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