CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ (ONE-DAY EXAM.) 20 & 21 OCTOBER 2025

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Question: Consider the following statements about Zoravar Singh Sandhu’s recent achievement:
1. He made history by winning bronze in men’s trap at the ISSF World Championship Shotgun 2025 in Athens.
2. He is the first medal winner in the men’s trap shooting events at the Shotgun World Championships.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 2 both
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans (a) 

Question: Consider the following statements about India’s gold reserves:
1. India’s gold reserves crossed the $100 billion mark for the first time in history in October 2025.
2. The share of gold in India’s total reserves was around 20% in October 2025.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 2 both
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans (a)

Question: From which country, researchers have unearthed fossils of hand and foot bones belonging to an extinct human relative named Paranthropus boisei?
(a) Nigeria
(b) South Africa
(c) Kenya
(d) Israel
Ans (c) 

Question: With reference to the Sultan of Johor Cup 2025, consider the following statements:
1. India won the silver medal in the tournament.
2. Australia won the Sultan of Johor Cup 2025 trophy.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 2 both
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans (c)  

Question: What was the name of the last living member of the historic 1953 Everest expedition led by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, passed away recently in Kathmandu?
(a) Ang Karma Sherpa
(b) Dawa Tashi Sherpa
(c) Kancha Sherpa
(d) Tashi Lakpa Sherpa
 Ans (c) 

Question: Which Indian archer scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman compound archer to win a medal at the Archery World Cup Final?
(a) Parneet Kaur
(b) Jyothi Surekha Vennam
(c) Madhura Dhamangaonkar
(d) Ankita Bhakat
Ans (b)  

Question: Consider the following statements about Nafithromycin:
1. It is India’s first indigenously discovered antibiotic.
2. It is effective against resistant respiratory infections.
3. It was developed entirely by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans (b)

Question: In October 2025, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh flagged off the first batch of BrahMos missiles produced at the BrahMos Integration and Testing Facility in:
(a) Chennai
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Lucknow
(d) Ahmedabad
Ans (c) 

Question: Based on which space agency’s data, researchers recently reported that the South Atlantic Anomaly has expanded since 2014?
(a) NASA
(b) JAXA
(c) ESA
(d) CNSA
Ans (c) 

Question: Which state won the 30th Senior Women’s National Football Championship – Rajmata Jijabai Trophy?
(a) Kerala
(b) West Bengal
(c) Manipur
(d) Odisha
Ans (c)

Question: Consider the following statements about kurinji Strobilanthes sessilis:
1. It recently bloomed in Gudalur, which is located in Tamil Nadu.
2. It blooms once in eight years.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 2 both
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans (c)

Question: Consider the following statements:
1. World Menopause Day is observed annually on October 16.
2. The World Food Day 2025 marked the 75th anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 2 both
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans (d)

Question: Who was recently elected as the new Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) for the 2025-2029 quadrennium?
(a) Purnima Devi Barman
(b) MK Ranjitsinh Jhala
(c) Vivek Menon
(d) Latika Nath
Ans (c)  

Question: With reference to the National Health Authority’s (NHA) Annual Report, 2024-25, consider the following statements:
1. Women account for 49% of total hospital admissions under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY).
2. Haemodialysis was the most availed treatment under the AB-PMJAY scheme.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 2 both
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans (c)

Question: Consider the following statements:
1. Chandrayaan-2’s CLASS payload has made the first-ever observation of the effects of the Sun’s Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) on the Moon.
2. Chandrayaan-2 was launched on July 22, 2019 using the GSLV-MkIII-M1 rocket.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 2 both
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans (b) 

Question: In which country thousands of people took to the streets for the ‘No Kings protests’ in October 2025?
(a) Spain
(b) United Kingdom
(c) USA
(d) Australia
Ans (c)  

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