BPSC Current Affairs — Previous Year Questions

Bihar Public Service Commission has asked 62 questions on Current Affairs across 3 papers (2023–2025). Every one is solved below — open a question for the answer, why it is right, and why each wrong option was written to tempt you.

1. 71st CCE (2025)Q12Which districts in Bihar will benefit from the Kosi Mechi Link Project?Answer: C
2. 71st CCE (2025)Q13Which Indian languages are accorded the status of Classical Language?Answer: D
3. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q14Who among the following is the recipient of Bharat Ratna for 2024 ?Answer: C
4. 71st CCE (2025)Q15Where was the National Panchayati Raj Day 2025 event organised?Answer: B
5. 71st CCE (2025)Q17Afrikaners indicate the people :Answer: C
6. 71st CCE (2025)Q19What is the name of the city mayor who proclaimed April 14, 2025, as Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Day in New York City?Answer: B
7. 71st CCE (2025)Q20What is the permanent slogan for the Eurovision Song Contest?Answer: C
8. 71st CCE (2025)Q22What is true of the 18th G20 Summit?Answer: D
9. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q22Which field game is most popular in the world ?Answer: A
10. 71st CCE (2025)Q24Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2024, Han Kang’s novel ‘The Vegetarian’ won which other prestigious award?Answer: C
11. 71st CCE (2025)Q28At the 96th Academy Awards (2024), Emma Stone won the Oscar for Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in which film?Answer: B
12. 71st CCE (2025)Q30Which of the following individuals or organisations was a recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2024?Answer: D
13. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q30Which of the following country is not a member of G7 ?Answer: B
14. 71st CCE (2025)Q33Which day is observed as Holocaust Memorial Day?Answer: B
15. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q35In which city was the G20 Summit 2023 held in India ?Answer: B
16. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q39Which country hosted the 2023 World Economic forum meeting ?Answer: B
17. 71st CCE (2025)Q40Which of the following statement/s is/are NOT CORRECT about the U-WIN portal of Ministry of Health and Family welfare?Answer: D
18. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q45Who was re-elected as the President of France in 2022 ?Answer: B
19. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q48Which of the following country is going to host 20th Asian games in 2026 ?Answer: A
20. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q49Which country hosted the 2022 Winter Olympics ?Answer: D
21. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q63Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 ?Answer: A
22. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q71In 33rd Olympic which game is not included ?Answer: B
23. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q93Which Indian State topped the NITI Aayog's SDG India Index 2023 ?Answer: B
24. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q108Who is the current Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) ?Answer: A
25. 70th CCE Re-exam (2025)Q115Who is the Prime Minister of Italy as of 2024 ?Answer: B
26. 71st CCE (2025)Q116In which year, the Nalanda University was re-established in Bihar?Answer: D
27. 70th CCE (2024)Q6Where was the 13th Ministerial Conference of World Trade Organization (WTO) held in February 2024 ?Answer: A
28. 70th CCE (2024)Q7Who won the Men Singles title at the French Open Tennis Tournament 2024 ?Answer: C
29. 70th CCE (2024)Q23In which Lok Sabha seat, one of India’s Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs), Shompen tribe, for the first time exercised their democratic right to vote in April 2024 ?Answer: C
30. 70th CCE (2024)Q24After remaining neutral for almost 200 years, which one of the following countries officially joined the NATO in March 2024 ?Answer: B
31. 70th CCE (2024)Q32In April 2024, how many members of the UN Security Council either rejected or abstained from voting for the proposal to allow Palestine to become a full member of the UN ?Answer: D
32. 70th CCE (2024)Q33Which one of the following is about Ruchira Kamboj, who was the first woman to become the Indian Ambassador to the United Nations who retired recently, is true ?Answer: D
33. 70th CCE (2024)Q47Shreyasi Singh, Member of the Legislative Assembly, who has represented India in shooting in Paris Olympics 2024 was elected from which constituency in Bihar ?Answer: D
34. 70th CCE (2024)Q48Before his appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court of India in July 2024, Justice N. Kotiswar Singh was the Chief Justice of which High Court ?Answer: B
