UPPSC Prelims Current Affairs PYQs (2018–2025) with Answers & Explanations

Answer: (b) Only 4

'Adi Karmayogi – Responsive Governance Initiative' (beta version), to train officials and tribal leaders for better service delivery in tribal areas, was launched by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs in June 2025.

Answer: (a) Only 2

Operation Brahma (March 2025) was India's humanitarian assistance and disaster relief mission to Myanmar after the 7.7 magnitude earthquake.

Answer: (a) 2 and 3

The Gulf Cooperation Council has six members: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Iran and Iraq are not members.

Answer: (b) 4 3 1 2

Pulitzer Prizes 2025: Fiction – Percival Everett ('James'); Music – Susie Ibarra ('Sky Islands'); Biography – Jason Roberts ('Every Living Thing'); Drama – Branden Jacobs-Jenkins ('Purpose'). Code 4 3 1 2.

Answer: (c) Only 3

The five-member jury for the International Booker Prize 2026 is chaired by British novelist Natasha Brown and includes the Indian writer and journalist Nilanjana S. Roy. Of the options, only Nilanjana Roy is an Indian member.

Answer: (d) 3, 4, 2, 1

IRDP (1978-80), NREP (1980), DWCRA (1982) and Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (1989). Order: 3, 4, 2, 1.

Answer: (b) Only 4

BIMSTEC has seven members: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Indonesia is not a member.

Answer: (d) Only 1

'Swavalambini', a women's entrepreneurship programme for the North-East, was launched in 2025 by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship with NITI Aayog.

Answer: (b) Only 3

ULLAS (adult literacy) and DIKSHA (digital school content) support NEP 2020. Bharat Nirman (2005) was a rural infrastructure programme, unrelated to the NEP.

Answer: (d) 3, 2, 1, 4

Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana – 1993; Rural Employment Generation Programme – 1995; Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana – 2000; Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana – 2001. Order: 3, 2, 1, 4.

Answer: (c) Only 1

India hosted the 2nd Voice of Global South Summit (virtually) in November 2023. The Global South refers to developing countries, mostly in Asia, Africa and Latin America, not developed ones. Only statement 1 is correct.

Answer: (b) 1, 4, 2, 3

World Heritage Day – 18 April; International Day of Light – 16 May; World Thyroid Day – 25 May; World No Tobacco Day – 31 May. Order: 1, 4, 2, 3.

Answer: (b) 3 1 2 4

Gopi Thotakura – first Indian space tourist (Blue Origin NS-25, May 2024); Dipa Karmakar – first Indian gymnast to win gold at the Asian Championships (2024); Aroh Barjatya – India-born NASA scientist who led a study of the solar eclipse's effect on the ionosphere; Dev Patel – directed 'Monkey Man'. Code 3 1 2 4.

Answer: (b) Anasuya Sengupta

Anasuya Sengupta won Best Actress in Un Certain Regard at Cannes 2024 for 'The Shameless', the first Indian to do so.

Answer: (c) 3 2 1 4

Gitanas Nauseda – Lithuania (re-elected 2024); Luong Cuong – Vietnam; Halla Tomasdottir – Iceland; Jose Raul Mulino – Panama. Code 3 2 1 4.

Answer: (a) Only 2

The major anti-Maoist encounter of 16 April 2024 (29 Maoists killed) was in Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, not Gadchiroli, and was carried out by the BSF and District Reserve Guard. Only statement 2 is correct.

Answer: (c) Only 1

The Kohima Peace Memorial and Eco-Park was inaugurated on 8 March 2024; it was developed with Japanese assistance, not South Korean. Only statement 1 is correct.

Answer: (d) Both 1 and 2

MATES is an India–Australia scheme (under their 2023 migration and mobility partnership) that lets Indian graduates aged 18–30 in specified fields live and work in Australia for up to two years. Both statements are correct.

Answer: (a) Only 2

The Nepal–Bharat International Sanskrit Conclave 2024 was a three-day event held in Kathmandu, not New Delhi, organised by the Niti Anusandhan Pratishthan (Nepal) with the Indian Embassy. Only statement 2 is taken as correct; verify.

