CG Vyapam Current Affairs Quiz — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
India's total (merchandise and services) exports in 2024-25 were estimated at about:
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Correct answer: A — US$ 820.93 billion
US$ 820.93 billion, up 5.50% from US$ 778.13 billion in 2023-24.
Consider the following statements about India's exports in 2024-25: 1. Merchandise exports declined compared to 2023-24. 2. Services exports are estimated to have declined compared to 2023-24. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: D — Neither 1 nor 2
Neither is correct. Merchandise exports grew 0.08% to US$ 437.42 billion and services exports are estimated to have grown 12.45% to US$ 383.51 billion.
How many individuals were insured through the Government e Marketplace (GeM) in 2024-25?
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Correct answer: D — Over 1.3 crore
Over 1.3 crore: more than 1.3 crore individuals under health, life and personal accident policies.
When was the Insurance Services category introduced on GeM?
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Correct answer: C — January 2022
January 2022; only IRDAI-approved providers are onboarded.
On which model will Centres of Excellence under the National Critical Mineral Mission operate, as per guidelines issued in April 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Hub-and-spoke consortium
A consortium on a hub-and-spoke model, with at least two industry and two R&D/academic partners.
Up to which Technology Readiness Level (TRL) are NCMM Centres of Excellence expected to take directed R&D?
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Correct answer: D — TRL 7/8
TRL 7/8 pilot plant and pre-commercial demonstration.
The CCI's April 2025 order against UFO Moviez and Qube Cinema found a contravention of which provision of the Competition Act, 2002?
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Correct answer: B — Section 3(4)
Section 3(4), through tie-in arrangements, exclusive supply agreements and refusal to deal; sanctions were imposed under Section 27.
Consider the following statements about the CCI order of 16 April 2025: 1. It related to the lease of DCI-compliant digital cinema equipment to cinema theatre owners. 2. A penalty of ₹165.8 lakh was imposed on Qube Cinema Technologies. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
Both are correct. UFO Moviez (with Scrabble Digital) was fined ₹104.03 lakh and Qube ₹165.8 lakh.
In which year was the MacGregor Memorial Medal instituted?
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Correct answer: A — 1888
3 July 1888. The USI was established in 1870, and the medal's scope was expanded in 1986.
The MacGregor Memorial Medal commemorates Maj Gen Sir Charles Metcalfe MacGregor, founder of which institution?
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Correct answer: D — United Service Institution of India
The United Service Institution of India, established in 1870.
India's first indigenous green hydrogen fuel cell inland waterway vessel, hailed by the Science Minister in April 2025, was developed by which shipyard?
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Correct answer: B — Cochin Shipyard Ltd
Cochin Shipyard Ltd, with a hydrogen fuel cell drivetrain built by KPIT.
Under CSIR's NMITLI programme, KPIT developed low-temperature PEM fuel cell systems with which CSIR laboratories?
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Correct answer: A — CSIR-NCL, Pune and CSIR-CECRI
CSIR-NCL, Pune and CSIR-CECRI: CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune, and CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI).
Booth Level Agents from which state took part in the Election Commission's first-ever BLA training in April 2025?
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Correct answer: D — Bihar
Bihar: about 280 BLAs from Bihar of 10 recognised political parties took part.
Where was the Election Commission's first training programme for Booth Level Agents held in April 2025?
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Correct answer: A — IIIDEM, New Delhi
At the India International Institute for Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM), New Delhi.
In its April 2025 forecast, IMD put the 2025 southwest monsoon seasonal rainfall at what percentage of the Long Period Average?
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Correct answer: C — 105%
105% of the LPA, with a model error of ±5%, i.e. above normal.
The Long Period Average (LPA) of southwest monsoon seasonal rainfall for the country as a whole, for the period 1971–2020, is:
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Correct answer: A — 87 cm
87 cm, as stated by IMD.
Consider the following statements based on IMD's April 2025 monsoon forecast: 1. Neutral ENSO conditions are likely to continue during the monsoon season. 2. Neutral Indian Ocean Dipole conditions are likely to continue during the monsoon season. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
Both are correct. IMD expects both ENSO and IOD to remain neutral through the season.
Which edition of the India–Italy Joint Defence Committee meeting was held in Rome in April 2025?
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Correct answer: C — 11th
The 11th India–Italy annual Joint Defence Committee meeting.
Consider the following statements about the Defence Secretary's visit to Rome in April 2025: 1. He called on Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto. 2. The Joint Defence Committee was co-chaired with Italy's Secretary General of Defence, Luisa Riccardi. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
Both are correct, as per the Ministry of Defence release.
