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1. How many people have the Central Government announced to give Padma Vibhushan Award in the year 2025?
a. 4
b. 5
c. 7
d. 8
Answer: c. 7
– After the President’s approval, the central government announced the names of Padma Award winners on the eve of the 76th Republic Day 2025.
– These awards are announced every year on the occasion of Republic Day.
– Typically, a ceremony is held around March/April each year, and the awards are presented at the Rashtrapati Bhavan by the President.
– A total of 139 Padma Awards were announced.
– This includes 7 Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan, and 113 Padma Shri awards.
How many types of Padma Awards?
– Padma Vibhushan
– Padma Bhushan
– Padma Shri
– Among the recipients of the Padma Awards, 23 are women.
– There are 10 people in the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI/Foreign nationals.
– 13 people have been announced for posthumous awards.
Padma Vibhushan Honor:
– It is the second-highest civilian award of India, after the Bharat Ratna.
– The award was established on January 2, 1954.
– The ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service (civilian).
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2. Who has been selected by the Central Government for the Padma Vibhushan Award 2025?
Answer:
Winners: Category: State / Region / Country
i) Duvvur Nageswara Reddy: Medicine: Telangana
ii) Justice (Retd.) Jagdish Singh Khehar: Public Affairs: Chandigarh
iii) Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia: Art: Gujarat
iv) Lakshminarayanan Subramaniam: Art: Karnataka
v) M.T. Vasudevan Nair (posthumous): Literature and Education: Kerala
vi) Osamu Suzuki (posthumous): Trade and Industry: Japan
vii) Sharda Sinha (posthumous): Art: Bihar
i) Duvvuru Nageshwar Reddy: Medicine: Telangana
– Dr. Reddy is a gastroenterologist.
– He is the Chairman of the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and AIG Hospitals in Hyderabad.
– He is a former president of the World Endoscopy Organization.
– He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2002 and the Padma Bhushan in 2016.
ii) Justice (Retd.) Jagdish Singh Khehar: Public Affairs: Chandigarh
– He was India’s first Sikh Chief Justice.
– He served as CJI from January to August 2017.
– He became prominent when he upheld triple talaq as a fundamental right in his minority decision, although the Supreme Court majority ruled in favor of the central government’s decision to ban it.
iii) Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia: Art: Gujarat
– Kumudini Lakhia was born on May 17, 1930.
– A resident of Ahmedabad, Kumudini is a Kathak dancer and choreographer.
– She founded the Kadamb School of Dance and Music in 1967.
– Her mother, Leela, was a classical singer.
iv) Laxminarayana Subrahmanyam: Art: Karnataka
– He is a renowned violinist, composer, and music conductor from Karnataka.
– Born on July 23, 1947, he is famous for his fusion work in music.
– He founded the Laxminarayana Global Music Festival.
v) M.T. Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous): Literature and Education: Kerala
– He was a famous Malayalam literary figure.
– He was a novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and film director.
– He was awarded the Jnanpith Award.
– His novel Kaalam won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1970.
– He was born on July 15, 1933, in Kudallur and passed away on December 25, 2024, at the age of 91.
vi) Osamu Suzuki (Posthumous): Business and Industry: Japan
– He was the former chairman of Suzuki Motor Corporation, Japan.
– He passed away on December 25, 2024, at the age of 94.
– After a banking career, he joined Suzuki Motor in 1958 and gradually advanced, becoming chairman in 1978.
– In the 1980s, Suzuki entered the Indian market, which was underdeveloped for automobiles at the time.
– He invested in the Indian company Maruti, leading to the launch of Maruti Suzuki in 1983.
vii) Sharda Sinha (Posthumous): Art: Bihar
– Famous folk singer Sharda Sinha passed away on November 5, 2024, at the age of 71.
– She started her singing career in the 1970s, recording folk songs in Bhojpuri, Maithili, and Hindi.
– Her music often highlighted the struggles of women and the migration from Bihar.
– Sharda Sinha is well-known for her folk songs, and her voice was also heard in popular Hindi cinema.
– She is regarded as a cultural ambassador of North India, and during the Chhath festival in Bihar and Purvanchal, her songs are heard in almost every household.
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3. How many people have been announced by the Central Government for the Padma Bhushan Award (year 2025)?
a. 7
b. 9
c. 19
d. 20
Answer: c. 19
– This honor is the third-highest civilian award given by the Government of India.
– The Padma Bhushan is awarded for distinguished service of a high order.
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4. Who has been selected by the Central Government for the Padma Bhushan Award 2025?
