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1521. Which Article of the Constitution deals with the constitution of a Commission and a Committee of Parliament on Official Language?
- A. Article 344
- B. Article 351
- C. Article 350
- D. Article 343
Answer: Article 344
Explanation: Article 344 provides for the constitution of a Commission by the President (at the expiration of five years and thereafter at the expiration of ten years from the commencement of the Constitution) and a Committee of Parliament to examine its recommendations.
1522. The Official Languages Act, 1963 was enacted by Parliament under the power conferred by which Article of the Constitution?
- A. Article 345
- B. Article 351
- C. Article 343(3)
- D. Article 344(1)
Answer: Article 343(3)
Explanation: The Official Languages Act, 1963 was enacted in exercise of the power under Article 343(3), permitting continued use of English for specified purposes beyond the original 15-year window.
1523. Article 343(3) empowers Parliament to provide by law for the continued use of English after the expiry of the 15-year period for which of the following purposes?
- A. Such purposes as specified in the law made by Parliament
- B. Only for the judiciary
- C. Only for defence services
- D. Only for correspondence between states
Answer: Such purposes as specified in the law made by Parliament
Explanation: Article 343(3) allows Parliament, by law, to provide for the use of English even after the 15-year period, for such purposes as may be specified in that law — this power was exercised via the Official Languages Act, 1963.
1524. Under Article 343(2), for how many years from the commencement of the Constitution could English continue to be used for all official purposes of the Union, notwithstanding Article 343(1)?
- A. 20 years
- B. 10 years
- C. 25 years
- D. 15 years
Answer: 15 years
Explanation: Article 343(2) provided a 15-year transitional window (from 26 January 1950) during which English would continue for all official purposes of the Union, as if Article 343(1) had not been enacted.
1525. As per Article 343(1), the form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the Union is:
- A. Roman numerals
- B. International form of Indian numerals
- C. Local numerals of each state
- D. Devanagari numerals only
Answer: International form of Indian numerals
Explanation: Article 343(1) specifies Hindi in Devanagari script as the Union's official language, with the international form of Indian numerals (i.e., 1,2,3...) for official use.
1526. Under Article 343(1) of the Constitution, the official language of the Union is Hindi in which script?
- A. Devanagari script
- B. Roman script
- C. Gurmukhi script
- D. Kaithi script
Answer: Devanagari script
Explanation: Article 343(1) states the official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script, with the international form of Indian numerals.
1527. The 100th episode of the Prime Minister's radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat' was broadcast on:
- A. 26 January 2023
- B. 30 April 2023
- C. 3 October 2022
- D. 15 August 2023
Answer: 30 April 2023
Explanation: Mann Ki Baat began on 3 October 2014; the 100th episode aired on 30 April 2023.
1528. The International Day of Yoga 2025 main event led by the Prime Minister was held at:
- A. Srinagar
- B. Jaipur
- C. Ranchi
- D. Visakhapatnam
Answer: Visakhapatnam
Explanation: The 11th Yoga Day (21 June 2025) main event was at Visakhapatnam; 2024's was in Srinagar.
1529. In February 2023, cheetahs arrived at Kuno National Park from which country, 12 in number?
- A. South Africa
- B. Botswana
- C. Kenya
- D. Namibia
Answer: South Africa
Explanation: Eight cheetahs came from Namibia in September 2022 and 12 from South Africa in February 2023.
1530. The tableaux theme of the Republic Day parade 2025 was:
- A. Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav
- B. Viksit Bharat and Bharat Lokatantra ki Matruka
- C. Nari Shakti
- D. Swarnim Bharat: Virasat aur Vikas
Answer: Swarnim Bharat: Virasat aur Vikas
Explanation: The 2025 theme was 'Swarnim Bharat: Virasat aur Vikas'; 2024's was 'Viksit Bharat and Bharat – Loktantra ki Matruka'.
