The Weekly current affairs mega quiz July 2025 includes key topics such as:
India’s First Woman Navy Fighter Pilot
Renaming of NIPCCD
RBI & Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI)
Urban Local Bodies National Conference 2025
World’s Largest Grain Storage Scheme
INS Vikrant & Rafale Marine Acquisition
UNICEF & Jal Shakti Ministry Workshop
Recent Defence, Awards, Government Schemes, and International Affairs
Q1) Which technology giant shut its liaison office in Pakistan on 3 July 2025, ending a 25-year presence?
Q2) Russia’s formal recognition of the Taliban government followed which key diplomatic step?
Q3) Pakistan is serving on the Council as a **non-permanent member** for the 2025-26 term. How many times (including this one) has it held a UNSC seat?
Q4) As highlighted in that report, India’s trade deficit in chemicals stood at roughly what amount in 2023?
Q5) The State Bank of India recently opened two new **Global Trade Finance Centres** in Kolkata and _______.
Q6) According to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s **Global Liveability Index 2025**, which city ranks as the world’s most liveable?
Q7) China’s **Feitian 2** hypersonic vehicle—successfully flight-tested in 2025—employs which propulsion concept?
Q8) India and which Latin-American nation signed “Terms of Reference” in July 2025 to begin negotiating a **Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)**?
Q9) The air-launched ballistic system **“AIR LORA”** is being developed by:
Q10) SBI’s Global Trade Finance Centres aim to modernise import–export processing using which tech stack?
Q11) Which country hosted the 17th BRICS Summit in July 2025?
Q12) How many Asian National Authorities attended the OPCW meeting mentioned in Q 126?
Q13) How many competition disciplines are scheduled for the inaugural Khelo India Water Sports Festival?
Q14) After BRICS’ 2024 expansion, which Asian nation attended its first summit in 2025 as the bloc’s eleventh member?
Q15) One key recommendation of the report is to leverage which trade-policy tool to boost India’s chemical exports?
Q16) The National Institute of Public Cooperation & Child Development (NIPCCD) was officially **renamed in July 2025** as:
Q17) Who received the **Mental Health Award 2025** at the 24th International Mental Health Conference (IMHC)?
Q18) The climate-resilient wheat initiative in Q 91 involves which Indian research organisation partnering with Ghana’s Arima Farms?
Q19) Reliance Jio’s plug-and-play **Jio AirFiber** broadband plan currently starts at about:
Q20) The headquarters of the institute in Q 124 is located in:
Q21) SBI’s YONO-UPI platform is being linked with which **Singapore** payment network to enable person-to-person transfers?
Q22) According to the NITI Aayog chemicals report, India’s current share in global chemical value chains is about:
Q23) Which country successfully flight-tested the **Feitian 2** hypersonic vehicle in 2025?
Q24) CSIR-IGIB, the institute running the National Biobank, is headquartered in which Delhi locality?
Q25) Which UAE-based bank became the first to receive in-principle approval to open a branch in India’s GIFT City IFSC?
Q26) In July 2025 SBI decided to divest its entire ______ % stake in Jio Payments Bank Ltd.
Q27) The Apache AH-64E “Guardian” attack helicopter, due for induction by the Indian Army, was originally developed in which country?
Q28) India hosted the **23rd Regional Meeting of National Authorities of States Parties in Asia** under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in July 2025. In which city was it held?
Q29) India’s carrier-borne **MiG-29 K** fighter-jets are currently deployed on which aircraft carrier?
Q30) During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s July 2025 visit, how many agreements/MoUs were exchanged between **India and Trinidad & Tobago**?
Q31) GIFT City, where Mashreq will set up its IBU, is located in which Indian state?
Q32) In the same Liveability Index, Zurich and _______ share joint second place.
Q33) India signed an MoU with _______ in July 2025 to deepen cooperation on the exploration and development of **lithium mines**.
Q34) SBI’s USD 44 billion contribution represented roughly what share of India’s total GDP increase that year?
Q35) The 17th BRICS Summit 2025 was held in which city?
Q36) The **Slice UPI Credit Card** launched with the Koramangala branch offers card-holders up to ___ cashback plus interest-free EMIs.
Q37) ‘3 by 35’ aims to mobilise roughly how much additional revenue for public health over the next decade?
Q38) The WHO’s new **‘3 by 35’** initiative urges countries to raise real prices on tobacco, alcohol and sugary drinks by at least ___ % by 2035.
Q39) India’s first **AI-powered traffic-management system** has been installed on which highway?
Q40) Where will the first-ever Khelo India Water Sports Festival be held?
Q41) Before becoming ED, Sunil Jayawant Kadam was best known for leading which vertical inside SEBI?
