Daily Current Affairs Update

Current Affairs MCQs-17 May 2025

1. Which Indian state recently inaugurated the country’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Center Park? by Daily Current Affairs Update
A) Karnataka
B) Maharashtra
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Chhattisgarh
Answer: D) Chhattisgarh

2. The Archaeological Survey of India discovered prehistoric tools from the Lower Paleolithic age at which site?
A) Bhimbetka
B) Mangar Bani
C) Lothal
D) Dholavira
Answer: B) Mangar Bani

3. World Asthma Day 2025 was observed on which date? 
A) May 3
B) May 4
C) May 5
D) May 6
Answer: D) May 6

4. Where is the headquarters of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) located?
A) Rabat, Morocco
B) Cairo, Egypt
C) Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
D) Tehran, Iran
Answer: C) Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

5. Which Indian city recently hosted the world’s first energy transmission garden?
A) Hyderabad
B) Chennai
C) Bengaluru
D) Kolkata
Answer: A) Hyderabad

6. Which country won the 3rd SABA Women’s Basketball Championship title in 2025? by Daily Current Affairs Update
A) Sri Lanka
B) Maldives
C) India
D) Nepal
Answer: C) India

7. Who has been appointed as the chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in February 2025?
A) Tuhin Kanta Pandey
B) Mani Shankar
C) Jitendra Kumar
D) Balbeer Singh
Answer: D) Balbeer Singh

8. Which country has recently discovered a 4,000-year-old Neolithic wooden circle?
A) Ireland
B) Denmark
C) Sweden
D) Norway
Answer: B) Denmark

9. Which state government has launched the Thalliki Vandanam Scheme 2025?
A) Maharashtra
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Karnataka
Answer: B) Andhra Pradesh

10. The Pardhi community is primarily found in which states?
A) Mizoram and Nagaland
B) Assam and Manipur
C) Bihar and Jharkhand
D) Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
Answer: D) Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh

11. Who won the Chhattisgarh Open golf championship title in 2025?
A) Shaurya Bhattacharya
B) Manu Gandas
C) Om Prakash Chouhan
D) Aman Raj
Answer: C) Om Prakash Chouhan

12. Pandoh Dam, which was seen in the news, is located in which state?
A) Sikkim
B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Uttarakhand
D) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: B) Himachal Pradesh

13. The Juanga Tribe is primarily found in which state?
A) Kerala
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Odisha
D) Maharashtra
Answer: C) Odisha

14. Which city is the host of the Payment Security Summit 2025?
A) Chennai
B) Hyderabad
C) New Delhi
D) Mumbai
Answer: C) New Delhi

15. India has recently secured a 9,000-sq-km exploration block in which country to explore copper and cobalt?
A) Zambia
B) Chile
C) Peru
D) China
Answer: A) Zambia

16. Where was the Visitors Conference 2024-25 organized?
A) New Delhi
B) Mumbai
C) Chennai
D) Hyderabad
Answer: A) New Delhi

17. Which ministry has announced the Cities Coalition for Circularity (C-3) initiative?
A) Ministry of Science and Technology
B) Ministry of Environment
C) Ministry of Finance
D) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Answer: D) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

18. What is the name of the iron-containing mineral recently linked to the red color of Mars?
A) Hematite
B) Goethite
C) Ferrihydrite
D) Magnetite
Answer: A) Hematite

19. Who won the doubles title at the Dubai Tennis Championships 2025?  by Daily Current Affairs Update
A) Yuki Bhambri and Alexei Popyrin
B) Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten
C) Matthew Ebden and Jamie Murray
D) John Peers and Henry Patten
Answer: B) Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten

20. Lake Tanganyika, which was seen in the news, is located in which continent?
A) Australia
B) Africa
C) Europe
D) South America
Answer: B) Africa

21. In which state was India’s first Glass Sea Bridge unveiled?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Odisha
C) Gujarat
D) Maharashtra
Answer: A) Tamil Nadu

22. Where was the World Blitz Chess Championship held? by Daily Current Affairs Update
A) Chennai
B) Paris
C) New York
D) Rome
Answer: C) New York

23. Who has been recently appointed as the Director General of CRPF?
A) Ramesh Kumar Sinha
B) Anurag Kalra
C) Vitul Kumar
D) Ajay Kumar Agnihotri
Answer: C) Vitul Kumar

24. Which team won the title of the 78th edition of Santosh Trophy?
A) West Bengal
B) Mohun Bagan
C) Kerala
D) Sikkim
Answer: C) Kerala

25. Which player scored the first century of the year 2025?
A) Yashasvi Jaiswal
B) Travis Head
C) Harry Brooke
D) Kushal Perera
Answer: A) Yashasvi Jaiswal

26. Who released the book ‘Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh: Through the Ages’?
A) Rajnath Singh
B) Amit Shah
C) Jyotiraditya Scindia
D) Jayant Chaudhary
Answer: B) Amit Shah

27. Which state has established “Mahabharata Vatika” for forest conservation?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Uttarakhand
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Assam
Answer: C) Madhya Pradesh

28. How many athletes have been awarded the Arjuna Award for the year 2024? by Daily Current Affairs Update
A) 22
B) 32
C) 40
D) 42
Answer: D) 42

29. Recently, Arif Mohammad Khan has been sworn in as the Governor of which state?
A) Haryana
B) Rajasthan
C) Bihar
D) Himachal Pradesh
Answer: C) Bihar