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Current Affairs Quiz – 16 September 2025 (Test Now)
1. The Defence Procurement Manual (DPM) 2025 updated which earlier edition?
a) 2007 edition
b) 2008 edition
c) 2009 edition
d) 2010 edition
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Answer: c) 2009 edition
2. DPM 2025 covers approximately how much revenue procurement in FY 2025-26?
a) ₹80,000 crore
b) ₹90,000 crore
c) ₹1 lakh crore
d) ₹1.2 lakh crore
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Answer: c) ₹1 lakh crore
3. What is the maximum FDI allowed in defence sector under automatic route?
a) 49%
b) 74%
c) 100%
d) 51%
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Answer: b) 74%
4. In which year was the Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) initiative launched?
a) 2017
b) 2018
c) 2019
d) 2020
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Answer: b) 2018
5. India’s first bamboo-based bio-ethanol plant was inaugurated in which district?
a) Dibrugarh
b) Golaghat
c) Jorhat
d) Sivasagar
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Answer: b) Golaghat
6. Which Finnish company is part of the joint venture for the bamboo bio-ethanol plant?
a) Fortis
b) Fortum
c) Finnair
d) Foreca
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Answer: b) Fortum
7. According to the National Policy on Biofuels 2018, the government aims for what percentage of ethanol blending with petrol by 2025?
a) 15%
b) 20%
c) 25%
d) 30%
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Answer: b) 20%
8. What does E20 fuel blend represent?
a) 20% ethanol with 80% diesel
b) 20% ethanol with 80% petrol
c) 80% ethanol with 20% petrol
d) Pure ethanol fuel
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Answer: b) 20% ethanol with 80% petrol
9. What does the EAST formula stand for in the context of Northeast development?
a) Empower, Act, Strengthen, Transform
b) Enable, Act, Support, Transform
c) Empower, Advance, Strengthen, Transform
d) Enable, Advance, Support, Transform
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Answer: a) Empower, Act, Strengthen, Transform
10. How many kilometers of National Highways have been completed in Northeast India as of July 2025?
a) 15,207 km
b) 16,207 km
c) 17,207 km
d) 18,207 km
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Answer: b) 16,207 km
11. Which portal ensures quicker project approvals and monitoring for Northeast development?
a) Poorvottar Vikas Setu (PVS)
b) North East Development Portal
c) PM-DevINE Portal
d) Act East Gateway
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Answer: a) Poorvottar Vikas Setu (PVS)
12. Who has the power to declare animals as ‘vermin’ under the existing Wildlife Protection Act, 1972?
a) State Government
b) Central Government
c) Chief Wildlife Warden
d) Forest Department
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Answer: b) Central Government
13. Under which section of WPA can the central government declare animals as vermin?
a) Section 60
b) Section 61
c) Section 62
d) Section 63
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Answer: c) Section 62
14. Animals declared as ‘vermin’ are listed under which schedule of the Wildlife Protection Act?
a) Schedule III
b) Schedule IV
c) Schedule V
d) Schedule VI
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Answer: c) Schedule V
15. The first India-Iran-Uzbekistan trilateral meeting was held in which city?
a) New Delhi
b) Tehran
c) Tashkent
d) Mumbai
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Answer: b) Tehran
16. Chabahar Port serves as India’s strategic counter to which Pakistani port?
a) Karachi Port
b) Gwadar Port
c) Port Qasim
d) Pasni Port
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Answer: b) Gwadar Port
17. What does INSTC stand for?
a) International North-South Trade Corridor
b) International North-South Transport Corridor
c) Indian North-South Transport Corridor
d) Iran North-South Transport Corridor
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Answer: b) International North-South Transport Corridor
18. The Ho tribe primarily belongs to which ethnicity?
a) Dravidian
b) Indo-Aryan
c) Austroasiatic Munda
d) Tibeto-Burman
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Answer: c) Austroasiatic Munda
19. In the Manki-Munda system, who is the hereditary village head?
a) Manki
b) Munda
c) Pradhan
d) Sardar
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Answer: b) Munda
20. The Ho language is written in which script?
a) Devanagari
b) Ol Chiki
c) Warang Citi
d) Roman
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Answer: c) Warang Citi
21. Ho tribe is mainly concentrated in which region of Jharkhand?
a) Palamu region
b) Kolhan region
c) Santhal Pargana
d) Hazaribagh region
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Answer: b) Kolhan region
22. Are Ho tribes classified under Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG)?
a) Yes, they are classified as PVTG
b) No, they are not classified as PVTG
c) Only some sub-groups are PVTG
d) Classification is under review
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Answer: b) No, they are not classified as PVTG
23. INS Androth is which number ship in the ASW SWC series?
a) First
b) Second
c) Third
d) Fourth
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Answer: b) Second
24. Which shipyard built INS Androth?
a) Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited
b) Cochin Shipyard Limited
c) Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
d) Goa Shipyard Limited
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Answer: c) Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
25. Androth Island, after which the ship is named, is part of which archipelago?
a) Andaman Islands
b) Lakshadweep
c) Nicobar Islands
d) Daman and Diu
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Answer: b) Lakshadweep
26. What type of propulsion system does INS Androth use?
a) Steam turbine
b) Gas turbine
c) Diesel engine-waterjet combination
d) Nuclear propulsion
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Answer: c) Diesel engine-waterjet combination
27. What does ASW SWC stand for in the context of INS Androth?
a) Anti-Surface Warfare Shallow Water Craft
b) Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft
c) Advanced Surface Warfare Shallow Water Craft
d) Advanced Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft
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Answer: b) Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft
28. Which ministry oversees the growth efforts in Northeast India?
a) Ministry of Home Affairs
b) Ministry of External Affairs
c) Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
d) Ministry of Tribal Affairs
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Answer: c) Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
29. The Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) handles which type of procurements?
a) Revenue procurement
b) Capital procurement
c) Service procurement
d) Maintenance procurement
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Answer: b) Capital procurement
30. In which states are Ho tribes mainly found besides Jharkhand?
a) West Bengal and Bihar only
b) Odisha and West Bengal only
c) Odisha, West Bengal, and Bihar
d) All northeastern states
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Answer: c) Odisha, West Bengal, and Bihar
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