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Mind Game
❖Write your score and evaluate yourself. State (11 Marks)
1. Which state became India’s second fully literate state under the ULLAS - Nav Bharat
National (9 Marks) Saksharta Karyakram (New India Literacy Programme)?
1. What is the primary purpose of the Ayush Suraksha Portal, recently Ans-................
introduced by the Ministry of AYUSH? 2. Under which specific section of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, did the Telangana
Ans-................ government declare the key tiger corridor as the Kumram Bheem Conservation
2. What is the primary function of the UMEED Central Portal, recently launched Reserve?
by the Union Minority Affairs Minister? Ans-................
Ans-................ 3. Which Indian state government recently launched a new program called the 'Rajiv
3. Which significant environmental campaign, emphasizing a tree dedicated to Gandhi Van Samvardhan Yojana' in Hamirpur?
one's mother, was recently launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Ans-................
Delhi? 4. Which two wetlands in Rajasthan were recently added to the list of Ramsar sites in
Ans-................ June 2025, and in which districts are they located?
4. What is the name of the new section launched by Union Home Minister Amit Ans-................
Shah in New Delhi to encourage the use of regional languages, and what is its 5. Which Indian state declared Dhanushkodi in Ramanathapuram district as a Greater
full form? Flamingo Sanctuary?
Ans-................ Ans-................
5. Which high-level diplomatic meeting, focused on strengthening ties with
6. Which Indian state has been declared India's "Leopard Capital"?
Central Asian nations, did India's Foreign Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar recently
Ans-................
lead in New Delhi?
7. What number of legislatures did Puducherry become in India to fully digitize its
Ans-................
legislative functioning through this platform?
6. Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman
Ans-................
presided over which significant meeting in Mumbai, focusing on India's
8. India's first e-waste recycling park is set to be established in Holambi Kalan. In
financial stability and development?
which city is Holambi Kalan located?
Ans-................
7. Which city recently hosted the inaugural International Big Cat Alliance Ans-................
(IBCA) Assembly, an initiative envisioned by Prime Minister Modi for global big 9. What is the name of the new scheme launched by the University of Delhi,
cat conservation? specifically designed to enhance the digital literacy and CUET exam preparedness of
Ans-................ remote Scheduled Tribe (ST) students?
8. The Government of India recently launched the "DhartiAaba Janbhagidari Ans-................
Abhiyan," a massive nationwide benefit saturation campaign. What is the 10. Which Indian state declared the third fully literate state under the ULLAS – Nav
primary focus of this campaign? Bharat Saksharta Karyakram?
Ans-................ Ans-................
9. What is the name of the new joint pilot initiative launched by the 11. Which company recently launched India's first pioneering off-grid green hydrogen
Government of India, aligning with the Viksit Bharat@2047 Vision, specifically plant, and in which district and state is this significant facility located?
aimed at providing skills training to adolescent girls? Ans-................
Ans-................ ★
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International (7 Marks) Awards (13 Marks)
1. Which artist of Indian descent recently made history by becoming the first musician
1. Which Central Asian nation recently hosted the First High-Level International to receive an American Music Award (AMA)?
Conference on Glaciers’ Preservation in its capital, Dushanbe? Ans-................
2. Who was crowned Miss World 2025 held at the Hitex Exhibition Centre, Hyderabad,
Ans-................ Telangana?
2. Mount Etna, one of the world's most active volcanoes, recently experienced a major Ans-................
3. India's President, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, recently conferred the National Florence
explosive eruption in June 2025, sending ash and smoke several kilometers into the
Nightingale Awards for 2025. How many nurses were honored with this prestigious
sky. In which country is Mount Etna located? award in recognition of their outstanding service?
Ans-................ Ans-................
4. Who got a special "Global Leadership Award" in Washington D.C?
3. Which international maritime expo, recently concluded in Norway, celebrated its Ans-................
30th edition and has earned the reputation as the "Posidonia of Norway"? 5. Who received Knighthood on King Charles III’s birthday?
Ans-................
Ans-................
6. Who was honored with the "Most Impactful Environmentalist" award by the Green
4. What is the name of the significant military operation recently launched by Israel Society of India?
against Iran in June 2025, primarily targeting Iran's nuclear and missile capabilities? Ans-................
7. Who has been awarded the Gold Award at the National e-Governance Awards 2025?
Ans-................ Ans-................
5. The third addition of the UN Ocean Conference 2025 (UNOC3) held in which country? 8. Who has been conferred with the 2024 Mathrubhumi Literary Award in Kozhikode,
Kerala?
Ans-................
Ans-................
6. Which country nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize 2026 for 'pivotal 9. Who received the 2023 Srimanta Sankaradeva Award from Assam Governor
Lakshman Prasad Acharya?
leadership' in truce with India?
Ans-................
Ans-................ 10. Who received the highest civilian award of Cyprus 'The Grand Cross of the Order of
7. Which international organization led the ConvEx-3 (2025) exercise, recognized as Makarios III'?
Ans-................
the world's largest and most complex international nuclear emergency drill, and
11. Which prominent Indian newspaper was recently named the "Champion of Digital
which country served as its host? Media Awards South Asia 2025" by WAN-IFRA, securing an impressive 10 awards
across various categories?
Ans-................
Ans-................
12. Which film won the Jury Award for Best Commissioned Film at the Annecy
International Animation Festival 2025?
Ans-................
13. Which bank recently received the "Digital Payments Award 2024-25" from the
Ministry of Finance for its outstanding contributions to digital payments and
financial inclusion in India?
Ans-................
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Sports (22 Marks)
8. Which country topped the medal count at the 2025 Taiwan Athletics
1. The Asian Athletics Championship 2025 recently concluded in Gumi, Open in Taipei, and how many gold medals did they secure to lead the
South Korea. Which country topped the medal tally, and can you name tally?
three notable Indian athletes who won gold medals and their respective Ans-................
9. Which Indian squash player recently won both the Women's Challenger
events?
Player of the Season and the Women's Young Player of the Season award
Ans-................
at the 2025 PSA Awards, the annual honors presented by the Professional
2. Which French football club recently won its first-ever UEFA Champions Squash Association?
League title in May 2025, defeating Inter Milan with a record-breaking 5- Ans-................
0 score in the final? 10. At the recent Indonesia Open 2025, a BWF Super 1000 badminton
Ans-................ tournament, who won the Women's Singles title and what significant
3. Which Australian F1 driver recently claimed his fifth victory of the 2025 historical milestone did she achieve with this victory?
Ans-................
season by winning the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona?
11. The IIHF Women's Asia Cup 2025 recently concluded in Al-Ain, UAE.
Ans-................
Which country won their first-ever title at this event, and what was the
4. Which country topped the medal tally at the Ulaanbaatar Open 2025, historic achievement for the Indian Women's Ice Hockey Team?
and can you name at least three Indian gold medalists from the wrestling Ans-................
competition and their respective weight categories? 12. Which country won the ICC World Test Championship 2025 (WTC25)
Ans-................ title at Lord's?
Ans-................
5. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the Board of Control
13. The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup/Rifle
for Cricket in India (BCCI) recently made a historic announcement
2025 recently concluded in Munich, Germany. Which two countries
regarding the India-England Test series. What is the new name of this secured the top two spots in the medal tally, and which two Indian
iconic trophy, and which two legendary cricketers is it named after? shooters won gold medals for India at this event?
Ans-................ Ans-................
6. Who won the Norway Chess 2025 tournament, securing his seventh title 14. Who secured his first victory of the season at Canadian Grand Prix
in the event? 2025?
Ans-................
Ans-................
15. The Hockey India Masters Cup 2025 recently concluded in Chennai.
7. Which two tennis players won the men's and women's singles titles,
Which two teams won the women's and men's titles respectively, with the
respectively, at the French Open 2025, a tournament famously played on men's final seeing Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu defeat Hockey
outdoor clay courts? Maharashtra?
Ans-................ Ans-................

