Monthly Current Affairs – March 2025 (Lecture Notes Review)

120 Question-and-Answer flashcards covering Bihar special updates, national & international affairs, economy, environment, science-tech, defence, schemes, awards, sports, persons in news, important days, and miscellaneous facts from the March 2025 lecture notes.

When did the Bihar cabinet expansion that inducted seven new BJP ministers take place?

26 February 2025

What is the maximum number of ministers allowed in a Bihar cabinet (given its 243-member assembly)?

36 ministers

Who has been allotted Bihar’s Revenue & Land Reforms Department after the 2025 cabinet expansion?

Sanjay Saraogi (MLA from Darbhanga)

Which Bihar minister received the portfolio of Environment, Forest & Climate?

Sunil Kumar (Biharsharif)

Which department was assigned to Jibesh Kumar after the Bihar reshuffle?

Urban Development & Housing Development

Who became Bihar’s Tourism Minister in February 2025?

Raju Kumar Singh (Sahebganj)

Which portfolio was given to Krishan Kumar Mantoo?

Information Technology Department, Bihar

After the 2025 reshuffle, which portfolio did Deputy CM Vijay Sinha hold?

Agriculture and Mining (Road Construction went to Nitin Naveen)

Who presented the Bihar Economic Survey 2024-25?

Deputy CM & Finance Minister Samrat Choudhary (28 Feb 2025)

What was Bihar’s estimated GSDP at current prices for 2023-24?

₹8,54,429 crore

Which state recorded the highest growth rate in 2023-24, surpassing Bihar’s 14.47 %?

Telangana (14.50 %)

In Bihar’s 2025-26 budget, what amount was allocated for education?

₹60,954 crore

What percentage reservation for women jobs was announced in Bihar State Road Transport Corporation (Budget 2025-26)?

33 % reservation

Name the ancient Buddhist university being revived in Bihar a decade after Nalanda.

Vikramshila University

Who founded Vikramshila University?

Pala king Dharmapala (late 7th century)

Which Tibetan scholar first documented Vikramshila as Vikramshila Mahavihar?

Taranath

Who destroyed Vikramshila University?

Bakhtiyar Khilji

What is ‘Shaurya Vedanam Utsav’ and where was its first edition held?

A two-day Indian Armed Forces festival held in Motihari, East Champaran, on 7-8 Mar 2025

Which new 120-km four-lane corridor was approved on 28 Mar 2025 to connect Patna and Sasaram?

Patna-Arrah-Sasaram corridor

Under which irrigation programme will Bihar’s Kosi-Mechi link project get ₹3,652 crore central support?

PMKSY-AIBP (Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana – Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme)

Who bagged the ICU Golden Apple Award 2025 from Bihar?

Dr Rajvardhan Azad (MLC)

On which date is Bihar Diwas celebrated and what was the 2025 theme?

22 March; Theme 2025: “उन्नत बिहार, विकसित बिहार”

Which Bihar mobile app won Gold at ET Government DigiTech Awards 2025 in ‘IT initiatives for Agriculture’?

Bihar Krishi App

Which sport’s 2025 ISTAF World Cup was hosted for the first time in Patna, Bihar?

Sepak Takraw

Which team won gold in the men’s regular category at the Patliputra Sports Complex?

India (defeated Japan)

Who was appointed 11th Chairperson of SEBI for a 3-year term in 2025?

Tuhin Kanta Pandey

Where is SEBI headquartered?

Mumbai

Who became India’s first World Peace Centre founder in Gurugram 2025?

Acharya Lokesh Muni (Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti)

What is the multi-nation alliance for circular cities launched by India on 3 Mar 2025?

Cities Coalition for Circularity (C-3)

Who inaugurated ‘Vividhta ka Amrit Mahotsav’ second edition at Rashtrapati Bhavan?

President Droupadi Murmu

Which organisation hosts the annual World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS)?

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

WSDS 2025 theme?

“Partnerships for Accelerating Sustainable Development and Climate Solutions”

Name India’s first VR-enabled metaverse platform for PM SHRI schools developed by IIT Guwahati.

