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The Gang Canal, whose centenary was celebrated at Sadhuwali (Sri Ganganagar) in December 2025, had its foundation laid in 1925 by:
Answer: (1) Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner
Explanation
Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner laid the foundation of the Gang Canal on 5 December 1925. Its centenary was celebrated on 5 December 2025 at Sadhuwali.
In December 2025, Rajasthan observed its first Pravasi Rajasthani Diwas. On which date and where was it held?
Answer: (3) 10 December, JECC, Jaipur
Explanation
The first Pravasi Rajasthani Diwas was held on 10 December 2025 at the Jaipur Exhibition and Convention Centre (JECC). Investment projects worth about ₹1 lakh crore were launched there.
The Nonera and Parwan-Akawad drinking water projects, for which work orders worth ₹5,184 crore were issued in December 2025, will serve which group of districts?
Answer: (2) Kota, Bundi, Jhalawar and Baran
Explanation
Nonera covers 749 villages and 6 towns of Kota and Bundi, and Parwan-Akawad covers 1,402 villages of Baran, Jhalawar and Sangod (Kota). Both are Jal Jeevan Mission projects due by August 2027.
During Pravasi Rajasthani Diwas in December 2025, Rajasthan signed an MoU of over ₹8.5 crore to build an AI- and ML-based system for mapping critical minerals across its districts. The partner institution was:
Answer: (4) IIT Hyderabad
Explanation
Rajasthan signed the MoU with IIT Hyderabad; the system will cover 39 districts in four phases over 18 months. Its outputs go to the Rajasthan State Mineral Exploration Trust.
On 23 December 2025, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan handed over a ₹2,089 crore PMGSY sanction to Rajasthan at a state-level farmers' conference. Where was it held?
Answer: (1) Merta City, Nagaur
Explanation
The conference was held at Merta City in Nagaur district. The ₹2,089 crore was for 12,600 roads under PM Gram Sadak Yojana.
Under the Rajasthan Vehicle Scrapping Policy-2025, approved by the State Cabinet in December 2025, what benefit does a scrapping-certificate holder get on buying a new vehicle?
Answer: (4) Up to 50% relief in motor vehicle tax, up to ₹1 lakh
Explanation
Certificate holders can get up to 50% exemption in motor vehicle tax, subject to a maximum of ₹1 lakh. Vehicles over 15 years old and polluting or unfit vehicles can be scrapped.
The VB-G RAM G Act, which received the President's assent in December 2025, guarantees how many days of wage employment a year to a rural household, and which law does it replace?
Answer: (3) 125 days; MGNREGA, 2005
Explanation
The Viksit Bharat–G RAM G Act guarantees at least 125 days of wage work and replaces the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005. Centre–state funding is 60:40 (90:10 for North-Eastern and Himalayan states).
The Rashtra Prerna Sthal, inaugurated in Lucknow on 25 December 2025, has 65-foot statues of three leaders. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
Answer: (2) Madan Mohan Malaviya
Explanation
The statues are of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee and Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya. The memorial was opened on Vajpayee's 101st birth anniversary.
On 29 December 2025, the Supreme Court stayed its 20 November 2025 order on defining the Aravalli hills. That definition was based on:
Answer: (3) A 100-metre height criterion
Explanation
The stayed definition used a 100-metre height criterion. The Court ordered a new expert committee and sought replies from the Centre and Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi and Haryana.
Consider the following statements about Deepavali's inscription on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in December 2025: 1. The decision was taken at a session of the Intergovernmental Committee held at the Red Fort, New Delhi. 2. Deepavali became India's 16th element on the list. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: (4) Both 1 and 2
Explanation
Both are correct: the 20th session of the Committee met at the Red Fort from 8 to 13 December 2025, and Deepavali was inscribed on 10 December as India's 16th element.
India was selected in December 2025 to chair the Kimberley Process from 1 January 2026. The Kimberley Process deals with:
Answer: (1) Stopping trade in conflict diamonds
Explanation
The Kimberley Process is a scheme of governments, industry and civil society to stop trade in conflict diamonds; its certification began in 2003. India will chair it for the third time.
The Long Range Guided Rocket (LRGR 120) flight-tested by DRDO on 29 December 2025 belongs to which rocket system, and where was it tested?
Answer: (2) Pinaka; ITR Chandipur
Explanation
It was the maiden test of the Pinaka LRGR at the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, for its 120 km maximum range. It was fired from the in-service Pinaka launcher.
In its policy of December 2025, the RBI projected India's real GDP growth for 2025-26 at:
Answer: (3) 7.3%
Explanation
On 5 December 2025 the RBI raised its 2025-26 growth projection to 7.3% from 6.8%. It also projected CPI inflation for the year at 2.0%.
In December 2025, India won the Squash World Cup for the first time. Whom did India beat in the final, and where?
Answer: (2) Hong Kong, in Chennai
Explanation
India beat top seeds Hong Kong 3-0 in the final in Chennai on 14 December 2025. Joshna Chinappa, Abhay Singh and Anahat Singh won the three matches.
'Great Honour Nishan', conferred on PM Narendra Modi in December 2025, is the highest award of which country?
Answer: (4) Ethiopia
Explanation
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed Ali conferred the Great Honour Nishan of Ethiopia on Modi on 16 December 2025 in Addis Ababa. Two days later Oman gave him the First Class of the Order of Oman.