Q42) Which institution released the July-2025 report titled “Chemical Industry: Powering India’s Participation in Global Value Chains”?
Q43) The 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) took place in July 2025 in which European city?
Q44) Who became the Indian Navy’s **first woman fighter-aircraft pilot** after graduating from the Basic Hawk Conversion course on 3 July 2025?
Q45) The large-scale ageing study titled **BHARAT Initiative** was launched by which institution?
Q46) Which country will chair and host the 18th BRICS Summit in 2026?
Q47) Which institute hosts India’s newly-inaugurated “National Biobank”, designed to store genomic and clinical samples from 10,000 volunteers?
Q48) Under the report’s “Business-with-Support” scenario, Battery-Electric Trucks (BETs) reach 100 % market share by:
Q49) Who was unanimously re-elected (2025-29) as President of the **Kho Kho Federation of India**?
Q50) In July 2025, which urban body launched **India’s first “digital house-address” project**, assigning e-addresses to all properties?
Q51) The International Maritime Organization’s 2025 **Day of the Seafarer** campaign called for what kind of ship?
Q52) **PARAKH** (Performance Assessment, Review & Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development) functions under which organisation?
Q53) S.R.N. Mehta CBSE School (Kalaburagi) presented its winning “IRA” space-settlement design at which global conference?
Q54) According to the July-released report *“ZET Adoption in India & Its Impact on Emission and Energy,”* Medium & Heavy-Duty Trucks (M&HDTs) account for roughly what share of India’s total fuel consumption?
Q55) The EDFC certification chiefly benefits India’s export of which class of animals?
Q56) **SAKSHAM-3000**, launched on 3 July 2025, is best described as:
Q57) The same ZET report’s **Business-as-Usual (BAU)** scenario projects Battery-Electric Truck (BET) adoption reaching 100 % of new M&HDT sales by which fiscal year?
Q58) Which country assumed the monthly rotating presidency of the **UN Security Council** in July 2025?
Q59) In the same quarterly notification, the **Public Provident Fund (PPF)** rate is kept unchanged at:
Q60) The newly-launched **PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan Dissemination Portal** offers which of the following features?
Q61) Which of the following areas **was NOT** covered by the six India–Trinidad & Tobago MoUs?
Q62) That global restructuring by the company in Q 26 is expected to eliminate roughly how many jobs worldwide?
Q63) India’s first **Equine Disease-Free Compartment (EDFC)**—cleared for export-quality horses—has been established in which state?
Q64) Which economic bloc—originally coined “BRIC” by Goldman Sachs—still operates **without** a permanent secretariat or headquarters?
Q65) The India Green Finance Facility will channel funds through domestic DFIs chiefly into which group of low-carbon sectors?
Q66) Who was appointed an **Executive Director (ED)** at the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in July 2025?
Q67) The **23rd Regional Meeting of OPCW National Authorities in Asia** took place in New Delhi during:
Q68) INS Tamal belongs to which class of frigates?
Q69) The Indian Ministry of Finance kept the small-savings interest rate for Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana unchanged for Q2 FY 2025-26 at:
Q70) Which date does the United Nations mark as the **International Day for Countering Hate Speech**?
Q71) Prime Minister Modi became the first foreign leader to receive which top civilian honour of Trinidad & Tobago?
Q72) S.R.N. Mehta CBSE School from Kalaburagi won first prize (8th-grade category) in NASA–NSS **Space Settlement Design Contest 2025** with which project?
Q73) State Bank of India has set which target year to achieve **net-zero emissions**?
Q74) Commercial rollout of Ananth Technologies’ satellite-internet service is tentatively scheduled for which year?
Q75) At FFD4, India’s delegation specifically called for reforms in which area of global finance?
Q76) In the AIR LORA missile, the acronym **LORA** stands for:
Q77) In which two cities did the State Bank of India open new Global Trade Finance Centres?
Q78) What was the official theme of the 17th BRICS Summit 2025?
Q79) The facility also includes a credit-guarantee window worth roughly:
Q80) The **National Rural Sanitation Workshop** (July 2025) was co-organised in New Delhi by UNICEF India and which Union ministry?
Q81) Which multilateral bank teamed up with the Green Climate Fund to launch a USD 200 million “India Green Finance Facility” in July 2025?
Q82) By how much has the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways slashed toll charges on national-highway stretches containing costly bridges, tunnels and fly-overs?
Q83) The initiative in Q 107 aims principally to help Ghana reduce annual wheat-import bills currently exceeding:
Q84) The Feitian 2 test highlighted a rocket-based combined-cycle engine using which propellant mix?
