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Current Affairs – 05/12/2025

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Parts of North India are experiencing a cold wave . What is the definition of a cold wave in India ?
Ans : In India, a cold wave is defined by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) based on low minimum temperatures, especially in plains (≤ 10°C) or hilly regions (≤ 0°C) and significant departure from normal, indicating dangerously low temperatures and requiring increased protection for health, agriculture, and livestock.
Key Criteria (IMD):
Plains: Minimum temperature ≤ 10°C and 4.5°C-6.4°C below normal, OR ≤ 4°C.
Hilly Regions: Minimum temperature ≤ 0°C and 4.5°C-6.4°C below normal, OR ≤ 0°C.
Coastal Stations: Minimum temperature ≤ 15°C and at least 4.5°C below normal.
For Which edition of the India – Russia annual summit is President Putin of Russia visiting India ?
Ans : 23^rd edition
What is DIGIPIN ?
Ans : DIGIPIN is a 10-character alphanumeric expression of latitude and longitude. The technology was developed to provide more precise locations in rural areas or in cases where the textual expression of a physical address does not offer adequate information. DIGIPIN was open sourced by the Postal department, and each DIGIPIN corresponds to a roughly 14 square metre patch of land, with a mathematical function deterministically generating a unique code. This translates to around 228 billion DIGIPINs for Indian territory
When is World Soil Day Observed /
Ans : Every Year on 5^th December . World Soil Day has been established by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO ) of the United Nations
With which sports is the Jerusalem Masters tournament associated ?
Ans : Chess . This year’s championship has been won by India’s Arjun Erigaisi
Indigo airlines has cancelled more than 300 flights . Indigo has blamed it on the FDTL norms . What is the FDTL norms ?
Ans : Flight Duty Time Limitations provisions . The revised Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) norms introduced multiple fatigue-mitigation measures:
Weekly rest increased from 36 to 48 hours
Night landings capped at two, down from six
Definition of night hours extended by one hour
These changes significantly tightened crew availability and operational flexibility, particularly for airlines with heavy night operations like Indigo
When is international Cheetah Day observed ?
Ans : Every year on 4^th December . It was Initiated in 2010 by American zoologist Dr Laurie Marker, who founded the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF)
What is PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSG: MBY) ?
Ans : The Government of India has approved the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana on 29th February, 2024 to increase the share of solar rooftop capacity and empower residential households to generate their own electricity. The scheme has an outlay of Rs 75,021 crore and is to be implemented till FY 2026-27. The scheme provides for a subsidy of 60% of the solar unit cost for systems up to 2kW capacity and 40 percent of additional system cost for systems between 2 to 3kW capacity. The subsidy has been capped at 3kW capacity.
What are BSBD accounts ?
Ans : ‘Basic Savings Bank Deposit’ (BSBD) account . BSBD accounts started off as “non-frills” accounts about two decades back, with either ‘nil’ or low minimum balance and charges, to make them accessible to vast sections of the population. The “no-frills” nomenclature was done away in 2012 to remove the stigma associated with it. The RBI then asked banks to offer BSBD account as an SB account with certain minimum facilities free of charge.
What is meant by La Nina ?
Ans : La Niña, meaning “the little girl” in Spanish, is a climate pattern characterized by cooler-than-normal sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, acting as the cool phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle, opposite to El Niño. This cooling strengthens trade winds, pushes warm water west, increases nutrient-rich upwelling in the east, and alters global weather, often bringing heavier rains to Southeast Asia/Australia and colder/wetter winters to the U.S. Northwest, with drought in the U.S. Southwest.

