Daily Quiz – Current Affairs 24th June 2025 – If you’re preparing for competitive exams like UPSC, SSC, Banking, Railways, or State PCS, then daily current affairs must be part of your routine. Just like your Static Quiz. Most government job exams now give heavy weightage to recent national and international events. Solving daily quizzes helps you retain facts, improve accuracy, and stay updated with dynamic subjects like economics, science, governance, defense, and sports. This quiz will not only test your memory but also help you revise the most important news of the day in a simple and exam-ready format.
Here’s the Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 24th June, suitable for UPSC, SSC, Banking, and all other government exam aspirants.
Daily Quiz – Current Affairs 24th June 2025
Current Affairs – Banking, Finance & Business
1. Which department granted TDS exemption to 17 types of payments for IFSC businesses?
a) Ministry of Finance
b) Reserve Bank of India
✅ c) Income Tax Department
d) SEBI
2. From which date is the TDS exemption for IFSC units effective?
a) 1 April 2025
b) 1 June 2025
✅ c) 1 July 2025
d) 1 August 2025
3. The TDS exemption for IFSC units is valid for how many years?
a) 5 years
✅ b) 10 years
c) 15 years
d) 20 years
4. Razorpay launched its Corporate Credit Card in partnership with which companies?
a) HDFC, Visa, RBI
b) ICICI, Mastercard, NPCI
✅ c) Mastercard, RBL Bank, YES Bank
d) Mastercard, SBI, HDFC
5. What is the maximum credit limit offered by RazorpayX Corporate Card?
a) ₹50 lakh
b) ₹1 crore
✅ c) ₹2 crore
d) ₹5 crore
6. What is Razorpay’s headquarters location?
a) Mumbai
✅ b) Bengaluru
c) Hyderabad
d) Pune
7. What is the forex markup fee for RazorpayX Corporate Card?
a) 5%
b) 3.5%
✅ c) 2.5%
d) 1%
8. What is the new version of the National Automated Clearing House called?
✅ a) NACH 3.0
b) UPI Plus
c) BharatPay 2.0
d) AutoPayX
9. Who manages the National Automated Clearing House (NACH)?
a) Razorpay
b) SEBI
✅ c) NPCI
d) RBI
10. NACH 3.0 helps in faster processing of which transactions?
a) Shopping payments
✅ b) Salaries, EMIs, and SIPs
c) Tax refunds
d) Foreign remittances
11. What is the revised implementation date for RBI’s new norms for project finance loans?
a) April 1, 2025
✅ b) October 1, 2025
c) January 1, 2026
d) July 1, 2025
12. What is the standard asset provisioning for under-construction commercial real estate (CRE) projects?
a) 0.75%
b) 1%
✅ c) 1.25%
d) 2%
13. After a project becomes operational, what is the provisioning for residential housing projects?
a) 0.40%
✅ b) 0.75%
c) 1.5%
d) 1.25%
14. What is the name of SEBI’s new tool for verifying UPI handles?
a) UPI Safe
✅ b) SEBI Check
c) PayVerify
d) UPI Guard
15. From when will SEBI Check be available?
a) August 1, 2025
b) July 1, 2025
✅ c) October 1, 2025
d) December 1, 2025
16. SEBI Check helps protect investors from:
a) Low returns
✅ b) Fake apps and frauds
c) RBI taxes
d) Loan defaulters
17. What is the House Price Index (HPI) growth across India in Q4: 2024-25?
a) 4.1%
✅ b) 3.1%
c) 2.5%
d) 5%
18. Which city had the highest house price growth in the latest RBI data?
a) Kochi
✅ b) Kolkata
c) Mumbai
d) Delhi
19. Which city saw a fall in house prices as per RBI’s HPI?
✅ a) Kochi
b) Bengaluru
c) Kolkata
d) Jaipur
20. Which bank won the Digital Payments Award 2024–25?
a) SBI
b) Airtel Payments Bank
✅ c) India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)
