Gujarat Current Affairs Quiz — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
World Homoeopathy Day 2025 marked which birth anniversary of Dr Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homoeopathy?
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Correct answer: C — 270th
270th birth anniversary, according to the Ministry of Ayush.
Where was the Ministry of Ayush's World Homoeopathy Day 2025 convention held?
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Correct answer: D — Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar
Mahatma Mandir Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
What was the theme of the World Homoeopathy Day 2025 convention?
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Correct answer: D — Education, Practice and Research in Homoeopathy
Education, Practice and Research in Homoeopathy was the theme; over 8,000 delegates attended.
Which state recorded the highest cotton procurement under MSP operations in the 2024-25 season (up to 31 March 2025)?
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Correct answer: B — Telangana
Telangana, with 40 lakh bales, followed by Maharashtra (30 lakh) and Gujarat (14 lakh).
Which is the Ministry of Textiles' nodal agency for cotton procurement under MSP?
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Correct answer: A — Cotton Corporation of India
Cotton Corporation of India (CCI), which procured 100 lakh bales in 2024-25 up to 31 March 2025.
At the golden jubilee of IFFCO's Kalol plant in Gandhinagar on 6 April 2025, Amit Shah laid the foundation stone of which facility?
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Correct answer: D — Beej Anusandhan Kendra
Beej Anusandhan Kendra, a seed research centre.
In which city did Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya lead the Fit India Sundays on Cycle event on 30 March 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Junagadh
Mandaviya led the ride in Junagadh, from Girnar Gate to the Bhavnath Mahadev temple.
Where is the 5.4 GW solar cell gigafactory of Waaree Energies, inaugurated by Pralhad Joshi on 29 March 2025, located?
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Correct answer: A — Chikhli
The facility is at Chikhli in Gujarat.
At the inauguration on 29 March 2025, Pralhad Joshi said India's solar power capacity had grown from 2.82 GW in 2014 to about how much?
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Correct answer: C — 104 GW
Joshi said solar capacity rose from 2.82 GW in 2014 to 104 GW.
On 28 March 2025, the Supreme Court quashed an FIR against which Rajya Sabha MP over a poem in a social media video?
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Correct answer: A — Imran Pratapgarhi
The Supreme Court quashed the Jamnagar FIR against Congress Rajya Sabha MP Imran Pratapgarhi.
Which bench of the Supreme Court decided the Imran Pratapgarhi case on 28 March 2025?
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Correct answer: B — Justices Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan
The case was decided by a bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan.
Consider the following statements about the Supreme Court's ruling in Imran Pratapgadhi v. State of Gujarat (28 March 2025): 1. The court relied on the freedom of speech and expression under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution. 2. The court referred to the preliminary inquiry under Section 173(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita before registering an FIR in such speech cases. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
Both are correct. The court grounded its ruling in Article 19(1)(a) and said police should use the preliminary inquiry under Section 173(3) BNSS in such cases.
On 28 March 2025, the Amit Shah-led High-Level Committee approved ₹555.70 crore for which State's recovery from the October 2023 GLOF?
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Correct answer: D — Sikkim
₹555.70 crore was approved for Sikkim's recovery and reconstruction after the October 2023 Glacial Lake Outburst Flood.
Consider the following statements about the High-Level Committee that approved NDRF assistance on 28 March 2025: 1. It is chaired by the Union Home Minister and includes the Finance Minister, the Agriculture Minister and the NITI Aayog Vice Chairman. 2. The fire services projects it approved were funded from the Recovery and Reconstruction window of the NDRF. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
The committee is chaired by the Home Minister with the FM, Agriculture Minister and NITI VC as members. Fire services projects came from the Preparedness and Capacity Building window; Sikkim's aid came from the Recovery and Reconstruction window.
National Highways Infra Trust (NHIT), which completed a record fund-raising round announced on 26 March 2025, is an InvIT set up by:
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Correct answer: C — NHAI
NHIT is the Infrastructure Investment Trust set up by NHAI in 2020 to support the government's monetisation programme.
What was the approximate enterprise value of NHIT's fourth fund-raising round, announced on 26 March 2025?
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Correct answer: D — ₹18,380 crore
The fourth round was at an enterprise value of about ₹18,380 crore; ₹46,000 crore is the total across four rounds.
