17 September 2025



Q1) āϏেāĻĒ্āϟেāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ-āĻ āύāϤুāύ āϏ্āĻĨাāύ āϝুāĻ•্āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝ়াāϰ āĻĒāϰ āχāωāύেāϏ্āĻ•োāϰ āϟেāύ্āϟেāϟিāĻ­ āϤাāϞিāĻ•াāϝ় āĻ­াāϰāϤেāϰ āĻŽোāϟ āĻ•āϤāϟি āϏ্āĻĨাāύ āϰāϝ়েāĻ›ে?
After the new addition in September 2025, how many sites does India have on the UNESCO Tentative List in total?

  • a) ā§Ŧā§Ļ \ 60
  • b) ā§Ŧā§Ģ \ 65
  • c) ā§Ŧ⧝ \ 69
  • d) ⧭⧍ \ 72
Answer: c) ā§Ŧ⧝ \ 69

🌍 UNESCO – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

āχāωāύেāϏ্āĻ•ো – āϜাāϤিāϏংāϘ āĻļিāĻ•্āώা, āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āĻ“ āϏাংāϏ্āĻ•ৃāϤিāĻ• āϏংāϏ্āĻĨা

📌 Basic Facts

★ Established: 16 November 1945

★ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ া: ā§§ā§Ŧ āύāĻ­েāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰ ⧧⧝ā§Ēā§Ģ

◆ Headquarters: Paris, France

◆ āϏāĻĻāϰ āĻĻāĻĒ্āϤāϰ: āĻĒ্āϝাāϰিāϏ, āĻĢ্āϰাāύ্āϏ

✦ Director-General (2025): Audrey Azoulay

✦ āĻŽāĻšাāĻĒāϰিāϚাāϞāĻ• (⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ): āĻ…āĻĄ্āϰে āφāϜুāϞে

→ Members: 194 member states + 12 associate members

→ āϏāĻĻāϏ্āϝ āϏংāĻ–্āϝা: ⧧⧝ā§Ēāϟি āϏāĻĻāϏ্āϝ āϰাāώ্āϟ্āϰ + ⧧⧍āϟি āϏāĻšāϝোāĻ—ী āϏāĻĻāϏ্āϝ

✪ Motto: “Building peace in the minds of men and women”

✪ āĻŽূāϞāĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰ: “Building peace in the minds of men and women”

🔑 Key Functions | āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύ āĻ•াāϰ্āϝাāĻŦāϞী

★ Promotes quality education, literacy, and technical training.

★ āĻŽাāύāϏāĻŽ্āĻŽāϤ āĻļিāĻ•্āώা, āϏাāĻ•্āώāϰāϤা āĻ“ āĻ•াāϰিāĻ—āϰি āĻĒ্āϰāĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻŖ āĻĒ্āϰāϚাāϰ।

◆ Advances scientific research and sustainable development.

◆ āĻŦৈāϜ্āĻžাāύিāĻ• āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻŖা āĻ“ āϟেāĻ•āϏāχ āωāύ্āύāϝ়āύāĻ•ে āĻ…āĻ—্āϰāϏāϰ āĻ•āϰা।

✦ Protects cultural heritage and promotes cultural diversity.

✦ āϏাংāϏ্āĻ•ৃāϤিāĻ• āϐāϤিāĻš্āϝ āϰāĻ•্āώা āĻ“ āϏাংāϏ্āĻ•ৃāϤিāĻ• āĻŦৈāϚিāϤ্āϰ্āϝ āĻĒ্āϰāϚাāϰ।

→ Encourages freedom of expression and access to information.

→ āĻŽāϤ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•াāĻļেāϰ āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύāϤা āĻ“ āϤāĻĨ্āϝāĻĒ্āϰাāĻĒ্āϤিāϰ āϏুāϝোāĻ— āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏাāĻšিāϤ āĻ•āϰা।

📚 Major Programs | āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύ āĻ•āϰ্āĻŽāϏূāϚি

✪ World Heritage Sites: preservation of cultural and natural sites.

✪ World Heritage Sites: āϏাংāϏ্āĻ•ৃāϤিāĻ• āĻ“ āĻĒ্āϰাāĻ•ৃāϤিāĻ• āϐāϤিāĻš্āϝেāϰ āϏংāϰāĻ•্āώāĻŖ।

★ UNESCO-UNEVOC: technical and vocational education support.

★ UNESCO-UNEVOC: āĻ•াāϰিāĻ—āϰি āĻ“ āĻŦৃāϤ্āϤিāĻŽূāϞāĻ• āĻļিāĻ•্āώা āϏāĻšাāϝ়āϤা।

◆ UNESDOC: database of UNESCO publications and documents.

