Current Affairs Quiz — All time
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Who was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Government e Marketplace (GeM) with effect from 3 March 2025?
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Correct answer: D — Ajay Bhadoo
Ajay Bhadoo, Additional Secretary in the Department of Commerce, was appointed GeM CEO with effect from 3 March 2025.
Before joining the Department of Commerce, the new GeM CEO Ajay Bhadoo (appointed March 2025) served in which post?
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Correct answer: B — Deputy Election Commissioner
Ajay Bhadoo, a 1999-batch Gujarat-cadre IAS officer, earlier served as Deputy Election Commissioner at the Election Commission of India.
Which state recorded the highest number of dolphins in India's first riverine dolphin estimation report released on 3 March 2025?
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Correct answer: B — Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest numbers, followed by Bihar, West Bengal and Assam.
The first riverine dolphin estimation, whose report was released at Gir on 3 March 2025, surveyed how many rivers across how many states?
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Correct answer: A — 28 rivers in 8 states
The survey covered 28 rivers across eight states, with 3,150 mandays spent covering over 8,500 km.
What total number of dolphins was estimated in the first-ever riverine dolphin estimation report released by the PM on 3 March 2025?
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Correct answer: A — 6,327
The report estimated a total of 6,327 dolphins; 3,150 was the number of mandays and 8,500 km the distance surveyed.
According to NITI Aayog's report 'From Borrowers to Builders' launched on 3 March 2025, how many women were monitoring their credit as of December 2024?
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Correct answer: A — 27 million
As of December 2024, 27 million women were monitoring their credit, a 42% increase over the previous year.
Under NITI Aayog's Women Entrepreneurship Platform, which collaborative was mentioned at the launch of the 'From Borrowers to Builders' report on 3 March 2025?
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Correct answer: C — Financing Women Collaborative
NITI Aayog CEO B.V.R. Subrahmanyam said the Financing Women Collaborative (FWC) has been constituted under WEP and invited financial sector stakeholders to join it.
What was the theme of World Wildlife Day observed on 3 March 2025?
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Correct answer: C — Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Planet
The 2025 theme was 'Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Planet'. The other options were themes of earlier years.
According to the Environment Ministry's World Wildlife Day 2025 backgrounder, how much of its 2025-26 budget is earmarked for the Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats?
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Correct answer: D — ₹450 crore
₹450 crore is set aside for Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats out of the Ministry's total 2025-26 budget of ₹3,412.82 crore.
Fifteenth Finance Commission untied grants of about ₹699 crore, announced on 3 March 2025, were released for rural local bodies of which state?
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Correct answer: B — West Bengal
The grants went to 21 District Panchayats, 326 Block Panchayats and 3,220 Gram Panchayats in West Bengal.
The Indian Navy's East Coast Motor Car Rally Expedition was flagged off on 3 March 2025 from which naval establishment?
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Correct answer: B — INS Netaji, Kolkata
The rally was flagged off from INS Netaji, Kolkata, and will cover about 3,800 km before ending in Chennai on 21 March.
At the dairy sustainability workshop on 3 March 2025, Amit Shah said White Revolution 2.0 should aim for milk unions in what share of India's districts?
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Correct answer: A — 80%
He said the target should be a state-level union in every state and UT and milk unions in 80% of the country's districts.
Which film won Best Picture at the 97th Academy Awards held on 2 March 2025?
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Correct answer: D — Anora
'Anora' won Best Picture and four other awards; 'The Brutalist', 'Conclave' and 'Emilia Pérez' were among the other nominees.
Who won the Best Actor Oscar at the 97th Academy Awards on 2 March 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Adrien Brody
Adrien Brody won Best Actor for 'The Brutalist', his second win in the category; Kieran Culkin won Best Supporting Actor.
Which film won Best International Feature at the 97th Academy Awards (2 March 2025)?
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Correct answer: B — I'm Still Here (Brazil)
Brazil's 'I'm Still Here' won Best International Feature; 'No Other Land' won Best Documentary Feature.
Consider the following statements about the 97th Academy Awards held on 2 March 2025: 1. Sean Baker became the first person to win four Oscars for the same film. 2. Mikey Madison won Best Actress for 'Anora'. 3. The ceremony was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel at the Dolby Theatre. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — 1 and 2 only
Statements 1 and 2 are correct: Sean Baker won Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay and Editing for 'Anora', and Mikey Madison won Best Actress. Statement 3 is wrong: the 2025 ceremony at the Dolby Theatre was hosted by Conan O'Brien.
