Monthly Current Affairs January 2025

Current affairs play a crucial role in competitive exams, government job tests, and academic assessments. They help candidates stay informed about national and international events, improving their general knowledge and analytical skills. Below are the key reasons why current affairs are essential for any exam:

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#	Question	A	B	C	D	Answer
1	Which two countries signed the 20-year Comprehensive Strategic Partnership treaty on 17 January 2025?	China & Russia	Iran & Russia	USA & UK	India & Pakistan	B
2	Where did a recent mass shooting at the Supreme Court kill two judges?	USA	Iran	Pakistan	France	B
3	Which privately developed jet plane became the first to break the sound barrier?	Falcon X-2	Boom Tech’s XB-1	Concorde	SR-71 Blackbird	B
4	Which is the world’s strongest currency according to a recent Forbes report?	US Dollar	Euro	Kuwaiti Dinar	Swiss Franc	C
5	Who resigned as Serbian Prime Minister after months of mass protests?	Ana Brnabić	Aleksandar Vučić	Zoran Milanović	Milo Đukanović	A
6	When is World Day of Peace observed?	January 1	January 4	January 24	January 31	A
7	What is the theme for World Braille Day 2025?	Inner Peace & Self-Esteem	Celebrating Accessibility and Inclusion for the Visually Impaired	Take Control of Your Data	For a Better Future	B
8	Which international day is observed on January 11?	International Day of Education	International Customs Day	International Thank You Day	Data Privacy Day	C
9	What is the theme for International Day of Education 2025?	AI and Education: Preserving Human Agency in a World of Automation	Customs Delivering on its Commitment	Forgive Us Our Trespasses	Moral and Material Rights for Indigenous Languages	A
10	Which day is recognized as International Customs Day?	January 26	January 28	January 11	January 4	A
11	What is the theme for Data Privacy Day 2025?	Take Control of Your Data	For a Better Future	Inner Peace & Self-Esteem	Protecting Indigenous Languages	A
12	When is International Translators’ Day observed?	January 1	January 11	January 24	January 31	D

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#	Question	A	B	C	D	Answer
1	Which country will be the focus country at the World Book Fair in New Delhi?	USA	China	Russia	France	C
2	Which country has been verified by WHO as the first in the African region to eliminate onchocerciasis?	Nigeria	Niger	Kenya	South Africa	B
3	Which country recently won the ICC Women’s Championship Trophy 2025?	India	England	Australia	New Zealand	C
4	Where was the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit held?	Kenya	Tanzania	Ghana	South Africa	B
5	What is the goal of the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit?	Develop solar farms	Connect 300 million to electricity by 2030	Increase wind energy production	Reduce CO₂ emissions	B
6	Which AI model did Alibaba introduce, claiming an edge over DeepSeek?	GPT-4	Claude	Qwen 2.5-Max	Llama 3	C
7	Who secured a 7th term as president of Belarus?	Vladimir Putin	Alexander Lukashenko	Viktor Orbán	Volodymyr Zelenskyy	B
8	Where was the 2025 World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting held on 20-24 January?	Geneva	Berlin	Davos, Switzerland	Paris	C
9	Who topped the 2025 richest people’s list with a net worth of $433.9 billion?	Jeff Bezos	Bernard Arnault	Elon Musk	Bill Gates	C
10	Which country has the most billionaires on Forbes’ 2025 World’s Billionaires List?	United States	China	India	Germany	A
11	Who was re-elected as House Speaker after a brief Republican revolt?	Kevin McCarthy	Nancy Pelosi	Mike Johnson	Mitch McConnell	C
12	SpaceX successfully launched which satellite for the United Arab Emirates Space Agency using a Falcon 9 rocket?	Thuraya 4-NGS	Al Yah 3	Astra 1KR	Intelsat 35e	A
13	Which country did the US remove from the U.S. terrorism list?	Iran	Venezuela	Cuba	North Korea	C

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#	Question	A	B	C	D	Answer
1	Which country has banned the creation of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in January 2025?	UK	China	United States	Canada	C
2	Name the super-heavy drone recently unveiled by the Aerospace Force of Iran’s IRGC.	Karrar	Mohajer	Gaza	Shahed	C
3	Micheal Martin was elected as the prime minister of which country in January 2025?	Scotland	Ireland	Australia	Canada	B
4	President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing the United States to again withdraw from which famous climate agreement?	Kyoto Protocol	Paris Agreement	Green Deal	UNFCCC	B
5	How many people were recently killed in the deadliest US Crash of the century?	50	55	60	70	C
6	Where did the world’s largest compressed air energy storage project break ground?	USA	Germany	China	Japan	C
7	Typhoon Missile System (recently in news) was developed by which country?	Russia	UK	US	France	C
8	Which country recently received an observer seat in the Eurodrone program?	Russia	India	China	Brazil	C
9	Which country has launched the Rural Community Immigration Class (RCIC Scheme)?	UK	Australia	Canada	New Zealand	C
10	John Mahama has been elected as president of which country?	Kenya	Nigeria	Ghana	South Africa	C
11	Which country became the fourth to successfully demonstrate the Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX)?	Russia	India	Japan	China	B
12	A spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) has been documented in which country after 5,000 years recently?	India	Egypt	Kenya	Brazil	B
13	What is the name of the new quantum chip developed by Google that reduces errors in quantum computing?	Bristlecone	Sycamore	Willow	Aspen	C