1531. The Air Force Day parade and air show of 8 October 2023 was held at:
- A. Chennai
- B. Chandigarh
- C. Prayagraj
- D. Hindon
Answer: Prayagraj
Explanation: The 91st IAF anniversary was celebrated at Prayagraj (Bamrauli) in 2023.
1532. Chandrayaan-4, approved by the Union Cabinet in September 2024, aims to:
- A. Orbit Mars
- B. Land humans on the Moon
- C. Return lunar samples to Earth
- D. Study the Sun
Answer: Return lunar samples to Earth
Explanation: Chandrayaan-4 is a sample-return mission from the Moon.
1533. Operation Kaveri, launched in April 2023, evacuated Indians from:
- A. Afghanistan
- B. Ukraine
- C. Israel
- D. Sudan
Answer: Sudan
Explanation: The operation evacuated Indians via Port Sudan to Jeddah amid fighting in Khartoum.
1534. Operation Dost, launched in February 2023, was India's relief effort after the earthquake in:
- A. Nepal
- B. Turkey and Syria
- C. Morocco
- D. Afghanistan
Answer: Turkey and Syria
Explanation: India sent NDRF teams, medical aid and supplies to quake-hit Turkey and Syria.
1535. GSLV-F12 (May 2023) launched NVS-01, the first satellite of the second-generation constellation of which system?
- A. GAGAN
- B. NavIC
- C. INSAT
- D. Cartosat
Answer: NavIC
Explanation: NVS-01 carries an indigenous atomic clock and extends NavIC services.
1536. LVM3-M3, launched by ISRO on 26 March 2023, placed how many OneWeb satellites in orbit?
- A. 24
- B. 72
- C. 16
- D. 36
Answer: 36
Explanation: It carried 36 satellites; the earlier October 2022 mission carried 36 as well, completing 72.
1537. Vyommitra, which flew in ISRO's uncrewed Gaganyaan test mission plans, is a:
- A. Test dog
- B. Cargo module
- C. Weather satellite
- D. Female-form humanoid robot
Answer: Female-form humanoid robot
Explanation: Vyommitra is a half-humanoid robot to simulate human functions in the crew module.
1538. Aditya-L1 was inserted into its halo orbit around the Sun-Earth L1 point on:
- A. 6 January 2024
- B. 1 January 2024
- C. 2 September 2023
- D. 15 February 2024
Answer: 6 January 2024
Explanation: Aditya-L1 reached L1, about 1.5 million km from Earth, on 6 January 2024.
1539. The Chandrayaan-3 landing site was named 'Shiv Shakti Point' on 23 August 2023. What was Chandrayaan-2's crash site named?
- A. Bharat Point
- B. Tiranga Point
- C. Jawahar Point
- D. Vikram Point
Answer: Tiranga Point
Explanation: The Chandrayaan-2 impact site is 'Tiranga Point'; 23 August is also National Space Day.
1540. The 108-feet 'Statue of Oneness' of Adi Shankaracharya, unveiled in September 2023, is at:
- A. Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
- B. Omkareshwar, Madhya Pradesh
- C. Sringeri, Karnataka
- D. Kedarnath, Uttarakhand
Answer: Omkareshwar, Madhya Pradesh
Explanation: The statue stands on Mandhata hill at Omkareshwar on the Narmada.
1541. The historic 'Sengol' installed in the new Parliament building on 28 May 2023 was brought from which state?
- A. Odisha
- B. Tamil Nadu
- C. Karnataka
- D. Kerala
Answer: Tamil Nadu
Explanation: The Sengol, handed over by the Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam, was placed near the Lok Sabha Speaker's seat.
1542. The International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA), launched in April 2023 at Mysuru, is headquartered in:
- A. Switzerland
- B. India
- C. Kenya
- D. Nepal
Answer: India
Explanation: IBCA, for the seven big cats, is headquartered in India; it was announced at Project Tiger's 50-year event.