What was India's annual WPI-based inflation rate (provisional) for March 2025?
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Correct answer: B — 2.05%
2.05% (provisional), down from 2.38% in February 2025.
Consider the following statements about the WPI for March 2025: 1. Inflation in manufactured products was 3.07%. 2. Fuel & power has the largest weight among the three major groups of the WPI. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Only 1 is correct. Manufactured products have the largest weight (64.23%); fuel & power has 13.15%.
What was IREDA's profit after tax for 2024-25, its highest ever?
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Correct answer: B — ₹1,699 crore
₹1,699 crore, up 36%. ₹2,104 crore was the profit before tax and ₹6,742 crore the revenue from operations.
IREDA became the first PSU to publish its audited financial results for 2024-25 within how many days?
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Correct answer: C — 15 days
15 days, making it the first company in the NBFC and banking sector and the first PSU to do so.
Which two officers crew INSV Tarini on the Navika Sagar Parikrama II expedition?
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Correct answer: D — Lt Cdr Dilna K and Lt Cdr Roopa A
Lieutenant Commander Dilna K and Lieutenant Commander Roopa A.
INSV Tarini left Cape Town on 15 April 2025 for the final leg of its circumnavigation to which Indian destination?
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Correct answer: B — Goa
Goa, as stated by the Ministry of Defence.
How many exploration blocks were awarded under Round-IX of the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP), as stated in April 2025?
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Correct answer: D — 28
28 blocks across eight sedimentary basins, covering 1.36 lakh sq km.
According to the Petroleum Minister in April 2025, India relies on imports for about what share of its natural gas needs?
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Correct answer: A — 50%
50% of natural gas; for crude oil the figure is 88%.
Under its April 2025 MoU with the Labour Ministry, Swiggy aims to mobilise how many job opportunities through the NCS portal in the next 2–3 years?
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Correct answer: D — Over 12 lakh
Over 12 lakh job opportunities in the next 2–3 years.
The Labour Ministry–Swiggy MoU of April 2025 links gig and logistics jobs to which government platform?
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Correct answer: A — National Career Service (NCS) portal
The National Career Service (NCS) portal, which had over 1.25 crore active job seekers as of 31 January 2025.
Ambedkar Jayanti on 14 April 2025 marked which birth anniversary of Dr B.R. Ambedkar?
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Correct answer: C — 135th
135th birth anniversary, as stated by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.
The Dr. Ambedkar Foundation, which organised the 2025 Ambedkar Jayanti tributes at Prerna Sthal, was established as an autonomous body in which year?
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Correct answer: B — 1992
1992. It was established on 24 March 1992; the Centenary Celebration Committee that decided to set it up was formed in 1991.
Consider the following statements about the Dr. Ambedkar Foundation (DAF): 1. It was established in 1991 by the Centenary Celebration Committee of Dr Ambedkar. 2. The Union Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment is its Chairman. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 2 only
Only 2 is correct. The committee was constituted in 1991, but the DAF itself was established on 24 March 1992; Dr Virendra Kumar, Union Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment, is its Chairman.
What was the theme of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes' Ambedkar Jayanti 2025 event in New Delhi?
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Correct answer: D — A Journey of 75 years of Constitution of India
A Journey of 75 years of Constitution of India was the primary theme of the NCSC event.
World Quantum Day, on which India's first International Technology Engagement Strategy for Quantum was released in 2025, is observed every year on:
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Correct answer: D — 14 April
14 April is World Quantum Day; the ITES for Quantum was released on 14 April 2025.
Consider the following statements: 1. The first International Technology Engagement Strategy (ITES) for Quantum was released by NITI Aayog. 2. The United Nations has designated 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 2 only
Only 2 is correct. The ITES for Quantum was released by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser, not NITI Aayog; 2025 is the UN-designated International Year of Quantum Science and Technology.
What was the theme of the All India Forensic Science Summit 2025 organised by NFSU in New Delhi?
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Correct answer: A — Role of Forensic Science in Effective Implementation of New Criminal Laws and Combating Terrorism
Role of Forensic Science in Effective Implementation of New Criminal Laws and Combating Terrorism was the theme of the summit.
According to the Home Minister at the April 2025 summit, how many campuses of the National Forensic Sciences University have been built across the country?
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Correct answer: B — 7
7 campuses have been built, with 9 more to be built in another six months.
The maiden Africa India Key Maritime Engagement (AIKEYME) 2025 was co-hosted by India and which country?
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Correct answer: B — Tanzania
Tanzania co-hosted the exercise, which was inaugurated at Dar-es-Salaam on 13 April 2025.
