Current Affairs Today: 8 and 9 june 2025
NATIONAL AFFAIRS – MCQs
PM Modi’s Visit to J&K (June 6, 2025)
- PM Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones of projects worth how much during his J&K visit in June 2025?
a) Rs 25,000 crore
b) Rs 30,000 crore
c) Rs 40,000 crore
d) Rs 46,000 crore
e) Rs 50,000 crore
Answer: d) Rs 46,000 crore
- Where did PM Modi inaugurate the Chenab Bridge in J&K?
a) Jammu
b) Srinagar
c) Katra
d) Reasi District
e) Udhampur
Answer: d) Reasi District
- How tall is the Chenab Bridge above the river?
a) 250 m
b) 300 m
c) 330 m
d) 359 m
e) 400 m
Answer: d) 359 m
- The Chenab Bridge is taller than the Eiffel Tower by—
a) 25 m
b) 30 m
c) 35 m
d) 40 m
e) 50 m
Answer: c) 35 m
- Which is India’s first cable-stayed rail bridge inaugurated in June 2025?
a) Bogibeel Bridge
b) Dhola-Sadiya Bridge
c) Anji Khad Bridge
d) Zojila Bridge
e) Chenab Bridge
Answer: c) Anji Khad Bridge
- From where did PM Modi flag off two Vande Bharat Express trains in J&K?
a) Jammu Tawi
b) Srinagar
c) Katra
d) Udhampur
e) Anantnag
Answer: c) Katra
- What is the estimated cost of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence?
a) Rs 200 crore
b) Rs 250 crore
c) Rs 300 crore
d) Rs 350 crore
e) Rs 400 crore
Answer: d) Rs 350 crore
Ayush Nivesh Saarthi Portal (May 2025)
- Who jointly launched the Ayush Nivesh Saarthi Portal?
a) Narendra Modi & Mansukh Mandaviya
b) Piyush Goyal & Prataprao Jadhav
c) Smriti Irani & Hardeep Puri
d) Rajnath Singh & Dharmendra Pradhan
e) Amit Shah & Sarbananda Sonowal
Answer: b) Piyush Goyal & Prataprao Jadhav
- Where was the Ayush Stakeholder Meet held?
a) Pragati Maidan
b) Vigyan Bhawan
c) Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi
d) Rashtrapati Bhawan
e) Hyderabad House
Answer: c) Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi
- The Ayush Nivesh Saarthi portal is focused on investment in which sector?
a) Renewable energy
b) Traditional medicine
c) Defence manufacturing
d) Fintech innovation
e) Start-up ecosystem
Answer: b) Traditional medicine
- Which organization collaborated with Ministry of Ayush to develop the portal?
a) CII
b) NASSCOM
c) Invest India
d) FICCI
e) NITI Aayog
Answer: c) Invest India
- What is the value of India’s Medical Value Travel sector mentioned in the portal?
a) USD 8 billion
b) USD 10 billion
c) USD 12 billion
d) USD 13 billion
e) USD 15 billion
Answer: d) USD 13 billion
Delhi’s Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)
- Where was India’s first 20 MW/40 MWh utility-scale BESS inaugurated?
a) Okhla
b) Connaught Place
c) Kilokari Substation, South Delhi
d) Dwarka
e) Rohini
Answer: c) Kilokari Substation, South Delhi
- Who inaugurated the BESS project in Delhi?
a) Arvind Kejriwal
b) Ashish Sood
c) Manish Sisodia
d) Gopal Rai
e) Nitin Gadkari
Answer: b) Ashish Sood
- Which type of battery technology is used in Delhi’s BESS?
a) Lead Acid
b) Nickel Cadmium
c) Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP)
d) Graphene
e) Sodium Ion
Answer: c) Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP)
- Which company partnered with BRPL for the Delhi BESS project?
a) NTPC
b) IndiGrid
c) ONGC
d) PGCIL
e) Reliance New Energy
Answer: b) IndiGrid
Telangana–Kitakyushu Pact
- Which Japanese city signed a pact with Telangana for sustainable development?
a) Osaka
b) Tokyo
c) Kyoto
d) Kitakyushu
e) Nagoya
Answer: d) Kitakyushu
- Which Telangana project will follow the Eco-Town model?
a) Cyberabad Smart City
b) Musi River Eco Park
c) 80-acre Eco-town in Hyderabad
d) Hyderabad Pharma City
e) Kakatiya Mega Textile Park
Answer: c) 80-acre Eco-town in Hyderabad
- Which river rejuvenation project will use Kitakyushu’s expertise?
a) Krishna
b) Godavari
c) Musi
d) Tungabhadra
e) Bhima
Answer: c) Musi
GPDRR & Sasakawa Award (June 2025)
- Where was the 8th GPDRR held in June 2025?
a) Rome
b) New Delhi
c) Paris
d) Geneva
e) Tokyo
Answer: d) Geneva
- What was the theme of GPDRR 2025?
a) Build Back Better
b) Every Day Counts: Act for Resilience Today
c) Sustainable Recovery for All
d) Climate Justice Now
e) Global Action, Local Impact
Answer: b) Every Day Counts: Act for Resilience Today
- Who won the UN Sasakawa Award 2025 for DRR (individual category)?
a) Rajiv Gauba
b) Kamal Kishore
c) Mrutyunjay Mohapatra
d) Randeep Guleria
e) Nitin Gadkari
Answer: c) Mrutyunjay Mohapatra
Tata Steel SEZL & WEF
- Which industrial park was inducted into WEF’s Transitioning Industrial Clusters Initiative?
a) Angul Industrial Park
b) Dhamra Port Park
c) Gopalpur Industrial Park
d) Jharsuguda Industrial Park
e) Paradeep SEZ
Answer: c) Gopalpur Industrial Park
- The WEF Transitioning Industrial Clusters Initiative was launched during which COP?