1543. The 'Status of Tigers 2022' report, released in July 2023, estimated India's tiger population at a minimum of:
- A. 3,167
- B. 4,200
- C. 2,967
- D. 3,682
Answer: 3,682
Explanation: The estimate was 3,682 (range up to 3,925), up from 2,967 in 2018.
1544. In April 2025 UNESCO added which two Indian texts to its Memory of the World Register?
- A. Ramayana and Mahabharata
- B. Arthashastra and Manusmriti
- C. Bhagavad Gita and Natyashastra
- D. Rigveda and Upanishads
Answer: Bhagavad Gita and Natyashastra
Explanation: The Gita and Bharata's Natyashastra were inscribed in the 2024-25 cycle.
1545. In October 2023 UNESCO added which two Indian cities to its Creative Cities Network?
- A. Jaipur and Varanasi
- B. Srinagar and Mumbai
- C. Chennai and Hyderabad
- D. Gwalior (Music) and Kozhikode (Literature)
Answer: Gwalior (Music) and Kozhikode (Literature)
Explanation: Gwalior was named a City of Music and Kozhikode a City of Literature.
1546. In December 2023 UNESCO inscribed which folk dance of Gujarat on its Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage?
- A. Bhavai
- B. Dandiya Raas
- C. Tippani
- D. Garba
Answer: Garba
Explanation: Garba was inscribed at the Intangible Heritage Committee meeting in Kasane, Botswana.
1547. The Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas (Belur, Halebidu, Somanathapura), inscribed in 2023, are in:
- A. Karnataka
- B. Kerala
- C. Andhra Pradesh
- D. Tamil Nadu
Answer: Karnataka
Explanation: The Hoysala temples of Karnataka became India's 42nd World Heritage Site.
1548. The merger of Vistara into which airline was completed on 12 November 2024?
- A. Akasa Air
- B. SpiceJet
- C. Air India
- D. IndiGo
Answer: Air India
Explanation: Vistara, a Tata-SIA venture, merged into Air India.
1549. In June 2023 IndiGo placed what was then the largest single aircraft order in aviation history for how many Airbus A320 family aircraft?
- A. 300
- B. 500
- C. 250
- D. 470
Answer: 500
Explanation: IndiGo ordered 500 A320 family aircraft at the Paris Air Show; Air India's earlier order was for 470.
1550. The stampede of 4 June 2025 outside a Bengaluru stadium occurred during celebrations of which team's IPL title?
- A. Mumbai Indians
- B. Chennai Super Kings
- C. Punjab Kings
- D. Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Answer: Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Explanation: Eleven people died near M. Chinnaswamy Stadium during RCB's victory celebration.
1551. The stampede of 29 January 2025 during the Maha Kumbh occurred around which bathing occasion?
- A. Mauni Amavasya
- B. Basant Panchami
- C. Makar Sankranti
- D. Maghi Purnima
Answer: Mauni Amavasya
Explanation: The crush at Prayagraj occurred before the Mauni Amavasya Amrit Snan, killing 30 people.
1552. The first 'Vande Metro' service, flagged off on 16 September 2024, ran between Ahmedabad and which city, and was renamed Namo Bharat Rapid Rail?
- A. Vadodara
- B. Rajkot
- C. Surat
- D. Bhuj
Answer: Bhuj
Explanation: The 359-km Ahmedabad-Bhuj service was the first Namo Bharat Rapid Rail.
1553. The Anji Khad Bridge, India's first cable-stayed railway bridge, lies in which Union Territory?
- A. Jammu and Kashmir
- B. Chandigarh
- C. Ladakh
- D. Puducherry
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
Explanation: It lies on the Katra-Banihal section of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link, near Reasi.
1554. The Digital Agriculture Mission, approved by the Cabinet in September 2024, has an outlay of:
- A. Rs 1 lakh crore
- B. Rs 500 crore
- C. Rs 13,966 crore
- D. Rs 2,817 crore
Answer: Rs 2,817 crore
Explanation: The mission builds Agri Stack, Krishi Decision Support System and soil profile maps.
