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APRIL 2025 (ODISHA CURRENT AFFAIRS)

Who launched the 'Sishu Vatika' initiative for early childhood

education in Odisha?
A) Surama Padhy
B) Mohan Charan Majhi
C) Suryabanshi Suraj
D) Jual Oram
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Answer: B) Mohan Charan Majhi

Explanation: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan

Majhi launched the 'Sishu Vatika' initiative, which
aims to provide preschool education to children
aged 5–6 years in government schools, aligning
with NEP 2020.
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Which two major festivals of Odisha were recently added to the

National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage?
A) Nuakhai and Raja Parba
B) Chhau Dance and Danda Nacha
C) Bali Jatra and Puri Rath Yatra
D) Makar Sankranti and Chaiti Ghoda
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Answer: C) Bali Jatra and Puri Rath Yatra

Explanation: The Ministry of Culture included Bali

Jatra and the Puri Rath Yatra in the National
Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage,
recognizing Odisha's rich maritime and religious
traditions.
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What major change was introduced by the Odisha Universities

(Amendment) Bill regarding faculty recruitment?
A) Recruitment will be centralized through OPSC
B) Faculty will be appointed by the Governor
C) Independent university selection committees will conduct
recruitment
D) Recruitment will be outsourced to private agencies
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Answer: C) Independent university
selection committees will conduct
recruitment

Explanation: The Odisha Universities

(Amendment) Act, 2024 introduced a
new faculty recruitment system where
u niversities will have their own
independent selection committees,
ending OPSC’s involvement.
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Bhubaneswar recently observed the Foundation Day of the Capital

city for which year?
A) 75th
B) 76th
C) 77th
D) 78th
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Answer: C) 77th

Explanation: On April 13, 2024,

Bhubaneswar celebrated its 77th
Capital Foundation Day, marked by a
grand parade and ceremonial events
led by the Odisha Assembly Speaker
and city officials.
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Who has been appointed as the new Chief Information Commissioner

of Odisha in 2024?
A) Arabinda Padhee
B) Manoj Kumar Parida
C) Pabitra Mandal
D) Kalpana Pattnaik
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Answer: B) Manoj Kumar Parida

Explanation: Former IAS officer

Manoj Kumar Parida was appointed
as the Chief Information
Commissioner of the Odisha RTI
Commission, bringing with him
administrative experience and a prior
role as Insurance Ombudsman.
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What is the new name of the merged health scheme launched in

Odisha combining AB-PMJAY and GJAY?
A) Gopabandhu Swasthya Yojana
B) Ayushman Bharat Odisha Yojana
C) Ayushman Bharat-Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana
D) Biju Gopabandhu Ayushman Scheme
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Answer: C) Ayushman Bharat-
Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana

Explanation: The Central Government’s

AB-PMJAY was merged with Odisha’s
Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana to form
AB-GJAY, covering over 3.5 crore people
with annual health coverage.
Union Health Minister and BJP National President Jagat
Prakash Nadda launched the Ayushman Bharat-
Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) in
Odisha at a special event held at Bali Jatra ground in
Cuttack.
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Who won double gold medals for Odisha in the Indian Open Athletics
Meet 2024?
A) Amiya Kumar Mallick
B) Sukhi Baskey
C) Srabani Nanda
D) Bidisha Kundu
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Answer: C) Srabani Nanda

Explanation: Srabani Nanda won two

gold medals in Women’s 100m and
200m races during the Indian Open
Athletics Meet in Ranchi, showcasing
Odisha's dominance in sprint events.
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Who was recently honoured in the UK with the first British Sand
Master Award for promoting 'World Peace' through sand art?
A) Paramita Satpathy Tripathy
B) Jitendra Haripal
C) Sudarsan Pattnaik
D) Pradeep Raut
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Answer: C) Sudarsan Pattnaik