At the Kisan Aabhar Sammelan in Bhopal on 2 March 2025, Madhya Pradesh announced that farmers would get a permanent electricity connection for:
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Correct answer: D — ₹5
Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced that farmers would get a permanent electricity connection for just ₹5, starting with the central region.
How many solar pumps did Madhya Pradesh say it would give farmers over the next three years, as announced on 2 March 2025?
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Correct answer: D — 30 lakh
The state plans to give 30 lakh solar pumps over three years, at 10 lakh a year.
Which team won the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy, taking the title on first-innings lead when the final against Kerala in Nagpur was drawn on 2 March 2025?
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Correct answer: B — Vidarbha
Vidarbha won the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy on their 37-run first-innings lead over Kerala after the final at Nagpur was drawn on 2 March 2025.
Vidarbha's Harsh Dubey, Player of the Series in the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy, set the record for the most wickets in a Ranji season. How many wickets did he take?
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Correct answer: C — 69
Harsh Dubey took 69 wickets in the 2024-25 season, passing the 68 taken by Bihar's Ashutosh Aman in 2018-19.
The Ranji Trophy won by Vidarbha on 2 March 2025 was the team's:
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Correct answer: A — Third Ranji Trophy title
It was Vidarbha's third Ranji Trophy title, after their back-to-back wins in 2017-18 and 2018-19.
Which Indian bowler took 5 for 42 and was player of the match as India beat New Zealand in the Champions Trophy 2025 group match on 2 March 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Varun Chakravarthy
Varun Chakravarthy, playing his first match of the tournament, took 5 for 42 and was named player of the match.
By what margin did India beat New Zealand in their Champions Trophy 2025 Group A match in Dubai on 2 March 2025?
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Correct answer: B — 44 runs
India made 249 for 9 and bowled New Zealand out for 205, winning by 44 runs.
Which New Zealand bowler also took five wickets in the Champions Trophy 2025 match against India on 2 March 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Matt Henry
Matt Henry took 5 for 42 as New Zealand restricted India to 249 for 9.
The avalanche that hit a Border Roads Organisation camp near Mana village on 28 February 2025, whose rescue operation ended on 2 March 2025, occurred in which district of Uttarakhand?
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Correct answer: B — Chamoli
The avalanche struck the BRO camp near Mana village in Chamoli district; the rescue operation ended on 2 March 2025.
Of the 54 BRO workers buried in the Mana avalanche of 28 February 2025, how many were rescued alive by the time the operation ended on 2 March 2025?
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Correct answer: A — 46
46 of the 54 workers were rescued and eight died, according to the Army and the state disaster management authority.
Which equipment was airlifted from Delhi to help locate the last buried workers in the Mana avalanche rescue (2 March 2025)?
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Correct answer: C — A drone-based intelligent buried object detection system
A drone-based 'intelligent buried object detection system' was airlifted from Delhi to Joshimath to help find the last buried containers.
The Central Warehousing Corporation, which celebrated its 69th Foundation Day on 2 March 2025, was established in which year?
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Correct answer: C — 1957
The CWC was set up in 1957 and marked its 69th Foundation Day on 2 March 2025.
At CWC's 69th Foundation Day (2 March 2025), Pralhad Joshi said the government aims to bring logistics costs down to around what level?
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Correct answer: D — 8%
He said the National Logistics Policy and PM Gati Shakti aim to cut logistics costs from 13-14% to the global standard of around 8%.
Consider the following statements about the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), which marked its 69th Foundation Day on 2 March 2025: 1. The CWC is a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956. 2. The Warehousing Corporations Act, 1962, under which the CWC functions, is administered by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 2 only
The CWC is a statutory corporation constituted under the Warehousing Corporations Act, 1962 (Section 3), not a company under the Companies Act; that Act is administered by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Food and Public Distribution). Only the second statement is correct.
At which venue did UK PM Keir Starmer host the leaders' meeting on Ukraine on 2 March 2025?
