TNPSC Current Affairs - April 2025
Here are the one-liner current affairs of April 2025 for TNPSC aspirants. This comprehensive compilation covers Tamil Nadu state updates, national developments, international news, economy, science & technology, environment, and sports. Focused, simple, and exam-ready!
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Q: Which scheme was approved by the Union Cabinet for ₹22,919 crores for electronics component manufacturing?
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A: Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (for 6 years)
Q: What is the name of India's first-ever national cooperative university approved by Lok Sabha?
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A: Tribhuvan Sahkari University (at IRMA, Gujarat)
Q: Which bilateral naval exercise between India and Russia was held in Chennai in April 2025?
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A: INDRA (14th edition)
Q: What is the name of the emergency relief mission launched by India for earthquake-hit Myanmar?
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A: Operation Brahma
Q: How many village panchayats conducted Gram Sabha meetings on March 29, 2025 for World Water Day?
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A: 12,481 village panchayats (21.7 lakh persons attended)
Q: What is the name of the new app-based taxi service planned by Union Government similar to Ola/Uber?
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A: Sahkar
Q: Which organization hosted the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Private Sector Collaborative Forum 2025?
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A: Mumbai
Q: What is the cost of the library being constructed in Tiruchi named after K. Kamaraj?
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A: ₹290 crore
Q: The e-pass system for tourist vehicles in Nilgiris and Kodaikanal was operational from which dates in 2025?
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A: April 1 to June 30, 2025
Q: Which trilateral exercise between India-US was held in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh?
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A: Exercise Tiger Triumph 2025 (4th edition)
TAMIL NADU
Q: How many town panchayats were upgraded to municipalities by Tamil Nadu government?
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A: 7 town panchayats (Polur, Chengam, Kanniyakumari, Sankagiri, Kothagiri, Avinashi, Perundurai)
Q: Tamil Nadu's real economic growth rate for 2024-25 was what percentage?
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A: 9.69% (highest among all states)
Q: What is the estimated GSDP of Tamil Nadu for 2024-25 at constant prices?
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A: ₹17,23,698 crore
Q: How many new firkas will be created across Tamil Nadu districts?
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A: 50 new firkas (Chennai gets 14, Chengalpattu gets 4)
Q: What percentage of migrant workers in Tamil Nadu work for more than 8 hours daily according to SPC study?
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A: 53%
Q: What is the name of the state-level mission formed by Tamil Nadu government for waste management?
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A: Thooimai Mission
Q: How many hornbill species does Tamil Nadu plan to conserve through the Centre of Excellence?
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A: 4 species (Great Hornbill, Malabar Pied Hornbill, Indian Grey Hornbill, Malabar Grey Hornbill)
Q: What is the name of the committee formed by TN to review federal structure headed by former SC judge?
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A: Kurian Joseph Committee
Q: Tamil Nadu's Space Industrial Policy 2025 aims to attract how much investment?
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A: ₹10,000 crore (and create 10,000 jobs)
Q: How many new sub-health centres will be established in Tamil Nadu?
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A: 642 sub-health centres (in areas with 10,000+ population)
NATIONAL
Q: The Boilers Bill 2024 repeals which colonial-era act?
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A: Boilers Act, 1923
Q: India's social security coverage has increased from 24.4% in 2021 to what percentage in 2024?
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A: 48.8%
Q: The Banking Laws Amendment Bill 2024 allows how many nominees for bank accounts?
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A: Up to 4 nominees
Q: Which year marks the 90th anniversary of the Reserve Bank of India?
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A: 2025 (RBI started operations on April 1, 1935)
Q: India and China are celebrating how many years of diplomatic relations in 2025?
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A: 75th anniversary (established in 1950)
Q: The Waqf Amendment Bill 2025 was passed by Parliament and got President's assent on which date?
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A: April 5, 2025
Q: India achieved a record of child adoptions in FY 2024-25. How many adoptions took place?
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A: 4,515 adoptions (3,950 domestic, 565 international)
Q: Which state has the highest forest encroachment in India covering 5,460.9 sq km?
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A: Madhya Pradesh
Q: The first Budget Session of 18th Lok Sabha recorded what productivity percentage?
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A: Lok Sabha 118%, Rajya Sabha 119%
Q: India's Defense exports reached a record high of how much in FY 2024-25?
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A: ₹23,622 crore (approx. $2.76 billion)
INTERNATIONAL
Q: US President Trump announced reciprocal tariffs on India of what percentage?