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Answer: (d) Both 1 and 2

Tamil Nadu's School Education Department issued Guidelines for Elimination of Corporal Punishment in April 2024 to protect students' physical and mental well-being. Both statements are correct.

Answer: (b) 4 3 2 1

PMAY-Gramin – November 2016; Jal Jeevan Mission – August 2019; Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) – October 2014; PM Ujjwala Yojana – May 2016. Code 4 3 2 1.

Answer: (c) 1, 2, 3, 4

Swachh Bharat Mission – October 2014; PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana – July 2015; PM Garib Kalyan Yojana – December 2016; PM Mahila Shakti Kendra – November 2017. Order: 1, 2, 3, 4.

Answer: (a) 2 3 4 1

PM Shram Yogi Maan-dhan – ₹55–200 a month (by age); PM Jeevan Jyoti Bima – ₹436 a year; PM Suraksha Bima – ₹20 a year; Atal Pension Yojana – depends on the pension the subscriber chooses. Code 2 3 4 1.

Answer: (d) Both 1 and 2

The Shaksgam Valley, part of the former state of Jammu and Kashmir, was illegally ceded by Pakistan to China in 1963; news reports described it as part of PoK. In 2024 India protested against China's road building there. Both statements are taken as correct; verify.

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Answer: (a) 1, 2, 3, 4

IRDP – 1978-80; Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana – 1999; NREGA – 2005; PM Jan-Dhan Yojana – 2014. Order: 1, 2, 3, 4.

Answer: (b) 2, 1, 3, 4

National Maritime Day – 5 April; World Health Day – 7 April; World Athletics Day – 7 May; World Red Cross Day – 8 May. Order: 2, 1, 3, 4.

Answer: (a) 3 2 1 4

Aryabhata Award 2024 – Dr. Subba Rao Pavuluri; World Literary Prize 2024 – Mamta G. Sagar; Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2024 – Amitabh Bachchan; Goldman Environmental Prize 2024 – Alok Shukla (Hasdeo forests). Code 3 2 1 4.

Answer: (b) 30

Budget 2023-24 announced 30 Skill India International Centres across states to skill youth for international opportunities.

Answer: (c) Both 1 and 2

India's G20 logo shows the Earth on a lotus with seven petals, which represent the seven continents (and the seven notes of music). Both statements are correct.

Answer: (b) 2025

New Zealand's 2022 law (later repealed) banned tobacco sales to anyone born after 2008, as part of its goal to be smokefree by 2025.

Answer: (d) Yeti Airline

A Yeti Airlines ATR 72 crashed near Pokhara on 15 January 2023, killing all 72 on board.

Answer: (a) Prince Harry

'Spare' (January 2023) is the memoir of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex.

Answer: (c) Both 1 and 2

Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger), who died on 31 December 2022, was born in Bavaria, Germany, and in 2013 became the first pope to resign in about 600 years (since Gregory XII in 1415). Both statements are correct.

Answer: (c) Both 1 and 2

The SCO Film Festival (Mumbai, January 2023) was held under India's SCO presidency and showcased films from SCO member countries. Both statements are correct.

Answer: (b) Chris Hipkins

Chris Hipkins became New Zealand's Prime Minister in January 2023 after Jacinda Ardern resigned.

Answer: (c) Kanpur

UP hosted 11 G20 meetings at Agra, Varanasi, Lucknow and Greater Noida; Kanpur was not a venue.

Answer: (a) Only 1

Deakin University (Australia) was announced as the first foreign university to set up an independent campus in India, at GIFT City, Gujarat, not Maharashtra. Only statement 1 is correct.

Answer: (b) Sunil Chopra

Sunil Chopra, an Indian-origin businessman, was elected Mayor of the London Borough of Southwark for a second time (he first held it in 2014–15).

Answer: (b) Taiwan

On 27 December 2022 Taiwan announced that compulsory military service would rise from four months to one year for men born after 1 January 2005.

Answer: (b) Australia

On 2 February 2023 the Reserve Bank of Australia said the new $5 note would show an Indigenous design instead of the British monarch.