◆ UNESDOC: āχāωāύেāϏ্āĻ•োāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•াāĻļāύা āĻ“ āύāĻĨিāĻĒāϤ্āϰেāϰ āĻĄেāϟাāĻŦেāϏ।

✨ Significance | āĻ—ুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦ

✦ Supports global peace, education, science, and culture.

✦ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāĻļাāύ্āϤি, āĻļিāĻ•্āώা, āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āĻ“ āϏংāϏ্āĻ•ৃāϤিāĻ•ে āϏāĻŽāϰ্āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰে।

Q2) ‘āĻ…্āϝাāϟāϞাāύ্āϟিāĻ• āĻĒাāϰ্āϟāύাāϰāĻļিāĻĒ āĻĢāϰ āĻ…্āϝাāĻĄāĻ­াāύ্āϏāĻĄ āύিāωāĻ•্āϞিāϝ়াāϰ āĻāύাāϰ্āϜি’ āĻ•োāύ āĻĻুāϟি āĻĻেāĻļ āϝৌāĻĨāĻ­াāĻŦে āϚাāϞু āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ে?
Which two countries jointly launched the ‘Atlantic Partnership for Advanced Nuclear Energy’?

  • a) āϝুāĻ•্āϤāϰাāώ্āϟ্āϰ āĻ“ āĻĢ্āϰাāύ্āϏ \ US and France
  • b) āϝুāĻ•্āϤāϰাāϜ্āϝ āĻ“ āϝুāĻ•্āϤāϰাāώ্āϟ্āϰ \ UK and US
  • c) āϝুāĻ•্āϤāϰাāϜ্āϝ āĻ“ āϜাāϰ্āĻŽাāύি \ UK and Germany
  • d) āϝুāĻ•্āϤāϰাāώ্āϟ্āϰ āĻ“ āϜাāĻĒাāύ \ US and Japan
Answer: b) āϝুāĻ•্āϤāϰাāϜ্āϝ āĻ“ āϝুāĻ•্āϤāϰাāώ্āϟ্āϰ \ UK and US
Q3) āχāωāĻĒিāφāχ-āĻ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏাāϝ়ীāϰ āĻ•াāĻ›ে (P2M) āϞেāύāĻĻেāύেāϰ āĻĻৈāύিāĻ• āύāϤুāύ āϏীāĻŽা āĻ•āϤ āϧāϰা āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›ে?
What is the new daily limit for Person-to-Merchant (P2M) transactions on UPI?

  • a) ₹ā§§ āϞাāĻ– \ ₹1 lakh
  • b) ₹ā§Ģ āϞাāĻ– \ ₹5 lakh
  • c) ₹ā§§ā§Ļ āϞাāĻ– \ ₹10 lakh
  • d) ₹ā§§ā§Ģ āϞাāĻ– \ ₹15 lakh
Answer: c) ₹ā§§ā§Ļ āϞাāĻ– \ ₹10 lakh
Q4) āϏাāϰāĻĒāĻž্āϚ āϏংāϞাāĻĒ āύ্āϝাāĻļāύাāϞ āĻ•োāϝ়াāϞিāϟি āĻ•āύāĻ•্āϞেāĻ­ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āĻ•োāύ āĻļāĻšāϰে āĻ…āύুāώ্āĻ িāϤ āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›ে?
In which city was the Sarpanch Samvaad National Quality Conclave 2025 held?

  • a) āĻŽুāĻŽ্āĻŦাāχ \ Mumbai
  • b) āĻ—াāύ্āϧীāύāĻ—āϰ \ Gandhinagar
  • c) āύāϝ়াāĻĻিāϞ্āϞি \ New Delhi
  • d) āϞāĻ–āύāω \ Lucknow
Answer: c) āύāϝ়াāĻĻিāϞ্āϞি \ New Delhi
Q5) āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ় āύ্āϝাāĻļāύাāϞ āĻ…্āϝাāύ্āϟি-āύাāϰāĻ•োāϟিāĻ•্āϏ āϟাāϏ্āĻ• āĻĢোāϰ্āϏ (ANTF) āĻ•āύāĻĢাāϰেāύ্āϏ āĻ•োāĻĨাāϝ় āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›ে?
Where was the 2nd National Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) Conference held?