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Appointment (12 Marks)
16. Who defeated Alexander Zverev in the final of the Stuttgart Open
1. Who was elected President of the UN General Assembly's 80th session?
2025?
Ans-................
Ans-................ 2. Who was appointed Director of the Prime Minister's Museum and Library?
17. Who won the Gold medal in the men's javelin throw event at the Paris Ans-...............
Diamond League 2025? 3. Who was appointed as the new Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to
Ans-................ the Prime Minister (EAC-PM)?
18. India recently unveiled the logo and mascot for the 12th World Para Ans-................
Athletics Championships 2025. What is the name of the mascot, and what 4. Who became president of Volleyball Federation of India (VFI)?
unique characteristic does it possess? Ans-................
Ans-................ 5. Who has been added to the ICC Hall of Fame for 2025, putting him among the

19. Who became the first Asian bowler to reach 150 Test wickets in SENA country's legendary players?
Ans-................
Countries?
6. Who has been appointed as the global brand ambassador for Maldives
Ans-................
tourism?
20. The Archery Asia Cup 2025 (Leg 2) recently concluded in Singapore.
Ans-................
How many medals did India win, including the number of golds, and who
7. Who has been appointed as the first female Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to the
were the two Indian archers who clinched gold medals in individual President of India, Droupadi Murmu?
events? Ans-................
Ans-................ 8. Who has Meta recently appointed as its new Managing Director and Head for
21. The Asian Para Badminton Championships 2025 recently concluded in Meta in India?
Thailand. How many total medals did India win, and specifically how Ans-................
many gold medals? 9. Who Became First Indian-Born Provost of Massachusetts Institute of
Ans-................ Technology (MIT)?
22. Who won the Gold medal in the men's javelin throw event at the Ans-................
Ostrava Golden Spike 2025 in the Czech Republic? 10. Who has been appointed as the first Dean of Queen's University Belfast's
(QUB) new campus in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) India?
Ans-................
Ans-................
11. Who has been appointed as the new Chairperson of PFRDA?
Ans-................
12. Who has been selected as an astronaut candidate (ASCAN) for a future
space mission in 2029?