a) COP24
b) COP25
c) COP26
d) COP27
e) COP28
Answer: c) COP26
RBI Monetary Policy (June 2025)
- RBI’s GDP growth forecast for FY26 is—
a) 6.0%
b) 6.2%
c) 6.3%
d) 6.5%
e) 6.7%
Answer: d) 6.5%
- The LTV ratio for small-ticket gold loans was raised to—
a) 70%
b) 75%
c) 80%
d) 85%
e) 90%
Answer: d) 85%
- India’s forex reserves as of May 30, 2025 were—
a) USD 650 bn
b) USD 670 bn
c) USD 680 bn
d) USD 691.5 bn
e) USD 700 bn
Answer: d) USD 691.5 bn
- Who chaired RBI’s 55th MPC meeting in June 2025?
a) Shaktikanta Das
b) Sanjay Malhotra
c) Urjit Patel
d) Raghuram Rajan
e) Nagesh Kumar
Answer: b) Sanjay Malhotra
NSE & L&T ESG Initiatives
- NSE Sustainability was registered by SEBI as—
a) Credit Rating Agency
b) ESG Rating Provider (ERP)
c) Investment Advisor
d) Mutual Fund Operator
e) Insurance Rating Agency
Answer: b) ESG Rating Provider (ERP)
- Which company issued India’s first SEBI-compliant ESG bond?
a) Adani Green
b) NTPC
c) Tata Power
d) Larsen & Toubro (L&T)
e) JSW Energy
Answer: d) Larsen & Toubro (L&T)
Flipkart NBFC License
- Which Indian e-commerce firm secured NBFC license from RBI in 2025?
a) Amazon India
b) Meesho
c) Flipkart
d) Snapdeal
e) Paytm Mall
Answer: c) Flipkart
- What is the name of Flipkart’s NBFC entity?
a) Flipkart Capital
b) Flipkart Finance Private Limited
c) Flipkart Credit Services
d) Flipkart Lending Corp
e) Super.money Finance
Answer: b) Flipkart Finance Private Limited
Air India–Icelandair Agreement
- Which European airline signed a codeshare agreement with Air India in June 2025?
a) Lufthansa
b) British Airways
c) Icelandair
d) Air France
e) KLM
Answer: c) Icelandair
- The Air India–Icelandair deal was announced during which event?
a) India Aviation Expo
b) COP29
c) IATA 81st AGM
d) WEF Davos
e) G20 Summit
Answer: c) IATA 81st AGM
IIT Kharagpur–IME MoU
- IIT Kharagpur signed an MoU with IME, which belongs to—
a) Japan
b) Singapore
c) South Korea
d) Taiwan
e) USA
Answer: b) Singapore
- This MoU focuses on which area of research?
a) Renewable energy
b) Semiconductor technology
c) Space science
d) Artificial intelligence
e) Cybersecurity
Answer: b) Semiconductor technology
AP Govt–ISRO MoU
- AP Govt signed an MoU with ISRO to strengthen which platform?
a) BHUVAN
b) PRAGATI
c) AWARE
d) GAGAN
e) NavIC
Answer: c) AWARE
Sports
- Who won the Norway Chess 2025 Open section?
a) Fabiano Caruana
b) D Gukesh
c) Magnus Carlsen
d) Hikaru Nakamura
e) Ian Nepomniachtchi
Answer: c) Magnus Carlsen
- Which Indian GM finished 3rd in Norway Chess 2025?
a) Vidit Gujrathi
b) R Praggnanandhaa
c) Arjun Erigaisi
d) D Gukesh
e) Nihal Sarin
Answer: d) D Gukesh
- Who won the Women’s Norway Chess 2025 title?
a) Koneru Humpy
b) Lei Tingjie
c) Anna Muzychuk
d) R Vaishali
e) Ju Wenjun
Answer: c) Anna Muzychuk
- Which Indian leg-spinner retired from all cricket on June 6, 2025?
a) Yuzvendra Chahal
b) Amit Mishra
c) Piyush Chawla
d) Pragyan Ojha
e) Kuldeep Yadav
Answer: c) Piyush Chawla
Obituary
- Edgar Lungu, who passed away in June 2025, was the former President of—
a) Kenya
b) Tanzania
c) Zambia
d) Malawi
e) Zimbabwe
Answer: c) Zambia
Important Days
- World Food Safety Day is observed annually on—
a) June 5
b) June 6
c) June 7
d) June 8
e) June 9
Answer: c) June 7
- The theme of World Food Safety Day 2025 was—
a) Safe Food for All
b) Zero Hunger, Safe Food
c) Food safety: science in action
d) Healthy Food, Healthy Life
e) Nutrition First
Answer: c) Food safety: science in action
State News
- Which state notified Greater Flamingo Sanctuary at Dhanushkodi in June 2025?
a) Kerala
b) Gujarat
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Odisha
e) Maharashtra
Answer: c) Tamil Nadu
- What is the area of the Greater Flamingo Sanctuary in Dhanushkodi?
a) 400 ha
b) 450 ha
c) 500 ha
d) 524.78 ha
e) 550 ha
Answer: d) 524.78 ha
- Which endangered species will benefit from the Assam–Meghalaya Kulsi River project protection plan?
a) Snow Leopard
b) Olive Ridley Turtle
c) Gangetic River Dolphin
d) Great Indian Bustard
e) Red Panda
Answer: c) Gangetic River Dolphin
- The Assam–Meghalaya hydropower project is planned on which river?
a) Teesta
b) Barak
c) Kulsi
d) Manas
e) Kopili
Answer: c) Kulsi