  • a) āĻŽুāĻŽ্āĻŦাāχ \ Mumbai
  • b) āϚেāύ্āύাāχ \ Chennai
  • c) āύāϝ়াāĻĻিāϞ্āϞি \ New Delhi
  • d) āĻšাāϝ়āĻĻāϰাāĻŦাāĻĻ \ Hyderabad
Answer: c) āύāϝ়াāĻĻিāϞ্āϞি \ New Delhi
Q6) āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ-āĻāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āφāχāϏিāϏি āĻŽাāϏāϏেāϰা āĻĒুāϰুāώ āĻ•্āϰিāĻ•েāϟাāϰ āĻĒুāϰāϏ্āĻ•াāϰ āĻ•ে āĻĒেāϝ়েāĻ›েāύ?
Who won the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for August 2025?

  • a) āĻŽ্āϝাāϟ āĻšেāύāϰি \ Matt Henry
  • b) āĻŽোāĻšাāĻŽ্āĻŽāĻĻ āϏিāϰাāϜ \ Mohammed Siraj
  • c) āϜেāĻĄেāύ āϏিāϞāϏ \ Jayden Seales
  • d) āĻŦেāύ āϏ্āϟোāĻ•āϏ \ Ben Stokes
Answer: b) āĻŽোāĻšাāĻŽ্āĻŽāĻĻ āϏিāϰাāϜ \ Mohammed Siraj
Q7) āĻ•োāύ āĻĻেāĻļ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻāφāχ-āϚাāϞিāϤ āĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰী āύিāϝ়োāĻ— āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ে?
Which country appointed the world’s first AI-powered cabinet minister?

  • a) āĻāϏ্āϤোāύিāϝ়া \ Estonia
  • b) āφāϞāĻŦেāύিāϝ়া \ Albania
  • c) āϜাāĻĒাāύ \ Japan
  • d) āĻĻāĻ•্āώিāĻŖ āĻ•োāϰিāϝ়া \ South Korea
Answer: b) āφāϞāĻŦেāύিāϝ়া \ Albania
Q8) āφāϰāĻŦিāφāχ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āϏāϚেāϤāύāϤা āĻŦাāĻĄ়াāύোāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻ•োāύ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻŽাāχāĻ•্āϰোāϏাāχāϟ āϚাāϞু āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ে?
The RBI recently launched a special microsite to spread awareness about which of the following?

  • a) āĻĄিāϜিāϟাāϞ āĻŦ্āϝাংāĻ• āϜাāϞিāϝ়াāϤি \ Digital banking frauds
  • b) āĻ­াāϰāϤীāϝ় āύোāϟ \ Indian banknotes
  • c) āχāωāĻĒিāφāχ āϞেāύāĻĻেāύ \ UPI transactions
  • d) āϏোāύা āĻŽুāĻĻ্āϰাāĻ•āϰāĻŖ \ Gold monetization
Answer: b) āĻ­াāϰāϤীāϝ় āύোāϟ \ Indian banknotes
Q9) ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āϏাāϞে āύেāĻĒাāϞেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŽāĻšিāϞা āĻ…্āϝাāϟāϰ্āύি āϜেāύাāϰেāϞ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻ•ে āύিāϝুāĻ•্āϤ āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›েāύ?
Who became the first woman Attorney General of Nepal in 2025?

  • a) āϏুāĻļীāϞা āĻ•াāϰ্āĻ•ি \ Sushila Karki
  • b) āĻ“āύāϏাāϰি āϘাāϰ্āϤি āĻŽাāĻ—াāϰ \ Onsari Gharti Magar
  • c) āϏাāĻŦিāϤা āĻ­াāύ্āĻĄাāϰি \ Sabita Bhandari
  • d) āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝা āĻĻেāĻŦী āĻ­াāύ্āĻĄাāϰি \ Bidya Devi Bhandari
Answer: c) āϏাāĻŦিāϤা āĻ­াāύ্āĻĄাāϰি \ Sabita Bhandari
Q10) āĻ­াāϰāϤেāϰ āϏāĻŦāϚেāϝ়ে āĻŦāĻĄ় āϏ্āĻĒোāϰ্āϟāϏ āĻ•āĻŽāĻĒ্āϞেāĻ•্āϏāϟি āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻ•োāύ āĻļāĻšāϰে āωāĻĻ্āĻŦোāϧāύ āĻ•āϰা āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›ে?
India’s largest sports complex was recently inaugurated in which city?

  • a) āĻ—াāύ্āϧীāύāĻ—āϰ \ Gandhinagar
  • b) āφāĻšāĻŽেāĻĻাāĻŦাāĻĻ \ Ahmedabad
  • c) āϏুāϰাāϟ \ Surat
  • d) āϰাāϜāĻ•োāϟ \ Rajkot
Answer: b) āφāĻšāĻŽেāĻĻাāĻŦাāĻĻ \ Ahmedabad