Daily Current Affairs MCQs 2025

Article 1: STAR Supersonic Target Missile.
What is the main aim of STAR supersonic target missile?
a) To act as the main air-to-air strike missile of India.
b) To model the modern cruise and anti-ship missiles in order to simulate real-life military training.
c) To substitute missiles made by foreign countries in the Indian strategic arsenal.
d) To show the neighbors the offensive potential of India.

Purpose: b) To train modern cruise and anti-ship missiles in real military simulation.
Explanation: According to the article, STAR was intended to replicate the modern cruise- and anti-ship missile signature to provide the armed forces with the high-stress training conditions and sharpen their detection and intercept capabilities.

What is the propulsion system of the STAR missile in the supersonic cruise phase?
a) Solid Rocket Booster
b) Turbojet Engine
c) Liquid-Fuel Ramjet (LFRJ)
d) Scramjet Engine

Response: c) Liquid-Fuel Ramjet (LFRJ).
Rationale: The article indicates quite plainly a two-stage propulsion plan: a solid rocket booster to achieve the initial launch, and a liquid-fuel ramjet (LFRJ) to sustain supersonic cruise.

What is the major benefit of the modular design of the STAR missile?
a) It augments its offensive destructive might.
b) It renders missile radar invisible.
c) It saves training costs, as well as dependency on foreign systems.
d) It enables launching of missile under water.

Reason: c) It lowers the cost of training and minimizes the reliance on external systems.
Explanation: The Strategic implications section indicates that the design is reusable and modular, which reduces the training cost and reliance on external target systems.

Article 2: Manki-Munda System
What does the Manki-Munda system mean? It is a kind of the traditional structure of government of which tribe?
a) Santhal
b) Munda
c) Ho
d) Oraon

Answer: c) Ho
Elaboration: The article opens by saying that it is a centuries old system of governance of Ho tribe in the Kolhan region of Jharkhand.

Who made the Manki-Munda system a part of the colonial government by the Wilkinson Rules of 1833?
a) Lord Dalhousie
b) Captain Thomas Wilkinson
c) Warren Hastings
d) James Wilkinson

Response: b) Captain Thomas Wilkinson.
Explanation: The historical section describes the fact that tribal government became institutionalized through the transformation of the Captain Thomas Wilkinson with the Wilkinson Rules 1833.

What is one of the main requirements of the young generation towards this system?
a) The full abolition of the system and its replacement by the state rule.
b) Election or appointment of hereditary leaders.
c) Making the Manki the absolute power of the region.
d) A retrogression towards some pre-colonial form of the system without any reforms.

Reason being: b) Replacing the positions of hereditary leaders with elected or merit-based posts.
Explanation This section is labeled "Modern Problems" and says that the younger generation believes that hereditary leadership should be