20 August 2025



Q1) āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦ āĻĢāϟোāĻ—্āϰাāĻĢি āĻĻিāĻŦāϏ āĻ•āĻŦে āĻĒাāϞিāϤ āĻšāϝ়?
When is World Photography Day celebrated?
  • a) 12 āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ \ 12 August
  • b) 15 āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ \ 15 August
  • c) 19 āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ \ 19 August
  • d) 26 āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ \ 26 August
Answer: c) 19 āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ \ 19 August

Notes :

 

āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦ āĻĢāϟোāĻ—্āϰাāĻĢি āĻĻিāĻŦāϏ (19 August):
World Photography Day (19 August):

  • āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻŦāĻ›āϰ 19 August āϤাāϰিāĻ–ে āωāĻĻāϝাāĻĒিāϤ āĻšāϝ়।
  • Celebrated every year on 19 August.
  • 2025 āϏাāϞেāϰ āĻĨিāĻŽ: “My Favorite Photo”
  • 2025 Theme: “My Favorite Photo”
  • 1826 – āϜোāϏেāĻĢ āύিāϏেāĻĢোāϰ āύি⧟েāĻĒ্āϏ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϏ্āĻĨা⧟ী āĻ›āĻŦি āϤোāϞেāύ।
  • 1826 – First permanent photo by Joseph Niépce.
  • 1837 – āϞুāχ āĻĻাāĻ—েāϰে  āĻĻাāĻ—েāϰিāĻ“āϟাāχāĻĒ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•্āϰি⧟া āφāĻŦিāώ্āĻ•াāϰ āĻ•āϰেāύ।
  • 1837 – Louis Daguerre → Invented the Daguerreotype process.
  • 1839 – āĻĢāϰাāϏি āϏāϰāĻ•াāϰ āĻĢāϟোāĻ—্āϰাāĻĢি āϏāĻŦাāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āωāύ্āĻŽুāĻ•্āϤ āĻ•āϰে  āĻāχ āĻĻিāύāϟিāϰ āϏূāϚāύা āĻšā§Ÿ।
  • 1839 – French govt made photography free → Day was initiated.
  • āĻšোāĻŽাāχ āĻ­্āϝাāϰাāĻ“āϝ়াāϞা – āĻ­াāϰāϤেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŽāĻšিāϞা āĻĢāϟোāϜাāϰ্āύাāϞিāϏ্āϟ।
  • Homai Vyarawalla – India’s first woman photojournalist.
  • āϰāϘু āϰা⧟ – āĻ­াāϰāϤেāϰ āĻŦিāĻ–্āϝাāϤ āφāϞোāĻ•āϚিāϤ্āϰী।
  • Raghu Rai – Famous Indian photographer.
Q2) āĻ•ে āĻŽিāϏ āχāωāύিāĻ­াāϰ্āϏ āχāύ্āĻĄিāϝ়া ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āĻāϰ āĻ–েāϤাāĻŦ āϜিāϤেāĻ›েāύ?
Who has won the Miss Universe India 2025 title?
  • a) āϤাāύিāϝ়া āĻļāϰ্āĻŽা \ Tanya Sharma
  • b) āĻŽাāĻšāĻ• āϧিংāϰা \ Mahk Dhingra
  • c) āĻŽাāύিāĻ•া āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāĻ•āϰ্āĻŽা \ Manika Vishwakarma
  • d) āφāĻŽিāĻļ āĻ•াāĻļ \ Amish Cash
Answer: c) āĻŽাāύিāĻ•া āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāĻ•āϰ্āĻŽা \ Manika Vishwakarma

Notes :

 

āĻŽিāϏ āχāωāύিāĻ­াāϰ্āϏ āχāύ্āĻĄিāϝ়া ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ
 Miss Universe India 2025

