August 2025 GK-2

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  1. 2. Which agency set-up HOPE station in Ladakh to simulate life on Moon and Mars.
  2. 4. An asset created solely by human intelligence and creativity. Examples include copyrights, patents and trademarks.
  3. 8. Name of the potential trap where country’s manufacturing sector gets hamstrung at low and mid-end technologies, struggling to catch up on core innovations retained by developed nations.
  4. 9. In which port was India’s first ‘Make in India’ one megawatt green hydrogen plant commissioned?
  5. 12. This was signed in 1947 and aimed to eliminate the protectionism that had dogged the global economy in the 1930s. It was followed by several rounds of negotiations which gradually reduced trade barriers and was eventually superseded in the 1990s by the World Trade Organisation or WTO (Use abbreviation)
  6. 14. As per the 2025 yearbook of Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), how many countries possess nuclear weapons as of January 1, 2025
  7. 15. Headquarters of BRICS+ Group in in which city
  8. 17. What is the name of the joint humanitarian relief operation recently carried out by the Assam Rifles and the Indian Air Force in Manipur?
  9. 18. “Belt and Road Initiative” is sometimes mentioned in the news in the context of the affairs of which country
  10. 21. Capital of Iran
  11. 24. Uttarkaashi witnessed flash floods triggered by torrential rain hit the Kheer Ganga river. This place is located in which state ?
  12. 28. According to Union Health Ministry, which state has recorded the highest number of organ donations in India?
  13. 29. Levies on the assets of those who die.
  14. 30. SAARC is the regionals intergovernmental org and geopolitical union of states in south Asia founded In Dhaka in 1985,how many member countries are there after Afghanistan joined in 2007.
  15. 31. What is the rank of India in the Hurun Global Unicorn Index 2025?
  16. 32. The Hargila Army is an all-women conservation group in which state and dedicated to protecting the endangered Greater Adjutant Stork, also known as Hargila
  17. 33. Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR), India’s first greenfield smart industrial city, is located in which state?
  18. 34. Which country is the host of 18th BRICS Summit 2026?
  19. 35. The DAX (Deutscher Aktien Index) is a stock index of which country
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  1. 1. Which institution recently launched the India Electric Mobility Index (IEMI)is a first-of-its-kind tool to track and rank States and Union Territories (UTs) on electric mobility progress.
  2. 3. The Indian Air Force (IAF) will retire the which country made MiG-21 Bison fighter jets by September 2025. This marks the end of India’s longest-serving combat aircraft era.
  3. 5. M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) hosted the M.S. Swaminathan Centenary International Conference from 7–9 August 2025 in New Delhi. The event marks the birth centenary of Professor M.S. Swaminathan, known as the father of India’s ________ Revolution.
  4. 6. Littering in which state will cost you fines upto ₹3 lakh, as the State Cabinet passed a new bill
  5. 7. In 1961, Goa, Daman and Diu liberated from which country's colonial rule
  6. 10. What is a country’s disparity between the exports and imports of goods and services called?
  7. 11. First cricketer to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket
  8. 13. Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty was signed between the Russia (formerly Soviet Union) and which country?(Use abbreviation)
  9. 16. First Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal—in 10m rifle shooting in Beijing 2008
  10. 19. Short-term capital that flows into a country in search of quick returns.
  11. 20. Father of Green Revolution Globally
  12. 22. The Union Education Ministry has issued instructions to the States to initiate the implementation of which initiative also known as ‘One Nation, one student ID,’ functions as an Education Ecosystem Registry, which is also referred to as an ‘EduLocker’(Use abbreviation)
  13. 23. Which major industrial disaster tool place in 1984
  14. 25. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) functions under which Union Ministry?
  15. 26. Lok Sabha passes Constitutional Amendment Bill in 1988 reducing voting age from 21 to 18 years. Who the PM of India then?
  16. 27. The ______ Movement, launched on August 7, 1905, championed indigenous industries, especially handlooms, as a form of economic resistance to colonial rule. In honour of this legacy, August 7 was declared National Handloom Day in 2015