January 2025 Current Affairs Quiz – 100 Important MCQs with Answers December 26, 2025December 9, 2025 by studyvaanii@gmail.com January 2025 Current Affairs Quiz – 100 Important MCQs with Answers Prepare for competitive exams with our January 2025 Current Affairs Quiz. Get 100 most important MCQs with answers for SSC, Banking, MPSC, UPSC and all exams. 1 / 97 WINDS initiative will install AWS at which level? District State Block Village 2 / 97 Who won the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024? Manu Bhaker Praveen Kumar Harmanpreet Singh Gukesh D 3 / 97 Sunita Williams’ total spacewalking time is now: 62 hours 6 minutes 50 hours 60 hours 12 minutes 30 hours 4 / 97 Who will become the first Indian astronaut to pilot a mission to the ISS? Rakesh Sharma Shubhanshu Shukla Sunita Williams Neeraj Parakh 5 / 97 What was the total FDI equity inflow into India during April–September 2024? USD 12.52 billion USD 20.45 billion USD 25.10 billion USD 15.30 billion 6 / 97 Who was appointed Chairperson of NHRC (2024 end)? Justice Alok Aradhe Justice Banerjee Justice Ram Mohan Ray Justice Ramasubramanian 7 / 97 India became which country to achieve space docking? 7th 6th 5th 4th 8 / 97 What is the estimated real GDP growth for FY25 as per Economic Survey 2025? 6.4% 5.4% 8.0% 7.2% 9 / 97 Fisheries sector CAGR is: 6% 7% 8% 8.7% 10 / 97 What is the estimated fiscal deficit for FY 2025-26 as per Union Budget 2025-26? 6.1% of GDP 5.2% of GDP 3.5% of GDP 4.4% of GDP 11 / 97 Who set the new record for the longest female spacewalk time? Peggy Whitson Christina Koch Sunita Williams Kalpana Chawla 12 / 97 Which ministry won Best Ministry Tableau (Judges’ Choice)? Ministry of Railways Ministry of Culture Ministry of Defence Ministry of Tribal Affairs 13 / 97 Under the Union Budget 2025-26, the limit for tax deduction on interest for senior citizens has been increased from Rs 50,000 to: Rs 1.5 Lakh Rs 75,000 Rs 2 Lakh Rs 1 Lakh 14 / 97 Unemployment rate in 2023–24 reduced to: 4.5% 3.2% 5.0% 6.1% 15 / 97 NHRC Chairperson appointed in December 2024: Justice Arun Mishra Justice Alok Aradhe Justice S. Ravindra Bhat Justice V. Ramasubramanian 16 / 97 India’s ranking in patent filings (WIPO 2022) 10th 2nd 4th 6th 17 / 97 Which digital wallet is X (formerly Twitter) launching? X Pay X Money (powered by Visa) X Finance Visa-X Wallet 18 / 97 PM Modi cited speeches from which Constitution makers in Mann Ki Baat 2025? Ambedkar, Rajendra Prasad, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Patel, Nehru, Bose Gandhi, Nehru, Patel Bose, Gandhi, Ambedkar 19 / 97 What percentage of India’s installed power capacity comes from non-fossil sources (Nov 2024)? 46.8% 30% 52% 40% 20 / 97 Who represented India at Donald Trump’s swearing-in (2025)? S. Jaishankar Piyush Goyal Vinod Chandran Narendra ModiPiyush Goyal 21 / 97 Who won the PKL Title (2025)? Tamil Thalaivas Haryana Steelers Dabang Delhi UP Yoddhas 22 / 97 Who has been elected President of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI)? Aman Neeraj Chopra Bahadur Singh Sagoo Adille Sumariwalla 23 / 97 What is the estimated fiscal deficit as a percentage of GDP for the financial year 2025-2026? 4.1% 4.4% 3.5% 5.9% 24 / 97 India’s vision year for ‘Viksit Bharat’ is: 2047 2035 2040 2030 25 / 97 Who became the Chief Scientist of Zoho after stepping down as CEO? Shailesh Kumar Davey Sridhar Vembu Pawan Chandak Akhil Gupta 26 / 97 Which contingent won Popular Choice (Services)? West Bengal Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra Gujarat 27 / 97 India signed NBWR rice trade MoU with: Bangladesh Vietnam China Indonesia 28 / 97 What is India’s projected GDP growth for FY25 (RBI)? 7.6% 6.6% 6.0% 7.0% 29 / 97 What edition of Republic Day was celebrated in 2025? 