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✅ 5 September 2025 Current Affairs Questions & Answers (Top 30 MCQs in English)
Q1. In the NIRF 2025 Overall Ranking, which institute secured the top position?
A) IIT Delhi
B) IISc Bangalore
C) IIT Madras ✅
D) IIM Ahmedabad
📖 Info: IIT Madras topped the NIRF 2025 Overall Rankings for the 7th consecutive year.
Q2. ‘Operation Swarn’ in Andhra Pradesh was launched to rejuvenate which river?
A) Godavari River
B) Krishna River
C) Pennar River
D) Swarnamukhi River ✅
📖 Info: The operation focuses on reviving Swarnamukhi River and removing encroachments.
Q3. Which state launched India’s first Vulture Portal ‘TheVultureNetwork.org’?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Assam ✅
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Gujarat
📖 Info: Assam launched India’s first vulture conservation portal in collaboration with Guwahati University.
Q4. PM Modi launched ‘State Livelihood Fund Credit Cooperative Federation Ltd’ in which state?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Bihar ✅
C) Jharkhand
D) Madhya Pradesh
📖 Info: The initiative aims to provide affordable credit to rural women entrepreneurs.
Q5. ‘Karma Puja’ festival is mainly celebrated in which state?
A) Bihar
B) Odisha
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Jharkhand ✅
📖 Info: It is a tribal festival where sisters pray for their brothers’ long life.
Q6. Who launched the ‘Cotton Farmers App’?
A) Narendra Singh Tomar
B) Giriraj Singh ✅
C) Piyush Goyal
D) Amit Shah
📖 Info: The app will digitalize MSP purchase of cotton and protect farmers from distress sales.
Q7. Toxic ‘Blue Dragon’ sea slug forced the closure of beaches in which country for the first time?
A) Portugal
B) Italy
C) Spain ✅
D) France
📖 Info: Rising sea temperatures have led to the spread of poisonous blue dragon sea slugs.
Q8. India announced 1000 e-scholarships for students of which country for academic year 2025-26?
A) Bangladesh
B) Nepal
C) Sri Lanka
D) Afghanistan ✅
📖 Info: The scholarships are provided under ICCR via EVB portal.
Q9. Who launched the ‘BHARATI’ initiative to support agri-food startups?
A) NITI Aayog
B) NABARD
C) APEDA ✅
D) Agriculture Ministry
📖 Info: The goal is to support 100 agri-food startups and boost exports to $50 billion by 2030.
Q10. Indian junior champion Pranav Venkatesh won the ‘Fujairah Global Superstar Chess’ tournament in which country?
A) Saudi Arabia
B) UAE ✅
C) Qatar
D) Spain
📖 Info: He defeated GM Alan Pichot in the UAE to win the inaugural edition.
Q11. The 16th century silk textile ‘Vrindavani Vastra’ depicts stories of which deity?
A) Lord Rama
B) Lord Shiva
C) Lord Krishna ✅
D) Lord Vishnu
📖 Info: It depicts childhood stories of Lord Krishna, created under Vaishnav saint Srimanta Sankardeva.
Q12. Who is the current Prime Minister of Singapore who visited India in Sept 2025?
A) Lee Hsien Loong
B) Lawrence Wong ✅
C) Halimah Yacob
D) Tony Tan
📖 Info: PM Lawrence Wong visited India to mark 60 years of diplomatic relations.
Q13. Who founded ‘Educate Girls’ NGO, winner of Ramon Magsaysay Award 2025?
A) Kiran Bedi
B) Medha Patkar
C) Vandana Shiva
D) Safeena Husain ✅
📖 Info: Educate Girls, founded in Rajasthan, works for girls’ education.
Q14. India celebrates National Teachers’ Day on which date?
A) 5 October
B) 5 September ✅
C) 14 November
D) 2 October
📖 Info: It is observed on Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan’s birth anniversary.