“Gyandhara”

Which city launched India’s first PPP-based green-waste processing plant under SBM-U?

Indore

What is ‘Operation Brahma’?

India’s humanitarian relief mission (15 tonnes aid) to earthquake-hit Myanmar, Mar 2025

What does Project PARI (Public Art of India) aim to revitalise?

India’s public art landscape through traditional & modern fusion

Who chairs the National Task Force on student mental health formed by Supreme Court 2025?

Justice S. Ravindra Bhat (former SC Judge)

Asia’s largest tulip garden in Srinagar is officially named what?

Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden (Siraj Bagh)

What cooperative-run taxi service was announced by Home Minister Amit Shah in 2025?

‘Sahkar’ taxi service

Which justice was sworn in as SC judge on 17 Mar 2025, raising SC strength to 33?

Justice Joymalya Bagchi

What unique 12-digit lifelong ID under NEP-2020 tracks students’ academic data?

APAAR ID (Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry)

What is NeVA in the context of Indian legislatures?

National e-Vidhan Application – paperless, device-neutral House business platform

What online portal launched by MeitY streamlines Aadhaar authentication approvals?

Aadhaar Good Governance Portal (SWIK)

What GIS-based platform maps cyber-criminal mobile numbers for law-enforcement?

‘Pratibimb’ module by I4C/MHA

Which informal grouping called ‘Squad’ is the Philippines keen to involve India in?

Philippines-US-Japan-Australia security group to counter China in South China Sea

What treaty banning anti-personnel mines did Baltic states signal exit from in 2025?

Ottawa Convention (1997 Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty)

Which New Zealand PM expressed intent to join India’s Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI) in 2025?

PM Christopher Luxon

10th Raisina Dialogue 2025 theme?

“Kālachakra – People, Peace and Planet”

Which two countries signed a Letter of Intent on a Green & Digital Shipping Corridor at Singapore Maritime Week 2025?

India and Singapore

Name the centralised corporate-bond data portal launched by SEBI in 2025.

“Bond Central”

What is BHIM 3.0’s new in-app merchant payment feature called?

BHIM Vega

Which chilli from Sikkim with SHU up to 350,000 got GI tag in 2020 and was exported to Solomon Islands?

Dalle Khursani (Dalle Chilly)

What threshold turnover now defines a ‘micro’ enterprise as per revised MSME criteria (Apr 2025)?

Turnover up to ₹10 crore (investment up to ₹2.5 crore)

Which PPP vertical-lift bridge replacing a 1914 structure connects Ramanathapuram with Rameswaram?

New Pamban Rail Bridge (Asia’s first vertical-lift rail bridge)

Which country became world’s 2nd-largest tea exporter in 2024, surpassing Sri Lanka?

India (255 million kg)

According to Hurun Global Rich List 2025, who is India’s richest woman and 5th-richest woman globally?

Roshni Nadar (HCL chairperson, net worth ₹3.5 trillion)

What Indian state crossed 1 billion tonnes of coal production in FY 2024-25?

India as a whole (national figure, not state)

Which climate report noted 2024 as first year with global temps exceeding 1.5 °C annually?

WMO State of Climate Report 2024

Under ‘Project Dolphin,’ what was the first estimated population of India’s riverine dolphins?

6,327 dolphins (Ganga-Brahmaputra-Indus systems)

What invisible biogeographic barrier between Bali and Lombok separates Asian & Australian fauna?

The Wallace Line

Which biodiversity park was inaugurated on Delhi’s Yamuna floodplain in 2025?

Amrut Biodiversity Park

Madhav National Park became India’s 58th Tiger Reserve in 2025. In which state?

Madhya Pradesh (Shivpuri district)

What is the global road-map report released Mar 2025 to reverse forest loss by 2030?

2030 Global Forest Vision: Priority Actions for Governments in 2025

Which NASA orbiter launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in 2025 aims to map lunar water at south pole?

Lunar Trailblazer

Firefly Aerospace’s ‘Blue Ghost’ lander touched down where on the Moon in Mar 2025?

Mare Crisium

What government open-data platform for AI datasets was launched as ‘AI Kosha’ in Mar 2025?

