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