Current Affairs MCQs 01 September 2025
Q1. The 2025 SCO Summit was hosted in which Chinese city?
A. Beijing
B. Tianjin
C. Shanghai
D. Wuhan
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Answer: B. Tianjin
Explanation: The 2025 SCO Summit was held in Tianjin, China, from August 31 to September 1, 2025.
Q2. The first Khelo India Water Sports Festival was recently held at?
A. Chilika Lake
B. Dal Lake
C. Vembanad Lake
D. Loktak Lake
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Answer: B. Dal Lake
Explanation: The first Khelo India Water Sports Festival was organized at Dal Lake in Srinagar. Madhya Pradesh topped the medal tally, followed by Haryana and Odisha.
Q3. The ‘Pratibha Setu’ portal launched recently is meant for:
A. Providing e-learning resources to UPSC aspirants.
B. Tracking performance of school students in rural India.
C. Maintaining a databank of candidates who cleared all UPSC stages but didn’t make the final merit list.
D. A platform to connect employers with graduates from IITs and IIMs.
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Answer: C. Maintaining a databank of candidates who cleared all UPSC stages but didn’t make the final merit list.
Explanation: The ‘Pratibha Setu’ portal holds data of over 10,000 such candidates.
Q4. Which of the following stars were recently used by IUCAA researchers to refine the cosmic distance ladder and recalculate the Hubble constant?
A. Cepheid variables.
B. Type Ia Supernovae.
C. Oxygen-rich Mira stars.
D. Neutron stars.
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Answer: C. Oxygen-rich Mira stars.
Explanation: Prof. Anupam Bhardwaj’s team used 40 Mira variable stars in 18 clusters to refine the distance ladder and Hubble constant.
Q5. Which state provides the highest number of e-Government services integrated on DigiLocker and e-District platforms under NeGD?
A. Karnataka.
B. Delhi.
C. Andhra Pradesh.
D. Maharashtra.
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Answer: D. Maharashtra.
Explanation: Maharashtra provides 254 services, followed by Delhi (123) and Karnataka (113).
Q6. The Telangana government recently passed a bill providing 42% reservation for which category in local body elections?
A. Scheduled Caste.
B. Scheduled Tribe.
C. Backward Classes (BCs).
D. Women.
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Answer: C. Backward Classes (BCs).
Explanation: The Telangana Municipalities (Third Amendment) Bill, 2025 and Panchayat Raj (Third Amendment) Act, 2025 provide 42% quota for BCs.
Q7. The Tamil Nadu Department of Archaeology will soon launch underwater exploration between which two coastal towns?
A. Rameswaram and Dhanushkodi.
B. Poompuhar and Nagapattinam.
C. Chennai and Puducherry.
D. Tuticorin and Kanyakumari.
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Answer: B. Poompuhar and Nagapattinam.
Explanation: Exploration will be conducted between Poompuhar (ancient Chola capital) and Nagapattinam (medieval trade hub).
Q8. Which Indian organisation won the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2025?
A. Pratham.
B. Educate Girls.
C. Akshaya Patra Foundation.
D. SEWA.
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Answer: B. Educate Girls.
Explanation: Educate Girls, founded by Safeena Husain in Rajasthan, was one of the three winners.
The other winners are: Shaahina Ali (Maldives) – environmental activist; Flaviano Antonio L. Villanueva (Philippines) – human rights defender.
Q9. At the World Architecture Festival 2024 held in Singapore, IIIT Kurnool secured which global rank?
A. 5th.
B. 7th.
C. 9th.
D. 11th.
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Answer: C. 9th.
Explanation: IIIT Kurnool ranked 9th among 760 institutions worldwide.
Q10. The SCO Anti-Drug Center will be headquartered in?
A. Dushanbe.
B. Bishkek.
C. Tashkent.
D. Tehran.
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Answer: A. Dushanbe.
Explanation: A permanent SCO Anti-Drug Center will be set up in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
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