Q15. Who won the Dutch Grand Prix 2025?
A) Max Verstappen
B) Lewis Hamilton
C) Oscar Piastri ✅
D) Isack Hadjar
📖 Info: Oscar Piastri won, Max Verstappen finished second.
Q16. Which two countries signed the ‘Power of Siberia 2’ gas pipeline deal?
A) Russia & India
B) China & Mongolia
C) Russia & China ✅
D) Russia & Japan
📖 Info: It will transport gas from Siberia to northern China via Mongolia.
Q17. Who has been appointed as the new CEO of FSSAI?
A) Satish Kumar
B) Dr. Deepak Mittal
C) Rajit Punhani ✅
D) Urjit Patel
📖 Info: 1991 batch IAS officer Rajit Punhani took charge as CEO of FSSAI.
Q18. India’s first Digital Agriculture Directorate was set up in which state?
A) Punjab
B) Bihar ✅
C) Haryana
D) Maharashtra
📖 Info: Bihar launched the directorate to ensure real-time access to agricultural schemes.
Q19. India signed a ‘Joint Credit Mechanism’ for carbon trading with which country?
A) France
B) Germany
C) UAE
D) Japan ✅
📖 Info: The agreement was signed under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement.
Q20. Which Indian cricket legend was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame in 2025?
A) Anil Kumble
B) Rahul Dravid ✅
C) Sourav Ganguly
D) VVS Laxman
📖 Info: Rahul Dravid was honoured for his outstanding contribution to cricket.
Q21. NIRF 2025 Rankings are released by which ministry?
A) Ministry of Home Affairs
B) Ministry of Science & Tech
C) Ministry of Education ✅
D) HRD Ministry (old name)
📖 Info: The rankings are prepared by the Ministry of Education every year.
Q22. Which dam is built on Swarnamukhi River?
A) Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
B) Srisailam Dam
C) Kalyani Dam ✅
D) Polavaram Dam
📖 Info: Built in 1977, the Kalyani Dam supplies water to Tirupati.
Q23. Where is the world’s first vulture conservation and breeding centre located?
A) Maharajganj, UP ✅
B) Guwahati, Assam
C) Bhopal, MP
D) Kolkata, WB
📖 Info: The centre in Maharajganj focuses on vulture conservation and breeding.
Q24. What is the main objective of Bihar’s ‘Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana’?
A) Provide govt jobs
B) Support women entrepreneurs financially ✅
C) Provide free education
D) Improve healthcare for women
📖 Info: The scheme promotes women entrepreneurship and financial independence.
Q25. Which new category was added to NIRF Rankings 2025?
A) Agriculture Institutes
B) SDG Institutes ✅
C) Sports Institutes
D) Arts & Humanities
📖 Info: Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Institutions were added as a new category.
Q26. Which state was India’s top cotton producer in 2024?
A) Maharashtra
B) Telangana
C) Gujarat ✅
D) MP
📖 Info: Gujarat accounted for 27% of India’s cotton production.
Q27. Who recommends MSP (Minimum Support Price) in India?
A) NITI Aayog
B) RBI
C) CACP ✅
D) FCI
📖 Info: The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) recommends MSP.
Q28. Who was India’s first Chess Grandmaster?
A) D Gukesh
B) Pranav Venkatesh
C) Arjun Erigaisi
D) Viswanathan Anand ✅
📖 Info: Viswanathan Anand became India’s first GM in 1988.
Q29. What is the name of India’s first indigenous 32-bit microprocessor launched at Semicon India 2025?
A) Param-32
B) Shakti-32
C) Vikram-32 ✅
D) Aryabhatt-32
📖 Info: Vikram-32 was unveiled in New Delhi’s Semicon India 2025.
Q30. Recently retired Indian cricket legends Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja played for which country?
A) Australia
B) England
C) India ✅
D) South Africa
📖 Info: The trio announced retirement from different formats recently.
📌 Conclusion
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