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UPSC Weekly Current Affairs Quiz | September 28 to October 04, 2025

UPSC Weekly Current Affairs Quiz | September 28 to October 04, 2025

October 04, 2025 8:26 pm

UPSC Prelims Weekly Current Affairs MCQs: Kickstart your UPSC Prelims prep early—begin with current affairs for a strong foundation. Brush up your current affairs knowledge with this week's top 15 questions and consolidate your UPSC-CSE preparation. Find answers along with explanations.

Trump's Gaza peace plan, Hamas's response, India

The world this week | Trump’s Gaza peace plan hangs in the balance; India recalibrates strategy amid tariff strain

October 05, 2025 11:13 am

From Hamas partially accepting Trump’s Gaza peace plan and Israel reiterating opposition to the Palestinian State, to Indian exporters seeking urgent relief measures and Russia stepping in to offset India’s ‘losses’ from US tariffs, a lot has happened in the world this week.   

UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : Environment and Geography (Week 130)

UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : Environment and Geography MCQs on Amazon rainforest, Sir Creek and more (Week 130)

October 03, 2025 9:00 pm

Are you preparing for UPSC CSE Prelims 2026? Check your progress and revise your topics through this quiz on Environment and Geography.

Feminists, violence against women

How feminists have long viewed violence as means for oppression of women

October 04, 2025 9:12 am

According to NCRB’s 2023 Crime in India report, crime against women increased by 0.7 per cent. But how does this uptick reaffirm the long-standing concerns raised by feminists about the systemic nature of violence against women?

UPSC Essentials | Mains answer practice — GS 1 (Week 122)

UPSC Essentials | Mains answer practice — GS 1 : Questions on role of Savitribai Phule in advancing women’s education and earthquakes (Week 122)

October 03, 2025 6:14 pm

UPSC CSE Mains 2026: Are you preparing for Civil Services Exam? Here are questions from GS paper 1 for this week with essential points as the fodder for your answers. Do not miss points to ponder and answer in the comment box below.

UNESCO biosphere reserves, upsc, environment, current affairs

Knowledge Nugget: UNESCO Biosphere Reserves — what's the latest you need to know for UPSC exam

October 03, 2025 6:08 pm

With the inclusion of the Cold Desert of Himachal Pradesh in UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves, the total number of such reserves in India has reached 13. But what exactly are biosphere reserves? What are the biosphere reserves of India?

UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : Economy (Week 130)

UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : Economy MCQs on External Commercial Borrowings, Repo Rate and more (Week 130)

October 02, 2025 9:13 pm

Are you preparing for UPSC CSE Prelims 2026? Check your progress and revise your topics through this quiz on Economy.

swachh bharat mission, gandhi jayanti, modi, upsc

Knowledge Nugget | Swachh Bharat Mission and its UPSC relevance

October 03, 2025 2:30 pm

On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, let’s revisit one of India’s flagship initiatives — the Swachh Bharat Mission, launched to realise Mahatma Gandhi’s vision of a clean India.

UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : Science and Technology (Week 130)

UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : Science and Technology MCQs on Uranium, Hydrogen as fuel and more (Week 130)

October 01, 2025 8:54 pm

Are you preparing for UPSC CSE Prelims 2026? Check your progress and revise your topics through this quiz on Science and Technology.

Hind Swaraj, Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi Jayanti

Why does Gandhi emphasise originality in swaraj?

October 03, 2025 12:50 pm

This Gandhi Jayanti (October 2), let’s revisit the core ideas in his seminal work, Hind Swaraj - from his bleak view of professions like law and medicine, to his critique of modern civilisation’s excessive reliance on machinery, and his distinction between ‘soul force’ and ‘body force’.

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