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Current Affairs Quiz — 26 November 2025

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Kharif foodgrain output estimated at record 173.33 million tonnes in 2025-26
Q1

As per the first advance estimates (November 2025), total Kharif foodgrain production for 2025-26 is estimated at:

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Correct answer: C — 173.33 million tonnes

Total Kharif foodgrain production is estimated at 173.33 million tonnes, 3.87 million tonnes higher than last year.

Q2 Advanced

In the first advance estimates of Kharif 2025-26, which oilseed has the highest estimated production?

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Correct answer: B — Soybean

Soybean is estimated at 14.266 million tonnes and groundnut at 11.093 million tonnes, out of total Kharif oilseeds of 27.563 MT.

Q3 Advanced

Consider the following statements about the first advance estimates of Kharif 2025-26: 1. Kharif rice production is estimated at over 124 million tonnes. 2. Kharif maize production is estimated to fall compared with last year. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Correct answer: A — 1 only

Statement 1 is correct (124.504 MT). Statement 2 is wrong: maize is estimated at 28.303 MT, 3.495 MT more than last year.

Constitution Day 2025: President releases Constitution in nine languages; Ambedkar bust unveiled at UNESCO
Q4

On Constitution Day 2025, a bust of Dr B.R. Ambedkar was unveiled at the headquarters of which organisation?

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Correct answer: B — UNESCO, Paris

A bust of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar was unveiled at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 26 November 2025.

Q5 Advanced

In how many Indian languages did the President digitally release translated versions of the Constitution on 26 November 2025?

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Correct answer: C — Nine

The Constitution was released in nine languages: Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Punjabi, Bodo, Kashmiri, Telugu, Odia and Assamese.

Q6 Advanced

Which of the following languages was NOT among those in which translated versions of the Constitution were released on Constitution Day 2025?

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Correct answer: D — Gujarati

The nine languages were Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Punjabi, Bodo, Kashmiri, Telugu, Odia and Assamese; Gujarati was not among them.

Cabinet approves ₹7,280 crore scheme to make sintered Rare Earth Permanent Magnets
Q7

What is the financial outlay of the scheme approved by the Cabinet in November 2025 to promote manufacturing of sintered Rare Earth Permanent Magnets?

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Correct answer: C — ₹7,280 crore

The scheme has an outlay of ₹7,280 crore: ₹6,450 crore sales-linked incentives and ₹750 crore capital subsidy.

Q8 Advanced

The REPM scheme approved in November 2025 aims to create how much integrated manufacturing capacity per year?

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Correct answer: C — 6,000 tonnes

It aims to establish 6,000 MTPA of integrated REPM manufacturing, split among five beneficiaries of up to 1,200 MTPA each.

Q9 Advanced

Consider the following statements about the REPM scheme approved in November 2025: 1. Capacity will be allotted to five beneficiaries through a global competitive bidding process. 2. The total scheme duration is 5 years, with no gestation period. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Correct answer: A — 1 only

Statement 1 is correct. Statement 2 is wrong: the scheme runs 7 years from award, including a 2-year gestation period and 5 years of incentives.

India awarded 2030 Centenary Commonwealth Games; Ahmedabad named host city
Q10

Which Indian city was declared the host city of the 2030 Commonwealth Games on 26 November 2025?

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Correct answer: A — Ahmedabad

Amdavad (Ahmedabad), Gujarat, was declared host city of the 2030 Commonwealth Games at the CGF General Assembly in Glasgow.

Q11 Advanced

The decision to award the 2030 Commonwealth Games to India was taken at the CGF General Assembly held in:

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Correct answer: A — Glasgow

The declaration was made during the Commonwealth Games Federation General Assembly in Glasgow on 26 November 2025.

Q12 Advanced

Consider the following statements: 1. The 2030 Commonwealth Games will be the centenary edition of the Games. 2. India last hosted the Commonwealth Games in 2010 in New Delhi, winning 101 medals. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2

Both are correct as per PIB: 2030 marks the 100th year of the Games, and India won 101 medals including 38 gold at the 2010 Delhi CWG.

PM inaugurates Safran's LEAP engine MRO facility (SAESI) in Hyderabad
Q13

The Safran Aircraft Engine Services India (SAESI) facility inaugurated on 26 November 2025 services which engines?

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Correct answer: B — LEAP

SAESI is Safran's MRO facility for LEAP engines, which power the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX.

Q14 Advanced

Where is the Safran Aircraft Engine Services India (SAESI) facility located?

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Correct answer: C — Hyderabad (RGIA)

It is located at the GMR Aerospace and Industrial Park–SEZ, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad.

Q15 Advanced

The SAESI facility is designed to service up to how many LEAP engines annually?

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Correct answer: D — 300

SAESI is designed to service up to 300 LEAP engines annually and to employ over 1,000 technicians and engineers by 2035.

Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2025: milk output 247.87 million tonnes, per capita 485 g/day
Q16

As per Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2025, India's milk production in 2024-25 was estimated at:

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Correct answer: C — 247.87 million tonnes

Milk production is estimated at 247.87 million tonnes in 2024-25, up 3.58% from 239.30 MT in 2023-24.

Q17 Advanced

According to BAHS 2025, which state is the largest milk producer in India?

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Correct answer: B — Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh leads with 15.66%, followed by Rajasthan (14.82%), Madhya Pradesh (9.12%), Gujarat (7.78%) and Maharashtra (6.71%).

Q18 Advanced

As per BAHS 2025, the per-capita availability of milk in India in 2024-25 was:

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Correct answer: D — 485 g/day

Per-capita availability rose from 319 g/day in 2014-15 to 485 g/day in 2024-25.

NCW launches 24×7 short-code helpline 14490 for women in distress
Q19

What is the new 24×7 short-code helpline number launched by the National Commission for Women in November 2025?

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Correct answer: A — 14490

NCW rolled out the toll-free short code 14490, linked to its existing helpline 7827170170.

Cabinet approves Pune Metro Phase-2 Lines 4 and 4A worth ₹9,857.85 crore
Q20

Line 4 (Kharadi–Khadakwasla) and Line 4A (Nal Stop–Manik Baug), approved by the Cabinet in November 2025, belong to which metro project?

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Correct answer: D — Pune Metro

They were approved under Phase-2 of the Pune Metro Rail Project.

Q21 Advanced

What is the combined length of Pune Metro Lines 4 and 4A approved in November 2025?

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Correct answer: B — 31.636 km

Together the lines span 31.636 km with 28 elevated stations, at a cost of ₹9,857.85 crore.

CAQM revokes GRAP Stage-III curbs across Delhi-NCR as AQI improves
Q22

On 26 November 2025, which body revoked GRAP Stage-III restrictions across the NCR?

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Correct answer: B — Commission for Air Quality Management

The CAQM Sub-Committee on GRAP revoked all Stage-III actions in the NCR with immediate effect.

Q23 Advanced

Since which date had GRAP Stage-III been in force in the NCR before it was revoked on 26 November 2025?

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Correct answer: C — 11 November 2025

Stage-III curbs had been in place since 11 November 2025, when Delhi's AQI breached the 400 mark.

UIDAI deactivates over 2 crore Aadhaar numbers of deceased persons
Q24

As announced in November 2025, how many Aadhaar numbers of deceased individuals has UIDAI deactivated?

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Correct answer: C — Over 2 crore

UIDAI has deactivated more than 2 crore Aadhaar numbers of deceased individuals.

Q25 Advanced

Through which portal can family members report the death of a kin to UIDAI, as per the November 2025 release?

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Correct answer: A — myAadhaar

UIDAI's 'Reporting of death of a family member' facility is on the myAadhaar portal, for deaths registered in 25 States/UTs using the Civil Registration System.

Three coal blocks in Jharkhand and Odisha auctioned in 13th round of commercial auctions
Q26

Which company won all three coal blocks auctioned in the 13th round of commercial coal mine auctions (November 2025)?

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Correct answer: A — Damodar Valley Corporation

Damodar Valley Corporation submitted the closing bids for Pirpainti Barahat, Dhulia North and Mandakini-B.

Q27 Advanced

The Mandakini-B coal block auctioned in the 13th round of commercial coal auctions is located in which state?

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Correct answer: D — Odisha

Mandakini-B is in Odisha; Pirpainti Barahat and Dhulia North are in Jharkhand.

CCEA approves Okha–Kanalus doubling and Badlapur–Karjat 3rd & 4th lines worth ₹2,781 crore
Q28

The Badlapur–Karjat 3rd and 4th line approved by the CCEA in November 2025 is part of which corridor?

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Correct answer: A — Mumbai suburban corridor

The Badlapur–Karjat section forms part of the Mumbai suburban corridor.

Q29 Advanced

The 141-km doubling project approved by the CCEA on 26 November 2025 links Kanalus with which place in Gujarat?

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Correct answer: D — Okha (Devbhumi Dwarka)

The project is the Devbhumi Dwarka (Okha)–Kanalus doubling of 141 km.

Tributes to former Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray on his birth anniversary
Q30

Rabi Ray, remembered on his birth anniversary on 26 November 2025, was the Speaker of which Lok Sabha?

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Correct answer: D — Ninth

Rabi Ray was Speaker of the Ninth Lok Sabha from 19 December 1989 to 9 July 1991.

Q31 Advanced

Former Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray was born in which state?

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Correct answer: B — Odisha

He was born on 26 November 1926 at Bhanaragarh village in Puri district of Odisha.