GK& Daily Current Affairs 16 January 2025

Current Affairs MCQ’S: Students World presents Daily Current Affairs MCQ’S for all dedicated students and readers preparing for various competitive exams.

1. Who won the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for December 2024?

[A] Yashasvi Jaiswal

[B] Jasprit Bumrah

[C] Pat Cummins

[D] Travis Head

2. Where were INS Surat, INS Nilgiri, INS Vagsheer built?

[A] Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers

[B] Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited

[C] Hindustan Shipyard Limited

[D] Cochin Shipyard Limited

3. Larsen & Toubro launched which multi-purpose vessel (MPV) for the Indian Navy?

[A] INS Vagsheer

[B] INS Samarth

[C] INS Utkarsh

[D] INS Surat

4. Recently ‘Gaan-Ngai’ 2025 festival is being organized in which state?

[A] Manipur

[B] Assam

[C] Meghalaya

[D] Rajasthan

5. ‘Bhargavastra’ micro-missile system has been developed by whom?

[A] Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

[B] DRDO

[C] Economic Explosives Limited

[D] Bharat Dynamics Limited

6. The Pavana river, which was in the news recently, flows in which state?

[A] Maharashtra

[B] Uttar Pradesh

[C] Himachal Pradesh

[D] Kerala

ANSWERS

1. [B] Jasprit Bumrah

The ICC Player of the Month award for December 2024 has been announced. This time the Player of the Month award in the men’s category was given to India’s fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah, while Australia’s Annabel Sutherland received the ICC Women’s Player of the Month honor.

2. [B] Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated three new warships of the Indian Navy, INS Surat, INS Nilgiri, and INS Vagsheer to the nation at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai on January 15, 2025. All these warships are designed and built at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL), Mumbai, which is a classic example of the “Make in India” initiative.

3. [C] INS Utkarsh

Recently, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) launched the second multi-purpose vessel (MPV) INS Utkarsh for the Indian Navy. Its launch comes just after INS Samarth, which was launched just three months back. The launch of INS Utkarsh is part of India’s broader initiative to enhance self-reliance in defence manufacturing and strengthen its naval capabilities.   

4. [A] Manipur

Gaan-Ngai 2025 festival celebrated by the Zeliangrong community in Manipur began on January 12, 2025 and is scheduled to last for five days. This vibrant festival defines the biggest post-harvest celebration of the community.  

5. [C] Economic Explosives Limited

India has successfully test fired its first micro missile system, Bhargavastra, designed to counter incoming drones. This is India’s first indigenous micro-missile system designed to counter the threat of drones. It has been developed by Economic Explosives Limited. It can be rapidly deployed on a mobile platform and can engage targets at a range of over 2.5 km.

6. [A] Maharashtra

The National Green Tribunal recently directed the state-appointed rejuvenation committee to convene a meeting of stakeholders to set a new timeline for implementing the action plan to tackle pollution in the Pavana River. It is located in Pune district in the west of Maharashtra.