CURRENT AFFAIRS-EM-17

 

Nov 22

1. Who was posthumously honoured with the Vigyan Ratna Award 2025 for outstanding contribution to Physics?

2. Which company has become the first ever to cross the $4 trillion mark?

3. Which is India's most valuable company, ranked 69th globally as of October 2025?

4. According to the Global Firepower Index 2025, what is the rank of India?

5. Name the dashboard launched by the Ministry of Coal for real-time monitoring of coal production and the supply chain.

6. Who became the first Indian President to fly in a Rafale fighter jet?

7. Which is the nodal agency for India's first fully digital fisheries census, the National Marine Fisheries Census 2025?

8. Which state will implement a Green Tax on out-of-state vehicles from December 2025?

9. Which country named the cyclone 'Montha'?

10. Which organisation approved a $280 million loan under the Kerala Health System Improvement Programme to strengthen digital health and climate-resilient infrastructure for 11 million elderly citizens?

11. Name the high-speed train that broke the world speed record at 453 km/h during testing for the Shanghai-Chengdu corridor, China.

12. Who was elected as the new President of Irelanda.

13. Name the nuclear-powered cruise missile successfully tested by Russia recently.

14. What is the name of the yen-backed stablecoin launched by Japan's JPYC Inc.?

15. Name the nuclear-powered underwater drone successfully tested by Russia.

16. What is the name of the Chinese space mission launched from Jiuquan Satellite Centre with three astronauts, including China's youngest astronaut Wu Fei?

17. What is the title of the first Lithuanian-Hindi translation, the Hindi version of Jaroslavas Melnikas's novel *The Last Day*?

18. Who has been recommended as the 53rd Chief Justice of India?

19. Name the major tri-services exercise conducted involving 20,000 troops, Rafale jets, T-90 tanks, and Navy frigates.

20. Which Indian city was recognised by UNESCO as a City of Gastronomy, becoming the country's 9th UNESCO Creative City?

21. What is the name of the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 trophy, renamed to honor India's five-time World Chess Champion?

22. Name the world's first 3D wind-mapping satellite network developed by Hong Kong-based Stellerus Technology.

23. What is the name of the passenger vessel that completed India's first civilian voyage to Barren Island for volcano tourism?

24. Which word was named Word of the Year 2025 by Dictionary.com, marking the first time a number received the designation?

ANSWER

1. Prof. Jayant Vishnu Narlikar

2. NVIDIA

3. Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)

4. Four

5. Koyla Shakti Smart Coal Analytics

6. Droupadi Murmu

7. ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI)

8. Uttarakhand

9. Thailand

10. World Bank

11. CR450

12. Catherine Connolly

13. Burevestnik

14. JPYC

15. Poseidon

16. Shenzhou-21

17. Antim Din

18. Justice Surya Kant

19. Exercise Trishul

20. Lucknow

21. Viswanathan Anand Cup

22. Feilian Constellation

23. Sindhu

24. 67

QUESTIONS

1. Google has officially unveiled its Seventh-Generation Tensor Processing Unit (TPU), now

available to AI developers worldwide. What is it called?

2. What is NASA's mission to study Mars' real-time response to the solar wind, helping us better understand Mars' climate history called?

3. What is the name of India's first Defence electric vehicle developed by Pravaig Dynamics?

4. What is the theme of India Maritime Week (IMW) 2025?

5. Which state has become the first in India to launch air ambulance and helicopter tourism

services?

6. Which country has become the first in the world to implement a generational ban on tobacco use?

7. The Deen dayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY- NRLM) is implemented by which ministry?

8. The International Migration Outlook 2025 report was recently released by which organization?

9. World Tsunami Awareness Day is observed every year on

which day?

10. Which country is the host of Global Peace Prayer Festival 2025?

11. Charles Coste, the oldest living Olympic champion who

recently passed away at the age of 101, belonged to which country?

12. The World Justice Project (WJP) released the Rule of Law

Index 2025 highlighting a global decline in justice and governance.

What was India's rank?

13. Which state is home to India's first Silicon Carbide (SiC)

semiconductor manufacturing plant?

14. Which state received the 'People First Integration Award'

from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)?

15. What are the names of the two mobile applications launched by

Registrar-General of India for India's first digital Census 2027?

Answers

1. 'Ironwood'

2. Escape and Plasma Acceleration Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE)

3. VEER

4. Uniting Oceans, One Maritime Vision

5. Madhya Pradesh

6. Malidives

7. Ministry of Rural Development

8. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

9. November 5

10. Bhutan

11. France

12. 86th

13. Odisha

14. Himachal Pradesh

15. Digital Layout Map (DLM) and Census 2027-Houselist