4-5th May 2025 Current Affairs MCQs | UPSC PSC SSC
1. What triggers turbidity currents in submarine canyons?
a) Coral reef bleaching
b) Monsoons
c) Earthquakes and landslides
d) Volcanic eruptions
2. What is the function of turbidity currents in deep-sea environments?
a) Prevent marine erosion
b) Create salt domes
c) Deposit sediments and shape ocean topography
d) Dissolve carbonates
3. Which underwater structure is most commonly shaped by turbidity currents?
a) Oceanic trenches
b) Submarine ridges
c) Submarine canyons
d) Guyots
4. Where is the Whittard Canyon located?
a) Mediterranean Sea
b) Bay of Bengal
c) Off the coast of Ireland
d) Pacific Ocean
5. What is a reef primarily composed of?
a) Salt
b) Coral skeletons
c) Volcanic rock
d) Sandstone
6. Angola shares its southern border with which country?
a) Zambia
b) Democratic Republic of Congo
c) Namibia
d) Mozambique
7. What is the capital of Angola?
a) Nairobi
b) Kinshasa
c) Luanda
d) Maputo
8. Which is the tallest mountain in Angola?
a) Mount Meru
b) Mount Moco
c) Mount Kilimanjaro
d) Mount Kenya
9. What defines altermagnets in material science?
a) Ferromagnetic order
b) Net magnetisation
c) Momentum-dependent spin splitting without spin–orbit coupling
d) Diamagnetic stability
10. What is the key application area for altermagnets?
a) Biochemistry
b) Agriculture
c) Spintronics
d) Hydrology
11. Valleytronics is associated with which of the following?
a) Atomic bonding
b) Chemical gradients
c) Energy band minima
d) Cell signaling
12. Where is Campi Flegrei located?
a) France
b) Italy
c) Greece
d) Turkey
13. What is a bradyseismic event associated with Campi Flegrei?
a) Sudden earthquakes
b) Tsunami formation
c) Ground uplift or subsidence
d) Rockslides
14. When did Campi Flegrei last erupt?
a) 79 AD
b) 1944
c) 1538
d) 1991
15. What causes microgravity in space?
a) Absence of mass
b) Excess gravity
c) Continuous free-fall orbit
d) Zero-pressure environment
16. Which body region tends to warm up more in microgravity?
a) Hands
b) Feet
c) Core and head
d) Arms
17. Which Indian institute developed the microgravity thermoregulation model?
a) IIT Delhi
b) ISRO
c) IIST
d) DRDO
18. What is ICAR’s primary mandate?
a) Space technology
b) Education statistics
c) Agricultural research and education
d) Consumer welfare
19. When was ICAR originally founded?
a) 1930
b) 1929
c) 1947
d) 1952
20. What yield advantage does DRR Dhan 100 Kamala offer?
a) 5% more
b) 10% more
c) 25% more
d) 50% more
21. In which Indian state is Lairai Devi Temple located?
a) Maharashtra
b) Gujarat
c) Goa
d) Karnataka
22. What is the main ritual at Lairai Devi Jatra?
a) Water fasting
b) Bonfire dance
c) Fire-walking
d) Chariot pulling
23. What is the Abdali missile’s current claimed range?
a) 200 km
b) 300 km
c) 450 km
d) 500 km
24. What type of missile is Abdali?
a) Intercontinental
b) Hypersonic
c) Short-range ballistic missile
d) Cruise missile
25. What is IICT’s primary focus area?
a) Atomic energy
b) Digital marketing
c) Creative technologies like animation and gaming
d) Agriculture
26. Where will IICT’s permanent campus be located?
a) Pune
b) Chennai
c) Film City, Mumbai
d) Bangalore
27. What is insider trading?
a) Selling expired stocks
b) Buying or selling shares using confidential information
c) Trading without a PAN card
d) Cross-border share transfer
28. Which regulator oversees insider trading in India?
a) RBI
b) IRDA
c) SEBI
d) CCI
29. What law governs insider trading in India?
a) SEBI Act, 1992
b) Companies Act, 2013
c) SEBI (Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015
d) Income Tax Act
30. Who was recently named in an Adani insider trading allegation?
a) Rajiv Jain
b) Pranav Adani
c) Vinod Adani
d) Gautam Adani