  • āĻŦিāϜāϝ়ীāĻŽাāύিāĻ•া āĻŦিāĻļāĻ“āϝ়āĻ•āϰ্āĻŽা (āĻ—āĻ™্āĻ—াāύāĻ—āϰāϰাāϜāϏ্āĻĨাāύ)
  • Winner: Manika Vishwakarma (from Ganganagar, Rajasthan).
  • āχāĻ­েāύ্āϟāϜāϝ়āĻĒুāϰে āĻŽুāĻ•ুāϟ āĻĒāϰাāύো āĻšāϝ় āĻŽিāϏ āχāωāύিāĻ­াāϰ্āϏ āχāύ্āĻĄিāϝ়া ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে
  • Event: Crowned Miss Universe India 2025 in Jaipur.
  • āĻĒāϰāĻŦāϰ্āϤী āϧাāĻĒāĻĨাāχāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄে āĻ…āύুāώ্āĻ িāϤāĻŦ্āϝ ā§­ā§ĒāϤāĻŽ āĻŽিāϏ āχāωāύিāĻ­াāϰ্āϏ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϝোāĻ—িāϤাāϝ় āĻ­াāϰāϤāĻ•ে āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāύিāϧিāϤ্āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻŦেāύ
  • Next Step: Will represent India at the 74th Miss Universe (Thailand, 2025).

āĻ­াāϰāϤেāϰ āĻŽিāϏ āχāωāύিāĻ­াāϰ্āϏ āχāϤিāĻšাāϏ (India’s Miss Universe history):

  • āϏুāϏ্āĻŽিāϤা āϏেāύ – ⧧⧝⧝ā§Ē (āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ­াāϰāϤীāϝ়)
  • Sushmita Sen – 1994 (1st Indian).
  • āϞাāϰা āĻĻāϤ্āϤ – ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ (āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ় āĻ­াāϰāϤীāϝ়)
  • Lara Dutta – 2000 (2nd Indian).
  • āĻšাāϰāύাāϜ āϏাāύ্āϧু – ⧍ā§Ļ⧍⧧ (āϤৃāϤীāϝ় āĻ­াāϰāϤীāϝ়⧍⧧ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻĒāϰ)
  • Harnaaz Sandhu – 2021 (3rd Indian, after 21 years).
Q3) āύেāĻĒাāϞেāϰ āĻĒāϰ্āϝāϟāύāĻ•ে āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏাāĻšিāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻ•োāύ āĻĒ্āϞ্āϝাāϟāĻĢāϰ্āĻŽ āύেāĻĒাāϞ āϟ্āϝুāϰিāϜāĻŽ āĻŦোāϰ্āĻĄেāϰ āϏāĻ™্āĻ—ে āĻ…ংāĻļীāĻĻাāϰ āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›ে?
Which platform has partnered with Nepal Tourism Board to boost tourism?
  • a) āχāύāϏ্āϟাāĻ—্āϰাāĻŽ \ Instagram
  • b) āĻĢেāϏāĻŦুāĻ• \ Facebook
  • c) āϟিāĻ•āϟāĻ• \ TikTok
  • d) āχāωāϟিāωāĻŦ \ YouTube
Answer: c) āϟিāĻ•āϟāĻ• \ TikTok

Notes :


 TikTok – Nepal Tourism Partnership (2025)

