International Current Affairs Questions and Answers (57)
Total Questions : 15
1.
Who won the Chess Esports World Cup 2025?
2. Which two crops from Ladakh are part of NASA’s Crew-11 experiment on the International Space Station?
3. Which country launched the Rhisotope Project to combat rhino poaching?
4. Which country developed the Oreshnik missile?
5. Where was the BIMSTEC Traditional Music Festival 2025 held?
6. Where is the Sahel region located?
7. Which country developed the Dark Eagle missile?
8. Who received the first M.S. Swaminathan Award?
9. When was World Sanskrit Day 2025 celebrated?
10. Where is the Lepcha tribe primarily found?
11. When is World Elephant Day celebrated?
12. Which organization runs the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)?
13. Where is the UNHCR headquarters?
14. When is World Mosquito Day observed?
15. Which organization is associated with CBAM?
World No. 1 Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen (Team Liquid) won the first Chess Esports World Cup 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He defeated Grandmaster Alireza Firouzja (Team Falcons) 3-1
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in both sets of the best-of-three final, losing only one game. Carlsen won $250,000 and 1,000 points for his team. Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura (Team Falcons) took third place, beating Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi (Gen.G Esports) 3.5-2.5.
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2. Which two crops from Ladakh are part of NASA’s Crew-11 experiment on the International Space Station?
Seabuckthorn and Himalayan tartary buckwheat seeds from Ladakh are part of NASA’s Crew-11 experiment on the International Space Station (ISS). Sourced by Bengaluru-based Indian s
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pace startup Protoplanet, the seeds were launched on August 1, 2025, from Florida and reached the ISS on August 2. The experiment studies how seeds respond to space stress and microgravity, focusing on gene activation and metabolic processes for space agriculture.
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3. Which country launched the Rhisotope Project to combat rhino poaching?
South Africa launched the Rhisotope Project, led by the University of the Witwatersrand with support from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The project involves inject
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ing safe, traceable radioactive isotopes into rhino horns to deter poaching. Recently, five rhinos in the Waterberg Biosphere Reserve received the injections. South Africa has lost over 10,000 rhinos to poaching in the past decade.
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4. Which country developed the Oreshnik missile?
Russia developed the Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile, named after the hazel tree. It debuted in a 2024 strike in Ukraine, reaching speeds up to Mach 10. Russia plans to deplo
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y it in Belarus by late 2025.
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5. Where was the BIMSTEC Traditional Music Festival 2025 held?
The first BIMSTEC Traditional Music Festival, themed “SaptaSur: Seven Nations, One Melody,” was held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. Organized by the Indian Council for Cultural
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Relations, it featured artists from India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.
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6. Where is the Sahel region located?
The Sahel region, a 5,000-km semi-arid belt in Africa, stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, lying between the Sahara Desert and humid savannas. It includes countries l
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ike Senegal, Mali, Niger, and Sudan.
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7. Which country developed the Dark Eagle missile?
The United States developed the Dark Eagle Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon for rapid precision strikes, deployed during Australia’s Talisman Sabre drills. It can hit targets up to 1
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,700 miles away.
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8. Who received the first M.S. Swaminathan Award?
Prof. Ademola A. Adenle from Nigeria received the first M.S. Swaminathan Award for Food and Peace, honoring his work combating hunger. The award, instituted by PM Narendra Modi, re
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cognizes scientists from developing nations.
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9. When was World Sanskrit Day 2025 celebrated?
World Sanskrit Day 2025 was celebrated on August 9, coinciding with Shravan Poornima and Raksha Bandhan, to promote and revive Sanskrit, the “language of the gods.”
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10. Where is the Lepcha tribe primarily found?
The Lepcha tribe, indigenous to Sikkim, eastern Nepal, western Bhutan, and Darjeeling, West Bengal, celebrated their nature-worshipping festival Tendong Lho Rum Faat. They speak th
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e Lepcha language and follow Buddhism.
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11. When is World Elephant Day celebrated?
World Elephant Day is observed on August 12 to promote elephant conservation. In 2025, a workshop on Human-Elephant Conflict was held in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, under Project Eleph
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ant.
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12. Which organization runs the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)?
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the OCO Program, monitoring atmospheric CO₂ to study climate change, despite reports of potential shutdown by the Trump administration.
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13. Where is the UNHCR headquarters?
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), established in 1950, is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. It protects refugees, displaced people, and stateless perso
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ns.
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14. When is World Mosquito Day observed?
World Mosquito Day is observed on August 20 to raise awareness about mosquito-borne diseases like malaria. The 2025 theme was “Accelerating the Fight Against Malaria for a More E
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quitable World.”
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15. Which organization is associated with CBAM?
The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is an EU tariff on carbon-intensive imports to prevent carbon leakage and promote cleaner production globally.
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