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According to ICAR's Director General at the 14th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum (February 2025), how many new fisheries technologies and improved fish varieties has ICAR developed?
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Correct answer: C — 75
Himanshu Pathak highlighted 75 new fisheries technologies and improved fish varieties developed by ICAR.
In February 2025, the transportation component of the Market Intervention Scheme for tomato was approved for Madhya Pradesh through which agency?
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Correct answer: D — NCCF
Shivraj Singh Chouhan approved the transportation component for tomato in Madhya Pradesh through the National Cooperative Consumers' Federation (NCCF).
Which of the three IIP sectors grew fastest in December 2024?
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Correct answer: A — Electricity
Electricity grew 6.2%, ahead of manufacturing (3.0%) and mining (2.6%); overall IIP growth was 3.2%.
Mahant Satyendra Das, who died on 12 February 2025, was the chief priest of which temple?
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Correct answer: D — Ram Janmabhoomi temple, Ayodhya
Mahant Satyendra Das was chief priest of the Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya and died at SGPGI, Lucknow, after a brain stroke.
Which of the following states was NOT among the five covered by the DoT–CDRI telecom disaster risk and resilience study released in February 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Kerala
The study covered Assam, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and Gujarat; Kerala was not among them.
With which leader did PM Modi co-chair the AI Action Summit in Paris on 11 February 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Emmanuel Macron
President Emmanuel Macron of France hosted the summit and invited PM Modi to co-chair it.
In his concluding address at the Paris AI Action Summit, PM Modi welcomed France's decision to set up which two initiatives?
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Correct answer: A — AI Foundation and Council for Sustainable AI
Modi welcomed the decision to set up the 'AI Foundation' and the 'Council for Sustainable AI' and assured India's full support.
To illustrate bias in AI training data, PM Modi said in Paris that an AI app asked to draw a person writing with the left hand would most likely draw:
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Correct answer: D — A person writing with the right hand
He said the app would most likely draw someone writing with the right hand, because that is what dominates the training data.
The High-Level Segment of the AI Action Summit 2025 began on 10 February with a dinner hosted by President Macron at:
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Correct answer: A — Élysée Palace
The High-Level Segment opened with a dinner at the Élysée Palace for heads of state and government, heads of international organisations and AI company CEOs.
Consider the following statements about the AI Action Summit held in Paris in February 2025: 1. India announced that it would host the next AI summit. 2. The summit concluded with the adoption of a Leaders' Statement. 3. PM Modi said the Global Partnership on AI should remain limited to developed economies. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 1 and 2 only
India offered to host the next summit and the summit adopted a Leaders' Statement. Modi asked for the Global Partnership on AI to be more inclusive of the Global South, so the third statement is wrong.
Under the OMSS (Domestic) policy described on 11 February 2025, at what price (₹ per quintal) can state governments buy FCI rice without e-auction?
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Correct answer: D — 2,250
State governments, their corporations and community kitchens can buy rice at a pan-India price of ₹2,250 per quintal, up to 12 LMT.
Up to how much FCI rice (in lakh metric tonnes) can ethanol distilleries buy under the OMSS (Domestic) policy, as stated in February 2025?
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Correct answer: B — 24
Ethanol distilleries can buy up to 24 LMT at ₹2,250 per quintal; the separate cap for states and their corporations is 12 LMT.
Consider the following statements about the sale of FCI rice under OMSS (Domestic), as described on 11 February 2025: 1. Community kitchens can buy rice at the same ₹2,250 per quintal price as state governments. 2. Supply of FCI rice to ethanol distilleries is allowed only in surplus states. 3. Non-surplus states needing additional rice can buy it without participating in e-auction. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — 1 and 3 only
Community kitchens get the ₹2,250 price and non-surplus states can buy without e-auction. Rice can be supplied to distilleries in both deficit and surplus states, so the second statement is wrong.
The Deharji Medium Irrigation Project, whose revised cost of ₹2,599.15 crore the Maharashtra Cabinet approved on 11 February 2025, is in which district?
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Correct answer: C — Palghar
The project is in Vikramgad taluka of Palghar district, and part of its water is reserved for drinking water in Vasai-Virar.
Which body will bear the escalated cost of the Deharji project approved by the Maharashtra Cabinet in February 2025?
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Correct answer: D — MMRDA
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) will bear the escalated cost of the dam project.
The Janai-Shirsai Lift Irrigation Scheme, whose canals the Maharashtra Cabinet decided in February 2025 to convert into closed pipelines, serves talukas of which district?
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Correct answer: A — Pune
The scheme serves the drought-prone Daund, Baramati and Purandar talukas of Pune district.
How many sector-specific policies are part of Madhya Pradesh's Industrial Promotion Policy 2025, approved on 11 February 2025?
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Correct answer: C — 10
The Industrial Promotion Policy 2025 contains 10 sector-specific policies, from textiles and pharmaceuticals to EV and renewable energy equipment manufacturing.