Explanation: Renowned Odia sand

artist Sudarsan Pattnaik was awarded
"The Fred Darrington" award, the
first British Sand Master Award in the
UK, for his sand sculpture promoting
'World Peace' during the
International Sand Art Festival.
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What recognition did the Odisha Computer Application Centre (OCAC)

receive at Aadhaar Samvaad 2025?
A) Digital Innovation Award
B) UIDAI Gold Medal
C) High Accuracy in Aadhaar Enrolment & Outstanding AUA Role
D) Best State e-Governance Initiative
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Answer: C) High Accuracy in Aadhaar
Enrolment & Outstanding AUA Role

Explanation: OCAC received two major

awards for its exceptional Aadhaar
enrolment accuracy and role as State
Authentication User Agency at
Aadhaar Samvaad 2025 in New Delhi.
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What is the purpose of Odisha’s newly announced ‘Shakti Corridor’

project?
A) Industrial Corridor Development
B) River Connectivity Scheme
C) Linking Major Shakti Peeths for Spiritual Tourism
D) Express Highway for Mineral Transport
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Answer: C) Linking Major Shakti Peeths for
Spiritual Tourism

Explanation: The Shakti Corridor will

connect key Shakti Peeth temples in Odisha,
including Maa Tara Tarini and Maa Biraja, to
promote spiritual tourism and boost
infrastructure.
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Which major industry will be boosted by IOCL’s ₹58,042 crore

investment in Odisha?
A) Automobile
B) Information Technology
C) Petrochemical
D) Mining
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Answer: C) Petrochemical

Explanation: IOCL’s investment will

establish a Dual-Feed Naphtha Cracker
Project in Paradip, making it a
petrochemical hub and generating 24,000
jobs.
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Which Bhubaneswar-based startup won the Startup Mahakumbh

Grand Challenge Award 2025?
A) KalingaTech Labs
B) Elmentoz Research
C) BioFuture Odisha
D) GreenChain Ventures
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Answer: B) Elmentoz Research

Explanation: Elmentoz Research won

the award for its innovative biotech
solution aimed at producing antibiotic-
free animal feed to combat
antimicrobial resistance.
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How much has been allocated in the DPR for Maa Tarini Temple’s
development?
A) ₹150 crore
B) ₹300 crore
C) ₹215 crore
D) ₹180 crore
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Answer: C) ₹215 crore

Explanation: The Odisha CM

announced a ₹215 crore DPR for
holistic development of Maa Tarini
Temple during the 89th Chaiti Parva
in Keonjhar.
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What is the newly formed T&RSW in Odisha responsible for?

A) Cybersecurity
B) Road Safety & Traffic Management
C) Industrial Promotion
D) Forest Protection
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Answer: B) Road Safety & Traffic
Management

Explanation: The Traffic & Road Safety

Wing (T&RSW) is a new initiative by
Odisha Police to improve traffic
regulation and road safety,
headquartered in Bhubaneswar.
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Who took charge as the Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax

(PCCIT) in Odisha in 2025?
A) Pradeep Raut
B) Paramita Satpathy Tripathy
C) V. Keerthi Vasan
D) Suryabanshi Suraj
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Answer: B) Paramita Satpathy Tripathy

Explanation: A 1989-batch IRS officer and

noted Odia writer, Paramita Satpathy
Tripathy took over as the PCCIT in Odisha,
recognized for her integrity and literary
contributions.
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What digital skill is now mandatory for Odisha Government officers

as per the 2025 directive?
A) Blockchain Certification
B) Data Entry
C) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Training
D) Cybersecurity Awareness
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Answer: C) Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Training

Explanation: Odisha Government has

mandated AI training for officers to
enhance predictive governance and
intelligent citizen services.
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What major infrastructure milestone has Odisha recently achieved in

railway construction?
A) Longest flyover
B) First underground metro
C) Longest railway tunnel
D) First bullet train line
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Answer: C) Longest railway tunnel

Explanation: A 4,185-metre-long tunnel,

part of the Khurda–Balangir rail project,
is now Odisha’s longest railway tunnel,
completed using advanced techniques.
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Where is the 5th edition of the Kalinga Super Cup 2025 being held?
A) Cuttack
B) Bhubaneswar
C) Rourkela
D) Berhampur
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Answer: B) Bhubaneswar