Which of the following highway stretches is among those to be acquired with funds from NHIT's fourth round, announced on 26 March 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Gandhidham–Mundra
The stretches include Gandhidham–Mundra (Gujarat) and Raipur–Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh), along with stretches in Andhra Pradesh and UP/Uttarakhand.
Bavaliyali Dham, whose programme PM Modi addressed on 20 March 2025, is associated with which community of Gujarat?
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Correct answer: A — Bharwad
The PM addressed the programme of Bavaliyali Dham related to the Bharwad Samaj of Gujarat.
Which company manufactured the indigenous electrolysers flagged off on 18 March 2025 for the green hydrogen plant at Deendayal Port, Kandla?
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Correct answer: C — Larsen & Toubro (L&T)
The electrolysers were manufactured by L&T under Make in India and flagged off from L&T's Hazira facility.
How much hydrogen per hour is the 1 MW green hydrogen plant at Deendayal Port, Kandla, designed to produce, as stated in March 2025?
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Correct answer: B — 18 kg
The plant at DPA Kandla is to produce 18 kg of hydrogen per hour.
How many projects did the 89th Network Planning Group meeting under PM GatiShakti evaluate on 14 March 2025?
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Correct answer: D — Eight
The 89th NPG evaluated eight projects: four road, three railway and one metro.
The road tunnel under the Brahmaputra evaluated by the 89th NPG will connect which two places in Assam?
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Correct answer: A — Gohpur and Numaligarh
The four-lane tunnel under the Brahmaputra will link Gohpur and Numaligarh, cutting the distance from 240 km to 34 km.
Which metro rail project was evaluated at the 89th Network Planning Group meeting?
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Correct answer: B — Rajkot Metro
The only metro project was the 41.11 km greenfield Rajkot Metro in Gujarat.
Consider the following statements about the PM GatiShakti Network Planning Group (NPG): 1. Its 89th meeting was chaired by a Joint Secretary of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT). 2. The Haridaspur–Paradip doubling it evaluated aims to move coal from the Talcher coalfields to Paradip Port. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
Both are correct: DPIIT Joint Secretary Pankaj Kumar chaired the meeting, and the 74.09 km Haridaspur–Paradip doubling is meant to ease coal movement from Talcher to Paradip Port.
According to C.R. Patil on 10 March 2025, how many rainwater harvesting structures were built in Navsari within 24 hours during the PM's Women's Day visit?
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Correct answer: C — 1,100
Patil said 1,100 rainwater harvesting structures were created in Navsari within 24 hours through community participation.
Consider the following statements about the Atal Bhujal Yojana: 1. It is a central sector scheme for community-led groundwater management, half of whose ₹6,000-crore outlay comes from a World Bank loan. 2. It covers all states that have over-exploited groundwater blocks. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Statement 1 is correct. Statement 2 is wrong: the scheme covers seven states — Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh — in 80 districts.
In which city was the 'Shashwat Mithila Mahotsav-2025', addressed by Amit Shah on 9 March 2025, held?
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Correct answer: D — Gandhinagar
The festival of people from Mithila living in Gujarat was held in Gandhinagar.
A ₹150 commemorative coin released in Gujarat on 9 March 2025 marked the 150th birth anniversary of whom?
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Correct answer: C — Acharya Shri Buddhi Sagar Surishwar Maharaj
The coin marked the 150th birth anniversary of Jain Acharya Shri Buddhi Sagar Surishwar Maharaj.
In which district of Gujarat did PM Modi interact with Lakhpati Didis on International Women's Day 2025?
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Correct answer: D — Navsari
The PM took part in a Lakhpati Didi programme at Vansi Borsi village in Navsari district on 8 March 2025.
G-SAFAL, the Gujarat scheme launched by the PM at Navsari on 8 March 2025, is aimed at:
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Correct answer: B — SHG women of Antyodaya families in aspirational districts and blocks
G-SAFAL (Gujarat scheme for Antyodaya Families for Augmenting Livelihoods) gives financial help and entrepreneurial training to SHG women of Antyodaya families in two aspirational districts and 13 aspirational blocks. G-MAITRI supports rural-livelihood startups.
According to the PM at Navsari on 8 March 2025, about how many women had already become Lakhpati Didis?
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Correct answer: C — 1.5 crore
The PM said around 1.5 crore women had become Lakhpati Didis, against the target of 3 crore.
