May 2025 Current Affairs MCQ

1. Literature & Translation (Article)

1. Who won the International Booker Prize 2025 for the Kannada short-story collection Heart Lamp ?
   A) U. R. Ananthamurthy
   B) K. S. Nissar Ahmed
   C) Banu Mustaq
   D) Girish Karnad
   Answer: C — Banu Mustaq.
   Explanation: Banu Mustaq made history in 2025 by winning the International Booker for Heart Lamp , a Kannada collection.

1. Who translated Heart Lamp into English (translator credited with the book’s English title)?
   A) Arundhati Subramaniam
   B) Nandini Das
   C) Deepbha (Deep Bhasti)
   D) Srinivas Rao
   Answer: C — Deepbha (Deep Bhasti).
   Explanation: The English edition Heart Lamp was translated by Deepbha (referred to as Deep Bhasti in the lesson).

2. States & Literacy / Education (Article)

3. Which Indian state declared itself fully literate in May 2025, with literacy of ~98.2%?
   A) Kerala
   B) Goa
   C) Mizoram
   D) Sikkim
   Answer: C — Mizoram.
   Explanation: Mizoram’s government announced it had reached literacy over the Ministry of Education’s 95% benchmark and called the state fully literate.

4. Which state made robotics education compulsory for all 10th-class students in May 2025?
   A) Tamil Nadu
   B) Maharashtra
   C) Kerala
   D) Karnataka
   Answer: C — Kerala.
   Explanation: Kerala announced a policy to introduce compulsory robotics education for Class 10 students.

3. Railways, Ports & Transport (Article)

5. Indian Railways and which state government jointly launched the Vistadome Jungle Safari train (Katarnia Ghat – Dudhwa)?
   A) Uttar Pradesh
   B) Uttarakhand
   C) Madhya Pradesh
   D) Bihar
   Answer: A — Uttar Pradesh.
   Explanation: The Vistadome Jungle Safari train was launched as a joint initiative between Indian Railways and the UP government to boost eco-tourism.

6. Where was a new BrahMos manufacturing unit unveiled in May 2025?
   A) Lucknow (No)
   B) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
   C) Mumbai, Maharashtra
   D) Hyderabad, Telangana
   Answer: B — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
   Explanation: The BrahMos manufacturing facility was inaugurated in Lucknow as part of defence manufacturing expansion.

7. Prime Minister Modi inaugurated a 9,000 HP locomotive in May 2025 at which place?
   A) Varanasi
   B) Dahod, Gujarat
   C) Howrah
   D) Bhopal
   Answer: B — Dahod, Gujarat.
   Explanation: PM inaugurated the high-horsepower locomotive at Dahod, Gujarat.

8. India’s first transshipment port Vizhinjam International Port was inaugurated in which city?
   A) Kochi
   B) Mangaluru
   C) Goa
   D) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
   Answer: D — Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
   Explanation: Vizhinjam International Port (a transshipment hub) was inaugurated in Thiruvananthapuram.

4. Sports (Article)

9. Who won the men’s singles title at the Italian Open 2025 ?
   A) Carlos Alcaraz