September 2025 GK-1

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  1. 2. India and which country will jointly develop and manufacture 120 kN engine for India's 5th gen fighter, AMCA.
  2. 5. India boasts how many recognized classical dance forms
  3. 7. Which country is shifting its legacy semiconductor, LCD & battery production to India.
  4. 9. A sudden economic contraction, also known as a recession.
  5. 10. Which country has lifted curbs on the export of rare earth magnets to India
  6. 11. Name of the India-led global initiative to protect seven species of big cats.(Use abbreviation)
  7. 13. Which sport is set to make its return to the Olympics at the 2028 Los Angeles Games after 128 years.
  8. 15. Indian Railways (IR) is working towards its ____ emission goal by adopting solar energy.
  9. 18. A sudden reduction in the willingness of banks and others to lend money. This usually has adverse economic consequences.
  10. 21. National _____ Day is celebrated on August 23 to commemorate the Chandrayaan-3 mission’s soft landing and deployment of the Pragyan Rover on the Moon in 2023
  11. 23. In which city has India’s first removable solar panel system between railway tracks been commissioned?
  12. 24. Which Indian state is the host of FIDE Chess World Cup 2025?
  13. 25. Recently, India successfully test-fired the Agni-5 missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, Odisha. Agni-5 is a nuclear-capable land-based Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) with Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle (MIRV) technology. It has been developed by ?(Use abbreviation)
  14. 26. On 19 August 2025,which tiger reserve in West Bengal became India’s second-biggest after the National Board of Wildlife (NBWL) approved its expansion.
  15. 28. Neeraj Chopra won which medal in the men’s javelin throw event at Diamond League event 2025?
  16. 30. A currency declared to be legal tender in a country by a government. Such a currency is not backed by gold or another asset; the government simply issues an order that it is legal tender, and can insist it be used to pay taxes.
  17. 31. Exercise Maitree is a joint military drill between India and which country?
  18. 33. TSMC which is the world's largest Semiconductor Fab manufacturer is based out of which country
  19. 34. The benefit that can, but does not always, accrue to the first company to introduce a product, or an innovation.
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  1. 1. CP Radhakrishnan from which state is the NDA's candidate for the Vice Presidential election
  2. 3. Which Chinese city is the host of 2025 SCO Summit attended by PM Modi
  3. 4. A manufacturing process that aims to keep down costs and reduce waste by producing items only when ordered (rather than in advance) and by keeping inventory levels down.
  4. 6. Capital of Uzbekistan
  5. 8. Term used to describe laws or regulations designed to stop firms from exploiting their monopoly positions in markets at the expense of consumers or rival businesses
  6. 9. Madhubani Art form is from which state
  7. 12. This concept, central to Keynesian economics, relates to the proportional increase, or decrease, in demand that can arise from an injection, or withdrawal, of spending. So a government increase in spending on, say, roadbuilding will mean more jobs for workers who spend their wages on other goods and services, which encourages the employment of more workers, and so on
  8. 14. World Badminton Championships 2025 was hosted by which city?
  9. 16. Also known as the bell curve, this describes phenomena where most data points cluster around the average and there are few outliers
  10. 17. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a Eurasian political, economic and international security organization comprising how many member states
  11. 18. A large company that has diversified across a range of countries and business areas, normally through making acquisitions.
  12. 19. Where was the first recent human case of the flesh-eating parasite, the New World screwworm, reported?(Use abbreviation)
  13. 20. Which River is a major east-flowing peninsular river in Chhattisgarh and Odisha. It originates from the Sihawa range in Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh. It flows eastward, enters Odisha near Cuttack, and drains into the Bay of Bengal near Paradip.
  14. 22. Name of the supply chain optimisation tool under Public Distribution System (PDS). It is developed with World Food Programme (WFP) and Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT), IIT-Delhi.
  15. 27. National ____ Day, which is celebrated annually on August 29, honors the birth anniversary of Major Dhyan Chand, who is considered by many to be among the best hockey players in history.
  16. 29. Which country approved the online gaming bill, making online betting a punishable offense.
  17. 32. On 26 August 2025, Indian Navy commissioned Project 17A multi-mission stealth frigates INS Udaygiri and INS _____ at Naval Base Visakhapatnam.