  • Partnership: TikTok × Nepal Tourism Board.
  • āϞāĻ•্āώ্āϝāύেāĻĒাāϞে āĻĒāϰ্āϝāϟāύ āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি āĻ•āϰা
  • Aim: Boost tourism in Nepal.
  • āĻ•্āϝাāĻŽ্āĻĒেāχāύāĻ•্āϰিāϝ়েāϟāϰ-āύেāϤৃāϤ্āĻŦাāϧীāύ āωāĻĻ্āϝোāĻ—  āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ্āϝāχ āĻĻেāĻ–াāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻāĻŦং āĻ…āϜাāύা āϜাāϝ়āĻ—াāĻ—ুāϞো āĻĒ্āϰāϚাāϰ
  • Campaign: Creator-led → promote must-see & unexplored places.
  • āĻ•āύāϟেāύ্āϟāύেāĻĒাāϞেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•ৃāϤিāϏংāϏ্āĻ•ৃāϤিāĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦāĻļিāϞ্āĻĒāϰāύ্āϧāύāĻļৈāϞী āĻ“ āϐāϤিāĻš্āϝ
  • Content: Nepal’s nature, culture, festivals, arts, cuisine, traditions.
  • āĻĒৌঁāĻ›াāύোāϟিāĻ•āϟāĻ•ে āϏ্āĻĨাāύীāϝ় āĻ“ āĻŦৈāĻļ্āĻŦিāĻ• āĻ­্āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āύāϟেāύ্āϟ āĻ•্āϰিāϝ়েāϟāϰāϰা
  • Reach: Local & global travel creators on TikTok.
  • āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻŦৈāĻļিāώ্āϟ্āϝ: #VisitNepal āχāύ-āĻ…্āϝাāĻĒ āĻāĻ•্āϏāĻĒেāϰিāϝ়েāύ্āϏ (⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āϜুāĻĄ়ে)
  • Special Feature: #VisitNepal in-app experience (through 2025).
Q4) āĻ•োāύ āϰাāϜ্āϝে ā§Ŧ-āϞেāύ āϰাāϜāϧাāύী āĻ…āĻž্āϚāϞ āϰিং āϰোāĻĄ āύিāϰ্āĻŽাāĻŖেāϰ āĻ…āύুāĻŽোāĻĻāύ āĻĻিāϝ়েāĻ›ে āĻ•েāύ্āĻĻ্āϰী⧟ āĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰিāϏāĻ­া?
In which state has the Union Cabinet approved the construction of a 6-lane Capital Region Ring Road?
  • a) āϤাāĻŽিāϞāύাāĻĄ়ু \ Tamil Nadu
  • b) āĻ—ুāϜāϰাāϟ \ Gujarat
  • c) āĻ“āĻĄ়িāĻļা \ Odisha
  • d) āĻ•āϰ্āĻŖাāϟāĻ• \ Karnataka
Answer: c) āĻ“āĻĄ়িāĻļা \ Odisha
Q5) āĻ­াāϰāϤেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻļāĻšāϰ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āϰেāϞāϞাāχāύāĻ—ুāϞিāϰ āĻŽাāĻāĻ–াāύে āĻĒোāϰ্āϟেāĻŦāϞ āϏোāϞাāϰ āĻĒ্āϝাāύেāϞ āϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰা āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›ে āĻ•োāĻĨাāϝ়?
Which city has become India’s first to get portable solar panels between railway tracks?
  • a) āφāĻšāĻŽেāĻĻাāĻŦাāĻĻ \ Ahmedabad
  • b) āĻ­ুāĻŦāύেāĻļ্āĻŦāϰ \ Bhubaneswar
  • c) āĻŦাāϰাāĻŖāϏী \ Varanasi
  • d) āϞāĻ–āύāω \ Lucknow
Answer: c) āĻŦাāϰাāĻŖāϏী \ Varanasi

Notes :

