Q.1> Who is set to become the first Arab Director-General of UNESCO?
Ans> Khaled El-Enany (Egypt)
Q.2> Who has been awarded the 2025 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize?
Ans> Dr. Alexander Smith (Northwestern University)
Q.3> MY Bharat – National Service Scheme (NSS) Award is instituted by which ministry?
Ans> Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Q.4> Recently, India has launched how many new national projects focused on endangered species and human-wildlife conflict management?
Ans> Five national projects
Q.5> Which country has become the newest member state of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)?
Ans> Maldives
Q.6> When is World Postal Day celebrated?
Ans> October 9
Q.7> Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025?
Ans> Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla
Q.8> Where was the Mera Hou Chongba festival celebrated recently?
Ans> Kangla Fort in Imphal
Q.9> Where is the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025 being held?
Ans> Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Q.10> Who has recently been named the official ambassador of the English Premier League (EPL) in India?
Ans> Sanju Samson
Q.11> Who made history by winning India’s first-ever medal at the Judo Junior World Championships?
Ans> Linthoi Chanambam
Q.12> Where will the India-AI Impact Summit 2026 be held?
Ans> Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
Q.13> Who will launch the National Camel Sustainability Initiative recently?
Ans> Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
Q.14> Where was the second Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (INS Androth) commissioned?
Ans> Visakhapatnam
Q.15> Who has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics?
Ans> John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John M. Martinis
Q.16> Karnak Temple, which was recently in the news, is located in which country?
Ans> Luxor, Egypt
Q.17> Who launched the ‘Tigers Outside Tiger Reserves (TOTR)’ initiative?
Ans> Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)
Q.18> Under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, over 5.79 lakh loan applications have been sanctioned. What is the total amount sanctioned by Public Sector Banks under this scheme?
Ans> ₹10,907 crore
Q.19> Recently, who has launched the Indian Radio Software Architecture (IRSA) version 1.0?
Ans> DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation)
Q.20> The ‘New START’ treaty is under discussion between which two countries?
Ans> United States and Russia
