Current Affairs Quiz — 15 December 2025
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Which of the following bodies is NOT proposed to be subsumed under the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan by the Bill introduced on 15 December 2025?
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Correct answer: D — National Medical Commission
PIB 2204351: UGC, AICTE and NCTE are to be subsumed under the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan. The National Medical Commission is not.
How many independent Councils does the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025 propose under the apex body?
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Correct answer: A — Three
PIB 2204351: the Bill establishes the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan as an apex body with three independent Councils for Standards, Regulation and Accreditation.
The reform of the higher education regulatory system proposed in the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025 is envisaged in which chapter of the National Education Policy 2020?
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Correct answer: A — Chapter 18
PIB 2204351: NEP 2020, as envisaged in Chapter 18, calls for a fundamental transformation of the higher education regulatory system.
Under an agreement signed during PM Modi's visit to Jordan in December 2025, Ellora is to be twinned with which heritage site?
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Correct answer: A — Petra
PIB 2204384: the outcomes include a Twinning Agreement between Petra and Ellora.
What bilateral trade target did PM Modi propose for India and Jordan over the next five years during talks on 15 December 2025?
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Correct answer: A — US$ 5 billion
PIB 2204376: noting India is Jordan's third-largest trading partner, PM Modi proposed enhancing bilateral trade to US$ 5 billion over the next five years. Trade in 2024 was US$ 2.3 billion (PIB 2204593).
Consider the following statements about India–Jordan relations as of December 2025: 1. The two countries were marking 75 years of diplomatic relations. 2. India is Jordan's third-largest trading partner. 3. The Cultural Exchange Programme was renewed for 2025–2029. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: D — 1, 2 and 3
PIB 2204376, 2204384 and 2204593: the visit marked 75 years of diplomatic ties, India is Jordan's third-largest trading partner, and the Cultural Exchange Programme was renewed for 2025–2029. All three are correct.
On 15 December 2025, the Government of India and the Asian Development Bank signed how many loan agreements totalling over US$ 2.2 billion?
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Correct answer: C — Five
PIB 2204373: the Government of India and ADB signed agreements for five loans totalling over $2.2 billion.
Which programme received the largest loan (US$ 846 million) among the India–ADB agreements of 15 December 2025?
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Correct answer: C — Upgraded Industrial Training Institutes skilling programme
PIB 2204373: the PM Skilling and Employability Transformation through Upgraded ITIs Programme got US$ 846 million, against US$ 650 million for rooftop solar, US$ 398.8 million for ASTHA and US$ 240 million for Chennai Metro.
ASTHA, one of the projects funded under the India–ADB loans signed on 15 December 2025, relates to tertiary healthcare in which State?
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Correct answer: B — Assam
PIB 2204373: ASTHA is the Assam State Tertiary Health Care Augmentation Project (US$ 398.8 million).
Who assumed office as Chief Information Commissioner of the Central Information Commission on 15 December 2025?
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Correct answer: D — Raj Kumar Goyal
PIB 2204238: Raj Kumar Goyal was appointed Chief Information Commissioner and assumed office on 15 December 2025.
How many new Information Commissioners were sworn in at the Central Information Commission on 15 December 2025?
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Correct answer: C — Eight
PIB 2204238: the Chief Information Commissioner administered the oath of office to eight new Information Commissioners.
What was India's annual WPI-based inflation rate (provisional) for November 2025, released on 15 December 2025?
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Correct answer: B — (-) 0.32%
PIB 2203914: WPI inflation was (-) 0.32% (provisional) for November 2025; it was (-) 1.21% in October, and the month-on-month change was 0.71%.
Which major group has the highest weight in India's Wholesale Price Index (base year 2011–12)?
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Correct answer: C — Manufactured Products
PIB 2203914: Manufactured Products carry 64.23% weight, against 22.62% for Primary Articles and 13.15% for Fuel & Power.
Which two laws does the SHANTI Bill, 2025, introduced on 15 December 2025, seek to repeal?
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Correct answer: A — Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010
PIB 2204236: the Bill seeks to repeal the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010.
Under the SHANTI Bill, 2025, which body acts as the appellate authority for nuclear damage claims?
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Correct answer: C — Appellate Tribunal for Electricity
PIB 2204236: the Bill creates a Nuclear Damage Claims Commission for severe nuclear damage, with the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity acting as the appellate authority.
