25 September 2025



Q1) āĻ•োāύ āϏংāϏ্āĻĨা āĻŽৈāϤ্āϰী ⧍.ā§Ļ, āĻŦ্āϰাāϜিāϞ-āĻ­াāϰāϤ āĻ•ৃāώি-āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤি āĻ•্āϰāϏ-āχāύāĻ•িāωāĻŦেāĻļāύ āĻ•āϰ্āĻŽāϏূāϚি āϚাāϞু āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ে?
Which organisation launched Maitri 2.0, the Brazil-India Cross-Incubation Programme in Agritech?

  • a) āύাāĻŦাāϰ্āĻĄ \ NABARD
  • b) āύীāϤি āφāϝ়োāĻ— \ NITI Aayog
  • c) āφāχāϏিāĻāφāϰ \ ICAR
  • d) āĻāĻĢāĻāϏāĻāϏāĻāφāχ \ FSSAI
Answer: c) āφāχāϏিāĻāφāϰ \ ICAR

🌾 ICAR – Indian Council of Agricultural Research
ICAR – āĻ­াāϰāϤীāϝ় āĻ•ৃāώি āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻŖা āĻĒāϰিāώāĻĻ

📌 Basic Facts | āĻŽূāϞ āϤāĻĨ্āϝ

★ āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āύাāĻŽ: Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

★ Full Name: Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

◆ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ া: ⧧⧝⧍⧝

◆ Established: 1929

✦ āϏāĻĻāϰ āĻĻāĻĒ্āϤāϰ: āύāϝ়াāĻĻিāϞ্āϞি, āĻ­াāϰāϤ

✦ Headquarters: New Delhi, India

→ āĻ…āĻ­িāĻ­াāĻŦāĻ• āϏংāϏ্āĻĨা: āĻ•ৃāώি āĻ“ āĻ•ৃāώāĻ• āĻ•āϞ্āϝাāĻŖ āĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻ•, āĻ­াāϰāϤ āϏāϰāĻ•াāϰ

→ Parent Organization: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India

🔑 Functions / Work | āĻ•াāϰ্āϝাāĻŦāϞী

✪ āĻ•ৃāώি āĻ“ āϏংāĻļ্āϞিāώ্āϟ āĻ•্āώেāϤ্āϰ (āĻĢāϏāϞ, āωāĻĻ্āϝাāύāĻĒাāϞāύ, āĻĒāĻļুāĻĒাāϞāύ, āĻŽā§ŽāϏ্āϝ āχāϤ্āϝাāĻĻি) āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻŖা āĻ“ āĻļিāĻ•্āώাāϰ āϏāĻŽāύ্āĻŦāϝ়, āĻĻিāĻ•āύিāϰ্āĻĻেāĻļāύা āĻ“ āĻĒāϰিāϚাāϞāύাāϰ āϏāϰ্āĻŦোāϚ্āϚ āϏংāϏ্āĻĨা।

✪ Apex body for coordinating, guiding, and managing research and education in agriculture and allied fields (crops, horticulture, animal husbandry, fisheries, etc.).

🏛 Institutions | āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ াāύāϏāĻŽূāĻš

★ ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ+ āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻŖা āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ াāύ, ā§­ā§Ļ+ āĻ•ৃāώি āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ় āĻ“ āϏাāϰা āĻ­াāϰāϤে āĻ•ৃāώি āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āĻ•েāύ্āĻĻ্āϰ (KVKs) āĻĒāϰিāϚাāϞāύা āĻ•āϰে।

★ Oversees 100+ research institutes, 70+ agricultural universities, and Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) across India.

đŸŽ¯ Objectives | āωāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ

◆ āϟেāĻ•āϏāχ āĻ•ৃāώি āĻĒ্āϰāϚাāϰ।

◆ Promote sustainable agriculture.

✦ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒাāĻĻāύāĻļীāϞāϤা āĻ“ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒাāĻĻāύ āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি।

✦ Increase productivity and production.

→ āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝ āĻ“ āĻĒুāώ্āϟি āύিāϰাāĻĒāϤ্āϤা āύিāĻļ্āϚিāϤ āĻ•āϰা।

→ Ensure food and nutritional security.

✪ āĻ•ৃāώāĻ•-āĻŦাāύ্āϧāĻŦ āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤি āωāĻĻ্āĻ­াāĻŦāύ।

✪ Develop farmer-friendly technologies.

🌱 Key Contributions | āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύ āĻ…āĻŦāĻĻাāύ

★ āωāϚ্āϚ āĻĢāϞāύāĻļীāϞ āĻĢāϏāϞেāϰ āϜাāϤ āωāύ্āύāϝ়āύ।

★ Development of high-yield crop varieties.

◆ āφāϧুāύিāĻ• āĻ•ৃāώি āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤিāϤে āωāĻĻ্āĻ­াāĻŦāύ।

◆ Innovations in modern farming techniques.

✦ āĻ•ৃāώāĻ•āĻĻেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻŖ āĻ“ āϜ্āĻžাāύ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāϏাāϰāĻŖ।

✦ Training and knowledge dissemination to farmers.