Answer:
Winner – Category – UT/State or Country
1) Shekhar Kapur (Film Producer & Director) – Art – Maharashtra
2) S Ajith Kumar (Actor) – Art – Tamil Nadu
3) Shobhana Chandrakumar (Actress) – Art – Tamil Nadu
4) Anant Nag (Actor) – Art – Karnataka
5) Nandamuri Balakrishna (Actor) – Art – Andhra Pradesh
6) Pankaj Udhas {Famous Singer} (Posthumously) – Art – Maharashtra
7) Jatin Goswami (Dancer & Choreographer) – Art – Assam
8) P.R. Sreejesh (Hockey player) – Sports – Kerala
9) Manohar Joshi {Former CM of Maharashtra} (Posthumously) – Public Affairs – Maharashtra
10) Sushil Kumar Modi {Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar} (Posthumously) – Public Affairs – Bihar
11) A Surya Prakash (Former Chairman of Prasar Bharati) – Literature & Education-Journalism – Karnataka
12) Bibek Debroy {Former Chairman of PM’s Economic Advisory Council} (Posthumously) – Literature & Education – Delhi
13) Ram Bahadur Rai (Journalist and Chairman of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts) – Literature & Education-Journalism – Uttar Pradesh
14) Sadhvi Ritambhara – Social Work – Uttar Pradesh
15) Vinod Dham (Indian-American engineer, known as ‘Father of Pentium Chip’) – Science & Engineering – USA
16) Dr. Jose Chacko Periyappuram (Cardiologist) – Medicine – Kerala
17) Pankaj Patel (Chairman of India’s fifth largest pharmaceutical company Zydus Lifesciences) – Trade and Industry – Gujarat
18) Kailash Nath Dixit – Others – Archaeology – Delhi
19) Nalli Kuppuswami Chetty (Textile industrialist and philanthropist) – Trade and Industry – Tamil Nadu
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5. How many Padma Shri Awards (year 2025) has been announced by the Central Government?
a. 76
b. 91
c. 109
d. 113
Answer: d. 113
This honor is awarded for distinguished service in any field.
Note: In case of double awards, they are counted as one.
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6. Who has been selected by the Central Government for the Padma Shri Award (year 2025)?
Answer:
For Art
1. Advaita Charan Gadnayak – Art – Odisha
2. Achyuta Ramchandra Palav – Art – Maharashtra
3. Arijit Singh – Art – West Bengal
4. Ashok Laxman Saraf – Art – Maharashtra
5. Barry Godfrey John – Art – Delhi
6. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande – Art – Maharashtra
7. Begum Batool – Art – Rajasthan
8. Bharat Gupta – Art – Delhi
9. Bheru Singh Chauhan – Art – Madhya Pradesh
10. Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathara – Art – Karnataka
11. Durga Charan Ranbir – Art – Odisha
12. Farooq Ahmad Mir – Art – Jammu & Kashmir
13. Gokul Chandra Das – Art – West Bengal
14. Guruvayur Dorai – Art – Tamil Nadu
15. Harchandan Singh Bhatti – Art – Madhya Pradesh
16. Hasan Raghu – Art – Karnataka
17. Harjinder Singh Srinagar Wale – Art – Punjab
18. Jaspinder Narula – Art – Maharashtra
19. Joynacharan Bathery – Art – Assam
20. K Omanakutty Amma – Art – Kerala
21. Madugula Nagphani Sarma – Art – Andhra Pradesh
22. Mahabir Nayak – Art – Jharkhand
23. Mamata Shankar – Art – West Bengal
24. Miriyala Apparao (posthumously) – Art – Andhra Pradesh
25. Naren Gurung – Art – Sikkim
26. Nirmala Devi – Art – Bihar
27. P Datchanamoorthy – Art – Puducherry
28. Pandi Ram Mandavi – Art – Chhattisgarh
29. Parmar Lavjibhai Nagjibhai – Art – Gujarat
30. Purisai Kannappa Sambandan – Art – Tamil Nadu
31. Radhakrishnan Devasenapathi – Art – Tamil Nadu
32. Ranendra Bhanu Majumdar – Art – Maharashtra
33. Ratan Kumar Parimu – Art – Gujarat
34. Reba Kanta Mahanta – Art – Assam
35. Ricky Gyan Cage – Art – Karnataka
36. Shyam Bihari Agarwal – Art – Uttar Pradesh
37. Sonia Nityananda – Art – Uttar Pradesh
38. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar – Art – West Bengal
39. Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi – Art – Manipur
40. Vasudev Kamath – Art – Maharashtra
41. Velu Asan – Art – Tamil Nadu
42. Venkatappa Ambaji Sugatekar – Art – Karnataka
For Literature and Education
43. Anil Kumar Boro – Literature and Education – Assam
44. Arunoday Saha – Literature and Education – Tripura
45. Arvind Sharma – Literature and Education – Canada
46. David R Simlieh – Literature and Education – Meghalaya
47. Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid – Literature and Education – Uttar Pradesh
48. Geeta Upadhyay – Literature and Education – Assam
49. Hriday Narayan Dixit – Literature and Education – Uttar Pradesh