d) Paytm Payments Bank
21. What is the tagline of IPPB?
a) India’s Trusted Bank
✅ b) Aapka Bank, Aapke Dwaar
c) Smart Banking
d) Your Rural Bank
22. How many customers does IPPB serve?
a) 5 crore
b) 8 crore
✅ c) 11 crore
d) 3 crore
23. Who is the current MD & CEO of IPPB?
✅ a) R. Viswesvaran
b) Harshil Mathur
c) Tuhin Kanta Pandey
d) Dilip Asbe
24. What type of entity is IPPB?
a) Private Bank
b) Public Sector Bank
✅ c) Government-owned payments bank
d) NBFC
25. Which ministry launched IPPB?
a) Ministry of Finance
b) Ministry of Home Affairs
✅ c) Ministry of Communications
d) Ministry of Commerce
Current Affairs – National & State News
1. Which Indian institute has been designated as a Category A Rinderpest Holding Facility by WOAH and FAO?
a) IVRI, Bareilly
✅ b) ICAR–NIHSAD, Bhopal
c) NDRI, Karnal
d) Central Veterinary Institute, Pune
2. Rinderpest disease was officially declared eradicated in which year?
a) 2005
b) 2008
✅ c) 2011
d) 2014
3. The Rinderpest virus is stored under strict security in how many global labs now including India?
a) 5
✅ b) 6
c) 8
d) 10
4. What was the role of the FAO-WOAH team in March 2025 related to ICAR–NIHSAD?
✅ a) Conducted a joint inspection
b) Launched a vaccination program
c) Started construction of a new facility
d) Trained farmers
5. What kind of facility is ICAR–NIHSAD known for?
a) Biotechnology research
b) Dairy development
✅ c) High-security virus containment (BSL-3)
d) Soil testing
6. Who received the Rinderpest Holding Facility certificate on behalf of India in Paris?
a) Union Health Minister
✅ b) Secretary, Dept. of Animal Husbandry, Alka Upadhyaya
c) Director of ICAR
d) Prime Minister
7. Where is the new Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Human-Wildlife Conflict launched?
a) Kaziranga
✅ b) WII–SACON
c) Corbett Park
d) Periyar Reserve
8. What is the purpose of the new Centre of Excellence at WII–SACON?
✅ a) Manage human-wildlife conflict
b) Boost animal husbandry
c) Study bird migration
d) Train forest rangers
9. Which technology will be used by the CoE to reduce tiger and elephant conflicts?
a) Biometric scanning
✅ b) Artificial Intelligence (AI)
c) Drone strikes
d) RFID tagging
10. In 2024, which state reported 57% of all human deaths due to tiger attacks?
a) Odisha
✅ b) Maharashtra
c) Assam
d) Chhattisgarh
11. How many human deaths were reported from elephant attacks in India in 2023–24?
a) 500
✅ b) 628
c) 712
d) 450
12. Which state recorded the highest number of deaths due to elephant attacks?
✅ a) Odisha
b) West Bengal
c) Assam
d) Jharkhand
13. Prime Minister Modi launched ₹2,750 crore railway projects in which Indian state?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Bihar
✅ c) Odisha
d) Gujarat
14. Which Odisha district will be connected by rail for the first time?
✅ a) Boudh
b) Kalahandi
c) Mayurbhanj
d) Ganjam
15. What is the length of the new Sonepur–Purunakatak railway line?
a) 50 km
b) 85 km
✅ c) 73 km
d) 100 km
16. How much is the estimated cost of the Sonepur–Purunakatak rail project?
a) ₹980 crore
✅ b) ₹1,376 crore
c) ₹1,800 crore
d) ₹1,200 crore
17. Indian Oil Corporation plans to invest how much in a new petrochemical complex in Paradip, Odisha?
a) ₹45,000 crore
✅ b) ₹61,077 crore
c) ₹39,000 crore
d) ₹72,500 crore
18. Which Indian Chief Minister inaugurated the Gorakhpur Link Expressway in June 2025?
a) Nitish Kumar
b) Arvind Kejriwal
✅ c) Yogi Adityanath
d) Shivraj Singh Chouhan
19. What is the total length of the Gorakhpur Link Expressway?
a) 100.5 km
✅ b) 91.35 km
c) 75 km
d) 150 km
20. What is the total cost of building the Gorakhpur Link Expressway?
a) ₹6,000 crore
✅ b) ₹7,283 crore
c) ₹5,500 crore
d) ₹8,900 crore
21. The Gorakhpur Link Expressway connects to which major expressway?
✅ a) Purvanchal Expressway
b) Yamuna Expressway
c) Lucknow-Agra Expressway
d) Delhi-Meerut Expressway
22. How many expressways are now operational in Uttar Pradesh including the new one?
a) 2
✅ b) 3
c) 4
d) 5
23. What does “BIMARU” stand for in reference to backward states?
a) Bihar, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
✅ b) Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
c) Bengal, MP, Rajasthan, UP
d) Bengal, Meghalaya, Assam, UP
24. How much worth of public procurement orders has UP recorded via GeM from FY 2020–21 to FY 2024–25?
a) ₹50,000 crore
b) ₹72,000 crore
✅ c) ₹65,227.68 crore
d) ₹48,900 crore