1555. The Centre extended the PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana to provide free foodgrain for how many years from 1 January 2024?
- A. Three years
- B. Ten years
- C. Five years
- D. Two years
Answer: Five years
Explanation: Free grain for about 81.35 crore beneficiaries was extended for five years.
1556. Micron Technology's semiconductor assembly and test unit, approved in June 2023, is being set up at:
- A. Sanand, Gujarat
- B. Noida, Uttar Pradesh
- C. Bengaluru, Karnataka
- D. Dholera, Gujarat
Answer: Sanand, Gujarat
Explanation: Micron's ATMP facility is at Sanand; Tata's fab is at Dholera.
1557. The National Quantum Mission, approved in April 2023, has an outlay of about:
- A. Rs 6,003 crore
- B. Rs 10,371 crore
- C. Rs 1,000 crore
- D. Rs 76,000 crore
Answer: Rs 6,003 crore
Explanation: The NQM runs from 2023-24 to 2030-31 with an outlay of Rs 6,003.65 crore.
1558. India's real GDP growth for 2024-25, per the provisional NSO estimates, was about:
- A. 6.5 per cent
- B. 8.2 per cent
- C. 7.2 per cent
- D. 5.0 per cent
Answer: 6.5 per cent
Explanation: Growth slowed to 6.5 per cent, the lowest in four years, from the previous year's higher rate.
1559. The Economic Survey 2024-25 projected real GDP growth for 2025-26 in the range of:
- A. 6.3 to 6.8 per cent
- B. 8 to 8.5 per cent
- C. 5.5 to 6 per cent
- D. 7 to 7.5 per cent
Answer: 6.3 to 6.8 per cent
Explanation: The Survey, tabled on 31 January 2025, projected 6.3-6.8 per cent growth.
1560. The merger of HDFC Ltd with HDFC Bank became effective on:
- A. 1 October 2022
- B. 1 January 2024
- C. 1 April 2023
- D. 1 July 2023
Answer: 1 July 2023
Explanation: The merger created one of the world's largest banks by market value.
1561. Bharat NCAP, India's own car crash-test safety rating programme, was launched in August 2023 and uses a maximum rating of:
- A. 7 stars
- B. 5 stars
- C. 10 points
- D. 3 stars
Answer: 5 stars
Explanation: Bharat NCAP rates vehicles up to 5 stars for adult and child occupant protection.
1562. The RBI announced the withdrawal of Rs 2,000 notes from circulation on 19 May 2023. The final date for exchanging them at banks was extended to:
- A. 31 December 2023
- B. 7 October 2023
- C. 31 March 2024
- D. 30 September 2023
Answer: 7 October 2023
Explanation: The deadline of 30 September 2023 was extended by a week to 7 October 2023; notes remain legal tender.
1563. In February 2025 the RBI cut the repo rate to 6.25 per cent, the first reduction in nearly five years. By how many basis points?
- A. 50
- B. 25
- C. 10
- D. 35
Answer: 25
Explanation: The MPC cut the repo rate from 6.50 to 6.25 per cent under Governor Sanjay Malhotra.
1564. 'Operation Narcos' of the RPF targets which crime in the railway system?
- A. Railway property theft
- B. Pickpocketing
- C. Drug and narcotics trafficking
- D. Unauthorised vending
Answer: Drug and narcotics trafficking
Explanation: Operation Narcos is the RPF drive against narcotics smuggling through trains.
1565. RPF's 'Operation Amanat' is meant to:
- A. Arrest drug couriers
- B. Return passengers' lost or left-behind belongings
- C. Remove encroachments
- D. Rescue minors
Answer: Return passengers' lost or left-behind belongings
Explanation: Operation Amanat traces and returns luggage lost or forgotten by passengers.
1566. Operation AAHT of the Railway Protection Force is directed against:
- A. Wildlife smuggling
- B. Ticket touting
- C. Human trafficking
- D. Cyber fraud
Answer: Human trafficking
Explanation: AAHT stands for Action Against Human Trafficking.