The Statement of Objects and Reasons of the SHANTI Bill, 2025 refers to a target of how much nuclear power capacity by 2047?
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Correct answer: D — 100 GW
PIB 2204236: the Statement outlines decarbonisation by 2070 and a target of 100 gigawatts of nuclear power capacity by 2047.
The 'Heal in Rajasthan Policy 2025', launched on 15 December 2025, aims to promote which of the following?
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Correct answer: B — Medical tourism
DIPR Rajasthan, ETV Bharat and Udaipur Times: the Heal in Rajasthan Policy 2025 promotes medical tourism to make Rajasthan an affordable medical value travel destination.
How many mother labs and spokes did Rajasthan inaugurate under the hub-and-spoke diagnostics model on 15 December 2025?
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Correct answer: B — 11 mother labs and 400 spokes
DIPR Rajasthan, ETV Bharat and Udaipur Times: 11 mother labs and 400 spokes were inaugurated, out of 42 mother labs, 137 hub labs and 1,333 spokes identified.
The statewide FCM injection campaign launched by Rajasthan on 15 December 2025 targets which condition?
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Correct answer: B — Anaemia in pregnant women
DIPR Rajasthan, ETV Bharat and Udaipur Times: the FCM injection campaign aims to make pregnant women anaemia-free.
According to data released on 15 December 2025, India's merchandise exports in November 2025 were about:
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Correct answer: A — US$ 38.13 billion
PIB 2204071: merchandise exports were US$ 38.13 billion in November 2025, against US$ 31.94 billion in November 2024; total goods and services exports were US$ 73.99 billion.
Which of the following export categories recorded the highest year-on-year growth in November 2025 among those listed by the Commerce Ministry?
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Correct answer: B — Electronic Goods
PIB 2204071: Electronic Goods rose 38.96%, Gems & Jewellery 27.80%, Engineering Goods 23.76% and Drugs & Pharmaceuticals 20.91%.
Exercise Ekatha is a bilateral maritime exercise between the Indian Navy and the forces of which country?
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Correct answer: C — Maldives
PIB 2204321: Exercise Ekatha is an annual bilateral maritime exercise between the Indian Navy and the Maldives National Defence Force.
Exercise Ekatha 2025, whose closing ceremony was attended by the Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff in December 2025, was which edition of the exercise?
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Correct answer: D — 8th
PIB 2204321: Exercise Ekatha was established in 2017, and the 2025 exercise was its 8th edition.
From which date did Telangana plan to introduce its urea booking mobile app on an experimental basis, as announced on 15 December 2025?
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Correct answer: B — 20 December 2025
The Hindu and ETV Bharat Telangana: the app was to be introduced on an experimental basis from 20 December.
Under Telangana's urea booking app announced on 15 December 2025, how can farmers without pattadar passbooks, such as tenants, book urea?
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Correct answer: B — With their Aadhaar numbers
The Hindu: farmers not having passbooks (tenants and others) could book urea with the help of their Aadhaar numbers.
Which of the following was NOT among the places notified as 'holy cities' by Punjab on 15 December 2025?
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Correct answer: D — Fatehgarh Sahib
The Tribune and Punjab Sarokar: the notification covers the walled city of Amritsar, Sri Anandpur Sahib and Talwandi Sabo. Fatehgarh Sahib is not among them.
The resolution to declare three Punjab towns as holy cities, notified on 15 December 2025, was adopted at a Punjab Vidhan Sabha session held at which place?
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Correct answer: C — Sri Anandpur Sahib
The Tribune and Babushahi: the decision was taken as a resolution during the session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha held at Sri Anandpur Sahib, and the notification followed the Governor's approval.
15 December 2025 marked which death anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel?
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Correct answer: C — 75th
PIB 2203824 and 2203923: the PM and Vice-President paid tributes on Sardar Patel's 75th death anniversary on 15 December 2025.
Besides the integration of princely states, the Vice-President recalled Sardar Patel's role in laying the foundation of which institution on 15 December 2025?
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Correct answer: B — All India Services
PIB 2203923: the Vice-President recalled Sardar Patel's contribution to the integration of the princely states and to laying the foundation of the All India Services.