Revision Handout 1 for 2025 Current Affairs

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  1. 2. The first bullet train in India has been proposed to run from Ahmedabad to ___
  2. 3. Nobel Prize for Peace in 2025 is awarded to "Maria Corina Machado" for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of _____ and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
  3. 7. Which ancient Indian board game evolved into modern chess?
  4. 8. Donald Trump has levied India with special tariffs for purchase of Oil from which country
  5. 9. Which city is building a 50 acre Quantum Valley, including a Quantum Computing Centre.
  6. 11. Which airline cancelled thousands of flights resulting in severe disruption in Indian aviation industry
  7. 12. Commerce Minister, Govt of India
  8. 18. Name given to elements which are key ingredients for glass, lights, magnets, batteries, and catalytic converters, and used in everything from cell phones to cars. China has restricted the export of these and hampering India's EV industry progress
  9. 19. The Executive Board of Commonwealth Sport nominated which city as the 2030 Commonwealth Games host, allowing the major event to return to India after 20 years. This decision will back the country's goal of hosting the Olympics in 2036.
  10. 20. Which Indian state hosted FIDE Chess World Cup 2025?
  11. 21. National ___ Day (Rashtriya Ekta Diwas) is observed every year on October 31. It marks the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, India’s first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister
  12. 23. Sanae Takaichi recently became which country's first female Prime Minister
  13. 25. TSMC which is the world's largest Semiconductor Fab manufacturer is based out of which country
  14. 27. Zubeen Garg who passed away recently was a popular musician from which state of India
  15. 28. Number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India
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  1. 1. Who was India’s first chess Grandmaster?
  2. 3. The national song ______ composed by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, appeared in his novel Anandamath in the 1880s. It was first sung by Tagore in 1896 and became the official national song on January 24, 1950.
  3. 4. What is the rank of India in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025?
  4. 5. Captain of Indian Women's ODI Cricket Team
  5. 6. Who has been sworn in as the interim Prime Minister of Nepal in September 2025?
  6. 10. India will build ____, a 'multi-layered framework' to integrate advanced surveillance, cyber protection, and physical safeguards to protect its citizens and infrastructure from enemy strikes, terrorist or otherwise.
  7. 13. Which government initiative promotes financial inclusion through access to banking, credit, and insurance?
  8. 14. Which athletes 'GOAT Tour' spanned all four corners of India — east (Kolkata), south (Hyderabad), west (Mumbai) and north (New Delhi) — turning it into one of the biggest sporting spectacles ever hosted in the country?(Use 2nd name)
  9. 15. Which space agency set-up HOPE station in Ladakh to simulate life on Moon and Mars.
  10. 16. Thailand and which country and were at loggerheads over border dispute
  11. 17. Who is known as the “Father of Indian Cinema”?
  12. 22. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a Eurasian political, economic and international security organization comprising how many member states
  13. 24. A property dedicated in the name of God for religious and charitable purposes by Muslims
  14. 25. Which Chinese city is the host of 2025 SCO Summit attended by PM Modi
  15. 26. USA revoked sanctions waiver for India and other countries for developing which country's Chabahar port.