Current Affairs – 04/12/2025

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What is the Chakshu portal ?
Ans : Chakshu facilitates citizens to report the suspected fraud communications with the intention of defrauding telecom service users for cyber-crime, financial frauds, non-bonafide purpose like impersonation or any other misuse through Call, SMS or WhatsApp. The Chakshu portal is a platform under the Sanchar Saathi initiative that allows citizens to report suspected fraudulent communications like scam calls, SMS, or WhatsApp messages. Citizens can report various types of cybercrime, including impersonation, financial fraud, and can also report suspicious web links. Reports can be submitted through the portal and are used to take action against the fraudsters
When was the Sanchar Saathi App launched ?
Ans : May 2023
What is IMEI ?
Ans : International Mobile Equipment Identity, is a unique 15-digit number that identifies each mobile device.
Which are the G-7 Countries ?
Ans : US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan
Who has been recently appointed as the Executive Director of the RBI ?
Ans : Usha Janakiraman
The famous novel “Swami and Friends” was written by _________ ?
Ans : R K Narayan
Who founded the Indian Statistical Institute ?
Ans : The Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) was established by Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in 1931 in Kolkata. Mahalanobis was a visionary statistician who founded the institute, which later became an Institution of National Importance through an act of the Indian Parliament in 1959
How many categories of disabilities are identified under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 ?
Ans: 21
Who is the Indian Physicist who was nominated for the Nobel prize for his contribution to find an effective treatment for “Kala -Azar” ?
Ans : The Indian physician and scientist who made the monumental contribution of discovering an effective treatment for kala-azar was Upendranath Brahmachari. He synthesized the drug urea stibamine in 1920, which dramatically transformed the treatment and control of the deadly disease.
Malaysia has announced that the search for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 will resume at the end of December . When did the flight go missing ?
Ans : The Boeing 777 carrying 239 people vanished from radar screens on March 8, 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing

Current Affairs – 03/12/2025

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What is the Doctor – Population in India ?
Ans : 1 : 811 . The number of Doctors includes both Allopathic and AYUSH Doctors . There are 13,88,185 registered modern medicine doctors in the country, and 7,51,768 registered practitioners in the AYUSH system of medicine
The new complex housing the Prime Minister’s Office, will be called ___________ ?
Ans : Seva Teerth. The complex was earlier known as the ‘Executive Enclave’
The World Health Organization has issued global guidelines on the use of _____________ ?
Ans : Weight Loss Drugs. These glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) therapies are being used for the treatment of obesity in adults.
Who is the president of the International Olympics Committee ?
Ans : Kirsty Coventry
Who was the first Indian to win the All England Open Badminton Championship ?
Ans : Prakash Padukone . He won it in 1980
Who is India’s first ever individual Olympic gold medalist ?
Ans : Abhinav Bindra won the Gold medal in shooting in the Beijing Olympics in 2008
When is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities observed ?
Ans : Every year on December 3
What are the names of India’s indigenous nuclear powered submarines ?
Ans : India’s first nuclear powered submarine is called INS Arihant (launched in 2009 and commissioned in 2016) and the second one is called INS Arighat (commissioned in 2024) . The third nuclear powered submarine called INS Aridaman will be inducted soon
Who is the Secretary General of NATO ?
Ans : Mark Rutte
Which banks have been identified by the RBI as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs)?
Ans : State Bank of India, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank . While SBI has been in the list since 2015, the RBI added ICICI Bank to the list in 2016 and HDFC Bank in 2017

Current Affairs – 02/12/2025

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This Bank started as Bank of Calcutta in 1806 . What is its present name ?
Ans : State Bank of India
Who is the famous Indian Author who wrote the book “The Golden Gate” in 1986 ?
Ans : Vikram Seth
The Statue of Liberty holds a torch in one hand and a tablet in the other. What date is inscribed on the tablet?
Ans : July 4, 1776 , which marks the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress, declaring the 13 American colonies independent from British rule.
Key Points
It is celebrated as Independence Day in the United States.
The Declaration of Independence was primarily drafted by Thomas Jefferson.
It symbolizes the birth of the United States of America as a nation and its commitment to liberty and democratic ideals.
Who is the UEFA Youth League’s youngest Player /
Ans : Arsenal’s 13-year-old midfielder Luis Munoz has become the youngest ever player to feature in the Uefa Youth League . At 13 years 11 months and 15 days, Munoz breaks the record held by Liam Payas – who played for Gibraltar-based Lincoln Red Imps aged 14 years three months and one day in September last year
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Monday ordered smartphone manufacturers to pre-install the __________ app on new devices sold from March 2026 . Which app is this ?
Ans : Sanchar Saathi App
The ______________ is an international treaty that prohibits the development, production, acquisition, transfer, stockpiling, and use of biological and toxin weapons
Ans : Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)
The Indian armed forces have signed up for more satellite-linked Heron Mk II Unmanned Aerial Vehicles under emergency procurement . From which country is the procurement being done ?
Ans : Israel
The _______________ mission focuses on exploration, processing, and recycling minerals like lithium, cobalt, and rare earths.
Ans : National Critical Mineral Mission
Who is the president of Philippines ?
Ans : Ferdinand Marcos Jr
Who have been named World Athletes of the Year ?
Ans : Sweden’s pole vault sensation Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis and American 400m World champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone were named World Athletes of the Year . Duplantis, along with retaining his gold medal at the Worlds, broke his own world record four times and was undefeated in 16 competitions. McLaughlin-Levrone is also undefeated for two years in both the 400m and the 400m hurdles

