Current Affairs  Q & A

1. Who is the current President of India as of January 2025?

A) Ram Nath Kovind

B) Droupadi Murmu

C) Narendra Modi

D) Pranab Mukherjee

2. Which country hosted the G20 Summit in 2023?

A) USA

B) India

C) Indonesia

D) Brazil

3. What is the name of India’s lunar mission that successfully landed near the Moon’s South Pole in 2023?

A) Chandrayaan-2

B) Chandrayaan-3

C) Mangalyaan-2

D) Gaganyaan

4. Who won the 2023 Cricket World Cup?

A) England

B) Australia

C) India

D) New Zealand

5. Which Indian state recently became the first to implement a Uniform Civil Code?

A) Gujarat

B) Maharashtra

C) Uttarakhand

D) Madhya Pradesh

6. What is the name of India’s indigenously built aircraft carrier commissioned in 2022?

A) INS Vikrant

B) INS Vikramaditya

C) INS Arihant

D) INS Vishal

7. Which organisation announced ChatGPT, the AI chatbot that became widely popular in 2023?

A) Google

B) Meta

C) OpenAI

D) Microsoft

8. Who became the Chief Justice of India in November 2024?

A) DY Chandrachud

B) Sanjiv Khanna

C) NV Ramana

D) UU Lalit

9. Which Indian city hosted the G20 Summit in September 2023?

A) Mumbai

B) New Delhi

C) Bengaluru

D) Hyderabad

10. What is India’s target year for achieving net-zero carbon emissions?

A) 2050

B) 2060

C) 2070

D) 2080

11. Which payment system in India crossed 10 billion monthly transactions in 2023?

A) NEFT

B) RTGS

C) UPI

D) IMPS

12. Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2023?

A) Jon Fosse

B) Abdulrazak Gurnah

C) Annie Ernaux

D) Louise Glück

13. Which Indian state has the highest literacy rate as per recent data?

A) Tamil Nadu

B) Maharashtra

C) Kerala

D) Goa

14. What is the name of India’s first solar mission launched in 2023?

A) Surya-1

B) Aditya-L1

C) Solar Orbiter

D) Helios

15. Who is the current Chief Minister of Telangana (as of January 2025)?

A) K Chandrashekar Rao

B) A Revanth Reddy

C) N Chandrababu Naidu

D) YS Jagan Mohan Reddy

16. Which country became the fifth-largest economy in the world in 2024?

A) France

B) UK

C) India

D) Brazil

17. What is the theme of International Women’s Day 2024?

A) Gender Equality Today

B) Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress

C) Women in Leadership

D) Breaking Barriers

18. Which Indian cricketer became the first to score 50 ODI centuries?

A) Rohit Sharma

B) Virat Kohli

C) Sachin Tendulkar

D) MS Dhoni

19. What is the full form of BRICS?

A) Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa

B) Brazil, Romania, India, China, Spain

C) Belgium, Russia, Iran, China, Sudan

D) Brazil, Russia, Iceland, Canada, Switzerland

20. Which Indian state recently renamed three cities, including Prayagraj?

A) Madhya Pradesh

B) Uttar Pradesh

C) Bihar

D) Rajasthan

21. Who is the current Finance Minister of India?

A) Arun Jaitley

B) P Chidambaram

C) Nirmala Sitharaman

D) Piyush Goyal

22. Which app became India’s first super app to cross 500 million users in 2023?

A) WhatsApp

B) Paytm

C) PhonePe

D) Google Pay

23. What is the name of the world’s tallest statue, located in India?

A) Statue of Unity

B) Statue of Liberty

C) Chhatrapati Shivaji Statue

D) Buddha Statue

24. Which organisation regulates digital payments in India?

A) SEBI

B) RBI

C) NPCI

D) IRDAI

25. What does SDG stand for in the United Nations context?

A) Standard Development Goals

B) Sustainable Development Goals

C) Strategic Defense Goals

D) Social Development Guidelines

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