Current Affairs MCQs for 1st August 2025
Q1. What new rule regarding U.S. visa passport collection for Indian applicants came into effect on 1 August 2025?
1 अगस्त 2025 से भारतीय वीज़ा आवेदकों के लिए U.S. पासपोर्ट संग्रह संबंधी नया नियम क्या लागू हुआ?
A) Allowing third-party collection
B) Termination of third-party passport pickups; must collect in person
C) Passport will only be delivered by courier
D) Collect only on weekends
Answer
B) Termination of third-party passport pickups; must collect in person
Q2. What major change in banking law took effect in India on 1 August 2025?
1 अगस्त 2025 से बैंकिंग कानून में भारत में कौन-सा बड़ा बदलाव लागू हुआ?
A) Full privatization of all PSBs
B) Banking Laws (Amendment) Act, 2025 came into effect to strengthen governance, depositor protection, and audit reforms
C) Introduction of cryptocurrency as legal tender
D) Nationalization of insurance sector
Answer
B) Banking Laws (Amendment) Act, 2025 came into effect to strengthen governance, depositor protection, and audit reform
Q3. What record did LIC set in financial contracts as of 1 August 2025?
1 अगस्त 2025 तक LIC ने किस वित्तीय अनुबंध में रिकॉर्ड बनाया?
A) Sold 1 million life insurance policies
B) Signed $1 billion forward rate agreements (FRAs) with major U.S. banks
C) Opened first international branch
D) Launched IPO
Answer
B) Signed $1 billion forward rate agreements (FRAs) with major U.S. bank
Q4. What discovery was highlighted in an insurance report cited on 1 August 2025?
1 अगस्त 2025 को एक बीमा रिपोर्ट में किस बात का खुलासा हुआ?
A) All Indians have health insurance
B) Only 2 in 5 Indians have health insurance; rural coverage much lower
C) Insurance penetration reached 50%
D) Urban insurance penetration is 100%
Answer
B) Only 2 in 5 Indians have health insurance; rural coverage much lower
Q5. Who founded the Indian National Congress in 1885?
भारतीय राष्ट्रीय कांग्रेस की स्थापना 1885 में किसने की थी?
A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B) A.O. Hume
C) Dadabhai Naoroji
D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer: B) A.O. Hume
Q6. The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in which year?
महात्मा गांधी ने असहयोग आंदोलन किस वर्ष शुरू किया था?
A) 1917
B) 1919
C) 1920
D) 1922
Answer:
C) 1920
Q7. Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of the Partition of Bengal in 1905?
1905 में बंगाल विभाजन के समय भारत के वायसराय कौन थे?
a) Lord Curzon
b) Lord Ripon
c) Lord Hardinge
d) Lord Minto
Answer:
a) Lord Curzon
Q8. The Quit India Movement was launched in which year?
भारत छोड़ो आंदोलन किस वर्ष शुरू किया गया था?
a) 1939
b) 1940
c) 1942
d) 1945
Answer:
c) 1942