Current Affairs – 01/12/2025

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The _________________ has decided to strengthen its public health security systems by tapping into social media posts . This move follows the success of the AI based event surveillance systems such as the Media Scanning and Verification Cell, with which it scans millions of online news reports daily across 13 Indian languages to extract structured health event data.
Ans : National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
The ______________ has launched a “production version” of the indigenous Hansa-3(NG) trainer aircraft
Ans : CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Bengaluru
What is SARAS Mk -2 ?
Ans : The CSIR-NAL is working on a 19-seater Light Transport Aircraft SARAS Mk 2 for both civilian and military operations. With a pressurised cabin, digital avionics, glass cockpit, autopilot, command-by-wire flight controls, and significant weight and drag reduction, the aircraft would bolster regional connectivity and address India’s indigenous short-haul passenger aircraft requirement
What are HAPs ?
Ans : HAPs are High Altitude Platforms , which are Solar-powered unmanned aircraft capable of flying above 20 km altitude for long-endurance missions
As per the constitution of India , Labour is in which list (State or Centre) ?
Ans : According to the Constitution of India, labor is in the Concurrent List. This means that both the Central Government and the State Governments are competent to enact laws related to labor, with the Central government legislating on national matters and the states on matters within their jurisdiction.
Concurrent List: This is a list in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution where both the federal and state governments can make laws.
Dual jurisdiction: Both the Parliament and state legislatures can make laws on labor issues. However, if a state law conflicts with a central law on a concurrent subject, the central law generally prevails.
Implementation: The Central government often enacts a central law, while the states can formulate the rules under that law or pass their own legislation within their respective spheres.
The four new Labour Codes has resulted in repeal of how many labour Acts ?
Ans : 29
What is the Indian Labour Conference ?
Ans : The Indian Labour Conference (ILC) is the apex tripartite consultative forum in India for dialogue between the government, employers, and workers on labour and employment-related issues. Often referred to as the ‘Labour Parliament of India’, it plays a pivotal role in shaping labour policies, industrial relations frameworks, and welfare measures.
U – 238 is the most commonly found isotope of Uranium . What is an Isotope ?
Ans : An isotope refers to atoms of the same chemical element that have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons. This difference in the number of neutrons results in different atomic masses for the isotopes of a given element.
The Central government wanted to introduce a Bill to include the Union Territory (UT) of Chandigarh under the ambit of which Article of the Constitution ?
Ans : Article 240 of the Constitution . Article 240 empowers the President to make regulations for the peace, progress, and good governance of certain UTs that do not have their own legislatures
How many Union Territories are there in India?
Ans : Eight . The list of Union Territories are:
1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
1. Chandigarh
1. Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
1. National Capital Territory of Delhi
1. Jammu & Kashmir
1. Ladakh
1. Lakshadweep
1. Puducherry
The Union Home Ministry wrote to the offices of Governors and Lieutenant Governors of all States and Union Territories on November 25 that the name of “Raj Bhavans” “may be” changed to :
Ans : Lok Bhavan
What is the theme of The fourth Kashi Tamil Sangamam ?
Ans : “Learn Tamil-Tamil Karkalam”
India has set a historic record with food grain production of __________ million tonnes
Ans : 357 million tonnes
Who won the finals of the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey tournament ?
Ans : Belgium beat India 1-0 in the nal to lift the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh on Sunday
Who won the Syed Modi India International Badminton Tournament ?
Ans : Jason Gunawan . He beat K.Srikanth of India to win the tournament
Who was the first human in Space ?
Ans : Yuri Gagarin
In which country is the Bikanour Cosmodrome located ?
Ans : Kazakhstan
When is the World AIDS day observed ?
Ans : December 1^st