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A: 26%
Q: Which country has the highest reciprocal tariff of 49% imposed by the US?
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A: Cambodia
Q: Russia launched a nuclear submarine named Perm equipped with which hypersonic missiles?
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A: Zircon missiles (range 900 km)
Q: Hungary became the first EU nation to withdraw from which international court?
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A: International Criminal Court (ICC)
Q: Which country is experiencing the world's largest humanitarian crisis with 25 million facing extreme hunger?
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A: Sudan
Q: Tanzania experienced its hottest year on record in 2024 with average minimum temperature of?
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A: 19.3°C (1.1°C higher than long-term average)
Q: Pakistan suspended which agreement after India's suspension of Indus Waters Treaty?
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A: Simla Agreement (signed in 1972)
Q: Which strait between Baffin Island and Greenland has a newly discovered proto-microcontinent?
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A: Davis Strait
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ECONOMY
Q: India became the second-largest tea exporter in the world in 2024 by exporting how much tea?
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A: 254 million kg (surpassed Sri Lanka, Kenya remains first with 500M kg)
Q: What is the name of the revamped e-auction portal launched by Finance Ministry for bank assets?
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A: BAANKNET (replaced e-BKray platform launched in 2019)
Q: India's Defence exports grew by what percentage in FY 2024-25?
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A: 12.04% (reaching ₹23,622 crore from ₹21,083 crore)
Q: India's cotton production in 2024-25 season is estimated at how many lakh bales?
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A: 301.75 lakh bales (decreased from 327.45 lakh bales in 2023-24)
Q: India's external debt increased to what amount by December 2024?
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A: USD 717.9 billion (10.7% increase from USD 648.7 billion in December 2023)
Q: The Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) will be merged under "One State, One RRB" policy from which date?
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A: May 1, 2025
Q: India produced a record 1,681 locomotives in FY 2024-25, an increase of how many from previous year?
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A: 209 locomotives (19% increase from 1,472 in 2023-24)
Q: India's raw silk production increased from 31,906 MT in 2017-18 to how much in 2023-24?
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A: 38,913 MT
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Q: Which Kerala startup became the first to partner with SpaceX for launching its satellite 'Nila'?
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A: HEX20 (satellite named after Kerala's longest river)
Q: Saturn now has how many official moons after the discovery of 128 new moons?
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A: 274 moons (most for any planet in Solar System)
Q: Elon Musk's Neuralink aims to implant which artificial visual prosthesis in humans by end of 2025?
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A: Blindsight chip
Q: The PSLV-C60 launched which twin satellites for ISRO's space docking experiment?
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A: SPADEX satellites
Q: Which extinct species was de-extincted by US bioscience company, having gone extinct 13,000 years ago?
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A: Dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus)
Q: What is the name of Britain's nuclear fusion-powered rocket that could reach speeds of 805,000 km/hr?
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A: Sunbird (by Pulsar Fusion)
Q: ICAR-IISR developed which light-coloured turmeric variety for the masala industry?
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A: IISR Surya
Q: DRDO's new short-range ballistic missile BM-04 has an operational range of?
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A: 400 to 1500 kilometres
Q: India's first satellite Aryabhata completed how many years in April 2025?
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A: 50 years (launched April 19, 1975)
Q: The Bullseye Galaxy discovered by Hubble telescope has how many rings?
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A: 9 rings (previous galaxies had only 2-3 rings)
ENVIRONMENT
Q: The new snakehead fish species discovered in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills is named?
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A: Channa nachi
Q: Lions have been ranked as which category in IUCN's first Green Status assessment?
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A: Largely Depleted
Q: India is establishing the second National Gene Bank after how many years since the first one?
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A: 29 years (first NGB at ICAR-NBPGR, New Delhi holds 4,71,561 accessions)
Q: The Synchronised Vulture Survey 2025 recorded how many vultures in Tamil Nadu?
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A: 157 vultures (110 white-rumped, 31 long-billed, 11 red-headed, 5 Egyptian)
Q: The small hive beetle threatening honeybees globally was recorded for first time in which Indian state?
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A: West Bengal (Aethinatumida species)
Q: Thar Desert showed what percentage annual increase in greening over the last two decades?
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A: 38% (with 64% rise in precipitation between 2001-2023)
Q: The ancient velvet worm species rediscovered after 111 years is named?
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A: Typhloperipatus williamsoni (220 million years old)
Q: The new damselfly species discovered in Wayanad is named?