About how many new jobs over five years does Madhya Pradesh aim to create through its Industrial Promotion Policy 2025?
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Correct answer: B — 20 lakh
The state aims to create about 20 lakh new employment opportunities in the next five years.
Madhya Pradesh approved its Industrial Promotion Policy 2025 ahead of the Global Investors Summit held in February 2025 in:
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Correct answer: B — Bhopal
The policies were approved a fortnight before the Global Investors Summit in Bhopal on 24–25 February 2025.
India Energy Week 2025, inaugurated by the PM on 11 February 2025, was which edition of the event?
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Correct answer: C — 3rd
IEW 2025 was the third edition, held at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, from 11 to 14 February 2025.
At India Energy Week 2025, the PM said India's ethanol blending rate currently stood at about what level?
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Correct answer: D — 19%
He said the blending rate was 19% and India aimed for a 20% ethanol mandate by October 2025.
According to the PM at India Energy Week 2025, the Global Biofuels Alliance now includes:
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Correct answer: A — 28 countries and 12 international organisations
The alliance, set up during India's G20 presidency, now involves 28 countries and 12 international organisations.
Which Israeli minister described his delegation to the India-Israel Business Forum in New Delhi (February 2025) as the biggest-ever Israeli business mission to any country?
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Correct answer: A — Nir Barkat
Nir Barkat, Israel's Minister of Economy and Industry, said his delegation was the biggest-ever mission from Israel to any country.
TRAI's Independent Drive Test reports released on 11 February 2025 covered which city of the Himachal Pradesh Licensed Service Area?
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Correct answer: D — Dharamshala
The five cities were Mysuru, Dharamshala, Chennai, Chandigarh and Kolkata; Dharamshala was the Himachal Pradesh LSA city.
Since which year has 11 February been observed as Unani Day, according to President Murmu's address of 11 February 2025?
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Correct answer: B — 2016
The President said the day has been celebrated as Unani Day since 2016 in honour of Hakim Ajmal Khan.
On 11 February 2025, Odisha's Chief Minister announced that mid-day meals would be extended to students of which classes?
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Correct answer: C — Classes IX and X
CM Mohan Charan Majhi said students of Classes IX and X would also get mid-day meals; the scheme earlier covered students up to Class VIII.
At the 14th India-France CEOs Forum in Paris (February 2025), PM Modi said roughly how many compliances had been rationalised in the last few years?
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Correct answer: C — Over 40,000
Modi said more than 40,000 compliances had been rationalised and that a high-level committee for regulatory reforms had been constituted.
In the fake currency case busted by the DRI in February 2025, the seized security-thread currency paper had arrived in Delhi from:
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Correct answer: B — Hong Kong
The 203 sheets of currency paper with 'RBI' and 'Bharat' inscriptions had arrived from Hong Kong at the New Courier Terminal, Delhi, on 24 January 2025.
Alar Karis, whom PM Modi met for the first time on the sidelines of the Paris AI Action Summit in February 2025, is the President of:
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Correct answer: D — Estonia
Alar Karis is the President of Estonia; the two leaders discussed cyber security and the India-Nordic-Baltic format.
At which venue did Rajnath Singh inaugurate Aero India 2025 on 10 February 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Yelahanka Air Force Station, Bengaluru
Aero India 2025 was inaugurated at Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
What was the theme of the CEOs Roundtable held as part of Aero India 2025 on 10 February 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Enabling Defence Cooperation through Global Engagement (EDGE)
The roundtable's theme was 'Enabling Defence Cooperation through Global Engagement (EDGE)'.
At the Aero India 2025 CEOs Roundtable, Rajnath Singh said India's defence exports had grown how many times compared with 2013-14?
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Correct answer: D — 31
He said India had seen 31 times growth in defence exports in the last 10 years compared with 2013-14.
Consider the following statements from Rajnath Singh's address at the inauguration of Aero India 2025: 1. The Defence Ministry was allocated ₹6.81 lakh crore in the Union Budget 2025-26, including ₹1.80 lakh crore for capital acquisition. 2. 75% of the modernisation budget has been reserved for procurement from domestic sources. 3. He expected defence exports to surpass ₹50,000 crore by the end of 2025-26. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 1 and 2 only
The allocation and the 75% domestic share are correct; the export figure he expected for 2025-26 was over ₹30,000 crore, not ₹50,000 crore.
NITI Aayog's policy report released on 10 February 2025 is described as the first policy document in higher education focused specifically on:
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Correct answer: A — States and State Public Universities
The report 'Expanding Quality Higher Education through States and State Public Universities' focuses specifically on states and SPUs.
At the release of NITI Aayog's report on State Public Universities (February 2025), what share of India's higher education was said to take place in these universities?
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Correct answer: C — 80%
NITI Aayog Member Dr V.K. Paul said about 80% of India's higher education takes place in State Public Universities.
