January 2025 Current Affairs MCQs with Answers | Monthly GK Quiz

1. On which date did Indonesia officially join BRICS as a full member?

A) 1 Jan 2025
B) 6 Jan 2025
C) 26 Jan 2025
D) 15 Jan 2025
✅ Answer: B) 6 Jan 2025
2. When did China’s Tibet region experience a magnitude 7.1 earthquake affecting Tibet, Nepal, and India?

A) 5 Jan 2025
B) 7 Jan 2025
C) 10 Jan 2025
D) 12 Jan 2025
✅ Answer: B) 7 Jan 2025
3. On what date did Colossal Biosciences and University of Melbourne unveil the artificial womb for marsupials?

A) 10 Jan 2025
B) 13 Jan 2025
C) 15 Jan 2025
D) 16 Jan 2025
✅ Answer: C) 15 Jan 2025
4. When was ESA’s Gaia mission officially concluded after 11 years?

A) 12 Jan 2025
B) 14 Jan 2025
C) 15 Jan 2025
D) 17 Jan 2025
✅ Answer: C) 15 Jan 2025
5. When did Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) reach perihelion?

A) 11 Jan 2025
B) 12 Jan 2025
C) 13 Jan 2025
D) 14 Jan 2025
✅ Answer: C) 13 Jan 2025
Perihelion date: 13 January 2025

6. Which day did Yemen’s Al Bayda witness a gas station explosion, causing ~40 fatalities?

A) 8 Jan 2025
B) 10 Jan 2025
C) 11 Jan 2025
D) 14 Jan 2025
✅ Answer: B) 10 Jan 2025
7. What date did Israel and Hamas begin a ceasefire agreement and hostages exchange?

A) 12 Jan 2025
B) 13 Jan 2025
C) 15 Jan 2025
D) 17 Jan 2025
✅ Answer: C) 15 Jan 2025
8. On which date did Blue Origin launch its New Glenn rocket?

A) 14 Jan 2025
B) 15 Jan 2025
C) 16 Jan 2025
D) 17 Jan 2025
✅ Answer: C) 16 Jan 2025
9. When did the Maha Kumbh Mela begin in Prayagraj, 2025?

A) 10 Jan 2025
B) 13 Jan 2025
C) 15 Jan 2025
D) 29 Jan 2025
✅ Answer: B) 13 Jan 2025
10. On which date did a deadly stampede occur at Maha Kumbh Mela?

A) 27 Jan 2025
B) 28 Jan 2025
C) 29 Jan 2025
D) 30 Jan 2025
✅ Answer: C) 29 Jan 2025

11. **Which index fell to a 14-month low at 57.9 in January, indicating slower business growth in India?**
    A) Sensex
    B) HSBC Composite PMI
    C) Nifty 50
    D) Retail inflation
    ✅ Answer: B) HSBC Composite PMI
    Date reported: 24 Jan 2025

12. What was India’s manufacturing PMI in January 2025?
    A) 56.4
    B) 58.0
    C) 57.0
    D) 55.5
    ✅ Answer: B) 58.0
    Date reported: 24 Jan 2025

13. **India’s services PMI in January reached: **
    A) 56.8
    B) 59.3
    C) 57.9
    D) 53.2
    ✅ Answer: A) 56.8
    Date reported: 24 Jan 2025

14. On what date did India’s retail inflation ease to 4.31%—a five-month low?
    A) 10 Jan 2025
    B) 12 Feb 2025
    C) 12 Jan 2025
    D) 14 Jan 2025
    ✅ Answer: C) 12 Jan 2025
    Reported: 12 Feb 2025 (for Jan data)

15. What was India’s food inflation in January 2025?
    A) 4.31%
    B) 6.02%
    C) 5.22%
    D) 4.60%
    ✅ Answer: B) 6.02%
    Date: Jan 2025

16. Which U.S. President signed an executive order on AI data-center power on 14 Jan 2025?
    A) Joe Biden
    B) Donald Trump
    C) Kamala Harris
    D) Barack Obama
    ✅ Answer: A) Joe Biden

17. On what date did the US impose export controls on biotech equipment over China?
    A) 13 Jan 2025
    B) 15 Jan 2025
    C) 17 Jan 2025
    D) 19 Jan 2025
    ✅ Answer: B) 15 Jan 2025

18. Which U.S. figure announced a private‑sector $500 billion AI investment on 21 Jan 2025?
    A) Joe Biden
    B) Elon Musk
    C) Donald Trump
    D) Sundar Pichai
    ✅ Answer: C) Donald Trump

19. Which two countries launched commercial moon landers mid‑January 2025?
    A) USA and India
    B) China and Japan
    C) Japan and USA
    D) USA and Russia
    ✅ Answer: C) Japan and USA

20. Which Japanese company launched Hakuto‑R Mission 2?
    A) JAXA
    B) ispace
    C) Mitsubishi
    D) SoftBank
    ✅ Answer: B) ispace

21. What was the name of Firefly Aerospace’s moon lander launched in mid‑Jan?
    A) Blue Dart
    B) Red Dragon
    C) Blue Ghost
    D) Artemis
    ✅ Answer: C) Blue Ghost

22. On which date did India and US diplomats plan a Modi‑Trump meeting?
    A) 21 Jan 2025
    B) 22 Jan 2025
    C) 23 Jan 2025
    D) 24 Jan 2025
    ✅ Answer: C) 23 Jan 2025