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Correct answer: D — Lancaster House, London
The leaders' meeting on Ukraine was held at Lancaster House, London, where Starmer announced the four-point plan.
What name did Keir Starmer give to the group of countries that would defend a deal in Ukraine and guarantee the peace, announced after the London meeting of 2 March 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Coalition of the willing
Starmer said the UK, France and others would develop a 'coalition of the willing' to defend a deal in Ukraine and guarantee the peace.
According to the Election Commission's clarification of 2 March 2025, which platform will be updated to help allot a unique EPIC number to every registered elector?
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Correct answer: B — ERONET 2.0
The Commission said duplicate EPIC numbers will be rectified and the ERONET 2.0 platform will be updated to aid the process.
Consider the following statements in the context of the Election Commission's clarification on duplicate EPIC numbers (2 March 2025): 1. Under Article 324 of the Constitution, the superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls is vested in the Election Commission. 2. The identical EPIC numbers arose because some state CEO offices used the same alphanumeric series before the shift to ERONET. 3. The Commission said an elector with a duplicate EPIC number may vote in either of the two states concerned. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 1 and 2 only
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Article 324 vests superintendence of electoral rolls in the Election Commission, and the duplicates came from a decentralised, manual system before ERONET. Statement 3 is wrong: an elector can vote only at the designated polling station where enrolled.
PM Modi visited which temple on 2 March 2025, describing it as the first among the 12 Jyotirlingas, after the conclusion of the Maha Kumbh?
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Correct answer: D — Somnath
The PM prayed at Somnath Mandir in Gujarat, the first of the 12 Jyotirlingas, after the Maha Kumbh at Prayagraj.
Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar delivered the Fourth P. Parameswaran Memorial Lecture on 2 March 2025 in which city?
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Correct answer: A — Thiruvananthapuram
The lecture, organised by Bharatheeya Vicharakendram, was held in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
According to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 2 March 2025, how many drug traffickers were convicted in 12 NCB cases across India?
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Correct answer: C — 29
Courts convicted 29 drug traffickers in 12 different cases investigated by the Narcotics Control Bureau.
The National Innovation Foundation, which celebrated its Silver Jubilee on 2 March 2025, is an autonomous institute under which department?
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Correct answer: C — Department of Science and Technology
NIF is an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology; Dr Jitendra Singh released a postal stamp at its Silver Jubilee.
President Droupadi Murmu visited which UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Harappan Civilisation in Gujarat on 1 March 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Dholavira
The President visited Dholavira, on Khadir island in Kachchh district, which was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2021.
Dholavira, visited by the President on 1 March 2025, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in which year?
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Correct answer: C — 2021
Dholavira was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2021.
Under whose supervision did the ASI excavate Dholavira between 1990 and 2005?
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Correct answer: D — Dr Ravindra Singh Bisht
The ASI excavated Dholavira during 1990–2005 under the supervision of Dr Ravindra Singh Bisht.
Consider the following statements about Dholavira, visited by President Droupadi Murmu on 1 March 2025: 1. It is located on the arid island of Khadir in Kachchh district. 2. Excavations found habitation in seven cultural phases from 3000 to 1500 BCE. 3. It was the first Harappan site in India to be excavated, in the 1920s. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 1 and 2 only
Statements 1 and 2 are correct: Dholavira is on Khadir island in Kachchh and showed seven cultural phases from 3000 to 1500 BCE. Statement 3 is wrong: it was excavated by the ASI during 1990–2005.
At which university was the Swavalambini women entrepreneurship programme launched by Jayant Chaudhary on 1 March 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut
Swavalambini was launched at Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, and virtually at BHU, the University of Hyderabad and MANUU.
Which institute implements Swavalambini, the women entrepreneurship programme of MSDE and NITI Aayog launched on 1 March 2025?
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Correct answer: D — NIESBUD
Swavalambini is run under MSDE and implemented by the National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD), in partnership with NITI Aayog.
Consider the following statements about the Swavalambini programme launched on 1 March 2025: 1. It is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and NITI Aayog. 2. Its Women Entrepreneurship Development Programme is a 40-hour training for 300 selected students. 3. Its Faculty Development Programme is a six-month residential course. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: D — 1 and 2 only
Statements 1 and 2 are correct: MSDE runs Swavalambini with NITI Aayog, and the EDP is a 40-hour training for 300 selected students. Statement 3 is wrong: the Faculty Development Programme is a five-day training; six months is the mentorship period for participants.