Answer: (c) Tax Scandal

Nadhim Zahawi was sacked as Conservative Party chairman in January 2023 for a serious breach of the ministerial code over his tax affairs (a settlement with HMRC). He had earlier been Chancellor.

Answer: (d) Reduction in maternal and neo-natal mortality rate

Janani Suraksha Yojana (2005, under the NRHM) promotes institutional delivery to reduce both maternal and neonatal mortality.

Answer: (c) Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission - 2015

The Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission was launched on 21 February 2016, not 2015. DDU-GKY (2014), the Rural Housing Interest Subsidy Scheme (2017) and Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (2014) are correct.

Answer: (a) Only 1

Matri Shakti Udyamita is a Haryana scheme, Kaushalya Matritva a Chhattisgarh scheme and Stree Nidhi a Telangana/Andhra credit cooperative. That leaves (a), the 'Anuthee Uphar' scheme, as the UP one; verify.

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Answer: (d) 2021

In September 2021 the Mid-Day Meal scheme was renamed PM POSHAN (Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman) and extended to pre-primary classes.

Answer: (a) 136th

India ranked 136th of 146 countries in the World Happiness Report 2022; Finland was first.

Answer: (d) P.V. Sindhu

P.V. Sindhu won the women's singles title at the Syed Modi International (Lucknow) in January 2022, her second title there.

Answer: (b) Both 1 and 2

The 45th World Bridge Team Championships were held at Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy (March–April 2022), and India won its first silver medal at the event (in the senior teams' D'Orsi Bowl). Both statements are taken as correct.

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Answer: (b) Both 1 and 2

In Brand Finance's IT Services 25 (2022), Accenture was the most valuable IT services brand and TCS ranked second. Both statements are correct.

Answer: (b) Karolina Bielawska

Karolina Bielawska of Poland won Miss World 2021, held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in March 2022.

Answer: (b) 2 1 4 3

National Rural Health Mission – 2005; National Social Assistance Programme – 1995; Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana – 1999; Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana – 2001. Code 2 1 4 3.

Answer: (b) Sajan Prakash

Sajan Prakash won gold in the men's 200 m butterfly at the Danish Open swimming meet in Copenhagen in April 2022.

Answer: (b) Hong Kong

Hong Kong was ranked the top business city in the Global Business Cities Index released in January 2022, and is taken as the answer.

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Answer: (c) Samia Suluhu Hassan

Samia Suluhu Hassan became Tanzania's first woman President after John Magufuli's death (she took office in March 2021).

Answer: (c) CUET

The Common University Entrance Test (CUET), conducted by the NTA, became the single admission test for undergraduate courses in central universities from 2022-23.

Answer: (d) 1 2 3 4

Speakers elected in 2022: Ramesh Tawadkar – Goa; Kultar Singh Sandhwan – Punjab; Thokchom Satyabrata – Manipur; Ritu Khanduri (first woman Speaker) – Uttarakhand. Code 1 2 3 4.

Answer: (c) Teen Murti Bhavan

The Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya, on all of India's Prime Ministers, opened in April 2022 in the Teen Murti Bhavan complex, Nehru's former residence.

Answer: (d) Operation Ganga

Operation Ganga (February–March 2022) evacuated Indian citizens, mostly medical students, from Ukraine through neighbouring countries.

Answer: (d) Only 1

PM Modi addressed the 5th BIMSTEC Summit on 30 March 2022, held virtually and chaired by Sri Lanka (Colombo), not India. Only statement 1 is correct.

Answer: (b) Relates to flouting of Covid-19 norms by British P.M.'s Office

'Partygate' was the scandal over gatherings held at 10 Downing Street and other government offices in breach of COVID-19 lockdown rules; Boris Johnson was fined in April 2022.

Answer: (c) Street vendors

PM SVANidhi (June 2020) gives street vendors collateral-free working-capital loans (₹10,000 at first) with interest subsidy and digital-payment incentives.

Answer: (d) 2019-20

Jal Jeevan Mission (tap water to every rural household, Har Ghar Jal) was announced in the Union Budget 2019-20 and launched on 15 August 2019.

