Current Affairs Quiz: September 26, 2025

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India’s Economy & Trade Policy (Tariffs and Pharmaceuticals) (15 Questions)

1. What percentage tariff did US President Donald Trump announce on imports of branded and patented pharmaceutical drugs?Answer: 100%
2. What is the effective date for the US tariff on branded and patented pharmaceutical drugs?Answer: October 1, 2025
3. The US tariff is intended to incentivize pharmaceutical companies to establish manufacturing facilities where?Answer: United States
4. Which Indian Ministry confirmed that it is closely monitoring the US tariff situation?Answer: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)
5. What category of pharmaceutical products is explicitly NOT covered by the new US tariff?Answer: Generic medicines (or APIs / Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients)
6. What does API stand for in the context of pharmaceutical exports?Answer: Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients
7. What condition can exempt a multinational company from the new US tariff on patented pharmaceuticals?Answer: Building (or breaking ground on) a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in the US
8. What is the primary product category of India’s pharmaceutical exports to the US?Answer: Generic drugs (or APIs)
9. The US is the largest pharma export market for India, accounting for approximately what percentage of total exports?Answer: 35%
10. India’s total pharmaceutical exports in FY25 touched a record value of approximately how many billion dollars?Answer: 30 billion
11. India supplies what percentage of the US’s demand for generic drugs?Answer: 40%
12. India supplies what percentage of all medicines in the UK?Answer: 25%
13. What term is used to describe India’s global standing in pharmaceutical manufacturing?Answer: ‘Pharmacy of the World’
14. Who was cited as the MEA spokesperson regarding India’s monitoring of the US tariff situation?Answer: Randhir Jaiswal
15. What is the expected direct impact of the US tariff on India’s overall pharmaceutical exports?Answer: Low (or Minimal)

India’s Foreign Policy & Bilateral Relations (UNGA) (15 Questions)

16. Which session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) was referenced in the context of India’s J&K stance?Answer: 80th
17. India’s official stance on the Jammu and Kashmir matter is that it is strictly what type of issue?Answer: Bilateral
18. Which country’s President’s comments on Kashmir did India strongly reject at the UNGA?Answer: Turkey (or Türkiye)
19. Which official did India lodge a strong protest with over the unwarranted statements on Kashmir?Answer: Turkish Ambassador
20. According to MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, what is the core issue in J&K?Answer: Pakistan’s Cross-Border Terrorism
21. India expressed its support for a comprehensive and lasting settlement for which territory, following discussions with its Foreign Minister?Answer: North Cyprus
22. The settlement for North Cyprus is to be in accordance with what agreed framework?Answer: UN framework
23. The Indian External Affairs Minister (EAM) met with which US official on the sidelines of UNGA?Answer: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
24. India and the US reaffirmed their resolve to strengthen ties under which strategic framework for the Indo-Pacific?Answer: Quad framework
25. The India-US meeting reaffirmed commitment to a free, open, and inclusive region known as what?Answer: Indo-Pacific
26. Name one of the three key areas of cooperation discussed between the EAM and the US Secretary of State.Answer: Trade (or Energy or Critical Minerals)
27. The bedrock of India’s stance on J&K is the principle of bilateralism, anchored in which historic agreement?Answer: Simla Agreement, 1972 (or Simla Agreement)
28. The incident involving Turkish President Erdogan highlights the continued strained nature of India’s relations with which country?Answer: Turkey (or Türkiye)
29. The meeting with the US reaffirms India’s commitment to the Quad, which includes India, US, Japan, and which fourth country?Answer: Australia
30. Who is the MEA spokesperson who firmly restated India’s J&K position?Answer: Randhir Jaiswal

National Affairs & Government Schemes (Bihar/MoSPI) (15 Questions)