50. Chandrakant Sheth (Posthumous) – Literature and Education – Gujarat
51. Jagdish Joshila – Literature and Education – Madhya Pradesh
52. KL Krishna – Literature and Education – Andhra Pradesh
53. Lakshmipati Ramsubbayar – Literature and Education-Journalism – Tamil Nadu
54. Hugh and Colleen Gantzer (Posthumous) – Literature and Education-Journalism – Uttarakhand
55. Lalit Kumar Mangotra – Literature and Education – Jammu and Kashmir
56. Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampally – Literature and Education – Maharashtra
57. Nagendra Nath Roy – Literature and Education – West Bengal
58. Nitin Nohria – Literature and Education – United States of America
59. Pratibha Satpathy – Literature and Education – Odisha
60. Ramdarsh Mishra – Literature and Education – Delhi
61. Renthlei Lalrana – Literature and Education – Mizoram
62. Sant Ram Deswal – Literature and Education – Haryana
63. Seeni Vishwanathan – Literature and Education – Tamil Nadu
64. Sheen Kaf Nizam (Shiv Kishan Bissa) – Literature and Education – Rajasthan
65. Stephen Knapp – Literature and Education – United States of America
66. Syed Ainul Hasan – Literature and Education – Uttar Pradesh
67. Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla – Literature and Education – Gujarat
68. Vadiraj Raghavendracharya Panchamukhi – Literature and Education – Andhra Pradesh
For Trade and Industry
69. Arundhati Bhattacharya – Trade and Industry – Maharashtra
70. Omkar Singh Pahwa – Trade and Industry – Punjab
71. Pawan Goenka – Trade and Industry – West Bengal
72. Prashant Prakash – Trade and Industry – Karnataka
73. RG Chandramogan – Trade and Industry – Tamil Nadu
74. Sajjan Bhajanka – Trade and Industry – West Bengal
75. Sally Holkar – Trade and Industry – Madhya Pradesh
For Medicine
76. Ashok Kumar Mohapatra – Medicine – Odisha
77. Budhendra Kumar Jain – Medicine – Madhya Pradesh
78. Hemant Kumar – Medicine – Bihar
79. Neerja Bhatla – Medicine – Delhi
80. Sheikha Sheikha Ali Al-Jaber Al-Sabah – Medicine – Kuwait
81. Vijayalakshmi Deshamane – Medicine – Karnataka
82. Vilas Dangre – Medicine – Maharashtra
For Social Work
83. Bhim Singh Bhavesh – Social Work – Bihar
84. Chaitram Devchand Pawar – Social Work – Maharashtra
85. Jumde Yomgam Gamlin – Social Work – Arunachal Pradesh
86. Libia Lobo Sardesai – Social Work – Goa (Became the voice of Goa’s liberation struggle. He ran an underground radio station from the forests of the Western Ghats which busted Portuguese propaganda and circumvented colonial censorship)
87. Radha Behin Bhatt – Social Work – Uttarakhand
88. Suresh Harilal Soni – Social Work – Gujarat
89. Vinayak Lohani – Social Work – West Bengal
For Science and Engineering
90. Ajay V Bhatt – Science and Engineering – United States of America
91. Ashutosh Sharma – Science and Engineering – Uttar Pradesh
92. Chetan E Chitnis – Science and Engineering – France
93. MD Srinivas – Science and Engineering – Tamil Nadu
94. Sethuraman Panchanathan – Science and Engineering – USA
95. Surinder Kumar Vasal – Science and Engineering – Delhi
For Other-Spirituality
96. Baijnath Maharaj – Other-Spirituality – Rajasthan
97. Jonas Masetti – Other-Spirituality – Brazil
98. Lama Lobzang (posthumously) – Other-Spirituality – Ladakh
99. Swami Pradiptananda (Kartik Maharaj) – Other-Spirituality – West Bengal
100. Vijay Nityananda Surishwarji Maharaj – Other-Spirituality – Bihar
For Sports
101. Harvinder Singh – Sports – Haryana
102. Inivalappil Mani Vijayan – Sports – Kerala
103. R Ashwin – Sports – Tamil Nadu
104. Satyapal Singh – Sports – Uttar Pradesh
For Public Affairs
105. CS Vaidyanathan – Public Affairs – Delhi
106. Manda Krishna Madiga – Public Affairs – Telangana
107. Narayan (Bhulai Bhai) (posthumously) – Public Affairs – Uttar Pradesh
For Other-Agriculture
108. Hariman Sharma – Other-Agriculture – Himachal Pradesh
109. L Hangthing – Other-Agriculture – Nagaland
110. Subhash Khetulal Sharma – Other-Agriculture – Maharashtra
For others
111. Chandrakant Sompura – Others-Architecture – Gujarat
112. K. Damodaran – Others-Culinary – Tamil Nadu
113. Kishore Kunal (posthumously) – Civil Services – Bihar
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7. When is International Clean Energy Day celebrated?
a. 25 January
b. 26 January
c. 27 January
d. 28 January
Answer: b. 26 January
– This day has been declared by the United Nations General Assembly.