1567. RPF's 'Meri Saheli' initiative focuses on:
- A. Recovery of lost luggage
- B. Safety of women passengers on trains
- C. Curbing ticketless travel
- D. Anti-drug checks
Answer: Safety of women passengers on trains
Explanation: Meri Saheli deploys women RPF teams to secure women travelling alone in reserved coaches.
1568. Which RPF campaign is aimed at rescuing runaway and lost children found at railway stations?
- A. Operation Narcos
- B. Operation Nanhe Farishte
- C. Operation Amanat
- D. Operation Meri Saheli
Answer: Operation Nanhe Farishte
Explanation: Operation Nanhe Farishte targets children in distress at stations and on trains.
1569. Pakistan code-named its military response to India's Operation Sindoor in May 2025 as:
- A. Operation Zarb-e-Azb
- B. Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad
- C. Operation Swift Retort
- D. Bunyan-um-Marsoos
Answer: Bunyan-um-Marsoos
Explanation: 'Bunyan-um-Marsoos' (solid wall) was Pakistan's term; Swift Retort was its 2019 response.
1570. Operation Mahadev, conducted in July 2025 near Srinagar, was aimed at:
- A. Relief after Himalayan floods
- B. Anti-piracy escort in the Gulf of Aden
- C. Eliminating terrorists behind the Pahalgam attack
- D. Evacuating Indians from Iran
Answer: Eliminating terrorists behind the Pahalgam attack
Explanation: Security forces killed the three terrorists involved in the 22 April Pahalgam attack in the Dachigam forest area.
1571. In January 2024 Indian Navy Marcos commandos boarded the hijacked vessel MV Lila Norfolk in which sea?
- A. Arabian Sea
- B. Mediterranean Sea
- C. Red Sea
- D. Bay of Bengal
Answer: Arabian Sea
Explanation: INS Chennai and Marcos rescued the crew, including 15 Indians, of the Liberian-flagged ship.
1572. The Zorawar light tank, developed for high-altitude operations, is a product of DRDO and which company?
- A. Tata Advanced Systems
- B. Bharat Forge
- C. Larsen & Toubro
- D. Mahindra Defence
Answer: Larsen & Toubro
Explanation: Zorawar, named after General Zorawar Singh, is built by L&T with DRDO's Combat Vehicles R&D Establishment.
1573. In September 2025, DRDO test-fired the Agni-Prime missile for the first time from a:
- A. Aircraft
- B. Submarine
- C. Naval ship
- D. Rail-based mobile launcher
Answer: Rail-based mobile launcher
Explanation: The rail-based launcher lets missiles move on the rail network, making them harder to detect.
1574. The K-4 submarine-launched ballistic missile was test-fired in November 2024 from INS Arighaat. Its range is about:
- A. 1,500 km
- B. 3,500 km
- C. 750 km
- D. 5,000 km
Answer: 3,500 km
Explanation: The K-4 has a range of about 3,500 km and is meant for the Arihant-class submarines.
1575. MILAN 2024, a multilateral naval exercise and gathering of about 50 nations, was hosted by the Indian Navy at:
- A. Kochi
- B. Mumbai
- C. Port Blair
- D. Visakhapatnam
Answer: Visakhapatnam
Explanation: MILAN 2024 was held at Visakhapatnam in February 2024.
1576. Exercise Pitch Black, a large multinational air exercise in which the IAF participated in 2024, is hosted by:
- A. Singapore
- B. United States
- C. Australia
- D. Japan
Answer: Australia
Explanation: Pitch Black is a biennial exercise hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force at Darwin.
1577. In May 2024 India Ports Global Limited signed a 10-year contract to operate which Iranian port terminal?
- A. Jask port
- B. Bandar Abbas terminal
- C. Kharg terminal
- D. Shahid Beheshti terminal, Chabahar
Answer: Shahid Beheshti terminal, Chabahar
Explanation: IPGL signed the long-term Chabahar agreement with Iran's Ports and Maritime Organisation.