35. 70th CCE (2024)Q57In which one of the following Freestyle weight categories, Aman Sehrawat became the first Indian male wrestler to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the World Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers, Turkiye in May 2024 ?Answer: C
36. 70th CCE (2024)Q69Who among the following achieved the distinction of being the first Indian mountaineer to scale Mount Everest and Mount Lhotse twice in one season ?Answer: B
37. 70th CCE (2024)Q91Name the place where Donald Trump was speaking at an election rally when an alleged Shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, shot and injured him.Answer: B
38. 70th CCE (2024)Q104Manvi Madhu Kashyap recently became Bihar’s first transgenderAnswer: C
39. 70th CCE (2024)Q106Who is the author of the autobiography “I Have the Streets : A Kutti Cricket Story” ?Answer: C
40. 70th CCE (2024)Q118Which country took over the chairmanship of BRICS on January 1, 2024 ?Answer: A
41. 70th CCE (2024)Q123Where was the Japan-India bilateral Maritime Exercise (JIMEX-24) held this year ?Answer: B
42. 70th CCE (2024)Q128What is the title of the film by Payal Kapadia for which she became the first Indian filmmaker to win the Grand Prix Award at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2024 ?Answer: B
43. 70th CCE (2024)Q134What was the theme of the International Olympic Day 2024 which is celebrated every year on 23rd June ?Answer: C
44. 70th CCE (2024)Q135After elections to the 18th Lok Sabha, who was appointed as the Union Minister of Textiles in the Modi government ?Answer: B
45. 70th CCE (2024)Q137Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah al-Ahmad al Sabah was appointed as the new Prime Minister of which country in April 2024 ?Answer: C
46. 70th CCE (2024)Q144Where was the top leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, assassinated on 31st July 2024, allegedly in an Israeli airstrike ?Answer: D
47. 70th CCE (2024)Q147What is the current profession of the young U. P. Woman, Arti, who was conferred the Amal Clooney Women’s Empowerment Award by the King Charles III in May 2024 ?Answer: C
48. 70th CCE (2024)Q150Name the constituency from where the new Chief Minister of Odisha, Mohan Charan Majhi was elected in the recent State Assembly elections.Answer: A
49. 69th CCE (2023)Q31In the context of ‘Shipwreck Tourism’, shipwrecks in Indian waters have been explored at Sunchi Reef, Amee Shoals and Grande Island. Where are these locations?Answer: A
50. 69th CCE (2023)Q32The G20 members represent 1. around 85% of the global GDP 2. about 50% of the global trade 3. about two-thirds of the world population Which of the above statistics is/are correct?Answer: B
51. 69th CCE (2023)Q33Who is the Head of Russia’s Wagner Mercenary Group?Answer: B
52. 69th CCE (2023)Q34The Global Gender Gap Report is released byAnswer: C
53. 69th CCE (2023)Q35Which one of the following statements regarding Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is correct?Answer: A
54. 69th CCE (2023)Q36What was the theme of DefExpo–2022, held in Gujarat?Answer: B
55. 69th CCE (2023)Q38Consider the following statements regarding the ‘White House’ : 1. The address of the White House is 1800 Pennsylvania Avenue. 2. It is the official residence and workplace of the President of USA. 3. On November 1, 1800, John Adams became the first President to take residence in the building. 4. It is a symbol of American Democracy. Which of the above statements are correct?Answer: D
56. 69th CCE (2023)Q41What is the name of the deep-sea submersible that imploded during an underwater voyage to the Titanic wreckage?Answer: D
57. 69th CCE (2023)Q43Where did the former President of the USA give his interview recently?Answer: C
58. 69th CCE (2023)Q44In the context of sports, which of the following pairs are correctly matched? 1. Flushing Meadows : French Open 2. Venus Rosewater Dish : Wimbledon Trophy (Women) 3. Roland Garros : US Open 4. Australian Open (Women) : Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup Select the correct answer using the codes given below.Answer: D
59. 69th CCE (2023)Q45The Ministry of Home Affairs has completed the Mother Tongue Survey of India (MTSI) in November 2022 with field videography of the country’s how many languages?Answer: C
60. 69th CCE (2023)Q48Which country has recently reaffirmed Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of India?Answer: A
61. 69th CCE (2023)Q49India’s Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil won which medal in Men’s 10 m Air Rifle at the ISSF World Championship in Cairo?Answer: A
62. 69th CCE (2023)Q52The Plain Language Act was passed by which of the following countries recently which requires Government officials to use simple and easily understandable English language in official documents and websites?Answer: C