25-JULY-2026 Current Affairs
(1.) Which state-owned oil enterprise commenced deepwater appraisal drilling in the Mahanadi Basin under the Samudra Manthan mission on 25 July 2026?
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(2.) What is the designation of the deepwater exploratory well spudded by ONGC in the Mahanadi Offshore Basin on 25 July 2026?
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(3.) Where is ONGCs Deepwater Exploration Mission Centre (DeepX) located?
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(4.) Which policy framework in India allows oil companies to select offshore or onshore blocks for hydrocarbon exploration directly from the national geological database?
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(5.) On the eve of which national commemorative day did Defence Minister Rajnath Singh address troops at Dras on 25 July 2026?
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(6.) In which year was Operation Vijay executed by the Indian Armed Forces to reclaim occupied heights in the Kargil sector?
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(7.) What was the codename of the Indian Air Force operations carried out during the 1999 Kargil Conflict alongside Operation Vijay?
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(8.) Which state became the first in India to launch Artificial Intelligence as a mainstream subject from Class 1 to 12 under project Sarbat.AI?
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(9.) With whose international ethical guidelines is the Sarbat.AI school curriculum in Punjab aligned?
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(10.) Where is the headquarters of the Tobacco Board of India situated?
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(11.) Under which statutory Act was the Tobacco Board established in India?
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(12.) Which specific variety of tobacco accounts for the primary commercial auctions supervised by the Tobacco Board in Andhra Pradesh?
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(13.) According to the ICMM report released in July 2026, what percentage of global mining facilities face high or extremely high baseline water stress?
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(14.) Which South American nation sees 86% of its copper and lithium mining facilities operating under extreme baseline water stress as per ICMM data?
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(15.) Which Constitutional Article lays down that Union Ministers hold office during the pleasure of the President?
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(16.) Who assumes additional charge of the Ministry of Education following the resignation accepted on 25 July 2026?
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(17.) Under Article 75(3) of the Constitution of India, the Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to which body?
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(18.) In petroleum geology, petroleum deposits are exclusively found in which class of rock formations?
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(19.) What is the term used to describe a well drilled to evaluate the commercial size and flow potential of a newly discovered oil field?
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(20.) Which Union Ministry oversees the statutory functioning of the Tobacco Board?
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(21.) What is the full form of the OALP mechanism introduced under Indias 2016 Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP)?
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(22.) Which sector recorded the highest annual growth (+43.9%) among Indias core industries for June 2026 following its inclusion in the revised index?
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(23.) How many total core industries are currently monitored in Indias Index of Eight/Nine Core Industries?
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(24.) Where is the Dras War Memorial (Vijay Path) located?
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(25.) Under which Article of the Constitution does the President appoint the Prime Minister and other Ministers on the Prime Ministers advice?
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(26.) Which nodal agency under the Ministry of AYUSH signed an MoU with NRDC on 25 July 2026 for intellectual property and innovation promotion?
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(27.) What is the motto of the Indian Coast Guard, demonstrated during the Porbandar medical evacuation operation on 25–26 July 2026?
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(28.) In deepwater petroleum geology, water depths extending beyond 1,500 metres up to 3,000 metres are classified under which category?
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(29.) Which state capital is developing the Amaravati Quantum Valley (AQV) where PNB is establishing Indias first bank-led Quantum Finance Hub?
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(30.) Which air service operates the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv utilized in naval and coast guard offshore rescue missions?
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(31.) Which parameter defines Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 monitored in environmental risk datasets like ICMM?
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(32.) What is the total estimated hydrocarbon potential of Indias eastern and western offshore sedimentary basins combined?
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(33.) Which primary river basin lies adjacent to the offshore petroleum blocks where ONGC spudded its MN-DW18-1-H-D well?
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(34.) Under the Constitution of India, what is the maximum permissible strength of the Council of Ministers including the Prime Minister in the Lok Sabha?
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(35.) Which Constitutional Amendment Act capped the size of the Council of Ministers at 15% of the total strength of the Lok Sabha?
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