Explanation: The 2025 edition of the Kalinga Super

Cup is being hosted entirely in Bhubaneswar,
Odisha, from April 14 to May 3. The tournament
features 16 teams — 13 from ISL and 3 from I-
League.
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What is the primary goal of Odisha’s proposed Agricultural Land Lease

Act?
A) Promote organic farming
B) Regulate land prices
C) Empower sharecroppers
D) Ban tenant farming
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Answer: C) Empower sharecroppers

Explanation: The Act aims to legally

recognize sharecroppers and provide
them access to government schemes
like crop insurance and
compensation.
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Who won the runners-up trophy in the Senior National Rugby 7s

Championship 2025?
A) Bihar
B) Odisha
C) Maharashtra
D) Punjab
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Answer: B) Odisha

Explanation: The Odisha Women’s

Rugby team finished as runners-up in
the Senior National Rugby 7s
Championship 2025, losing to Bihar
12-21 in the final at Guwahati.
Odisha had dominated earlier
rounds without conceding any
points.
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What is the main objective of Odisha’s Agricultural Land Lease Act

2025?
A) To increase land revenue collection
B) To provide land to the landless
C) To recognize sharecroppers and extend institutional benefits to
them
D) To promote organic farming practices
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Answer: C) To recognize sharecroppers and extend
institutional benefits to them

Explanation: The Agricultural Land Lease Act aims

to officially recognize sharecroppers in Odisha and
provide them access to benefits like crop
insurance, compensation for crop loss, and
institutional credit.
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Which Odisha district received the PM’s Award for Excellence in

Public Administration in 2025?
A) Ganjam
B) Sambalpur
C) Koraput
D) Kalahandi
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Answer: C) Koraput

Explanation: Koraput district was

awarded the Prime Minister’s Award for
Excellence in Public Administration
during Civil Services Day 2025, received
by Collector V. Keerthi Vasan from PM
Modi.
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What is the estimated investment announced for Ganjam district by

Odisha CM in 2025?
A) ₹5,000 crore
B) ₹25,000 crore
C) ₹50,000 crore
D) ₹1,00,000 crore
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Answer: D) ₹1,00,000 crore

Explanation: Odisha CM Mohan

Charan Majhi announced a ₹1 lakh
crore investment plan for Ganjam
district, aimed at creating over 1 lakh
jobs through industrial development.
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Similipal was officially declared as which of the following in 2025?

A) Wildlife Sanctuary
B) National Park
C) UNESCO World Heritage Site
D) Ramsar Wetland Site
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) National Park

on: In 2025, Similipal was officially

as a National Park by the Odisha
ent, becoming the 107th National Park in
the second in Odisha after Bhitarkanika.
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Under the CM-KISAN scheme 2025, how many total farmers received
support in Odisha?
A) 25 lakh
B) 35 lakh
C) 51 lakh
D) 60 lakh
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Answer: C) 51 lakh

Explanation: Under the CM-KISAN

scheme in April 2025, Odisha CM
disbursed ₹1,025 crore to 51 lakh
farmers including small, marginal,
landless, tribal, and urban farmers.
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Which two IPS officers from Odisha cadre were appointed to key roles
in Central forces in April 2025?
A) Abhay & Satyajit Mohanty
B) Ravi Kanta & Mitrabhanu Mahapatra
C) Arun Bothra & Amitabh Thakur
D) Sunil Bansal & S.K. Priyadarshi
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Answer: B) Ravi Kanta &
Mitrabhanu Mahapatra

Explanation: IPS officers Ravi Kanta

and Mitrabhanu Mahapatra from
Odisha cadre were appointed as IG
in BSF and DIG respectively in
national security forces by the
Union Home Ministry.
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Which birth anniversary of Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Das did Odisha

celebrate on April 28, 2025?
A) 172nd
B) 175th
C) 170th
D) 180th
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Answer: A) 172nd