Current Affairs – 30/11/2025

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Airbus Industrie issued an alert for airline operators, providing instructions for a software change for which model of aeroplane ?
Ans : A 320
How many Indian satellites are currently in orbit ?
Ans : 57
India has 44 UNESCO World Heritage Sites . Which was the first site in India to be declared as a World Heritage Site /
Ans : Ajantha and Ellora Caves in Maharashtra . The caves form one of the largest rock-cut cave complexes in the world, with artwork dating from 600 AD to 1,000 AD, including Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain caves
Which is the world’s largest monolithic rock excavation ?
Ans : The world’s largest monolithic rock-excavation is widely regarded to be Kailasa Temple (Cave 16 at Ellora Caves in Maharashtra, India).
Why Kailasa Temple is considered the largest ?
The Kailasa Temple was carved out from a single basalt cliff — carved top-down, removing a vast amount of rock to leave behind an entire structural temple.
Because of its scale and the fact that the entire edifice was hewn from one rock mass, it is recognised as the largest single monolithic building in the world.
Guinness World Records identifies it as “the largest building carved out of a single piece of rock.”
What is meant by Polyploidy ?
Ans : Genes with multiple chromosomes in them are called Polyploidy eg . Wheat
What is the Durand Line ?
Ans : Durand Line, the international border between Pakistan and Afghanistan , which was delineated in 1893 by an agreement between the British and Abdur Rahman Khan, the then-emir of Afghanistan
Why has Srilanka Declared a State of Emergency ?
Ans : Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake declared a state of emergency to expedite rescue and relief efforts , as torrential rain over the last few days and strong winds caused severe flooding and landslides , which forced over one lakh people out of their homes and into state-run safety centres.
Which sports is the FEI Asian Championship associated with ?
Ans : Equestrian Championship .
Where is the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup tournament being held ?
Ans : Ipoh , Malaysia
Who has written the book “The Forgotten Indian Prisoners of World War II” ?
Ans : Gautam Hazarika

Current Affairs – 29/11/2025

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Which Ministry releases India’s GDP figures and at what frequency are the GDP figures released ?
Ans : The National Statistics Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is releasing the GDP data on a quarterly basis
Who is the Chairman of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC)?
Ans : Mr. Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
What is operation Sagar Bandhu ?
Ans : India has launched “Operation Sagar Bandhu” to assist Sri Lanka in its hour of crisis due to the damages and loss of life caused by cyclone Ditwah and the first tranche of relief materials were handed after the consignments were transported by Indian Navy’s aircraft carrier INS Vikrant and frontline ship INS Udaygiri
The Indian Navy will organise the International Fleet Review (IFR) in February 2026 in which Indian City ?
Ans : Visakhapatnam. The exercise seeks to reinforce the themes of being “United through Oceans” and strengthening “Bridges of Friendship”
How many consolidated Master Directions (MD) did The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issue after undertaking a review of approximately 3,500 directions, circulars, and guidelines issued over the years, in order to reduce compliance burden on the Regulated Entities (REs).
Ans : 244
What is meant by Niryat Poshan and Niryat Disha ?
Ans : The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Export Promotion Mission (EPM) — a flagship initiative announced in the Union Budget 2025–26 to strengthen India’s export competitiveness, particularly for MSMEs, first-time exporters, and labour-intensive sectors. The Mission will provide a comprehensive, flexible, and digitally driven framework for export promotion, with a total outlay of Rs.25,060 crore for FY 2025–26 to FY 2030–31. The Mission will operate through two integrated sub-schemes:
NIRYAT PROTSAHAN – focuses on improving access to affordable trade finance for MSMEs through a range of instruments such as interest subvention, export factoring, collateral guarantees, credit cards for e-commerce exporters, and credit enhancement support for diversification into new markets.
NIRYAT DISHA – focuses on non-financial enablers that enhance market readiness and competitiveness, including export quality and compliance support, assistance for international branding, packaging, and participation in trade fairs, export warehousing and logistics, inland transport reimbursements, and trade intelligence and capacity-building initiatives.
At the World Boxing Cup Finals held in NOIDA , Indian players delivered a historic performance by winning how many gold medals ?
Ans : Nine
When is the “Thanksgiving” Day celebrated in the USA ?
Ans : Last Thursday of November
Turkey has unearthed a Neolithic age statue during an archaeological site . What is meant by Neolithic age ?
Ans : The Neolithic Age, also known as the New Stone Age, refers to the final stage of the Stone Age, a broad time period that saw the development of agriculture, animal domestication, and permanent human settlements. The specific time frame varies by geographic region, but globally it is generally considered to have lasted from approximately 10,000 BCE to 2,000 BCE.
Regional and General Timelines
The transition to the Neolithic lifestyle, often called the “Neolithic Revolution,” occurred at different times across the world.
Near East (Fertile Crescent): The earliest evidence of Neolithic culture, including the first cultivated crops like figs and cereals, dates back to around 10,000–9,500 BCE.
India and China: In the Indian subcontinent, the age began around 7,000 BCE, with sites like Mehrgarh providing early evidence of farming. In China and Southeast Asia, agricultural communities started forming around 3,500 BCE.
Europe: The Neolithic period began later in Europe, around 6,500 BCE in the southeast, and spread gradually, reaching Britain and Scandinavia by approximately 4,500 BCE.

