Current Affairs 8 to 15 March 2025

1.		Which Indian state faced a significant water contamination crisis affecting over 11,000 habitations, as reported by a parliamentary committee?

Uttar Pradesh

Bihar

Madhya Pradesh

Multiple states

2.		What is the theme of the University Grants Commission's (UGC) draft regulation released in March 2025?

Promotion of Online Education

Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions

Regulation of Private Universities

Curriculum Development for Technical Courses

3.		Which Indian captain won the Hockey India Balbir Singh Senior Player of the Year award in the men's category for 2025?

Manpreet Singh

Harmanpreet Singh

PR Sreejesh

Rupinder Pal Singh

4.		Which country canceled a conference on the application of the Geneva Conventions to the occupied Palestinian territories due to a lack of participants?

France

Germany

Switzerland

Norway

5.		Which Indian organization successfully conducted a test launch of the Astra missile from the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) AF MK1 prototype?

DRDO

HAL

ISRO

Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA)

6.		Which Indian cricketer announced retirement from international cricket on March 12, 2025?

Virat Kohli

Rohit Sharma

Mahmudullah Riyad

Shikhar Dhawan

7.		Which country topped the medal tally at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix New Delhi 2025?

China

USA

India

Russia

8.		Which ministry launched the IndiaAI compute portal and dataset platform AIKosha?

Ministry of Home Affairs

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Ministry of Communications

Ministry of Science and Technology

9.		Who became the first-ever woman Union Law Secretary of India in March 2025?

Anju Rathi Rana

Indu Malhotra

Gita Mittal

Ranjana Desai

10.		Which Indian state won the 15th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2025?

Haryana

Punjab

Jharkhand

Odisha