31. Which state government launched the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana?Answer: Bihar
32. The Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana was launched by the Prime Minister via what means?Answer: Video conferencing
33. What is the initial financial grant amount (in ₹) transferred to each beneficiary woman under the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana?Answer: ₹10,000
34. The total initial transfer of ₹7,500 crore under the scheme was made to how many lakh women?Answer: 75 lakh
35. The scheme leverages the JAM Trinity for seamless Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT); what does the ‘M’ in JAM stand for?Answer: Mobile
36. The scheme’s implementation structure leverages nearly 11 lakh of which type of grassroots organization?Answer: Self-Help Groups (SHGs)
37. The Bihar scheme strengthens the Centre’s campaign that aims to create women earning over ₹1 lakh annually, known by what name?Answer: Lakhpati Didi campaign
38. Which Ministry recently unveiled major digital products like the PAIMANA Portal and NMDS Portal?Answer: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI)
39. What is the full form of PAIMANA?Answer: Project Assessment Infrastructure Monitoring and Analytics for Nation-building
40. The PAIMANA Portal monitors projects worth a minimum of how many crore rupees and above?Answer: ₹150 crore
41. What is the full form of NMDS?Answer: National Metadata Structure
42. The NMDS Portal is a centralized repository for standardized metadata from all what type of agencies?Answer: Data-producing agencies
43. The GoI Stats App, which provides official statistics data, was launched earlier this year on which special day?Answer: Statistics Day
44. The revamped MoSPI Website uses what type of advanced technology for its multilingual chatbot and search tools?Answer: AI (Artificial Intelligence)
45. The MoSPI initiatives aim to create a foundation for what type of data-ready statistical ecosystem?Answer: AI-ready (or machine-readable)

International Affairs & Geopolitics (30 Questions)

46. The recent escalating rhetoric regarding the war in Ukraine took place at a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of which major economic grouping?Answer: G20
47. Which country’s Foreign Minister is Sergei Lavrov?Answer: Russia
48. Sergei Lavrov accused NATO and the EU of using Ukraine to declare a “real war” against which country?Answer: Russia
49. Who is the British Foreign Secretary who condemned Lavrov’s speech as “false fantasy world distortions”?Answer: Yvette Cooper
50. What percentage of Ukraine is currently occupied by Russian forces?Answer: Approximately 20%
51. The US President signaled a harsher stance on Moscow by suggesting NATO allies should shoot down Russian jets in their airspace two days before the G20 meeting; who was the US President?Answer: Donald Trump
52. Which European country accused Moscow of sending jets into its airspace in a recent incident?Answer: Estonia
53. NATO jets shot down Russian drones in the airspace of which NATO country a week before the G20 meeting?Answer: Poland
54. Who is Europe’s foreign policy chief who emphasized that there are no signs Russia’s goal of subjugating Ukraine has changed?Answer: Kaja Kallas
55. Lavrov held talks with which U.S. Secretary of State during the diplomatic activity?Answer: Marco Rubio
56. The intense fighting in Ukraine is concentrated in which part of the country?Answer: East
57. In which year did the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine begin?Answer: 2022
58. The SC’s final decision on the JSW Steel takeover of BPSL was based on the goal of which specific Indian law?Answer: Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC)
59. In which year was the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) introduced?Answer: 2016
60. Which company’s 2.3 billion takeover of Bhushan Power and Steel (BPSL) was approved by the Supreme Court?Answer: JSW Steel
61. The Supreme Court’s final decision reversed its earlier ruling made in which month of the current year?Answer: May
62. The SC noted that the purpose of the IBC—to transform a loss-making entity into what—had been achieved by JSW Steel?Answer: Profit-making one (or a going concern)
63. What is the name of the multilateral development bank established by the BRICS countries?Answer: New Development Bank (NDB)
64. The New Development Bank (NDB) will issue its first bond denominated in which currency in the domestic Indian market?Answer: Indian Rupee (INR)
65. The NDB issuance is expected to take place before the end of which Indian Financial Year?Answer: FY 2025-26 (or end-March 2026)
66. What is the target amount (in $ million) of the NDB’s first Rupee-denominated bond tranche?Answer: 400 million to 500 million
67. The NDB is in advanced discussions with which Indian body regarding the bond issuance?Answer: Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
68. The NDB’s move supports the internationalization of which currency?Answer: Indian Rupee (INR)
69. The move to issue Rupee bonds aligns with the broader global effort to reduce reliance on major global currencies, an effort often called what?Answer: De-dollarization
70. Which country’s currency (besides South African Rand and Indian Rupee) has the NDB previously raised funds in?Answer: Chinese Yuan (or Yuan)
71. What does the ‘B’ stand for in the BRICS group of nations?Answer: Brazil
72. What does the ‘S’ stand for in the BRICS group of nations?Answer: South Africa
73. Which country is NOT a member of BRICS among the following: China, Japan, Russia, India?Answer: Japan
74. The NDB’s purpose is to fund infrastructure and what type of development projects?Answer: Sustainable development
75. The term ‘Masala Bond’ is often used for INR-denominated bonds issued outside of which country?Answer: India