Current Affairs – 28/11/2025

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Which Women’s cricket player is the costliest buy in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026 Mega Auction ?
Ans : Deepti Sharma . Star India allrounder Deepti Sharma emerged as the costliest buy of the 2026 WPL mega auction , with UP Warriorz using the Right to Match (RTM) card to retain the India all-rounder for a whopping Rs.3.20 crore
Planet Mars has got its name from ________ ?
Ans : The ancient Romans named Mars after their God of war because the planet looked red, like dried blood.
A Day is called as __________ in Planet Mars ?
Ans : A day in Mars is called as Sol . A day on Mars, called a sol, is 24.6 hours; just a little longer than a day on Earth. But a Martian year is 669.6 sols, which equals 687 Earth days
Planet Mars has two moons . What are the moons called ?
Ans : Mars has two small moons named Phobos and Deimos. They are oddly shaped, like potatoes, because they don’t have enough gravity to become round
Where is the FIH Junior World Cup tournament being held ?
Ans : Chennai and Madurai
With which sport is Women’s Big Bash League Associated with ?
Ans : Cricket
Which is India’s first private commercial orbital rocket ?
Ans : Vikram-I, developed by Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace, represents India’s new private orbital-class launch vehicle, named after space pioneer Vikram Sarabhai. It was Unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Hyderabad . Skyroot’s Vikram-I rocket can carry up to 350 kg to low Earth orbit (LEO) or 260 kg to a sun-synchronous orbit (SSO), with the exact capacity depending on the mission’s inclination. For example, it can lift 290 kg to a 500 km SSO or 480 kg to a 500 km LEO at a 45° inclination.
What is the grade given by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for India’s national accounts statistics ?
Ans : Grade C , which is the second lowest rating
Cyclone Ditwah is expected to bring heavy rains to Srilanka and Tamil Nadu . Which country has proposed the name for the cyclone ?
Ans : Yemen . The name “Ditwah” (or “Detwah”) refers to the Detwah Lagoon, a well-known natural feature on Socotra Island in Yemen. The name is part of a pre-approved, sequential list of cyclone names for the North Indian Ocean region maintained by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones.
How Cyclones are Named
Regional Body: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) serves as the Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre (RSMC) responsible for naming tropical cyclones that form over the North Indian Ocean, including the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea.
Member Countries: Bangladesh,India, Iran, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
Sequential List: Each of the 13 member countries has provided a list of 13 names, resulting in a total of 169 names. These names are used sequentially.
Criteria: Names must be neutral regarding politics, religion, culture, and gender. They must also be short, easy to pronounce, and not offensive. Once a name is used, it is retired and never repeated.
According to the International Labour Organisation’s India Employment Report 2024 , India’s female labour force participation rate (LFPR) is _________ ?
Ans : 32.8 %
On November 21 , 2025 the Union Labour Ministry announced the implementation of four labour codes . What are the codes ?
Ans : a) The code on wages 2019
b) The industrial relations code 2020
c) The code on social security 2020
d) The occupational safety , health and working conditions code 2020
Who won the Chess World Cup tournament held in Goa ?
Ans : Jovokhir Sindarov . He beat Wei Yi from China in the finals . Nineteen year old Sindarov is the youngest champion in the World Cup history