→ āϜāϞāĻŦাāϝ়ু āϏāĻšāύāĻļীāϞ āĻ“ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻ-āϏাāĻļ্āϰāϝ়ী āĻ•ৃāώি āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻŖা।

→ Research in climate-resilient and resource-efficient agriculture.

📈 Impact | āĻĒ্āϰāĻ­াāĻŦ

✪ āĻ•ৃāώāĻ•āĻĻেāϰ āϏāĻšাāϝ়āϤা āĻ•āϰে, āĻ—্āϰাāĻŽীāĻŖ āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻļāĻ•্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āĻ•āϰে āĻāĻŦং āϜাāϤীāϝ় āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝ āύিāϰাāĻĒāϤ্āϤাāϝ় āĻ…āĻŦāĻĻাāύ āϰাāĻ–ে।

✪ Supports farmers, strengthens rural economy, and contributes to national food security.

Q2) āĻ•্āϰিāĻ•েāϟ āĻ…্āϝাāϏোāϏিāϝ়েāĻļāύ āĻ…āĻĢ āĻŦেāĻ™্āĻ—āϞ (CAB)-āĻāϰ ⧝ā§ĒāϤāĻŽ āĻŦাāϰ্āώিāĻ• āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖ āϏāĻ­াāϝ় (AGM) āϏāĻ­াāĻĒāϤি āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻŦিāύা āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻĻ্āĻŦāύ্āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤাāϝ় āĻ•ে āĻĒুāύāϰ্āύিāϰ্āĻŦাāϚিāϤ āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›েāύ?
Who has been re-elected unopposed as the President of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) in its 94th AGM?

  • a) āϏ্āύেāĻšাāĻļিāϏ āĻ—াāĻ™্āĻ—ুāϞি \ Snehasish Ganguly
  • b) āϏৌāϰāĻ­ āĻ—াāĻ™্āĻ—ুāϞি \ Sourav Ganguly
  • c) āϜāϝ় āĻļাāĻš \ Jay Shah
  • d) āϰāϜাāϰ āĻŦিāύি \ Roger Binny
Answer: b) āϏৌāϰāĻ­ āĻ—াāĻ™্āĻ—ুāϞি \ Sourav Ganguly
Q3) ‘āĻĒ্āϰāϜেāĻ•্āϟ āĻŦিāϜāϝ়āĻ•’ āĻŽূāϞāϤ āĻ•োāύ āĻ…āĻž্āϚāϞে āϏāĻĄ়āĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāĻ•াāĻ াāĻŽো āύিāϰ্āĻŽাāĻŖেāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āϜোāϰ āĻĻেāϝ়?
Project Vijayak primarily focuses on building road infrastructure in which region?

  • a) āĻ…āϰুāĻŖাāϚāϞ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ \ Arunachal Pradesh
  • b) āϞাāĻĻাāĻ– \ Ladakh
  • c) āϏিāĻ•িāĻŽ \ Sikkim
  • d) āωāϤ্āϤāϰাāĻ–āĻŖ্āĻĄ \ Uttarakhand
Answer: b) āϞাāĻĻাāĻ– \ Ladakh
Q4) āĻ•োāύ āĻĻুāϟি āĻĻেāĻļ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦ āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝ āĻ­াāϰāϤ (World Food India) ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ-āĻāϰ āĻ…ংāĻļীāĻĻাāϰ āĻĻেāĻļ?
Which two countries are partner nations for World Food India 2025?

  • a) āχāωāĻāχ āĻ“ āϜাāĻĒাāύ \ UAE & Japan
  • b) āϏৌāĻĻি āφāϰāĻŦ āĻ“ āύিāωāϜিāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ \ Saudi Arabia & New Zealand
  • c) āϰাāĻļিāϝ়া āĻ“ āĻ­িāϝ়েāϤāύাāĻŽ \ Russia & Vietnam
  • d) āĻĢ্āϰাāύ্āϏ āĻ“ āĻŦ্āϰাāϜিāϞ \ France & Brazil
Answer: b) āϏৌāĻĻি āφāϰāĻŦ āĻ“ āύিāωāϜিāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ \ Saudi Arabia & New Zealand
Q5) ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āϏাāϞে ā§¨ā§ŽāϤāĻŽ āϜাāϤীāϝ় āχ-āĻ—āĻ­āϰ্āύেāύ্āϏ āϏāĻŽ্āĻŽেāϞāύেāϰ āφāϝ়োāϜāύ āĻ•োāύ āĻļāĻšāϰে āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›ে?
Which city hosted the 28th National Conference on e-Governance in 2025?

