State Police Current Affairs Quiz — Last 12 months
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
India's first cooperative multi-feed Compressed Biogas (CBG) plant, inaugurated on 5 October 2025, is located at which place?
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Correct answer: A — Kopargaon, Ahilyanagar (Maharashtra)
PIB (Ministry of Cooperation): Amit Shah inaugurated the country's first cooperative multi-feed CBG plant at the Maharshi Shankarrao Kolhe Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana, Kopargaon, Ahilyanagar district, Maharashtra.
Consider the following statements about the cooperative CBG initiative announced at Kopargaon on 5 October 2025: 1. The Kopargaon plant will produce 12 tonnes of CBG daily along with potash from jaggery/molasses. 2. The Centre will support 15 selected sugar mills to set up CBG and potash granule units with assistance from NABARD. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Only 1 is correct. PIB: the plant will produce 12 tonnes of CBG daily and 75 tonnes of potash from jaggery/molasses. The support for 15 selected sugar mills will come with the assistance of the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), not NABARD.
The 'NaMo Semiconductor Laboratory' approved at IIT Bhubaneswar in October 2025 is to be funded under which scheme?
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Correct answer: C — MPLAD Scheme
PIB (MeitY): the NaMo Semiconductor Lab at IIT Bhubaneswar will be funded under the MPLAD Scheme at an estimated cost of ₹4.95 crore.
Consider the following statements made by MeitY on 5 October 2025: 1. Twenty-eight student-designed chips from 20 institutes have been taped out at SCL Mohali. 2. Odisha's two recently approved India Semiconductor Mission projects include a silicon carbide (SiC) compound semiconductor facility and an advanced 3D glass packaging facility. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
Both are correct. PIB (MeitY): 28 student-designed chips from 20 institutes have been taped out at SCL Mohali; Odisha recently received approval for an integrated SiC-based compound semiconductor facility and an advanced 3D glass packaging facility under ISM.
In which year did India achieve leprosy elimination status at the national level (prevalence rate below 1 per 10,000 population)?
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Correct answer: B — 2005
PIB (MoHFW explainer): India achieved elimination status in March 2005 at the national level, meaning a prevalence rate below 1 per 10,000 population, and has sustained it.
Nikusth 2.0, the revamped web portal for leprosy data and monitoring, was launched on which occasion?
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Correct answer: D — National Anti-Leprosy Day, 30 January 2023
PIB: Nikusth 2.0, a revamped web-based ICT portal for recording, reporting and monitoring leprosy activities, was launched on 30 January 2023 (National Anti-Leprosy Day) by the Union Health Minister.
Consider the following statements about leprosy in India: 1. As of March 2025, 31 States and 638 districts had a prevalence rate below 1 per 10,000 population. 2. The new case detection rate rose from 7.0 per 100,000 in 2014–15 to 9.73 per 100,000 in 2024–25. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Only 1 is correct. PIB: as of March 2025, 31 States and 638 districts had achieved a prevalence rate below 1 per 10,000. The new case detection rate fell (not rose) from 9.73 per 100,000 in 2014–15 to 7.0 in 2024–25.
Which Article of the Constitution entrusts Panchayats with preparing plans for economic development and social justice, the basis of the People's Plan Campaign?
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Correct answer: D — Article 243G
PIB (MoPR): Article 243G recognises Panchayats as institutions of local self-government and entrusts them with the preparation of plans for economic development and social justice; PDPs cover the 29 subjects of the Eleventh Schedule.
Consider the following statements about the People's Plan Campaign (PPC): 1. Panchayat Development Plans cover the 29 subjects listed in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution. 2. PPC 2025–26, launched on 2 October 2025, prepares Panchayat Development Plans for the financial year 2025–26. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Only 1 is correct. PIB (MoPR): PDPs cover the 29 subjects of the Eleventh Schedule. PPC 2025–26 was launched on 2 October 2025 to prepare PDPs for the financial year 2026–27, not 2025–26.
Exercise Konkan, which began on 5 October 2025, is a bilateral exercise between the Indian Navy and which navy?
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Correct answer: C — Royal Navy (United Kingdom)
PIB (Indian Navy): Exercise KONKAN-25 is a bilateral exercise between the Indian Navy and the Royal Navy of the UK, held off India's western coast from 5 to 12 October 2025.
Consider the following statements about Exercise Konkan 2025: 1. It was conducted off the eastern coast of India in the Bay of Bengal. 2. The Indian side was represented by the carrier battle group of INS Vikrant. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 2 only
Only 2 is correct. PIB: the exercise was held off the western coast of India (western seaboard), and the Indian side was represented by the carrier battle group of the indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant; the UK CSG 25 was led by HMS Prince of Wales.