IndiaAI Datasets Platform (nicknamed AI Kosha)

What planned US advanced missile shield inspired by Israel’s Iron Dome has been dubbed?

‘Golden Dome’ missile defence system

ASSAMSAT is which state’s upcoming satellite for agriculture & disaster services?

Assam (collaboration with IN-SPACe & ISRO)

Which tech giant’s quantum chip ‘Ocelot’ seeks to accelerate quantum-computer timelines by 5 years?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

ChaSTE instrument on Chandrayaan-3 found potential water-ice outside polar regions by measuring what?

High vertical temperature gradients indicating cold traps under inclined surfaces

Which French satellite operator merged with OneWeb, offering 630 LEO satellites?

Eutelsat

What trace element caused hair-loss cases in Maharashtra’s Shegaon due to wheat contamination?

Selenium toxicity

The old coronavirus strain HKU1 recently detected in Kolkata belongs to which genus?

Betacoronavirus (Human Coronavirus HKU1)

What Google-backed 50-satellite constellation aims to detect wildfires early?

FireSat

What device reproduces a person’s signature and raised debate over US presidential pardons?

Autopen

Which Hindi magazine showcases MoD personnel’s poems & articles to promote Hindi use?

‘Sashakt Bharat’

Astra Mk-III BVRAAM has been renamed to what mythological bow?

Gandiva

India signed a $248 mn contract for 1,000 HP engines for which Soviet-era tank?

T-72 Main Battle Tank

INS Imphal, a Project 15B destroyer, visited which country’s National Day 2025 celebrations?

Mauritius (Port Louis) for 57th National Day

Pratibimb module is developed under which MHA centre?

Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)

Exercise INDRA 2025’s harbour phase took place at which Indian port?

Chennai

What is India’s combined India-Africa large-scale maritime exercise launched 2025?

AIKEYME (Africa-India Key Maritime Engagement)

What is IOS Sagar mission 2025?

INS Sunayna goodwill deployment with crew from nine IOR nations (Indian Ocean Ship Sagar)

Which DRDO short-range anti-ship missile from a Sea King helicopter hit target in Mar 2025?

NASM-SR (Naval Anti-Ship Missile – Short Range)

Which scheme aims to empower women leaders in Panchayati Raj Institutions launched Mar 2025?

‘Sashakt Panchayat-Netri Abhiyan’

PM-YUVA 3.0 intends to mentor authors below what age across 22 languages?

Below 30 years

What minimum assured pension per month is promised under PM-Shram Yogi Maandhan?

₹3,000 per month after 60

What internship scheme mobile app was launched Mar 2025 to provide 1 crore internships?

Prime Minister’s Internship Scheme (PMIS) app

Revised National Programme for Dairy Development has how much outlay for 15th FC cycle?

₹2,790 crore (2021-22 to 2025-26)

Revised Rashtriya Gokul Mission adds a 3 % interest subvention for loans to buy what?

High Genetic Merit IVF heifers

Which Ministry anchors the Rashtriya Karmayogi Jan Seva Programme?

Capacity Building Commission under DoPT/GoI

The BHIM-UPI incentive scheme FY 25 covers P2M transactions up to what amount?

₹2,000 per transaction

Which Nobel laureate’s autobiography ‘Diyaslai’ was released in 2025?

Kailash Satyarthi

Who won EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2024 India and will compete at WEOY?

Nithin Kamath (Zerodha)

Which Hindi writer received the 59th Jnanpith Award?

Vinod Kumar Shukla

Which Japanese mathematician won the Abel Prize 2025 for D-modules & crystal bases?

Masaki Kashiwara

Which Telugu actor received Lifetime Achievement Award at UK’s House of Commons 2025?

Chiranjeevi

Which Ramsar ‘Wetland Wise Use’ awardee became first Indian to win it?

Jayshree Vencatesan (Care Earth Trust)

Delhi Airport (DIAL) won ASQ Best Airport Asia-Pacific for which consecutive year?

7th consecutive year

Reserve Bank of India received which Central Banking London award 2025?

Digital Transformation Award (for Pravaah & Sarthi)