Consider the following statements about a 'Lakhpati Didi': 1. She is a Self-Help Group member with an annual household income of ₹1 lakh or more. 2. The income is calculated for at least four agricultural seasons and/or business cycles. 3. The initiative is an outcome of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana–Gramin. Which of the statements given above are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 and 2 only
A Lakhpati Didi is an SHG member earning ₹1 lakh or more a year, over at least four agricultural seasons or business cycles (average monthly income above ₹10,000). The initiative comes under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana–National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), not PMAY-G.
In which year did KVIC launch the Honey Mission, under which 2,050 bee boxes were distributed on 8 March 2025?
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Correct answer: C — 2017
KVIC launched the Honey Mission in 2017, inspired by the PM's 2016 call for a 'Sweet Revolution'.
From which place did the Prime Minister call for a 'Sweet Revolution' in 2016, as recalled by the KVIC Chairman in March 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Deesa, Banaskantha (Gujarat)
The PM called for a 'Sweet Revolution' alongside the 'White Revolution' from Deesa in Banaskantha, Gujarat, in 2016.
Which campaign did PM Modi launch at Limbayat, Surat, on 7 March 2025?
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Correct answer: B — Surat Food Security Saturation Campaign
The PM launched the Surat Food Security Saturation Campaign and distributed NFSA benefits to over 2.3 lakh beneficiaries.
Under the Surat food security saturation approach, about how many new beneficiaries had the Surat administration identified, as stated by the PM on 7 March 2025?
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Correct answer: D — Over 2.5 lakh
The PM said over 2.5 lakh new beneficiaries, including many elderly, widowed and differently-abled people, had been identified.
According to Mansukh Mandaviya in Hyderabad on 6 March 2025, the upcoming EPFO 3.0 will include plans for members to withdraw money through:
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Correct answer: C — ATMs
He said EPFO 3.0 will make the system as accessible as a bank, including withdrawals through ATMs.
The Fiscal Support Agreement signed on 5 March 2025 by the India Semiconductor Mission and Tata relates to India's first commercial semiconductor fab at:
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Correct answer: D — Dholera
The agreement is for Tata Electronics' fab at Dholera, Gujarat, India's first commercial semiconductor fab.
Which Taiwanese company's expertise is being brought to India through Tata Electronics' Dholera semiconductor fab?
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Correct answer: A — Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation
The Dholera fab brings in the expertise of Taiwan's Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC).
What share of eligible project cost will the Government of India provide as fiscal support, on a pari-passu basis, for the Tata Dholera fab?
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Correct answer: D — 50%
The Government, through ISM, has committed 50% fiscal support on a pari-passu basis for eligible project costs.
Which company's hydrogen-powered heavy-duty trucks began India's first-ever trials, flagged off on 4 March 2025?
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Correct answer: D — Tata Motors
Gadkari and Pralhad Joshi flagged off the trials of Tata Motors' hydrogen-powered heavy-duty trucks.
How many hydrogen-powered vehicles will be deployed in the heavy-duty truck trial flagged off on 4 March 2025?
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Correct answer: C — 16
The trial will deploy 16 vehicles with different configurations and payloads for up to 24 months.
Which of the following freight areas is NOT among those named for the hydrogen truck trials flagged off on 4 March 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Chennai
The trucks will run on routes around Mumbai, Pune, Delhi-NCR, Surat, Vadodara, Jamshedpur and Kalinganagar. Chennai was not named.
Consider the following statements about the hydrogen truck trial launched on 4 March 2025: 1. It is funded by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy under the National Green Hydrogen Mission. 2. It tests both hydrogen internal combustion engine and fuel cell trucks. 3. The National Green Hydrogen Mission, under which it is funded, was approved by the Union Cabinet in January 2021. Which of the statements given above are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 and 2 only
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Statement 3 is wrong: the Cabinet approved the National Green Hydrogen Mission on 4 January 2023.
In which city is Vantara, the wildlife rescue and rehabilitation initiative inaugurated by PM Modi on 4 March 2025, located?
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Correct answer: B — Jamnagar
Vantara is in Jamnagar, Gujarat; the PM commended Anant Ambani and his team for it.
Whom did PM Modi commend for the Vantara initiative while inaugurating it in March 2025?
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Correct answer: C — Anant Ambani
The PM commended Anant Ambani and his team for the compassionate effort.
Where did PM Narendra Modi lay the foundation stone of the National Referral Centre for Wildlife on 3 March 2025?
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Correct answer: B — Junagadh
The National Referral Centre for Wildlife, a hub for wildlife health and disease management, will come up at Junagadh, Gujarat.