– The purpose of the day is to promote renewable energy, advocate for policy changes, educate, and raise awareness.
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8. When is Uttar Pradesh Foundation Day celebrated?
a. 23 January
b. 24 January
c. 25 January
d. 26 January
Answer: b. 24 January
– On January 24, 1950, the name of the United Provinces was changed to Uttar Pradesh.
– This day is known as Uttar Pradesh Day or UP Divas in Hindi.
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9. To whom did the Vice President give the Uttar Pradesh Gaurav Samman on Uttar Pradesh Foundation Day?
a. Dr. Krishnakant Shukla, Himanshu Gupta
b. Colonel Subhash Deswal, Jai Singh
c. Manish Verma, Krishna Yadav
d. All of the above
Answer: d. All of the above (Dr. Krishnakant Shukla, Himanshu Gupta, Colonel Subhash Deswal, Jai Singh, Manish Verma, Krishna Yadav)
– On Uttar Pradesh’s Foundation Day, during a ceremony held at Awadh Shilpgram on January 24, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar honored six distinguished individuals with the Uttar Pradesh Gaurav Samman.
– Each recipient was awarded a cash prize of 11 lakh rupees and a certificate of appreciation.
List of Winners:
– Dr. Krishnakant Shukla (Varanasi) – For his contribution to classical music and physics.
– Himanshu Gupta (Vrindavan) – For his work in climate change and technical improvements in agriculture.
– Colonel Subhash Deshwal (Bulandshahr) – For revolutionizing organic farming and carrot production.
– Jay Singh (Bahraich) – For revolutionizing banana farming.
– Manish Verma (Lucknow) – Entrepreneur in the state.
– Krishna Yadav (Bulandshahr) – For her success in the pickle industry.
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10. Which country topped the Global Firepower Index 2025?
a. United States of America
b. China
c. India
d. Russia
Answer: a. United States of America
– The Global Firepower Index ranks 145 countries based on their conventional military strength, including land, sea, and air power.
– It evaluates more than 60 factors, such as human resources, natural resources, financial and geographical position, but does not include nuclear capabilities.
– A lower score on the Global Firepower Index means the country has greater military strength.
– In the Global Firepower 2025 military power ranking, the United States is at the top with a power index of 0.744.
– The U.S. is the most powerful country due to its advanced military capabilities, financial resources, and global reach.
– Russia ranks second with a power index of 0.788.
– China is third, also with a power index of 0.788.
– China benefits from its alliance with Russia, expanding its military capabilities through investment in defense and development.
– With a strong industrial base, China is becoming a powerful country, increasing its influence in Asia, Africa, and South America.
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11. What is India’s rank in the Global Firepower Index 2025?
a. fifth
b. fourth
c. seventh
d. tenth
Answer: b. fourth
– India ranks fourth in military strength, with a power index of 0.1184.
– This ranking reflects India’s growing military capabilities, modern weaponry, and strategically important geographical position.
– India’s consistent improvements in its army budget and defense systems have helped it maintain a place in the top five.
– While global military expenditure is soaring, according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, it is expected to reach $2.4 trillion in 2023.
Top-10 Countries in Asia:
– Among the top-10 countries in Asia, China, India, South Korea, and Japan have secured their positions.
– Pakistan has fallen out of the top-10, ranking 12th.
– In Africa, Egypt and Nigeria have emerged as leading military powers.
– In Europe, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany have maintained strong positions.
– Israel and Iran are ranked 15th and 16th, showcasing their significant military strength in the region.
Top 10 most powerful armies in the world by 2025
Rank – Country – Power Index 2025 – Total Military Personnel 2025 (Estimated)
1 – United States – 0.0744 – 21,27,500
2 – Russia – 0.0788 – 35,70,000
3 – China – 0.0788 – 31,70,000
4 – India – 0.1184 – 51,37,550
5 – South Korea – 0.1656 – 38,20,000
6 – United Kingdom – 0.1785 – 11,08,860
7 – France – 0.1878 – 3,76,000
8 – Japan – 0.1839 – 3,28,150
9 – Turkey – 0.1902 – 8,83,900
10 – Italy – 0.2164 – 2,89,000
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