76th 73rd 74th 75th 30 / 97 Who won the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024 (one of the awardees)? Salima Tete Praveen Soorma Jyothi Yarraji Gukesh D 31 / 97 ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year 2024: Shaheen Afridi Jasprit Bumrah Arshdeep Singh Glenn Maxwell 32 / 97 India holds what rank globally in services exports? 4th 5th 7th 6th 33 / 97 Total cost approved for Third Launch Pad at Sriharikota: ₹6,100 crore ₹5,250 crore ₹2,500 crore ₹3,984.86 crore 34 / 97 ICC Emerging Men’s Cricketer of the Year 2024? Kamindu Mendis G. Erasmus Praveen Kumar Arshdeep Singh 35 / 97 Who succeeded S. Somanath as ISRO Chairman? Dr. R. Raghvan M. Mohan Dr. D. Sahani Dr. V. Narayanan 36 / 97 Which ministry ranked second in budget allocation? Home Affairs Defence Rural Development Railways 37 / 97 Who was appointed Chief Justice of Bombay High Court? Justice Devendra Upadhyaya Justice Raju Varadarajan V. Ramasubramanian Justice Alok Aradhe 38 / 97 How many Atal Tinkering Labs will be set up in the next 5 years? 50,000 25,000 10,000 40,000 39 / 97 Jitender Pal Singh was appointed Ambassador to: Japan France Israel Iran 40 / 97 Who set a new record for the longest spacewalking time by a woman? Christina Koch Peggy Whitson Jessica Meir Sunita Williams 41 / 97 Who shared the World Blitz Chess Title? Carlsen & Gukesh Carlsen & Nepomniachtchi Carlsen & Praggnanandhaa Carlsen & Nakamura 42 / 97 Who was sworn in as a Supreme Court judge on Jan 16, 2025? Justice D.Y. Chandrachud Justice Sanjiv Khanna Justice Krishnan Vinod Chandran Rajiv Kumar 43 / 97 India’s retail inflation in FY25 (Apr–Dec 2024) declined to: 3.8% 4.9% 6.4% 5.9% 44 / 97 Which state will get a new Makhana Board as per the Budget? Punjab Bihar Uttar Pradesh Assam 45 / 97 Who became CEO of UIDAI in January 2025? Bhuvnesh Kumar Faiz Ahmed Kidwai Amit Agrawal Azimul Haque 46 / 97 Who won Australian Open 2025 (Men’s Singles)? Jannik Sinner Alexander Zverev Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal 47 / 97 Who won the Women’s World Rapid Chess Championship 2025? Ju Wenjun Koneru Humpy Hou Yifan Harika Dronavalli 48 / 97 Which regiment won Best Marching Contingent (Services) – Judges’ Choice? Jammu & Kashmir Rifles Sikh Regiment Para Regiment Assam Rifles 49 / 97 Who has been reappointed as MD & CEO of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd? Shridhar Vembu Jitendra Pal Singh Hisashi Takeuchi Hiroki Totoki 50 / 97 CAPEX growth post elections (Jul–Nov 2024) increased by: 5% 10.1% 15% 8.2% 51 / 97 National Voters’ Day is celebrated on: 24 January 20 January 25 January 21 January 52 / 97 Implementation time for Third Launch Pad: 36 months 60 months 24 months 48 months 53 / 97 Duration of India–Indonesia rice MoU is: 5 years 6 years 4 years 7 years 54 / 97 ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year 2024: Smriti Mandhana Harmanpreet Kaur Melie Kerr Ellyse Perry 55 / 97 Which state won its first National Handball Championship? Rajasthan Punjab Haryana Kerala 56 / 97 Which country ranks last (106th) in the Passport Index 2025? Bangladesh Afghanistan Nepal Pakistan 57 / 97 Mo Farah was appointed as Ambassador of: Commonwealth Games Asian Games Tata Mumbai Marathon FIFA U-17 World Cup 58 / 97 Who has been named CEO of Vedanta Resources Ltd? Deshnee Naidoo Akhil Gupta Hiroki Totoki Amrit Mohan Prasad 59 / 97 Livestock sector CAGR is: 7% 5% 8% 6% 60 / 97 Under PM SVANidhi revamp, the new UPI-linked credit card limit is: ₹10,000 ₹25,000 ₹30,000 ₹20,000 61 / 97 Who has been appointed CEO of Zoho Corporation? Shailesh Kumar Davey Akhil Gupta Deshnee Naidoo Sridhar Vembu 62 / 97 Popular Choice Tableau was won by which state? Rajasthan Maharashtra Gujarat Karnataka 63 / 97 Domestic smartphone manufacturing now covers: 50% 70% 90% 99% 64 / 97 India added how many villages to ODF Plus in FY25 (Apr–Nov 2024)? 