Answer: (c) 24th January

Uttar Pradesh Day is celebrated on 24 January; on that date in 1950 the United Provinces was renamed Uttar Pradesh. It has been observed since 2018.

Answer: (b) Both 1 and 2

The 2022 Commonwealth Games were held in Birmingham (July–August 2022), and in 2022 the 2026 Games were awarded to Victoria, Australia (which later withdrew in 2023). Both statements were correct when asked.

Answer: (c) 8

Eight UP districts are in NITI Aayog's Aspirational Districts Programme: Bahraich, Balrampur, Chandauli, Chitrakoot, Fatehpur, Shrawasti, Siddharthnagar and Sonbhadra.

Answer: (d) Citizen from any State of India

The scheme is for residents of Uttar Pradesh aged 18–40 with at least a high-school pass who are not registered under another self-employment scheme. A citizen of any Indian state is not eligible.

Answer: (c) Both 1 and 2

The draft UP Population Bill, 2021 aimed to bring the total fertility rate down to 2.1 by 2026 from about 2.7. The key accepts both statements (strictly, TFR is per woman, not 'per thousand').

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Answer: (b) Europe

In the Global Peace Index 2021, Europe was the most peaceful region. Iceland topped the country list.

Answer: (b) The New York Times

The New York Times won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Answer: (d) Kanpur

The Indian Institutes of Skills were planned for Kanpur, Mumbai and Ahmedabad, and the key takes Kanpur as the first to be established.

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Answer: (b) Bajrang Punia - Silver Medal

Bajrang Punia won bronze at Tokyo 2020, not silver. Sindhu won bronze, Mirabai Chanu silver and Neeraj Chopra gold.

Answer: (d) Reimagining Youth Skills Post Pandemic

The theme of World Youth Skills Day 2021 (15 July) was 'Reimagining Youth Skills Post-Pandemic'.

Answer: (d) Noida

The Ministry of Rural Development's SARAS Aajeevika Mela 2021 was held at Noida Haat.

Answer: (c) 3 1 4 2

Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana 2007, PM Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana 2021, PM-JAY 2018 and PM Suraksha Bima Yojana 2015 (2016 in the list): A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2.

Answer: (a) Chloe Zhao

Chloé Zhao directed 'Nomadland', which won Best Picture at the 2021 Oscars. She also won Best Director.

Answer: (c) World Tuberculosis Day, 2021

'The Clock is Ticking' was the theme of World TB Day 2021 (24 March).

Answer: (a) World Economic Forum

The World Economic Forum launched 'The Great Reset' initiative in June 2020 for post-COVID recovery.

Answer: (a) I, II and III

UP's 2021-22 budget announced the Atmanirbhar Krishak Samanvit Vikas Yojana, the Mukhyamantri Saksham Suposhan Yojana and the Mukhyamantri Pravasi Shramik Udyamita Vikas Yojana.

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Answer: (a) Chief Minister Abhyudaya Yojna

UP's 2021-22 budget announced tablets for students preparing for competitive exams under the Mukhyamantri Abhyudaya Yojana.

Answer: (b) United Nations Population Fund

UNFPA publishes the annual State of World Population report. The 2021 report was titled 'My Body is My Own'.

Answer: (a) Czech Republic

Barbora Krejčíková of the Czech Republic won the 2021 French Open women's singles.

Answer: (a) Nigeria

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and first African WTO Director-General, is from Nigeria.

Answer: (a) World Food Programme

The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize went to the World Food Programme for combating hunger.

Answer: (b) United States of America

Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State, visited India on 27–28 July 2021.

Answer: (b) Shahjahanpur

Ram Prasad Bismil was born in Shahjahanpur, where the Ministry of Culture celebrated his birth anniversary in June 2021.

Answer: (a) Only 1

The UK chaired the G7 summit at Cornwall in June 2021. The guests were India, Australia, South Korea and South Africa, not Brazil.

Answer: (b) Janet Yellen

Janet Yellen became the first woman US Treasury Secretary in January 2021.

Answer: (d) Labourers

This UP scheme offers registered construction and other workers subsidised tours of historical and religious places.

