Article 1: India Adds Two Wetlands in Bihar- Ramsar.
How many Ramsar sites does India have currently?
a) 26
b) 51
c) 93
d) 172
Answer: c) 93
Explanation: Article too quotes that with inclusion of Gokul Jalashay and Udaipur Jheel the total number of Ramsar sites in India hits 93.
Which of those below is an important role of wetlands according to the Ramsar Convention?
a) Generating solar energy
b) Flood control and recharging groundwater.
c) As the major sources of mineral deposits.
d) serving as the centers of international trade.
Response: b) Flood and ground water recharge.
Explanation: According to the article wetlands are significant ecosystems which manage floods and assist in recharging ground water as well as other services such as maintaining biodiversity and also supporting livelihoods.
IndiaSICA Partnership 2025. Article 2.
One of the key areas of collaboration that have been noted between India and SICA include adopting India:
a) model of agricultural subsidy.
b)Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
c) National education policy
d) Space research technology
Approach: b) Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
Explanation: The article focuses on the issue of partnerships in digital payments and India proposes its UPI framework to SICA economies so that their financial systems can be revised and become more inclusive.
IndiaSICA partnership is largely developed as an example of:
a) North-South Cooperation
b) East-West Dialogue
c) South-South Cooperation
d) Transatlantic Partnership.
Respond: c) South-South Cooperation.
Explanation The article refers many times to the fact that this joint venture strengthens the Indian resolve of pursuing South-South cooperation meaning cooperation among other developing nations in the southern hemisphere.
Article 3: NGT halts the construction in the Pallikaranai Marsh.
What prompted the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to halt a construction which was near the Pallikaranai Marsh?
a) To develop a new house complex.
b) the marsh is a drinking water source to Chennai.
c) To conserve the ecosystem of the wetland and avoid the rise in floods.
d)Since construction was conducted with unlawful materials.
Reason: c) To conserve the ecosystem of the wetland and avoid future flooding.
Vision: The mandate of the NGT was to save the ecosystem under threat. It noted that any disembedding in the marsh would raise the risks of floods in the vicinities and damage to its ecological capacity.
When and in which year was the Pallikaranai Marsh declared to be a Ramsar Site?
a) 2011
b) 2020
c) 2022
d) 2025
Answer: c) 2022
Explanation The article states that the Pallikaranai Marsh was and is still to be a Ramsar Site declared in 2022.
Article 4: Indian Children 2025
The question is: What is the trend in the dropout rates in schools? According to the report Children in India 2025, the trend
Month: Current Affairs - September 30, 2025
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