Daily Current Affairs MCQs – 23 September 2025 | UPSC, BPSC, State PCS, SSC, Banking, Railways

1. Dhordo village, recently declared fully solar-powered, is located in which district of Gujarat?

• a) Kutch
• b) Bhavnagar

Dhordo village is in the Kutch district of Gujarat and is now fully solar-powered.

2. Which international organisation recognised Dhordo as the ‘Best Tourism Village’?

• a) United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO)
• b) UNESCO

Dhordo was recognised as the ‘Best Tourism Village’ by the UNWTO.

3. Under which government scheme were solar rooftops installed in every household of Dhordo village?

• a) PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana
• b) PM Kusum Yojana

Solar rooftops in Dhordo were installed under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana.

4. Which country became the first to announce investment in the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF)?

• a) Brazil
• b) India

Brazil became the first country to announce investment in the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF).

5. Which city will host COP30, the U.N. climate summit in November 2025?

• a) Belém, Brazil
• b) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Belém, Brazil will host COP30 in November 2025, where the TFFF is expected to be a key deliverable.

6. The Industrial Park Rating System (IPRS) 3.0 was launched in September 2025 to mark which milestone of the Make in India initiative?

• a) 10th anniversary
• b) 15th anniversary
• c) 20th anniversary
• d) 25th anniversary

IPRS 3.0 was launched during the decade-long (10th anniversary) celebrations of the Make in India initiative in September 2025.

7. The Belém Health Action Plan, shaped at the 2025 Global Conference on Climate and Health in Brazil, will be officially launched at which event?

• a) COP30, November 2025
• b) G20 Summit 2025
• c) UN General Assembly 2025
• d) World Health Assembly 2025

The Belém Health Action Plan will be launched at COP30 in November 2025 to define the global agenda on climate and health.

8. Which Indian welfare programme integrates health, education, agriculture, and food systems by promoting millets and traditional grains to tackle malnutrition and climate resilience?

• a) Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN)
• b) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
• c) Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)
• d) MNREGA

PM POSHAN feeds over 110 million children in nearly 1.1 million schools and promotes millets, linking nutrition with climate resilience.

9. Which Indian welfare programme reduced indoor air pollution and respiratory illnesses while cutting carbon emissions by switching households to clean cooking fuel?

• a) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
• b) PM POSHAN
• c) Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)
• d) MNREGA

PMUY provided clean cooking fuel to households, directly improving health outcomes and contributing to climate mitigation.