  • a) āĻšাāϝ়āĻĻāϰাāĻŦাāĻĻ \ Hyderabad
  • b) āĻŦিāĻļাāĻ–াāĻĒāϤ্āϤāύāĻŽ \ Visakhapatnam
  • c) āĻŦেāĻ™্āĻ—াāϞুāϰু \ Bengaluru
  • d) āĻĒুāύে \ Pune
Answer: b) āĻŦিāĻļাāĻ–াāĻĒāϤ্āϤāύāĻŽ \ Visakhapatnam
Q6) āĻ•োāύ āϰাāϜ্āϝ āϰাāϜāϧাāύীāϰ āĻŦাāχāϰে āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤি āωāĻĻ্āĻ­াāĻŦāύ āĻŦাāĻĄ়াāϤে ā§§,ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ āĻ•োāϟি āϟাāĻ•াāϰ LEAP āĻ•āϰ্āĻŽāϏূāϚি āϚাāϞু āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ে?
Which state launched the ₹1,000 crore LEAP programme to boost tech innovation outside its capital?

  • a) āϤাāĻŽিāϞāύাāĻĄ়ু \ Tamil Nadu
  • b) āĻ•āϰ্āĻŖাāϟāĻ• \ Karnataka
  • c) āϤেāϞেāĻ™্āĻ—াāύা \ Telangana
  • d) āĻŽāĻšাāϰাāώ্āϟ্āϰ \ Maharashtra
Answer: b) āĻ•āϰ্āĻŖাāϟāĻ• \ Karnataka
Q7) āĻ•োāύ āϰাāϜ্āϝ āϏāϰāĻ•াāϰ āĻŽাāϜাāϰāĻ—াঁāĻ“ āĻĄāĻ• āĻļিāĻĒāĻŦিāϞ্āĻĄাāϰ্āϏ āϞিāĻŽিāϟেāĻĄ (MDL)-āĻāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻ—্āϰিāύāĻĢিāϞ্āĻĄ āϜাāĻšাāϜāϘাāϟ āύিāϰ্āĻŽাāĻŖে āϏāĻŽāĻোāϤা āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ে?
Which state government signed an MoU with Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) for developing a greenfield shipyard?

  • a) āĻ•েāϰাāϞা \ Kerala
  • b) āϤাāĻŽিāϞāύাāĻĄ়ু \ Tamil Nadu
  • c) āĻ…āύ্āϧ্āϰāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ \ Andhra Pradesh
  • d) āĻ“āĻĄিāĻļা \ Odisha
Answer: b) āϤাāĻŽিāϞāύাāĻĄ়ু \ Tamil Nadu
Q8) āĻšিāĻŽাংāĻļি āϟোāĻ•াāϏ āĻ•োāύ āĻ–েāϞাāϝ় āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦ āύāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰ ā§§ āϰ‌্āϝাāĻ™্āĻ• āĻ…āϰ্āϜāύ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›েāύ?
Himanshi Tokas achieved World No. 1 ranking in which sport?

  • a) āĻ•ুāϏ্āϤি \ Wrestling
  • b) āϜুāĻĄো \ Judo
  • c) āĻŦāĻ•্āϏিং \ Boxing
  • d) āϤাāϝ়āĻ•োāϝ়াāύ্āĻĻো \ Taekwondo
Answer: b) āϜুāĻĄো \ Judo
Q9) āĻ­াāϰāϤে āĻĢৌāϜāĻĻাāϰি āĻŽাāύāĻšাāύিāϰ āĻŽাāĻŽāϞা āĻ­াāϰāϤীāϝ় āύ্āϝাāϝ় āϏংāĻšিāϤা (BNS)-āĻāϰ āĻ•োāύ āϧাāϰা āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা āύিāϝ়āύ্āϤ্āϰিāϤ āĻšāϝ়?
In India, criminal defamation is governed under which section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)?

  • a) āϧাāϰা ā§Šā§Ģā§Ŧ \ Section 356
  • b) āϧাāϰা ā§Ē⧍ā§Ļ \ Section 420
  • c) āϧাāϰা ā§§ā§Ēā§Ē \ Section 144
  • d) āϧাāϰা ā§Šā§Ļ⧍ \ Section 302
Answer: a) āϧাāϰা ā§Šā§Ģā§Ŧ \ Section 356
Q10) ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āϏাāϞেāϰ āϏেāĻĒ্āϟেāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰ āĻŽাāϏে āĻ…āϰুāĻŖাāϚāϞ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āĻ•োāύ āϜāϞāĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝুā§Ž āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāĻ•ে āĻ•েāύ্āĻĻ্āϰীāϝ় āϏāϰāĻ•াāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāĻļāĻ—āϤ āĻ›াāĻĄ়āĻĒāϤ্āϰ āĻĻিāϝ়েāĻ›ে?
The central government granted environmental clearance to which hydroelectric project in Arunachal Pradesh in September 2025?

  • a) āϏুāĻŦāύāϏিāϰি āϞোāϝ়াāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒ \ Subansiri Lower Project
  • b) āĻ“āϜু āĻšাāχāĻĄ্āϰো āĻĒাāĻ“āϝ়াāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒ \ Oju Hydro Power Project
  • c) āϤিāϏ্āϤা āϤৃāϤীāϝ় āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒ \ Teesta III Project
  • d) āϏিāϝ়াং āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒ \ Siang Project
Answer: b) āĻ“āϜু āĻšাāχāĻĄ্āϰো āĻĒাāĻ“āϝ়াāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒ \ Oju Hydro Power Project