1578. The India-EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA), signed on 10 March 2024, includes a commitment of how much investment over 15 years?
- A. USD 50 billion
- B. USD 100 billion
- C. USD 25 billion
- D. USD 200 billion
Answer: USD 100 billion
Explanation: EFTA (Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein) committed USD 100 billion investment and 1 million jobs in India.
1579. The 24th SCO Heads of State Council summit (July 2024) was held in:
- A. Samarkand, Uzbekistan
- B. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
- C. Tianjin, China
- D. Astana, Kazakhstan
Answer: Astana, Kazakhstan
Explanation: Belarus formally joined the SCO as its 10th member at the Astana summit.
1580. The 17th BRICS Summit of July 2025 was hosted by which city?
- A. Brasília
- B. São Paulo
- C. Johannesburg
- D. Rio de Janeiro
Answer: Rio de Janeiro
Explanation: Brazil chaired BRICS in 2025; India chairs it in 2026.
1581. The 2024 Quad Leaders' Summit was hosted by US President Biden in which city?
- A. Washington D.C.
- B. Wilmington, Delaware
- C. San Francisco
- D. Honolulu
Answer: Wilmington, Delaware
Explanation: The September 2024 summit took place at Biden's home town of Wilmington.
1582. Prabowo Subianto was sworn in as President of Indonesia in October 2024. He had earlier served as Defence Minister under:
- A. Joko Widodo
- B. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
- C. Megawati Sukarnoputri
- D. B. J. Habibie
Answer: Joko Widodo
Explanation: Prabowo served as Jokowi's Defence Minister from 2019 before winning the 2024 election.
1583. Who was elected President of Pakistan in March 2024, for a second time?
- A. Arif Alvi
- B. Imran Khan
- C. Asif Ali Zardari
- D. Shehbaz Sharif
Answer: Asif Ali Zardari
Explanation: Zardari, the 14th President, previously served from 2008 to 2013.
1584. Shigeru Ishiba became Japan's Prime Minister in October 2024. Whom did he succeed?
- A. Fumio Kishida
- B. Yoshihide Suga
- C. Taro Aso
- D. Shinzo Abe
Answer: Fumio Kishida
Explanation: Ishiba succeeded Kishida and was himself succeeded by Sanae Takaichi in October 2025.
1585. Who became Thailand's Prime Minister in September 2025 after Paetongtarn Shinawatra was removed by the Constitutional Court?
- A. Pita Limjaroenrat
- B. Prayut Chan-o-cha
- C. Anutin Charnvirakul
- D. Srettha Thavisin
Answer: Anutin Charnvirakul
Explanation: Anutin Charnvirakul of Bhumjaithai was elected PM by parliament.
1586. The WHO Pandemic Agreement was adopted in May 2025 at which body's session?
- A. UN General Assembly
- B. 78th World Health Assembly
- C. UN Security Council
- D. G20 Health Ministers' Meeting
Answer: 78th World Health Assembly
Explanation: The World Health Assembly adopted the agreement in Geneva after three years of negotiations.
1587. The US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites (Fordow, Natanz, Isfahan) in June 2025 were codenamed:
- A. Operation Inherent Resolve
- B. Operation Rising Lion
- C. Operation Midnight Hammer
- D. Operation Desert Storm
Answer: Operation Midnight Hammer
Explanation: Midnight Hammer was the US operation; 'Rising Lion' was Israel's June 2025 campaign against Iran.
1588. Israel named its military campaign launched after the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack:
- A. Operation Swords of Iron
- B. Operation Cast Lead
- C. Operation Protective Edge
- D. Operation Guardian of the Walls
Answer: Operation Swords of Iron
Explanation: The war on Gaza was officially named 'Swords of Iron'; Protective Edge was the 2014 campaign.
1589. Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led the June 2023 mutiny in Russia, died in August 2023 in a plane crash. He headed which group?