1 lakh 50,000 1.92 lakh 3 lakh 65 / 97 Which tiger reserves were added recently? Bandipur and Nagarhole Dudhwa and Valmiki Pench and Kanha Guru Ghasidas–Tamor Pingla & Ratapani 66 / 97 Which athlete received the Arjuna Award 2024 (Athletics category)? Jyothi Yarraji Vantika Agrawal Nitu Saweety 67 / 97 Which ministry received the highest allocation in Budget 2025-26? Education Home Affairs Defence Finance 68 / 97 ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year 2024? Melie Kerr Esha Oza Shafali Verma Annerie Dercksen 69 / 97 Messi received which honour in the US? Presidential Medal of Freedom Ellis Island Medal Congressional Medal Medal of Liberty 70 / 97 Who has been appointed as the new Secretary General of ASSOCHAM? Ashish Naithani Deepak Sood Tuhin Kanta Pandey Manish Singhal 71 / 97 BSE Market Cap to GDP ratio in Dec 2024 was: 100% 140% 120% 136% 72 / 97 Number of railway Vande Bharat train pairs added (Apr–Oct 2024): 12 10 17 15 73 / 97 India ranks what position in the 2025 Henley Passport Index? 80 85 71 82 74 / 97 How much increase was recorded in startups from Nagaland? 150% 50% 100% 200% 75 / 97 India’s FOREX reserves at the end of Dec 2024 stood at: $600 bn $640.3 bn $550 bn $700 bn 76 / 97 What is the total capital expenditure allocated in Union Budget 2025-26? ₹9.50 lakh crore ₹11.21 lakh crore ₹8.11 lakh crore ₹10.05 lakh crore 77 / 97 FIAT fund under PMFBY is allocated: ₹824.77 crore ₹900 crore ₹650 crore ₹500 crore 78 / 97 Where was India’s first private satellite constellation “Firefly” developed? ISRO Pixxel, Bengaluru IIT Bombay DRDO 79 / 97 Who became the world’s first AI Minister appointed by a national government? Japan Sweden Israel UAE 80 / 97 Agriculture contributes what percent to GDP (FY24 PE)? 10% 26% 16% 20% 81 / 97 Who won triple crown in Motorcycle Drag Racing Championship? Hemanth Muddappa Aishwarya Pissay Harith Noah CS Santosh 82 / 97 Tableau on Etikoppaka toys was presented by: Tamil Nadu Andhra Pradesh Kerala Telangana 83 / 97 Which lab will BMCRI establish as selected by ICMR? South India’s first IRDL AI Health Lab India's first Virology Lab Genomics Supercomputing Lab 84 / 97 Who has been appointed Director-General of DGCA? Vikram Dev Dutt Faiz Ahmed Kidwai Bhuvnesh Kumar Azimul Haque 85 / 97 The GI tag for Virgin Coconut Oil was given to: Tamil Nadu Andaman & Nicobar Islands Kerala Karnataka 86 / 97 Special DAP Package subsidy amount per MT is: ₹2,000 ₹5,000 ₹3,500 ₹4,500 87 / 97 Share of renewable energy in total installed capacity by Dec 2024: 55% 40% 47% 30% 88 / 97 Who has been appointed CEO of UIDAI in January 2025? Faiz Ahmed Kidwai Arunish Chawla Amit Agrawal Bhuvnesh Kumar 89 / 97 Who was appointed Chief Justice of Delhi High Court? Justice Arun Mishra Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya Justice V. Ramasubramanian Justice Alok Aradhe 90 / 97 What is the objective of the 6-year Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses? Promote oilseeds Promote maize Promote wheat varieties Promote Tur, Urad, Masoor 91 / 97 Number of active space assets India operates: 65 50 56 40 92 / 97 India added how much renewable energy capacity in 2024? 30 GW 10 GW 15 GW 25 GW 93 / 97 Ayushmann Khurrana was appointed brand ambassador of: Vivo FICCI Frames 2025 UNICEF India JioCinema 94 / 97 Which company launched an AI model claiming to outperform ChatGPT and DeepSeek? Alibaba ByteDance Tencent Baidu 95 / 97 Cabinet approved how much for Digital Agriculture Mission? ₹1,500 crore ₹3,000 crore ₹5,000 crore ₹2,817 crore 96 / 97 Number of farmers benefiting under PM-KISAN (as of Oct 2024) 5 crore 8 crore 11 crore 15 crore 97 / 97 Which state became the first in independent India to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC)? Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Assam Gujarat Your score isThe average score is 0% 0% Restart quiz