
a) D. Gukesh
b) R. Praggnanandhaa
c) Arjun Erigaisi
d) Vidit Gujrathi
e) Nihal Sarin
Answer: c) Arjun Erigaisi
52. Rapid section format for the 2025 team event was:
a) Round robin 10
b) Knockout
c) Pools + KO
d) 12-round Swiss
e) Double round robin
Answer: d) 12-round Swiss
53. Blitz section winners were:
a) Hexamind
b) KazChess
c) WR Chess (Germany)
d) MGD1
e) Freedom
Answer: c) WR Chess (Germany)
54. Each team lineup per match had to include at least:
a) 2 female players
b) 2 amateurs
c) 1 female and 1 amateur (<2000 rating)
d) Only titled players
e) 3 juniors
Answer: c) 1 female and 1 amateur (<2000 rating)
55. Jacinda Ardern’s 2025 memoir is titled:
a) Leading with Heart
b) Prime Ministerial Years
c) A Different Kind of Power
d) Empathy in Office
e) Courage to Care
Answer: c) A Different Kind of Power
56. Ardern became New Zealand’s PM at age:
a) 33
b) 35
c) 37
d) 39
e) 41
Answer: c) 37
57. The memoir highlights New Zealand’s swift reforms after which event?
a) Pike River mine disaster
b) Christchurch mosque attacks
c) Auckland floods
d) Kaikōura earthquake
e) White Island eruption
Answer: b) Christchurch mosque attacks
58. International Day of Family Remittances is observed on:
a) June 14
b) June 15
c) June 16
d) June 17
e) June 18
Answer: c) June 16
59. IDFR 2025 theme was:
a) Remittances: Lifelines
b) Remittances Financing Development
c) Remit for SDGs
d) Families First
e) Inclusion via Remittances
Answer: b) Remittances Financing Development
60. World Day to Combat Desertification & Drought (WDCDD) is observed on:
a) June 5
b) June 15
c) June 17
d) June 20
e) July 17
Answer: c) June 17
61. WDCDD 2025 theme was:
a) Land for Life
b) Restore the land. Unlock the opportunities
c) Act on Drought
d) Land Degradation Neutrality Now
e) Greening the Drylands
Answer: b) Restore the land. Unlock the opportunities
62. WDCDD marks the anniversary of which treaty?
a) CBD
b) UNCCD (1994)
c) UNFCCC
d) Ramsar
e) CITES
Answer: b) UNCCD (1994)
63. World Crocodile Day is observed on:
a) June 15
b) June 16
c) June 17
d) June 18
e) June 19
Answer: c) June 17
64. World Crocodile Day 2025 theme:
a) Save the Crocs
b) Crocs & Climate
c) Connecting crocodiles and communities
d) People for Crocs
e) Habitat for Crocs
Answer: c) Connecting crocodiles and communities
65. Which Indian state marked 50 years of a pioneering croc conservation programme in 2025?
a) Gujarat
b) Odisha
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Assam
e) Kerala
Answer: b) Odisha
66. Arunachal Pradesh declared 2025–35 as the:
a) Decade of Tourism
b) Decade of Hydropower
c) Decade of Roads
d) Decade of Startups
e) Decade of Forestry
Answer: b) Decade of Hydropower
67. Arunachal aims to harness roughly how much hydropower potential?
a) 25,000 MW
b) 35,000 MW
c) 58,000 MW
d) 70,000 MW
e) 90,000 MW
Answer: c) 58,000 MW
68. Free power share to Arunachal Pradesh from HEPs is:
a) 10% + 1% LDF
b) 12% + 1% for local development fund
c) 15% flat
d) 20%
e) 5% + 2% CSR
Answer: b) 12% + 1% for local development fund
69. Estimated annual free-power revenue by 2035 for Arunachal (from HEPs) is about:
a) Rs 2,000 crore
b) Rs 3,000 crore
c) Rs 4,525 crore
d) Rs 6,000 crore
e) Rs 8,000 crore
Answer: c) Rs 4,525 crore
70. The CCRYN stands for:
a) Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy
b) Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy
c) Council for Clinical Research in Yoga & Nature
d) Centre for Yoga Research & Naturopathy
e) Central Council for Yoga & Natural Healing
Answer: b) Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy
71. Which publication at Yoga Connect was a scientometric study of global Yoga research?
a) Yoga Metrics
b) Yoga Analytics 2025
c) Scientometric Analysis Report (CCRYN & Pahle India Foundation)
d) Yogic Bibliometry
e) Yoga Evidence Atlas
Answer: c) Scientometric Analysis Report (CCRYN & Pahle India Foundation)