What does 'AIKEYME', the name of the India–Africa maritime exercise, mean in Sanskrit?
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Correct answer: C — Unity
Unity is the meaning of 'AIKEYME' in Sanskrit, according to the Ministry of Defence.
Onboard which Indian Navy ship was the harbour phase of AIKEYME 2025 inaugurated at Dar-es-Salaam?
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Correct answer: A — INS Chennai
INS Chennai, a destroyer; INS Kesari was the other Indian ship in the exercise, and INS Sunayna was deployed separately as IOS SAGAR.
Consider the following statements about AIKEYME 2025: 1. It was a six-day exercise held from 13 to 18 April 2025. 2. Its harbour phase included training on piracy and information sharing. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
Both are correct. The exercise ran for six days from 13 to 18 April, and the harbour phase covered piracy and information-sharing training before the sea phase.
In the MAHASAGAR vision cited for AIKEYME 2025, what does 'MAHASAGAR' stand for?
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Correct answer: D — Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions
Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions is the expansion given by the Ministry of Defence.
Which pair won India's gold medal in the compound mixed team event at the Archery World Cup 2025 Stage 1 in Auburndale?
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Correct answer: C — Rishabh Yadav and Jyothi Surekha Vennam
Rishabh Yadav and Jyothi Surekha Vennam won the compound mixed team gold.
To which country did India's men's recurve team lose the final at the Archery World Cup 2025 Stage 1, settling for silver?
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Correct answer: A — China
China beat the Indian trio of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai and Atanu Das 1-5 in the final.
Consider the following statements about India at the Archery World Cup 2025 Stage 1 in Auburndale: 1. Dhiraj Bommadevara won bronze in the men's individual recurve event. 2. Abhishek Verma won bronze in the men's compound individual event. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Only 1 is correct. Dhiraj beat Spain's Andres Temiño Mediel 6-4 for bronze; Abhishek Verma finished fourth in the compound individual event, though he won bronze in the men's compound team.
On 12 April 2025, ₹515.31 crore was handed over for restitution to investors of which Ponzi scheme?
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Correct answer: B — Rose Valley
Rose Valley: the amount was handed to the Asset Disposal Committee headed by Justice D.K. Seth (Retd.).
Who chairs the Asset Disposal Committee that received ₹515.31 crore for Rose Valley investors?
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Correct answer: A — Justice D.K. Seth (Retd.)
Justice D.K. Seth (Retd.) is the Chairman; Rahul Navin, the ED Director, attended the handover.
Consider the following statements about the Rose Valley restitution of April 2025: 1. The amount was attached by the Enforcement Directorate between 2015 and 2017. 2. It is expected to benefit about 31 lakh victims. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Only 1 is correct. ED attached the amount in 2015–17; about 7.5 lakh victims are expected to benefit out of 31 lakh claims received.
Under Mission Innovation 2.0, India's Department of Biotechnology co-leads the Mission Integrated Biorefinery with which country?
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Correct answer: C — Netherlands
Netherlands, according to the Ministry of Science & Technology's release on the 2025 Seoul gathering.
In which city was the Mission Innovation Annual Gathering 2025 held on 9–11 April?
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Correct answer: A — Seoul
Seoul, South Korea, hosted the gathering, where DBT presented India's BioE3 policy.
How many hydro pumped storage project DPRs did the Central Electricity Authority concur in 2024-25, a record?
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Correct answer: B — Six
Six projects with a combined capacity of about 7.5 GW; thirteen is the target for 2025-26.
Which was the largest pumped storage project among those whose DPRs CEA concurred in 2024-25?
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Correct answer: C — Sharavathy, Karnataka
Sharavathy, Karnataka, at 2,000 MW; MP-30 is 1,920 MW and Bhavali 1,500 MW.
Consider the following statements about pumped storage projects (PSPs) in India, as stated by the Ministry of Power in April 2025: 1. CEA aims to concur at least 13 PSPs of about 22 GW in 2025-26. 2. India's estimated pumped storage potential is below 100 GW. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Only 1 is correct. The 2025-26 target is at least 13 PSPs of about 22 GW; the estimated potential is over 200 GW.
From which aircraft did DRDO conduct release trials of the long-range glide bomb 'Gaurav' in April 2025?
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Correct answer: B — Su-30 MKI
Su-30 MKI: the trials were conducted from the Su-30 MKI between 8 and 10 April 2025.
Which DRDO laboratory designed the long-range glide bomb 'Gaurav', with ARDE and ITR Chandipur?