- A. Night Wolves
- B. Wagner Group
- C. Kadyrovtsy
- D. Azov Battalion
Answer: Wagner Group
Explanation: The Wagner mercenary group staged a short-lived mutiny on 23-24 June 2023.
1590. Lai Ching-te, inaugurated as Taiwan's President on 20 May 2024, belongs to which party?
- A. Democratic Progressive Party
- B. Taiwan People's Party
- C. New Party
- D. Kuomintang
Answer: Democratic Progressive Party
Explanation: Lai succeeded Tsai Ing-wen, giving the DPP an unprecedented third consecutive term.
1591. Javier Milei, an outsider economist, assumed the presidency of which country in December 2023?
- A. Colombia
- B. Argentina
- C. Peru
- D. Chile
Answer: Argentina
Explanation: Milei, a self-described libertarian, took office in Argentina on 10 December 2023.
1592. Who became Bhutan's Prime Minister in January 2024?
- A. Sonam Tobgay
- B. Lotay Tshering
- C. Tshering Tobgay
- D. Jigme Thinley
Answer: Tshering Tobgay
Explanation: Tshering Tobgay's People's Democratic Party won the 2024 election.
1593. Mohamed Muizzu, who won the Maldives presidency in November 2023, led which coalition campaigning on an 'India Out' platform?
- A. MDP
- B. Jumhooree Party
- C. Adhaalath Party
- D. PNC-PPM
Answer: PNC-PPM
Explanation: Muizzu of the People's National Congress defeated Ibrahim Solih of the MDP.
1594. Keir Starmer became UK Prime Minister in July 2024 after his party won a landslide. Which party does he lead?
- A. Liberal Democrats
- B. Labour Party
- C. Conservative Party
- D. Reform UK
Answer: Labour Party
Explanation: Labour ended 14 years of Conservative government, succeeding Rishi Sunak.
1595. Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th US President on 20 January 2025. Who is his Vice President?
- A. Tim Walz
- B. Marco Rubio
- C. Mike Pence
- D. J. D. Vance
Answer: J. D. Vance
Explanation: Ohio Senator J. D. Vance became Vice President.
1596. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala began a second term as WTO Director-General on 1 September 2025. She is from:
- A. South Africa
- B. Kenya
- C. Nigeria
- D. Ghana
Answer: Nigeria
Explanation: She is the first woman and first African to head the WTO.
1597. Who was elected President of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly in 2025?
- A. Dennis Francis
- B. Csaba Kőrösi
- C. Philemon Yang
- D. Annalena Baerbock
Answer: Annalena Baerbock
Explanation: Germany's former foreign minister Annalena Baerbock presides over UNGA80.
1598. Which country became NATO's 32nd member in March 2024?
- A. Ukraine
- B. Finland
- C. Georgia
- D. Sweden
Answer: Sweden
Explanation: Sweden joined in March 2024, a year after Finland became the 31st member in April 2023.
1599. Mark Rutte assumed office as NATO Secretary General in October 2024. Whom did he succeed?
- A. Lord Robertson
- B. Javier Solana
- C. Jens Stoltenberg
- D. Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Answer: Jens Stoltenberg
Explanation: Former Dutch PM Mark Rutte succeeded Jens Stoltenberg on 1 October 2024.
1600. Match the December 2023 appointees: Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh Chief Ministers respectively:
- A. Mohan Yadav, Bhajan Lal Sharma, Vishnu Deo Sai
- B. Vishnu Deo Sai, Mohan Yadav, Bhajan Lal Sharma
- C. Bhajan Lal Sharma, Mohan Yadav, Vishnu Deo Sai
- D. Vasundhara Raje, Shivraj Chouhan, Raman Singh
Answer: Bhajan Lal Sharma, Mohan Yadav, Vishnu Deo Sai
Explanation: BJP chose first-time MLA Bhajan Lal Sharma (Rajasthan), Mohan Yadav (MP) and Vishnu Deo Sai (Chhattisgarh).
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