Current Affairs – 27/11/2025

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Who has written the famous book “The Social Contract” ?
Ans : The Social Contract is a seminal work by the French writer Jean-Jacques Rousseau . This philosophical treatise, fully titled On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Right (Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique), was published in 1762. Rousseau’s central argument is that government achieves its legitimacy from the “general will” of the people, and he outlines a civil society in which sovereign power resides with the citizens themselves
Who was the Calligraphist of the Indian Constitution /
Ans : The Constitution of India was not typeset or printed but was handwritten and calligraphic in both English and Hindi. It was entirely handcrafted by the artists of Shantiniketan under the guidance of Acharya Nandalal Bose. The calligraphy texts were done by Prem Behari Narain Raizada in Delhi
What is meant by Passive Euthanasia ?
Ans : Passive euthanasia is the intentional act of letting a patient die by withholding or withdrawing life support.
A 3.5 Billion Year crater in the plante Mars has been named after an Indian . Who is it ?
Ans : A 3.5 billion-year-old crater on Mars will henceforth be known after M.S. Krishnan, the pioneering Indian geologist. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has approved it . Apart from ‘Krishnan,’ the IAU has also accepted several Kerala-based names for smaller landforms associated with the crater. These are ‘Valiamala,’ ‘Thumba,’ ‘Bekal,’ ‘Varkala’ and ‘Periyar’ for smaller craters and a vallis (valley). Which means, these places in Kerala now have counterparts on Mars.
When did India adopt its constitution ?
Ans : It was on November 26, 1949 that India adopted its Constitution.
Why is January 26 celebrated as the Republic Day , even though India’s constitution was adopted on 26 th November 1949 ?
Ans : 26^th January 1950 was chosen for the Constitution’s commencement, in order to honour the 1930 Purna Swaraj declaration
In an open letter to Indians on the occasion of Constitution Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged all citizens to prioritise their duties to the nation . In which Article of the constitution are the duties enshrined?
Ans : Article 51 A of the Constitution
________________is set to assume the role of the Chairperson of the 35-nation International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) for the year 2026.
Ans : Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Mr.Gyanesh Kumar . He will take over the position on December 3 during the meeting of the Council of Member States of International to be held in Stockholm, Sweden
Who won the Himalayan Echoes Nature Prize 2025 ?
Ans : Writer and naturalist Stephen Alter .
Which Cricket player has taken the most catches in a Test cricket match ?
Ans : South Africa’s Aiden Markram scripted history by becoming the fielder with most catches in a Test match. Markram grabbed nine catches in the second Test against India, which is more than any fielder in Test history, surpassing the tally of Ajinkya Rahane with eight catches to his name.
The 2030 Commonwealth gamed is scheduled to be held in which Indian City
Ans : Ahmedabad
Where is the ITTF World youth table tennis championships 2025 being held ?
Ans : At Cluj Napoca (Romania)
Who is Antim Panghal ?
Ans : Indian Woman Wrestler , who has won the Bronze Medal in World Wrestling Championship held in Zagreb , Croatia

Current Affairs – 26/11/2025

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What is the name of the Operation Under which Indian Peace Keeping Force was deployed in Srilanka in1987 ?
Ans : Operation Pawan
What is meant by PM 2.5 ?
Ans : Particulate Matter with diameter of 2.5 Micro Meters . These are microscopic solid or liquid particles in the air, such as those found in smoke and haze, that are small enough to be inhaled and pose a significant health risk. They are approximately 30 times smaller than a human hair, and can even enter the bloodstream, causing serious heart and lung problems
On an average , a human inhales how much air in a day ?
Ans : On average, a person inhales about 14,000 litres of air every day
What is the composition of the Air we breathe ?
Ans : By volume, dry air contains 78.09% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.039% carbon dioxide, and small amounts of other gases
What is NAAQS ?
Ans : National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS)
With what sport is the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) championship associated with ?
Ans : Cricket
Abhay Singh, Velavan Senthilkumar, Anahat Singh and Joshna Chinappa are associated with which sport ?
Ans : Squash
India’s first privately built polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV) is expected to have its maiden commercial flight soon . Who has built it ?
Ans : A joint venture between state-run aerospace firm Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd and conglomerate Larsen & Toubro Ltd has built it
When was the International Labour Organisation (ILO) formed ?
Ans : 1919
When is Constitution Day celebrated ?
Ans : November 26 is special because India celebrates Constitution Day (Samvidhan Divas ) on this date, commemorating the adoption of the Indian Constitution in 1949. Historically, the day marks the adoption of the Indian Constitution, and in 2015, the government officially declared it as Constitution Day to promote the country’s constitutional values .