  • Varanasi (BLW): India’s 1st removable solar panels between railway tracks (28 panels, 70m span, 15 kWp power).
Q6) āĻ•োāύ āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ•āϟেāϰিāϝ়াāĻ•ে āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύীāϰা āĻĒাāϰāĻĻেāϰ āϏেāύ্āϏāϰে āϰূāĻĒাāύ্āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›েāύ?
Which bacteria have scientists turned into a mercury sensor?
  • a) Staphylococcus aureus \ Staphylococcus aureus
  • b) āχ. āĻ•োāϞাāχ \ E. coli
  • c) Salmonella \ Salmonella
  • d) Lactobacillus \ Lactobacillus
Answer: b) āχ. āĻ•োāϞাāχ \ E. coli
Q7) āĻāĻļিāϝ়াāύ āĻļুāϟিং āϚ্āϝাāĻŽ্āĻĒিāϝ়āύāĻļিāĻĒে āϜুāύিāϝ়āϰ āĻŽāĻšিāϞা āĻāϝ়াāϰ āĻĒিāϏ্āϤāϞ āχāĻ­েāύ্āϟে āϏ্āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāĻĒāĻĻāĻ• āĻ•ে āϜিāϤেāĻ›েāύ?
Who won the gold medal in the junior women’s air pistol event at the Asian Shooting Championship?
  • a) āĻ­াāύāĻļিāĻ•া āϚৌāϧুāϰী \ Vanshika Chaudhary
  • b) āϰāĻļ্āĻŽিāĻ•া āϏāĻšāĻ—āϞ \ Rashmika Sahgal
  • c) āĻŽোāĻšিāύী āϏিং \ Mohini Singh
  • d) āĻŽাāύু āĻ­াāĻ•েāϰ \ Manu Bhaker
Answer: b) āϰāĻļ্āĻŽিāĻ•া āϏāĻšāĻ—āϞ \ Rashmika Sahgal
Q8) āĻāĻļিāϝ়াāύ āĻ“āĻĒেāύ āĻļāϰ্āϟ āϟ্āϰ্āϝাāĻ• āϏ্āĻĒিāĻĄ āϏ্āĻ•েāϟিং āϟ্āϰāĻĢি ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āĻ•োāĻĨাāϝ় āĻ…āύুāώ্āĻ িāϤ āĻšāĻŦে?
Where will the Asian Open Short Track Speed Skating Trophy 2025 be held?
  • a) āĻļিāĻŽāϞা \ Shimla
  • b) āϞেāĻš \ Leh
  • c) āϰাāϝ়āĻĒুāϰ, āĻĻেāϰাāĻĻুāύ \ Raipur, Dehradun
  • d) āĻļ্āϰীāύāĻ—āϰ \ Srinagar
Answer: c) āϰাāϝ়āĻĒুāϰ, āĻĻেāϰাāĻĻুāύ \ Raipur, Dehradun
Q9) ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āϏাāϞেāϰ āĻšুāϰুāύ āχāύ্āĻĄিāϝ়া āĻŽোāϏ্āϟ āĻ­্āϝাāϞুāϝ়েāĻŦāϞ āĻĢ্āϝাāĻŽিāϞি āĻŦিāϜāύেāϏেāϏ āϤাāϞিāĻ•াāϰ āĻļীāϰ্āώে āĻ•োāύ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰ āϏ্āĻĨাāύ āĻĒেāϝ়েāĻ›ে?
Which family topped the 2025 Hurun India Most Valuable Family Businesses list?
  • a) āĻŦীāϰāϞা āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰ \ Birla family
  • b) āϜিāύ্āĻĻাāϞ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰ \ Jindal family
  • c) āφāĻŽ্āĻŦাāύি āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰ \ Ambani family
  • d) āϟাāϟা āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰ \ Tata family
Answer: c) āφāĻŽ্āĻŦাāύি āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰ \ Ambani family
Q10) āĻŽাāϞāϝ়েāĻļিāϝ়া āχāύ্āϟাāϰāύ্āϝাāĻļāύাāϞ āϚ্āϝাāϞেāĻž্āϜ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ-āĻ āĻŽāĻšিāϞা āϏিāĻ™্āĻ—āϞāϏে āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āφāύ্āϤāϰ্āϜাāϤিāĻ• āϚ্āϝাāϞেāĻž্āϜ āĻļিāϰোāĻĒা āĻ•ে āϜিāϤেāĻ›েāύ?
Who won her first International Challenge title in women’s singles at the Malaysia International Challenge 2025?
  • a) āχāĻļাāϰাāĻŖী āĻŦāϰুāϝ়া \ Isharani Baruah
  • b) āĻĒিāĻ­ি āϏিāύ্āϧু \ PV Sindhu
  • c) āϏাāχāύা āύেāĻšāĻ“āϝ়াāϞ \ Saina Nehwal
  • d) āĻĻেāĻŦিāĻ•া āϏিāĻšাāĻ— \ Devika Sihag
Answer: d) āĻĻেāĻŦিāĻ•া āϏিāĻšাāĻ— \ Devika Sihag