MCQs-Current Affairs Sept 2025

India's Blue Revolution

Q1. What was the initiative in 2020 to revolutionize the fisheries industry in India?

a) Jal Jeevan Mission

b) Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).

c) Blue Economy Mission

d) Sagarmala Project

 

Q2. It is expected that by 2024- 25, India will produce:

a) 120 lakh tonnes

b) 150 lakh tonnes

c) 195 lakh tonnes

d) 250 lakh tonnes

Q3. What was the new initiative to formalise the fisheries sector in 2024?

a) Matsya Bharat 2047 Mission

b) PM Matsya Kisan Samridhi Sah-Yojana (PM-MKSSY).

c) National Aquaculture Expansion Plan.

d) Jal Sampada Mission

 

Hellfire Missile & UFO

 

Q4. When did a Hellfire missile not hit a glowing orb-like UFO over Yemen?

a) 2022

b) 2023

c) 2024

d) 2025

 

Q5. Introduction The AGM-114 Hellfire first came into service in:

a) 1962

b) 1972

c) 1982

d) 1992

 

Q6. Who did the 100-foot triangular UFO near the Langley Air Force Base in 2012?

a) Robert Salas

b) David Fravor

c) Dylan Borland

d) Christopher Mellon

 

New Fungi Species in Western Ghats.

 

Q7. What institute was responsible in discovering Aspergillus dhakephalkarii and Aspergillus patriciawiltshireae?

a) CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow

b) Agharkar Research Institute, MACS, Pune.

c) ICMR-NIOH

d) IISc Bengaluru

 

Q8. Aspergillus dhakephalkarii is the producer of:

a) spiny spores and orange sclerotia.

b) dark brown to snowy brown spores and yellowish sclerotia.

c) smooth conidia and blue-green spores.

d) Colonies with echinulate spores, which are red.