Science & Technology (10 Questions)

76. The novel Dual-Trap Optical Tweezers system was developed by researchers at which institution?Answer: Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bengaluru
77. Optical Tweezers use highly focused light from which source to manipulate microscopic objects?Answer: Laser
78. The RRI innovation uses a specific detection scheme where each detector only monitors light from its own trap; what is this scheme called?Answer: Confocal detection scheme
79. What problem (or phenomenon) does the RRI innovation eliminate between the two laser traps?Answer: Signal interference (or cross-talk)
80. Optical Tweezers, the core technology, received a Nobel Prize in which year?Answer: 2018
81. The Yunxian 2 skull was discovered in which Chinese province?Answer: Hubei Province
82. The Yunxian 2 skull is estimated to be between 940,000 and how many million years old?Answer: 1.1 million years old
83. The new classification places the Yunxian 2 skull as the oldest-known member of a lineage that includes Homo longi and which other enigmatic hominin group?Answer: Denisovans
84. The new findings from Yunxian 2 rule out its classification as which previously considered hominin species?Answer: Homo erectus
85. The new study on the Yunxian 2 skull was published in which science journal?Answer: Science

Sports (5 Questions)

86. Which two teams are set to play in the final of the 2025 Asia Cup cricket tournament?Answer: India vs. Pakistan
87. The final Super 4 match between India and Sri Lanka was played at which venue?Answer: Dubai International Stadium
88. The 2025 Asia Cup Super 4 fixture against Sri Lanka served as an opportunity for India to test which part of its roster?Answer: Bench strength
89. The Asia Cup 2024 final (T20 format) between India and Pakistan is significant because it is the first ever of its kind in the history of the tournament since which year?Answer: 1984
90. Which Pakistan bowler took a figure of 3/17 in the Super Fours match against Bangladesh?Answer: Shaheen Afridi

Environment, Appointments, and Summits (10 Questions)

91. Which edition of the Nadi Utsav (River Festival) was recently held in New Delhi?Answer: 6th
92. The Nadi Utsav was inaugurated by C.R. Patil, the Union Minister of which Ministry?Answer: Jal Shakti
93. Which organization, under the Ministry of Culture, organized the Nadi Utsav?Answer: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA)
94. Who was appointed as the Managing Director & CEO of Tata Motors, effective October 1, 2025?Answer: Shailesh Chandra
95. Who did Dhiman Gupta replace as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Tata Motors?Answer: P.B. Balaji
96. P.B. Balaji, the former Tata Motors CFO, moved to become the CEO of which UK-based subsidiary?Answer: Jaguar Land Rover (JLR)
97. The Third Global Food Regulators Summit 2025 was inaugurated by which Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare?Answer: Jagat Prakash Nadda
98. The Global Food Regulators Summit 2025 was held at which venue in New Delhi?Answer: Bharat Mandapam
99. Which agency organized the Global Food Regulators Summit 2025 under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare?Answer: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
100. The Sanskrit theme for the Third Global Food Regulators Summit was “Evolving Food Systems – Yathā Annaṁ Tathā Manah”; what is the direct meaning of the Sanskrit phrase?Answer: As is the food, so is the mind

Great Indian Personalities (Manmohan Singh) (10 Questions)

101. Dr. Manmohan Singh was born on which date?Answer: September 26, 1932
102. Dr. Manmohan Singh was the 13th Prime Minister of India, serving from 2004 to which year?Answer: 2014
103. What position did Manmohan Singh hold from 1991 to 1996, during which he spearheaded the Economic Reforms?Answer: Finance Minister
104. The Economic Reforms of 1991 are famously known by the acronym LPG; what does the ‘L’ stand for?Answer: Liberalization
105. What is the full form of LPG in the context of the 1991 Economic Reforms?Answer: Liberalization, Privatization, Globalization
106. Prior to his political career, Manmohan Singh served as the Governor of which Indian institution from 1982 to 1985?Answer: Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
107. By profession, Dr. Manmohan Singh was an eminent what?Answer: Economist
108. The tribute mentioned was on which birthday anniversary of Dr. Manmohan Singh?Answer: 93rd
109. Dr. Manmohan Singh passed away on which date?Answer: December 26, 2024
110. Which political party did Manmohan Singh belong to during his tenure as Prime Minister?Answer: Indian National Congress (or Congress)

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