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Defence (8 Marks) Science and Technology (3 Marks)
1. Which three specific Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) were recently 1. What major automotive company recently tested an experimental
granted Miniratna Category-I status by the Government of India, giving them greater
reusable rocket, making a significant leap into space technology?
autonomy in their operations and investments?
Ans-................
Ans-................
2. Which Indian public sector undertaking recently secured a ₹511 crore
2. Which two major aerospace and defense companies recently entered into
agreements for the in-country manufacturing of Rafale fighter jet fuselages in India, technology transfer deal from ISRO to independently produce and

marking a significant step towards strengthening India's aerospace sector? operate SSLV, marking a significant milestone in India's commercial
Ans-................ space initiatives?
3. India is set to develop its first underwater museum and artificial coral reef. Which Ans-................
decommissioned Indian warship will be utilized for this purpose?
3. Who became the second Indian to travel in space?
Ans-................
Ans-................
4. What is the name of the first-ever joint exercise recently completed by the Special
Forces units of the Indian Air Force and the United States Air Force, and at which
specific training center did it primarily take place?
Ans-................
5.. Which specific regiment of the Indian Army recently participated in the
Multinational Military Exercise KHAAN QUEST 2025?
Ans-................
6. The joint military exercise ‘Shakti 2025’ between India and France recently
commenced. In which country is this exercise being held?
Ans-................
7. Which new Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC) was recently ★Write your Score = (......./3)
commissioned by the Indian Navy at Visakhapatnam's Naval Dockyard?
Ans-................
8. The Indian Navy is slated to commission its latest stealth multi-role frigate, INS
Tamal, on July 1, 2025 in which country and city will the ceremony take place?
Ans-................

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Important Days (20 Marks)
12. Global Wind Day = ................
1. World Milk Day = ................
●Theme =................ ●Theme = ................
13. World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought = ................
2. Global Day of Parents = ................
●Theme = ................ ●Theme =................
3. World Bicycle Day = ................ 14. World Sickle Cell Day = ................
●Theme = ................ ●Theme = ................
4. World Environment Day =................
15. World Refugee Day = ................
●Theme = ................
5. World Food Safety Day = ................
●Theme = ................
●Theme = ................ 16. International Day of Yoga = ................

6. World Oceans Day = ................ ●Theme = ................

●Theme = ................ 17. World Rainforest Day = ................
7. International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations = ................
18. International Olympic Day = ................
8. International Day of Play = ................
●Theme = ................
●Theme = ................
19. Samvidhan Hatya Divas = ................
9. World Day against Child Labour = ................
●Theme = ................ 20. International Day against Drug Abuse = ................

10. International Albinism Awareness Day =................ ● Theme = ................

●Theme = ................
11. World Blood Donor Day = ................
●Theme = ................
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Books (2 Marks) Miscellaneous (13 Marks)
1. Which country has been elected to the United Nations Economic and
1. Which autobiography, focusing on the life journey of a prominent Social Council (ECOSOC) for the 2026-2028 term?
Ans-................
politician, was recently launched by Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar? 2. Where in Uttarakhand was the Siamese Fireback, a bird typically found
● Theme = ................ in Southeast Asia, sighted for the first time?
Ans-................
2. Who was presented with the first copies of the second volume of the 3. From which Indian city did Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8
Dreamliner, tragically crash shortly after takeoff en route to London's
books ‘Wings to Our Hopes’ and ‘Aashaon Ki Udaan’?
Gatwick Airport?
● Theme = ................ Ans-................
4. What is India's rank in the recently released Global Gender Gap Index
2025 by the World Economic Forum?
Ans-................
5. Who has reclaimed the Number 1 spot in the ICC Women's ODI Batting
Rankings.
Ans-................
● Captain of Indian women cricket team = …………..
6. PM Modi attended the G7 meeting in which country?
Ans-................
7. Which organisation declared 2026 as the International Year of the
Woman Farmer?
Ans-................
8. What is India's rank in the recently released Energy Transition Index
2025?
Ans-................
9. Which company has opened its first Safety Engineering Centre (GSEC)
in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region in Hyderabad?
Ans-................
10. According to the recently released QS World University Rankings
2026, which country became the fourth most represented globally with a
record 54 institutions featured?
Ans-................
11. Who flagged off Bihar's first made-in-state locomotive export to the
African nation of Guinea?
Ans-................
12. What is India's rank in the 2025 sustainable development goals (SDG)
Index with a score of 67?
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