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#	Question	A	B	C	D	Answer
1	Zoran Milanovic was elected president of which country in January 2025?	Serbia	Croatia	Slovenia	Bosnia	B
2	Where did the recent eruption of Mount Ibu volcano occur?	Japan	Indonesia	Philippines	Malaysia	B
3	Which U.S. city recently declared a state of emergency due to wildfires?	New York	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Houston	B
4	According to scientists, what significant milestone was reached in 2024 regarding global warming?	First year above 1.5°C of global warming	CO2 levels dropped below 300 ppm	Arctic ice completely melted	Global temperature dropped	A
5	Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th U.S. president on:	January 15, 2025	January 20, 2025	January 25, 2025	February 1, 2025	B
6	Who was sworn in as the 50th vice president of the United States on January 20, 2025?	Kamala Harris	James David Vance	Ron DeSantis	Mike Pence	B
7	What did the Trump administration rename the Gulf of Mexico?	Gulf of Freedom	Gulf of America	Gulf of Liberty	Gulf of Texas	B
8	Which country has officially become the ninth partner country of BRICS?	Saudi Arabia	Nigeria	Argentina	Iran	B
9	Which country has officially joined the BRICS trade bloc as a full member?	India	Indonesia	Turkey	Brazil	B
10	What did the Israeli cabinet approve during the ongoing Middle East crisis?	A new military operation	A ceasefire agreement with Hamas	Increased airstrikes	Diplomatic talks with Iran	B
11	How many months did the Gaza war last before the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal on 19 January 2024?	10	12	15	18	C
12	Which country has developed Electrokinetic Mining (EKM) for eco-friendly extraction of rare earth elements (REEs)?	USA	Germany	China	Australia	C
13	Who won the Australian Open 2025 men’s singles title?	Novak Djokovic	Rafael Nadal	Jannik Sinner	Carlos Alcaraz	C
14	Who won the Australian Open 2025 women’s singles title?	Iga Swiatek	Madison Keys	Aryna Sabalenka	Coco Gauff	B

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#	Question	A	B	C	D	Answer
1	Who has been appointed as the new spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?	Asim Iftikhar	Shafqat Ali Khan	Zahid Hafeez	Mumtaz Zahra	B
2	Which country’s navy has taken over the command of Multinational Combined Task Force 151 (CTF-151)?	USA	Pakistan	China	Turkey	B
3	Who has been appointed as the new commander of Multinational Combined Task Force 151 (CTF-151)?	Commodore Sohail Azmie	Admiral Naveed Ashraf	Rear Admiral Abdul Aleem	Vice Admiral Ovais Ahmed	A
4	Which country previously held the command of Multinational Combined Task Force 151 (CTF-151) before Pakistan?	USA	UK	Turkey	India	C
5	Who visited Pakistan on January 23-24 as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan?	Jeyhun Bayramov	Elnur Mammadov	Hikmat Hajiyev	Rashad Nabiyev	B
6	Where was Pakistan’s first-ever Chief Minister’s Minority Card Program launched?	Sindh	Punjab	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Balochistan	B
7	What new law did Pakistan’s National Assembly pass on January 21, 2025?	Cyber Crime Prevention Act	Social Media Protection and Regulation Law	Digital Rights Protection Act	Online Safety and Integrity Bill	B
8	What is the punishment for spreading disinformation under the new law in Pakistan?	1-year prison & 1 million rupees fine	3 years in prison & 2 million rupees fine	5 years in prison & 5 million rupees fine	6 months in prison & 500,000 rupees fine	B
9	Who led the 11th round of Bilateral Political Consultations between the Netherlands and Pakistan in Islamabad on January 20, 2025?	Mr. Christiaan Rebergen and Amna Baloch	Dr. Angela Merkel and Bilawal Bhutto	Mr. Willem Smit and Shah Mehmood Qureshi	Mr. Jeroen Cooreman and Hina Rabbani Khar	A
10	When did the first commercial aircraft land at Gwadar International Airport with its inauguration?	January 15, 2025	January 18, 2025	January 20, 2025	January 25, 2025	C
11	How many years of imprisonment were Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi sentenced to in the Al-Qadir Trust case?	7 and 5 years	10 and 8 years	14 and 7 years	20 and 10 years	C
12	Which Pakistani was an honorable mention in the 500 Most Influential Muslims for 2025?	Malala Yousafzai	Pervez Musharraf	Imran Khan	Abdul Sattar Edhi	C

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