Answer: (d) Family Planning

ICDS provides six services: supplementary nutrition, immunisation, health check-ups, referral, pre-school education, and nutrition and health education. Family planning is not one of them.

Answer: (a) Hubballi

In August 2020 the Hubballi Railway Museum (South Western Railway, Karnataka) was dedicated to the nation.

Answer: (d) Bangladesh

In July 2020 Bangladesh's telecom regulator (BTRC) told operators to stop free internet bundles for social media.

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Answer: (a) 1 only

The US-India Business Council held the India Ideas Summit virtually on 21–22 July 2020 (the PM spoke on 22 July). Its theme was 'Building a Better Future', not 'Empowering India'.

Answer: (d) Prayagraj

On 29 July 2020 the UP cabinet approved the Dr Rajendra Prasad National Law University at Prayagraj.

Answer: (a) Haryana

On 25 July 2020 the sports minister announced that Haryana (Panchkula) would host the 4th Khelo India Youth Games in 2021.

Answer: (c) Mohan Bagan

On Mohun Bagan Day (29 July 2020), the club became the first Indian football club featured on the NASDAQ billboard in Times Square.

Answer: (a) East Asia Summit, 2020 - Singapore

The 2020 East Asia Summit was hosted virtually by Vietnam (Hanoi), not Singapore. G20 2019 was in Osaka, G7 2019 in Biarritz and EAS 2019 in Bangkok.

Answer: (a) United Kingdom

The United Kingdom hosted the virtual Global Vaccine Summit (Gavi replenishment) on 4 June 2020.

Answer: (d) Canada

In June 2020 India, Ireland, Norway, Mexico and Kenya were elected to the UNSC for 2021–22. Canada lost to Ireland and Norway.

Answer: (a) 1 only

NEP 2020 was drafted by the committee chaired by Dr K. Kasturirangan. It replaced the National Policy on Education of 1986 (34 years earlier), not 38, so only statement 1 is correct.

Answer: (b) Naandi Foundation

Hyderabad's Naandi Foundation (Araku coffee model) was among the top visionaries of the Rockefeller Foundation's Food System Vision 2050 Prize (August 2020).

Answer: (d) Ashok Sahni

The Ministry of Earth Sciences gave the 2020 Lifetime Excellence Award in Earth System Science to palaeontologist Prof. Ashok Sahni.

Answer: (c) 1 and 2

HRIDAY (2015) covered 12 cities. Varanasi and Mathura were the Uttar Pradesh cities in it.

Answer: (b) 2 only

AB-PMJAY gives ₹5 lakh cover per family per year, not per person. Centre and states share the cost 60:40 (90:10 in NE and Himalayan states).

Answer: (c) Both 1 and 2

HAUSLA 2018, the national festival for children from Child Care Institutions, was held by the Ministry of Women and Child Development in New Delhi (November 2018).

Answer: (a) 2 3 1 4

PM-JAY began in 2018, PM Vaya Vandana Yojana in 2017, PM Rojgar Protsahan Yojana in 2016 (2015 in the key's list) and Swachh Bharat in 2014: A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4.

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Answer: (c) National Pension Scheme's member are also eligible.

The NPS for Traders (2019) is for traders aged 18–40 with turnover up to ₹1.5 crore and assures a ₹3,000 monthly pension. Existing NPS, ESIC or EPFO members and income-tax payers are excluded.

Answer: (a) 1 only

Skill India was launched on 15 July 2015 (World Youth Skills Day). It aims at skilling across sectors, not specifically IT training.

Answer: (a) Motihari and Amlekhganj

South Asia's first cross-border petroleum pipeline, Motihari (Bihar) to Amlekhganj (Nepal), was inaugurated by PM Modi and PM Oli on 10 September 2019.

Answer: (a) Kristalina Georgieva

Kristalina Georgieva (Bulgaria) became Managing Director of the IMF in October 2019, succeeding Christine Lagarde.

Answer: (c) DHRUV

DHRUV, the Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme for gifted children, was launched by the HRD Ministry at ISRO, Bengaluru, on 10 October 2019.