Phase-2 of which India-UK bilateral programme was announced at the Fourth India-UK Energy Dialogue on 10 February 2025?
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Correct answer: C — ASPIRE (Accelerating Smart Power & Renewable Energy in India)
The ministers launched Phase-2 of the Accelerating Smart Power & Renewable Energy in India (ASPIRE) programme.
Who co-chaired the Fourth India-UK Energy Dialogue in New Delhi on 10 February 2025?
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Correct answer: D — Manohar Lal and Ed Miliband
The dialogue was co-chaired by India's Power Minister Manohar Lal and the UK's Secretary for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed Miliband.
Under Kerala's private universities draft Bill approved by the state Cabinet on 10 February 2025, a private university must deposit a corpus fund of how much (in ₹) in the state treasury?
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Correct answer: B — 25 crore
The draft Bill requires a corpus fund of ₹25 crore to be deposited in the state treasury.
Consider the following statements about the Kerala Cabinet's decisions of 10 February 2025: 1. The private universities draft Bill was approved at a special Cabinet meeting. 2. The Cabinet removed a provision allowing universities to set up study centres outside the state and abroad. 3. A private university's corpus fund is to be deposited with the University Grants Commission. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 1 and 2 only
The Bill was cleared at a special meeting and the study-centre provision was dropped; the corpus fund goes to the state treasury, not the UGC.
About how many people living on unobjectionable poromboke land did the Tamil Nadu Cabinet decide to give pattas to on 10 February 2025?
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Correct answer: D — 86,000
The Cabinet approved pattas for about 86,000 people, including about 29,187 in the Chennai belt area.
The Tamil Nadu Cabinet's patta decision of 10 February 2025 resolved a ban on assigning land in Chennai's 'belt area' that dated back to which year?
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Correct answer: B — 1962
A 1962 order had barred assigning such land in Chennai and within a 20-mile radius around it.
Up to which year was the integrated PM-AASHA scheme approved for continuation, as announced on 10 February 2025?
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Correct answer: A — 2025-26
PM-AASHA is to continue during the 15th Finance Commission cycle up to 2025-26.
Which department administers the Price Stabilisation Fund component of the integrated PM-AASHA scheme?
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Correct answer: B — Department of Consumer Affairs
The Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare runs PSS, PDPS and MIS, while the Department of Consumer Affairs runs the Price Stabilisation Fund.
'Sṛjanam', the automated biomedical waste treatment rig launched at AIIMS New Delhi on 10 February 2025, treats pathogenic waste without using:
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Correct answer: B — Incinerators
The rig disinfects pathogenic biomedical waste without costly and energy-intensive incinerators.
At the launch of 'Sṛjanam' (February 2025), how many tonnes of biomedical waste was India said to generate daily, citing the CPCB's 2023 report?
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Correct answer: D — 743
Dr Jitendra Singh cited the CPCB's 2023 annual report, which put India's biomedical waste generation at 743 tonnes a day.
Where did the third edition of the India-Egypt Joint Special Forces Exercise CYCLONE begin on 10 February 2025?
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Correct answer: C — Mahajan Field Firing Ranges, Rajasthan
CYCLONE-III began at the Mahajan Field Firing Ranges in Rajasthan and runs until 23 February 2025.
Consider the following statements about Exercise CYCLONE-III (February 2025): 1. It is the third edition of the India-Egypt Joint Special Forces Exercise. 2. The previous edition was held in India in January 2024. 3. Each contingent comprises 25 personnel. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — 1 and 3 only
It is the third edition and each side fielded 25 personnel; the previous edition was held in Egypt, not India, in January 2024.
The India-EFTA Desk inaugurated on 10 February 2025 is meant to:
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Correct answer: D — Act as a single-window mechanism supporting EFTA businesses investing in India
The desk will function as a single-window mechanism to support EFTA businesses looking to invest, expand or set up operations in India.
The nationwide Mass Drug Administration round against lymphatic filariasis launched on 10 February 2025 covers how many endemic districts?
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Correct answer: A — 111
The campaign covers 111 endemic districts, with free medicines for over 17.5 crore people.
The MoU signed by DPIIT with the Korea Transport Institute on 10 February 2025 is meant to support infrastructure and logistics master plans under:
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Correct answer: C — PM GatiShakti National Master Plan
The MoU sets up knowledge exchange between DPIIT's Logistics Division and KOTI for master plans under the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan.
Where was the 2nd India-France AI Policy Roundtable held on 10 February 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Sciences Po, Paris
The roundtable was held at the Sciences Po university campus in Paris as a side event of the AI Action Summit.
The Executive Programme of Cooperation signed between the National Archives of India and Oman's National Records and Archives Authority on 10 February 2025 covers which period?
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Correct answer: C — 2025-2028
The EPC on archival cooperation covers 2025-2028.