Explanation: Odisha celebrated the

172nd birth anniversary of Utkal
Gourav Madhusudan Das, a
prominent freedom fighter and social
reformer, on April 28, 2025.
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What is the objective of the SMILE Scheme being implemented in

Bhubaneswar?
A) Providing free education to children
B) Financial aid to senior citizens
C) Rehabilitation and livelihood support for beggars
D) Employment guarantee for unemployed youth
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Answer: C) Rehabilitation and
livelihood support for beggars

Explanation: The SMILE Scheme aims

to rehabilitate beggars in
Bhubaneswar by providing shelter,
skill training, and social reintegration,
not just removing them from streets.
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Where were the three new Civil Judge (Junior Division) Courts
established in April 2025?
A) Cuttack, Bhadrak, Jajpur
B) Puri, Kendrapada, Nayagarh
C) Baliapal, Lefripada, Rengali
D) Dhenkanal, Koraput, Rayagada
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Answer: C) Baliapal, Lefripada, Rengali

Explanation: To improve access to

justice, Odisha Government
established new Civil Judge (Junior
Division) Courts at Baliapal (Balasore),
Lefripada (Sundargarh), and Rengali
(Sambalpur) in April 2025.
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Which prestigious international prize did Odisha scientists win in 2025

for work in physics?
A) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
B) Abel Prize
C) Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
D) Nobel Prize
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Answer: C) Breakthrough Prize in
Fundamental Physics

Explanation: Eight scientists from

Odisha won the 2025
Breakthrough Prize in
Fundamental Physics for
contributions to LHC experiments
at CERN, a prestigious global
recognition valued at $3 million.
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Who was appointed as Director of Information and Public Relations

(I&PR) Department in 2025?
A) Saroj Samal
B) Suryabanshi Suraj
C) Deba Prasad Dash
D) Ramesh Majhi
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Answer: C) Deba Prasad Dash

Explanation: Senior OAS officer

Deba Prasad Dash was appointed
as Director of the I&PR Department
in 2025, replacing the outgoing
officer Saroj Samal.
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Who has been unanimously re-elected as BJD President for the 9th
consecutive term in 2025?
A) Pinaki Misra
B) Prasanna Acharya
C) Naveen Patnaik
D) Amar Patnaik
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Answer: C) Naveen Patnaik

Explanation: Naveen Patnaik, former CM of Odisha

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Which institution has partnered with Numeros Motors to develop

rare earth-free electric motor technologies in India?
A) IIT Kanpur
B) IIT Madras
C) IIT Bhubaneswar
D) NIT Rourkela
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Answer: C) IIT Bhubaneswar

Explanation: IIT Bhubaneswar signed a

two-year research agreement with
Numeros Motors to develop rare
earth-free electric motor technologies,
aiming to reduce reliance on imported
materials and promote sustainable,
indigenous EV solutions.
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Who among the following is not one of the four Odias conferred with
the Padma Shri Award in 2025?
A) Pratibha Satpathy
B) Adwaita Charan Gadanayak
C) Dr. Ashok Kumar Mahapatra
D) Raghunath Mohapatra
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Answer: D) Raghunath Mohapatra

Explanation: The four Odias conferred

with the Padma Shri in 2025 were
Adwaita Charan Gadanayak (Art), Dr.
Ashok Kumar Mahapatra (Medicine),
Durga Charan Ranbir (Art), and
Pratibha Satpathy (Literature &
Education). Raghunath Mohapatra is
not among them.
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What is the revised minimum daily wage for skilled workers in Odisha
as per the new hike effective from April 1, 2025?
A) ₹552
B) ₹512
C) ₹562
D) ₹602
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Answer: C) ₹562

Explanation: Odisha govt hikes minimum daily

wage by Rs 10
Revised Daily Wage Rates:
• Unskilled workers: ₹462 (↑ from ₹452)
• Semi-skilled workers: ₹512 (↑ from ₹502)
• Skilled workers: ₹562 (↑ from ₹552)
• Highly skilled workers: ₹612 (↑ from ₹602)
• Implemented from: Retrospective effect from April 1,
2025
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