The Asiatic lion population estimation announced by the PM at Gir on 3 March 2025 is which cycle of the exercise?
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Correct answer: A — 16th
The PM announced the 16th cycle of Asiatic lion population estimation in 2025; the exercise is held every five years and was last done in 2020.
A Centre of Excellence to deal with human-wildlife conflict, announced at the 7th NBWL meeting, will be set up at which location?
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Correct answer: C — WII campus at SACON, Coimbatore
The centre will be at the Wildlife Institute of India campus at SACON (Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History), Coimbatore, and will help states equip Rapid Response Teams.
At the NBWL meeting in Gir, prey augmentation and habitat improvement were announced for lions that have naturally dispersed to which sanctuary?
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Correct answer: D — Barda Wildlife Sanctuary
Asiatic lions have made Barda Wildlife Sanctuary their home through natural dispersal, and the PM announced support for them there through prey augmentation and habitat improvement.
Consider the following statements about the National Board for Wildlife, whose 7th meeting was held at Gir on 3 March 2025: 1. It is chaired by the Prime Minister, with the Minister in charge of Forests and Wild Life as Vice-Chairperson. 2. Section 5A, providing for its constitution, was inserted in the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 by the Amendment Act of 2002. 3. The Director of the Wildlife Institute of India is its Member-Secretary. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 and 2 only
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Section 5A of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, inserted by the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2002, makes the PM the Chairperson and the Forests and Wild Life Minister the Vice-Chairperson. Statement 3 is wrong: the Director of Wild Life Preservation is the Member-Secretary; the WII Director is only a member.
How many hydrogen refuelling stations are included in the five pilot projects for hydrogen buses and trucks sanctioned by MNRE (announced 3 March 2025)?
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Correct answer: A — 9
The five pilot projects include 37 vehicles and 9 hydrogen refuelling stations.
Consider the following statements about the hydrogen transport pilot projects announced by MNRE on 3 March 2025: 1. Of the 37 vehicles, 15 are hydrogen fuel cell-based and 22 use hydrogen internal combustion engines. 2. The vehicles will run on 10 routes, including Bhubaneswar–Konark–Puri. 3. The projects are funded under the PM e-DRIVE scheme. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 and 2 only
Statements 1 and 2 are correct: 15 fuel cell and 22 hydrogen ICE vehicles will run on 10 routes including Bhubaneswar–Konark–Puri. Statement 3 is wrong: the pilots come under the National Green Hydrogen Mission, with about ₹208 crore of central support.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gujarati poet Anil Joshi, who died on 26 February 2025, won the 1990 Sahitya Akademi Award for which collection of essays?
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Correct answer: A — Statue
Anil Joshi's 1988 essay collection 'Statue' won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1990.
The PM credited which tribe for the rising tiger population in Karnataka's BRT Tiger Reserve in Mann Ki Baat of 23 February 2025?
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Correct answer: C — Soliga
The PM said much of the credit for the rising tiger count in BRT Tiger Reserve goes to the Soliga tribe, who worship the tiger.
Anuradha Rao, called the 'Deer Woman' in Mann Ki Baat, has worked for decades to protect deer and peacocks in:
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Correct answer: D — Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The PM said Anuradha Rao, whose family has long been associated with the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, has protected deer and peacocks for three decades.
Which of the following was NOT among the animals the PM named in Mann Ki Baat as found only in India?
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Correct answer: A — Snow Leopard
The PM named the Asiatic Lion, Hangul, Pygmy Hog and Lion-tailed Macaque; the Snow Leopard was not in his list.
Where was the 27th meeting of the Western Zonal Council held on 22 February 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Pune
Amit Shah chaired the 27th meeting of the Western Zonal Council in Pune, Maharashtra.
Which Union Territory is a member of the Western Zonal Council along with Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa?
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Correct answer: B — Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
The Administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu attended, as the UT is a member of the Western Zonal Council.
How many issues were discussed at the 27th meeting of the Western Zonal Council, apart from six issues of national importance?
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Correct answer: A — 18
A total of 18 issues were discussed, and six issues of national importance were also taken up.
Under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, apart from its Chief Minister, how many other ministers from each member state sit on a Zonal Council?
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Correct answer: A — Two, nominated by the Governor
Section 16 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 provides that each Zonal Council includes the Chief Minister and two other ministers of each member state nominated by the Governor; the Union Home Minister is the chairman.