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A: Euphaea Wayanadensis (223rd Odonata species in Western Ghats)
Q: How many new beetle species were discovered in northeast India?
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A: 6 species (belonging to genera Maladera, Neoserica and Serica)
Q: The ongoing global coral bleaching event has affected what percentage of world's coral reefs?
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A: 84% (worst ongoing global coral bleaching event)
REPORTS AND INDICES
Q: India achieved what percentage decline in under-five mortality rate between 2000-2023?
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A: 70% decline (and 61% decline in neonatal mortality rate)
Q: Which country had the highest maternal deaths globally in 2023?
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A: Nigeria (75,000 deaths, 28.7% of global total)
Q: India ranked 36th out of 170 nations in which 2025 technology report?
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A: UNCTAD's Technology and Innovation Report 2025 (Readiness for Frontier Technologies index)
Q: Times Higher Education Asia Rankings 2025 - which Indian institution topped at rank 38?
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A: IISc Bangalore (Anna University at 111th rank)
STATES
Q: Jharkhand celebrated which festival to mark the new year and arrival of spring?
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A: Sarhul festival (worship of Sal tree)
Q: West Bengal launched 'Triple Elimination' initiative to eliminate which three diseases by 2026?
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A: HIV, Syphilis, and Hepatitis B (mother-to-child transmission)
Q: Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) or "monkey fever" is rising in which state?
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A: Karnataka (first detected in 1957)
Q: Karnataka will be the second state to introduce gig workers welfare legislation after which state?
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A: Rajasthan (which enacted the act in 2023)
Q: Bengali New Year 'Pohela Boishakh' is widely celebrated in which states/regions?
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A: Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam, and Tripura
Q: Similipal became which numbered national park of India in Odisha?
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A: 107th national park (covering 845.70 sq km)
PERSONALITIES, AWARDS AND EVENTS
Q: Kumudini Lakhia, who received Padma Vibhushan 2025, is associated with which dance form?
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A: Kathak (Classical Dancer)
Q: Jasprit Bumrah won which cricket honor in Wisden 2025?
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A: Leading Men's Cricketer
Q: The 150th IPU Assembly was held in which city with theme "Parliamentary Action for Social Development"?
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A: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Q: Ram Mohan Naidu was named as WEF Young Global Leader 2025 - he is India's youngest what?
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A: Cabinet Minister of Union Government
Q: How many military personnel received the MacGregor Memorial Medal for achievements in 2023 and 2024?
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A: 5 personnel (instituted in 1888, 127 medals awarded to date)
SPORTS
Q: Himanshu Jakhar made history by winning India's first-ever gold in which championship?
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A: Asian U18 Athletics Championships 2025 (men's javelin throw)
Q: India finished third at ISSF World Cup 2025 in Lima, Peru with how many medals?
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A: 7 medals (2 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze)
IMPORTANT DAYS
| Date | Day | Theme 2025 |
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| March 30 | International Day of Zero Waste | Towards Zero Waste in Fashion and Textiles |
| April 2 | World Autism Awareness Day | Advancing Neurodiversity and UN SDGs |
| April 7 | World Health Day | Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures |
| April 14 | Ambedkar Jayanti | - |
| April 22 | Earth Day | Our Power, Our Planet |
| April 25 | World Malaria Day | Malaria ends with us: Reinvest, Reimagine, Reignite |
MILITARY EXERCISES
| Exercise Name | Countries Involved | Venue |
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| AIKEYME | India + 8 African nations | African countries |
| Balikatan | USA, Australia, Japan | Philippines |
MISCELLANEOUS
Q: UNESCO's Memory of the World Register added how many new entries in 2025 including Bhagavad Gita?
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A: 74 new additions (Register now contains 570 entries, India has 14 entries)
Q: India's longest rail tunnel under construction in Uttarakhand (Janasu tunnel) spans what distance?
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A: 14.58 km (on Rishikesh-Karnaprayag line)
Q: The Hurun Global Rich List 2025 shows India ranking third with how many billionaires?
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A: 284 billionaires (USA leads with 870, China 823)
Q: BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) celebrated how many years of establishment in 2025?
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A: 150 years (founded July 9, 1875)
Q: The digital disaster wallet 'Akshvi' stands for which full form?
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A: Aapda Kshati Vivaran (Disaster Damages Description)
This compilation covers the major current affairs from April 2025 relevant for TNPSC examinations. Focus on facts, figures, dates, and names for better retention.