23. What is DeepSeek?
    A) Chinese satellite
    B) AI startup
    C) Crypto token
    D) Biotech firm
    ✅ Answer: B) AI startup

24. When did Reuters report on DeepSeek’s launch of DeepSeek‑V3?
    A) 25 Jan 2025
    B) 26 Jan 2025
    C) 27 Jan 2025
    D) 28 Jan 2025
    ✅ Answer: C) 27 Jan 2025

25. Which market saw the longest losing run in India in 23 years by Jan-end?
    A) Sensex
    B) Nifty 50
    C) Commodity index
    D) INR/USD
    ✅ Answer: B) Nifty 50

26. What triggered fears of RBI delaying rate cuts in mid‑Jan?
    A) Stock market surge
    B) Rupee plunge
    C) Dry monsoon
    D) Trade protests
    ✅ Answer: B) Rupee plunge

27. By mid‑Jan, the rupee had fallen around what % against USD?
    A) 1%
    B) 2%
    C) 3%
    D) 4%
    ✅ Answer: C) 3%

28. Which Chinese region agreed with India to resume direct flights?
    A) Beijing
    B) Shanghai
    C) Tibet
    D) Guangzhou
    ✅ Answer: C) Tibet

29. When did India-China resume direct air services?
    A) 25 Jan 2025
    B) 26 Jan 2025
    C) 27 Jan 2025
    D) 28 Jan 2025
    ✅ Answer: C) 27 Jan 2025

30. Which city saw a deadly train accident on 22 Jan 2025?
    A) Delhi
    B) Jalgaon
    C) Patna
    D) Jaipur
    ✅ Answer: B) Jalgaon

31. How many died in the Jalgaon train accident?
    A) 10
    B) 11
    C) 12
    D) 13
    ✅ Answer: D) 13

32. What caused the Jalgaon accident?
    A) Engine failure
    B) Collision
    C) Passengers jumping
    D) Signal fault
    ✅ Answer: C) Passengers jumping

33. When did Assam flooding trap miners in Jan 2025?
    A) 4 Jan
    B) 5 Jan
    C) 6 Jan
    D) 7 Jan
    ✅ Answer: C) 6 Jan 2025

34. How many miners died in the Assam incident?
    A) 7
    B) 8
    C) 9
    D) 10
    ✅ Answer: C) 9

35. Which illegal mining method caused the Assam tragedy?
    A) Shaft drilling
    B) Rat‑hole mining
    C) Open cast
    D) Hydraulic mining
    ✅ Answer: B) Rat‑hole mining

36. Where was the market fire that killed eight in Jan 2025?
    A) Beijing
    B) Hangzhou
    C) Zhangjiakou
    D) Chengdu
    ✅ Answer: C) Zhangjiakou

37. How many were killed in the Zhangjiakou market fire?
    A) Five
    B) Six
    C) Eight
    D) Ten
    ✅ Answer: C) Eight

38. Which town in Pakistan saw a military convoy bomb attack?
    A) Turbat
    B) Quetta
    C) Lahore
    D) Islamabad
    ✅ Answer: A) Turbat

39. How many killed in Turbat attack?
    A) Three
    B) Four
    C) Five
    D) Six
    ✅ Answer: B) Four

40. Which country saw a bus flip injuring 2 in Brandenburg, Jan 2025?
    A) France
    B) Germany
    C) Spain
    D) Italy
    ✅ Answer: B) Germany

41. Where did a tram collision injure 50 in January 2025?
    A) Berlin
    B) Strasbourg
    C) Paris
    D) Rome
    ✅ Answer: B) Strasbourg

42. Where was the industrial robot Kubota KATR unveiled?
    A) Hannover Messe
    B) CES – Las Vegas
    C) Tokyo Tech Fair
    D) RoboIndia Expo
    ✅ Answer: B) CES – Las Vegas

43. CES 2025 was held on which date?
    A) 5 Jan
    B) 6 Jan
    C) 7 Jan
    D) 8 Jan
    ✅ Answer: C) 7 Jan 2025

44. Which autonomous robotic pet mice appeared at CES 2025?
    A) RoboRat
    B) Noono
    C) PetBot
    D) ZyMouse
    ✅ Answer: B) Noono

45. How long did Gaia mission operate before ending 15 Jan 2025?
    A) 9 years
    B) 10 years
    C) 11 years
    D) 12 years
    ✅ Answer: C) 11 years

46. What magnitude was the Tibet earthquake?
    A) 6.8
    B) 7.1
    C) 7.3
    D) 7.5
    ✅ Answer: B) 7.1

47. On which date did the crowd crush happen at Kumbh Mela?
    A) 27 Jan
    B) 28 Jan
    C) 29 Jan
    D) 30 Jan
    ✅ Answer: C) 29 Jan 2025

48. Approximately how many pilgrims took a dip by Feb 26?
    A) 600 million
    B) 660 million
    C) 720 million
    D) 800 million
    ✅ Answer: B) 660 million

49. Over how many days did the Maha Kumbh Mela run?
    A) 30
    B) 35
    C) 40
    D) 45
    ✅ Answer: D) 45 days

50. The Republic Day parade on Jan 26 was the ____ republic parade in Delhi?
    A) 74th
    B) 75th
    C) 76th
    D) 77th
    ✅ Answer: C) 76th