18 November 2025 MCQ

Answer: B) 1 December 2025

11. Which country completed its first official CBDC-based government transaction using the Digital Dirham?

A) Singapore
B) Japan
C) UAE
D) Saudi Arabia

Answer: C) UAE

12. Mallika Srinivasan received an extension for which top position?

A) UPSC Chairperson
B) RBI Deputy Governor
C) PESB Chairperson
D) Finance Commission Member

Answer: C) PESB Chairperson

13. Nippon Life India Asset Management has partnered with which German firm?

A) Siemens Capital
B) Allianz Global
C) DWS Group
D) Deutsche Börse

Answer: C) DWS Group

14. INS Mahe belongs to which class of naval vessels?

A) OPV
B) Destroyer
C) Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC)
D) Missile Corvette

Answer: C) ASW-SWC

15. Which airbase was recently inaugurated in Ladakh?

A) Thoise
B) Leh
C) Nyoma
D) Kargil

Answer: C) Nyoma
Explanation: A C-130J aircraft landed there during the inauguration.

16. DRDO’s new MP-AUVs are primarily meant for which operations?

A) Arctic research
B) Mine Countermeasure operations
C) Underwater rescue
D) Deep-sea mining

Answer: B) Mine Countermeasure operations

17. ISRO's expansion plan includes which major future goal?

A) Space tourism
B) Indian Space Station
C) Mars colonisation
D) Lunar mining commercialisation

Answer: B) Indian Space Station

18. Which company delivered the first human-rated L110 Vikas Engine to ISRO?

A) Larsen & Toubro
B) Godrej Aerospace
C) HAL
D) Bharat Forge

Answer: B) Godrej Aerospace

19. Padma Shri Saalumarada Thimmakka was famously known as the—

A) Orchid Queen
B) Desert Mother
C) Tree Woman of India
D) Green Lady of Tamil Nadu

Answer: C) Tree Woman of India
Explanation: Known for planting thousands of banyan trees.

20. What was the age of Saalumarada Thimmakka at the time of her passing?

A) 98
B) 101
C) 110
D) 114

Answer: D) 114