Who assumed office as Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) on 1 March 2025?
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Correct answer: D — Dr Mayank Sharma
Dr Mayank Sharma, a 1989-batch IDAS officer, took charge as CGDA on 1 March 2025.
The new Controller General of Defence Accounts who took charge on 1 March 2025 earlier represented India at which UN body in Vienna?
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Correct answer: A — UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Dr Mayank Sharma served as India's Alternate Permanent Representative at the UNODC, among other UN bodies.
At the post-budget webinar on agriculture on 1 March 2025, PM Modi said what share of India's domestic pulse consumption still relies on imports?
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Correct answer: B — 20 percent
The PM said 20 percent of domestic pulse consumption still depends on imports, and called for higher production of tur, urad and masoor.
According to PM Modi's post-budget webinar address of 1 March 2025, India's agricultural production has risen from about 265 million tonnes a decade ago to over how much?
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Correct answer: C — 330 million tonnes
Agricultural production rose from about 265 million tonnes to over 330 million tonnes; horticulture output has exceeded 350 million tonnes.
How many new crop varieties did PM Modi say ICAR developed between 2014 and 2024, in his post-budget webinar address on 1 March 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Over 2,900
The PM said ICAR developed over 2,900 new varieties of grains, oilseeds, pulses, fodder and sugarcane between 2014 and 2024.
At the Manipur security review on 1 March 2025, Amit Shah directed that free movement be ensured on all roads in the state from which date?
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Correct answer: B — 8 March 2025
Amit Shah directed that free movement of people be ensured on all roads in Manipur from 8 March 2025.
Amit Shah directed on 1 March 2025 that fencing on both sides of designated entry points be completed along Manipur's international border with which country?
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Correct answer: A — Myanmar
Manipur's international border is with Myanmar; Shah asked for fencing on both sides of its designated entry points to be completed at the earliest.
What was India's cumulative coal production from April 2024 to February 2025, as reported by the Ministry of Coal on 1 March 2025?
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Correct answer: B — 928.95 MT
Cumulative production reached 928.95 MT, up 5.73% from 878.55 MT in the same period a year earlier.
By what percentage did coal production from captive and other entities grow in April 2024–February 2025, according to the Ministry of Coal?
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Correct answer: C — 30.16%
Captive and other entities produced 173.58 MT, up 30.16%; 31.90% was the growth in their dispatch and 5.73% the growth in total production.
Civil Accounts Day, celebrated for the 49th time on 1 March 2025, marks the foundation day of which service?
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Correct answer: B — Indian Civil Accounts Service
Civil Accounts Day marks the foundation day of the Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS); the 49th edition was held in New Delhi on 1 March 2025.
At the 49th Civil Accounts Day (1 March 2025), the Finance Minister said PFMS payments had grown from 2 crore in 2015 to how many in 2024?
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Correct answer: C — 250 crore
Nirmala Sitharaman said the volume of PFMS transactions went up from 2 crore payments in 2015 to 250 crore in 2024.
The northern portion of the Hyderabad Regional Ring Road, evaluated by the 88th Network Planning Group meeting on 1 March 2025, is being developed under which programme?
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Correct answer: D — Bharatmala Pariyojana
The 158.64 km greenfield expressway from Girmapur to Choutuppal is a project under Bharatmala Pariyojana.
While opening Jan Aushadhi Diwas 2025 celebrations on 1 March 2025, J P Nadda said PMBJP has saved citizens approximately how much over the past 10 years?
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Correct answer: C — ₹30,000 crore
Nadda said the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana has led to total savings of about ₹30,000 crore for citizens in the past 10 years.
Which news channel did PM Modi launch at the NXT Conclave at Bharat Mandapam on 1 March 2025?
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Correct answer: A — NewsX World
The PM launched the NewsX World channel at the NXT Conclave in Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.
Where was 'Sugamya Yatra' organised on International Wheelchair Day, 1 March 2025?
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Correct answer: D — Rajiv Chowk Metro Station, New Delhi
DEPwD and the Office of the CCPD organised Sugamya Yatra at Rajiv Chowk Metro Station, New Delhi.