72. The Indo–French ‘Nice Wake-up Call’ at UNCO3 was linked to an ambitious treaty on:
a) Blue bonds
b) Marine protected areas
c) Deep-sea mining
d) Plastics
e) High seas fisheries
Answer: d) Plastics
73. At the ILO Conference 2025, seven amendments were approved to which convention?
a) C.138
b) C.87
c) Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)
d) C.98
e) Occupational Safety Convention, 1981
Answer: c) Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)
74. Vietnam as BRICS partner gains:
a) NDB board voting rights
b) Veto power on declarations
c) Participation in BRICS activities without full voting rights
d) Automatic full membership in 2026
e) None
Answer: c) Participation in BRICS activities without full voting rights
75. International Day of Family Remittances was first observed by IFAD & World Bank in:
a) 2006
b) 2008
c) 2010
d) 2012
e) 2015
Answer: b) 2008
76. The WDCDD is also known since 2019 as:
a) Land Restoration Day
b) Drought Action Day
c) Desertification and Drought Day
d) Land Neutrality Day
e) Soil Saver Day
Answer: c) Desertification and Drought Day
77. MSC Bank’s C-SOC estimated setup cost was about:
a) Rs 10 crore
b) Rs 25 crore
c) Rs 50 crore
d) Rs 75 crore
e) Rs 100 crore
Answer: c) Rs 50 crore
78. The C-SOC “Sahakar Suraksha” operates with roughly how many cybersecurity professionals?
a) 15
b) 20
c) 35
d) 50
e) 75
Answer: c) 35
79. The University of Aberdeen India campus’ initial programmes will notably include:
a) Law & medicine
b) Computing/data science, business, economics, AI, MBA
c) Architecture & design
d) Agriculture & vet science
e) Marine biology
Answer: b) Computing/data science, business, economics, AI, MBA
80. ICAR–NIHSAD’s parent council is headquartered at:
a) Hyderabad
b) New Delhi (ICAR)
c) Pune
d) Bengaluru
e) Chennai
Answer: b) New Delhi (ICAR)
81. The Digital India share in national income in 2022–23 was about:
a) 9.50%
b) 10.25%
c) 11.74%
d) 12.90%
e) 13.42%
Answer: c) 11.74%
82. Projected digital economy share by 2024–25 is:
a) 12.25%
b) 13.42%
c) 14.00%
d) 15.50%
e) 16.25%
Answer: b) 13.42%
83. The Yoga Connect 2025 session focusing on women was titled:
a) Yoga Shakti
b) Yoga & Women’s Health
c) Yoga for Mothers
d) Nari Yog
e) Yogini Wellness
Answer: b) Yoga & Women’s Health
84. The “Blue NDC Challenge” was launched by which two nations?
a) India & France
b) USA & Costa Rica
c) Brazil & France
d) Japan & Portugal
e) Germany & Spain
Answer: c) Brazil & France
85. At UNCO3 sidelines, approx. how many countries signed the ambitious Plastics Treaty call?
a) 45
b) 60
c) 96
d) 110
e) 125
Answer: c) 96
86. India’s stance on the “Nice Wake-up Call” (Plastics Treaty) signatories list was:
a) Lead signatory
b) Co-drafter
c) Not among signatories
d) Observer
e) Endorser later
Answer: c) Not among signatories
87. ILO’s 113th ILC is often called the:
a) Labour Forum
b) Parliament of Labour
c) Social Pact Congress
d) Workers’ Assembly
e) Employers’ Council
Answer: b) Parliament of Labour
88. SIPRI lists how many nuclear-armed countries?
a) 7
b) 8
c) 9
d) 10
e) 11
Answer: c) 9
89. Vietnam’s capital is:
a) Ho Chi Minh City
b) Da Nang
c) Hue
d) Hanoi
e) Can Tho
Answer: d) Hanoi
90. The UNGA decision to mark 2026 as IYWF was adopted in:
a) 2022
b) 2023
c) May 2024
d) Jan 2025
e) Mar 2025
Answer: c) May 2024
91. Piyush Goyal attended which Swiss industry event in 2025?
a) SwissTech Summit
b) Swissmem Industry Day (18th edition)
c) Zurich Trade Expo
d) Davos Industry Forum
e) Geneva Innovation Day
Answer: b) Swissmem Industry Day (18th edition)
92. David Beckham’s club career did NOT include:
a) Manchester United
b) Real Madrid
c) Bayern Munich
d) LA Galaxy
e) Paris Saint-Germain
Answer: c) Bayern Munich
93. Meta India leadership change keeps Arun Srinivas reporting to:
a) Mark Zuckerberg
b) Chris Cox
c) Sandhya Devanathan (VP, India & SEA)
d) Javier Olivan
e) Nicola Mendelsohn
Answer: c) Sandhya Devanathan (VP, India & SEA)
94. CSES-2 collaborates internationally mainly with:
a) France
b) UK
c) Italy
d) Germany
e) Russia
Answer: c) Italy
95. ICG was established on:
a) 15 August 1971
b) 1 February 1977
c) 26 January 1980
d) 1 April 1975
e) 2 October 1976
Answer: b) 1 February 1977
96. Team WR Chess, Blitz champions, is based in:
a) Switzerland
b) Austria
c) Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
d) France
e) Netherlands
Answer: c) Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
97. IDFR was officially designated by UNGA via resolution in:
a) 2014
b) 2018 (A/RES/72/281)
c) 2020
d) 2022
e) 2023
Answer: b) 2018 (A/RES/72/281)
98. WDCDD was first observed in:
a) 1993
b) 1995
c) 1997
d) 2000
e) 2005
Answer: b) 1995
99. Odisha’s croc programme was initiated in:
a) 1965
b) 1970
c) 1975
d) 1980
e) 1985
Answer: c) 1975
100. Arunachal’s HEP investments (2025–35) are estimated over:
a) Rs 50,000 crore
b) Rs 1 lakh crore
c) Rs 2 lakh crore
d) Rs 3 lakh crore
e) Rs 4 lakh crore
Answer: c) Rs 2 lakh crore