Q85) In July 2025 the Centre extended the tenure of NITI Aayog CEO **B V R Subrahmanyam** by:
Q86) The headquarters of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is located in:
Q87) In July 2025 the GCF approved USD 120 million for climate-resilience projects in all these countries **EXCEPT**:
Q88) Which **French naval fighter** has India signed to procure (26 units) to succeed the MiG-29 K fleet aboard its aircraft-carriers?
Q89) The **first BIMSTEC Youth Summit 2025**—bringing together youth from Bay-of-Bengal member nations—was hosted in which Indian city?
Q90) India hosted the **23rd Regional Meeting of National Authorities of OPCW States Parties in Asia** (3 July 2025) in which city?
Q91) Which portal/initiative was created by NCERT in 2023 to standardise school-board assessments across India and now powers the dissemination portal launched in July 2025?
Q92) As of July 2025, how many countries have signed and ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention administered by the OPCW?
Q93) That CWC regional meeting was organised in partnership with which international body?
Q94) Which company overtook T-Mobile to become the **world’s largest Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) provider** in 2025?
Q95) Which financial institution added about USD 44 billion to the world economy in FY 2024-25, equal to 1.1 % of global GDP growth?
Q96) The Apache **AH-64E “Guardian”** attack helicopter (soon to join the Indian Army) has an advertised maximum speed closest to:
Q97) The Apache AH-64E is manufactured by which aerospace company?
Q98) According to the 2025 Global Liveability Index, Copenhagen holds the top spot. **Which two Indian metros share the 141st rank in this index?**
Q99) In July 2025, fintech firm **Slice** opened India’s first fully UPI-powered bank branch in which Indian city?
Q100) INS Tamal’s primary anti-ship strike capability is provided by which missile system?
Q101) The National Biobank forms the backbone of which long-term cohort initiative?
Q102) The vessel in Q 36 was constructed at which Russian shipyard?
Q103) ‘**SBI Asmita**’ is the bank’s new collateral-free digital loan product created for:
Q104) SEBI’s headquarters are located in which Indian city?
Q105) Hyderabad-based _______ received IN-SPACe clearance to launch India’s first **private satellite-internet service**.
Q106) What is the *main* aim of the BHARAT Initiative?
Q107) Which regulator granted Mashreq its GIFT-City approval?
Q108) Ghana’s new climate-resilient wheat initiative is being implemented in partnership with India’s _______ and the CSIR-Crops Research Institute.
Q109) Under the Family Adoption Programme model implemented for TB screening in Puducherry, who “adopts” & monitors families over time?
Q110) Which Indian Union Territory/State became the first to integrate TB screening into the Family Adoption Programme (FAP)?
Q111) That ZET report’s primary focus is the decarbonisation of which vehicle segment?
Q112) The Trinidad & Tobago award was presented by which office-holder?
Q113) In which year was the OPCW formally established to implement the Chemical Weapons Convention?
Q114) Which is the first country in the world to formally recognise the Taliban government in Afghanistan?
Q115) India’s first internationally recognised **Equine Disease-Free Compartment (EDFC)** is located at which establishment?
Q116) The forthcoming Mashreq branch in GIFT City will operate legally as which category of entity?
Q117) India partnered with which country to launch a climate-resilient wheat initiative aimed at boosting local farming and reducing wheat-import dependence?
Q118) The EDFC received its “disease-free” status from which global veterinary authority?
Q119) Which Union ministry issued the July-2025 order cutting those structure-linked tolls?
Q120) Which ship is expected to be the **last Indian Navy warship commissioned from a foreign shipyard**, signalling a full pivot to indigenous builds?
Q121) Prime Minister Narendra Modi became the first foreign leader to receive which top civilian honour of Trinidad & Tobago?
Q122) Which fintech firm opened India’s first **fully UPI-powered bank branch** (with UPI-enabled ATMs and a new UPI credit-card) in Bengaluru’s Koramangala area?
Q123) The report **“ZET Adoption in India and Its Impact on Emission and Energy”** was released in July 2025 by:
Q124) India’s first wildlife corridor on the **Delhi-Mumbai Expressway** includes the nation’s longest animal under-pass and five over-passes near:
Q125) During PM Modi’s July 2025 visit, how many MoUs were signed between **India and Trinidad & Tobago**?
Q126) India and Oman signed a protocol to amend which bilateral framework in July 2025?
Q127) For Q2 of FY 2025-26, what interest rate does the Centre offer on the **Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (SSY)** small-savings scheme?
Q128) The **Green Climate Fund (GCF)** was formally established at which UN climate conference?
Q129) The report flags a domestic skill shortfall of roughly ______ % in India’s chemical sector workforce.
Q130) SAKSHAM-3000 was developed by which Indian R&D organisation?