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Correct answer: A — Research Centre Imarat (RCI)
Research Centre Imarat (RCI) designed it with the Armament Research and Development Establishment and the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur.
In the April 2025 trials, the glide bomb 'Gaurav' hit a land target at a range close to:
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Correct answer: C — 100 km
100 km: the target was on an island and was hit with pinpoint accuracy.
Consider the following statements about the glide bomb 'Gaurav': 1. It is a 500 kg class glide bomb. 2. Adani Defence Systems & Technologies and Bharat Forge are among its development-cum-production partners. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 2 only
Only 2 is correct. Gaurav is in the 1,000 kg class, not 500 kg; Adani Defence Systems & Technologies, Bharat Forge and MSMEs are its development-cum-production partners.
Which body operates the 'Global Tariff and Trade Helpdesk' launched in April 2025?
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Correct answer: B — Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)
Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT): the helpdesk is on the DGFT website under Services > DGFT Helpdesk Service.
What was India's IIP growth in February 2025 according to the quick estimate released on 11 April 2025?
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Correct answer: B — 2.9%
2.9%; 5.0% was January's growth, and 1.6% and 3.6% were the mining and electricity growth rates for February.
Which sector recorded the highest growth in the IIP for February 2025?
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Correct answer: D — Electricity
Electricity grew 3.6%, ahead of manufacturing (2.9%) and mining (1.6%).
Consider the following statements about the Index of Industrial Production (IIP): 1. Its current base year is 2004-05. 2. Quick estimates are released with a lag of six weeks. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 2 only
Only 2 is correct. The IIP's current base year is 2011-12, not 2004-05; MoSPI releases quick estimates on the 12th of every month with a six-week lag.
The first phase of the Naval Commanders' Conference 2025, presided over by Rajnath Singh, was held at which naval base?
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Correct answer: D — Karwar
Karwar, where IOS SAGAR was flagged off and Project Seabird facilities were inaugurated; the second phase was in New Delhi.
Under which project were nine marine piers and eight residential buildings inaugurated at Karwar during the Naval Commanders' Conference 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Project Seabird
Project Seabird, the infrastructure project at the Karwar naval base.
What is the last date for nominations for the Padma Awards 2026?
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Correct answer: C — 31 July 2025
31 July 2025; nominations opened on 15 March 2025.
On which portal are nominations for the Padma Awards accepted?
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Correct answer: B — Rashtriya Puraskar Portal
Rashtriya Puraskar Portal (awards.gov.in); nominations are accepted only online.
NITI Aayog's April 2025 automotive report sets what target for India's auto component production by 2030?
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Correct answer: C — US$145 billion
US$145 billion by 2030, along with raising India's GVC share from 3% to 8%.
According to NITI Aayog's April 2025 report, what is India's rank among the world's vehicle producers?
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Correct answer: C — Fourth
Fourth: India produces about 6 million vehicles out of about 94 million globally.
Consider the following statements about NITI Aayog's report 'Automotive Industry: Powering India's Participation in Global Value Chains': 1. It was launched by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Suman Bery. 2. It aims to raise India's share in global auto component value chain trade from 3% to 8%. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
Both are correct. Suman Bery launched the report, which targets an increase in India's GVC share from 3% to 8%.
The ASEAN co-chair of the 8th AITIGA Joint Committee meeting held in New Delhi in April 2025 was from which country?
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Correct answer: D — Malaysia
Malaysia: Dr Sugumari S. Shanmugam co-chaired with India's Additional Secretary Rajesh Agrawal.
In the acronym AITIGA, what does 'TIG' stand for?
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Correct answer: A — Trade in Goods
Trade in Goods: AITIGA is the ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement.
How much renewable energy capacity did India add in FY 2024-25, according to MNRE?
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Correct answer: C — 29.52 GW
29.52 GW, a record; 23.83 GW of it was solar, and 50.04 GW is the total wind capacity.
What was India's total installed renewable energy capacity as of 31 March 2025?
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Correct answer: B — 220.10 GW
220.10 GW, up from 198.75 GW a year earlier; 105.65 GW is the solar share.
Consider the following statements about India's solar capacity as of 31 March 2025: 1. Total installed solar capacity crossed 100 GW. 2. Rooftop solar accounted for more than half of the total solar capacity. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Only 1 is correct. Total solar capacity was 105.65 GW, but rooftop solar was 17.02 GW; ground-mounted installations made up 81.01 GW.
What was India's total installed wind energy capacity at the end of FY 2024-25?
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Correct answer: C — 50.04 GW
50.04 GW, after 4.15 GW was added during the year; 11.58 GW is bioenergy capacity.