Answer: (d) 4 3 1 2

Thomas Cook is the British travel company that collapsed in 2019, Greta Thunberg is a climate activist, Dr Usha Kiran Khan received the Bharat Bharati Samman, and Carrie Lam was Hong Kong's Chief Executive: A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2.

Answer: (d) Elinor Ostrom

Elinor Ostrom (2009, economic governance of the commons) was the first woman to win the economics Nobel. Esther Duflo (2019) was the second. Gerty Cori and Maria Goeppert Mayer won in medicine and physics.

Answer: (b) 2019-2029

The 10-year National Rural Sanitation Strategy (2019–2029), launched in September 2019, aims to sustain ODF status (ODF Plus).

Answer: (c) Both 1 and 2

India's largest charkha, made from about 1,650 kg of waste plastic, was unveiled in Noida (Sector 94) in October 2019 for Gandhi Jayanti.

Answer: (c) HIV Test

NFHS-5 (2019–21) dropped the HIV testing done in NFHS-4. It added new components such as death registration, and it measures blood pressure and blood sugar.

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Answer: (c) Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojna

NSAP covers old-age, widow and disability pensions, the National Family Benefit Scheme and Annapurna. Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana falls under DAY-NRLM.

Answer: (d) Sierra Leone

During Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu's visit to Sierra Leone in October 2019, India announced it would open a High Commission in Freetown.

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Answer: (c) Nozomi Okuhara

P.V. Sindhu beat Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the final of the 2019 BWF World Championships in Basel, India's first world title in badminton.

Answer: (d) Mangdechhu Power Plant

PM Modi inaugurated the 720 MW Mangdechhu hydroelectric project in Bhutan in August 2019.

Answer: (c) Shot put

Deepa Malik, the first Indian woman to win a Paralympic medal (silver, shot put F53, Rio 2016), received the Khel Ratna in 2019.

Answer: (c) 2 1 4 3

The National Programme for Control of Blindness began in 1976, ICDS in 1975, the National Leprosy Eradication Programme in 1983 and NRHM in 2005: A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3.

Answer: (a) 32

The 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia had 32 teams, the format used from 1998 to 2022.

Answer: (c) Nepal

On 11 May 2018 in Janakpur, Nepal, PM Modi and PM K.P. Sharma Oli flagged off the Janakpur–Ayodhya bus, part of the Ramayana Circuit.

Answer: (c) 96th

In the UN E-Government Development Index 2018, India ranked 96th (up from 107th in 2016).

Answer: (a) 136th

In the Global Peace Index 2018 (Institute for Economics and Peace), India ranked 136th of 163 countries.

Answer: (a) Varanasi

The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was held in Varanasi on 21–23 January 2019.

Answer: (b) Imran Khan

Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf won the July 2018 general election, and he became Prime Minister in August 2018.

Answer: (b) South Africa

The 10th BRICS Summit was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in July 2018.

Answer: (a) MNREGA

MGNREGA (2005) guarantees 100 days of wage employment per rural household a year and is the largest rural employment programme.

Answer: (b) Nickname of Hima Das

Sprinter Hima Das, from Dhing in Assam's Nagaon district, is nicknamed the 'Dhing Express'.

Answer: (a) Swachcha Bharat

In September 2018, during the 'Swachhata Hi Seva' campaign, boxer Mary Kom was named a brand ambassador for Swachh Bharat.

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Answer: (c) Mexico

Andrés Manuel López Obrador won Mexico's presidential election in July 2018.

Answer: (c) Pakistan

In July 2018, after the Panama Papers cases, former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif was sentenced to 10 years in the Avenfield properties case.

Answer: (c) Singapore

The first Trump–Kim summit was held on Sentosa Island, Singapore, on 12 June 2018.

Answer: (a) 11 July

World Population Day is observed on 11 July, marking the 'Day of Five Billion' (11 July 1987).

Answer: (d) Sanjaya Baru

The Accidental Prime Minister (2014) was written by Sanjaya Baru, media adviser to PM Manmohan Singh.

Answer: (a) 1985

A separate Department of Women and Child Development was set up in 1985 under the Ministry of Human Resource Development. It became an independent ministry in 2006, so the official key takes 1985.

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