Current Affairs Quiz - May 2025

1. Which Indian city has issued India’s first Certified Green Municipal Bond?
[A] Pune
[B] Indore
[C] Ghaziabad
[D] Bengaluru

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2. PRAVAAH portal was launched by which institution?
[A] NITI Aayog
[B] State Bank of India (SBI)
[C] Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
[D] Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

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3. Which is the nodal ministry for the National Medical Register (NMR), a centralized digital database?
[A] Ministry of Education
[B] Ministry of Science and Technology
[C] Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
[D] Ministry of Social Justice

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4. What does the cosmological parameter S8 (Sigma Eight) primarily measure?
[A] The temperature of stars
[B] The “clumpiness” or clustering of matter in the universe
[C] The expansion rate of the universe
[D] None of the Above

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5. NAMASTE Scheme was jointly launched by which two ministries?
[A] Ministry of Health and Ministry of Rural Development
[B] Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Labour
[C] Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
[D] Ministry of Urban Development and Ministry of Skill Development

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6. What is the name of initiative launched by Ministry of Home Affairs to eradicate Naxalism and Maoist ideology?
[A] Operation Prahar
[B] Operation Kagar
[C] Operation Shakti
[D] Operation Vijay

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7. Which organization is responsible for implementation of the Rishikesh-Karnaprayag Rail Link Project?
[A] Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL)
[B] Ministry of Finance
[C] National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
[D] Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES)

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8. Mount Makalu, that was recently seen in news, lies on the border between which two regions?
[A] India and Nepal
[B] Nepal and Tibet
[C] India and Bhutan
[D] Bhutan and China

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9. IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) is a joint mission of which two space agencies?
[A] National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and European Space Agency (ESA)
[B] European Space Agency (ESA) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
[C] National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Italian Space Agency
[D] Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Italian Space Agency

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10. World Athletics Day is celebrated on which day every year?
[A] May 6
[B] May 7
[C] May 8
[D] May 9

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