8th January 2025 Current Affairs

1. Which country has officially become the 11th full member of BRICS?

   a) Indonesia
   b) Kuwait
   c) Australia
   d) New Zealand

2. Where is the 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas conference 2025 being organised?

   a) Gandhinagar
   b) Indore
   c) Bhubaneswar
   d) Bengaluru

3. Due to the large crowed of devotees, the Makarvilakka festival was in the news. In which state is this festival celebrated?

   a) Kerala
   b) Tamil Nadu
   c) Odisha
   d) West Bengal

4. Recently, the Prime Minister of which country, Justin Trudeau. has resigned?

   a) France
   b) Brazil
   c) Mexico
   d) Canada 

5. India’s Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the BHARATPOL Portal on January 7 in New Delhi. Who developed it?

   a) ED
   b) CBI
   c) IB
   d) DRDO

6. Union Steel Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy launched the PLI Scheme 1.1. For which period will this scheme be implemented?

   a) 2025-26 to 2029-30
   b) 2024-25 to 2028-29
   c) 2028-29 to 2034-35
   d) 2030-31 to 2034-35

7. When is Earth Rotation Day observed every year?

   a) 6th January
   b) 7th January
   c) 8th January 
   d) 9th January

8. Which state government recently announced a million-dollar prize for decoding the script of the Indus Valley Civilisation

   a) Maharashtra
   b) Tamil Nadu
   c) Bihar
   d) Gujarat

9. Who inaugurated the ‘Panchayat to Parliament 2.0’ in New Delhi?

   a) Jagdeep Dhankhar
   b) Narendra Modi
   c) Amit Shah
   d) Om Birla 

10. Who has been elected as the President of the Indian Athletics Federation?

    a) Ajay Banga
    b) Randhir Singh
    c) Bahadur Singh Sagoo
    d) Rajiv Mehta

11. Where did PM Narendra Modi lay the foundation stone of the Central Ayurveda Research Institute building?

    a) Ahmedabad
    b) Pune
    c) Indore
    d) New Delhi

12. Who has become the oldest person in the world?

    a) Tomato Itsuka
    b) Misako Oka
    c) Inch Canabarro Lucas 
    d) John Tinniswood

8th January 2025 Current Affairs