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10 MCQs for Competitive Exams (17 March 2025)

Current Affairs Quiz
  1. PM-YUVA 3.0, launched by the Ministry of Education, targets writers under the age of:
    a) 25
    b) 30
    c) 35
    d) 40
    Answer: b) 30

  2. Which country’s Foreign Minister signed an MoU with India on medical product regulation?
    a) Georgia (Capital: Tbilisi)
    b) Armenia (Capital: Yerevan)
    c) Azerbaijan (Capital: Baku)
    d) Kazakhstan (Capital: Astana)
    Answer: b) Armenia

  3. Jio Platforms partnered with SpaceX to deploy which satellite internet service?
    a) OneWeb
    b) Kuiper
    c) Starlink
    d) Project Loon
    Answer: c) Starlink

  4. Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY was recently expanded to which state/UT?
    a) West Bengal
    b) Delhi
    c) Ladakh
    d) Puducherry
    Answer: b) Delhi

  5. Which leader is facing charges at the ICC for crimes against humanity?
    a) Joko Widodo (Indonesia)
    b) Rodrigo Duterte (Philippines)
    c) Prayut Chan-o-cha (Thailand)
    d) Lee Hsien Loong (Singapore)
    Answer: b) Rodrigo Duterte

  6. The UN80 initiative focuses on improving:
    a) Climate financing
    b) Military alliances
    c) Organizational efficiency
    d) Space exploration
    Answer: c) Organizational efficiency

  7. How many Indian sites are now on UNESCO’s tentative list for World Heritage status?
    a) 50
    b) 58
    c) 62
    d) 65
    Answer: c) 62

  8. Which company became India’s first exclusive reinsurance entity under IRDAI’s revised rules?
    a) New India Assurance
    b) Valueattics Reinsurance
    c) GIC Re
    d) LIC
    Answer: b) Valueattics Reinsurance

  9. The theme of World Consumer Rights Day 2025 was:
    a) “Digital Fairness”
    b) “A Just Transition to Sustainable Lifestyles”
    c) “Consumer Safety First”
    d) “Ethical Consumption”
    Answer: b) “A Just Transition to Sustainable Lifestyles”

  10. Which Indian state/UT is yet to implement Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY?
    a) Delhi
    b) West Bengal
    c) Telangana
    d) Kerala
    Answer: b) West Bengal

How to Use These 10 MCQs

This is a 17 March 2025 current-affairs practice set. Use it as a diagnostic exercise: attempt all ten questions without checking the answers, record your score, and revise the underlying topic for every question you missed or guessed.

Topic Coverage

  • Government programmes and educational initiatives
  • International agreements and country-related facts
  • Technology and satellite-internet developments
  • Health and public-service schemes
  • International institutions and global current affairs
  • Heritage, consumer affairs and insurance developments

From Current Affairs to Static GK

Several questions can be converted into permanent revision topics. A question about PM-YUVA can lead to revision of the programme and its implementing ministry; a question about Starlink can lead to satellite-communications concepts; and a question about IRDAI can lead to the distinction between insurance regulation and insurance operations. This makes the quiz useful beyond memorising answer letters.

Important Date Context

These questions were written for 17 March 2025. Some answers refer to developments, forecasts or policy positions that were current at that time. Treat them as historical current-affairs practice rather than as a statement of the present position in 2026.

Self-Assessment

ScoreRevision approach
9–10Strong recall; revise the concepts behind any guessed answers.
6–8Good base; revisit the related current-affairs topics.
0–5Use the questions as a revision map and study the underlying topics before retesting.

For more practice, explore the Daily Quiz section and the Current Affairs Hub.

What This Quiz Teaches

This set is useful as a bridge between daily current affairs and static GK. After checking each answer, write one permanent fact beside it—for example, the responsible ministry, regulator, institution, country, headquarters or core concept. That second step turns a short quiz into a reusable revision resource.

High-Value Revision Method

  • Mark questions you answered by guessing.
  • Revise the underlying institution or policy, not just the correct option.
  • Re-test yourself after a few days without looking at the explanations.
  • When a fact is time-sensitive, attach the exact date to your notes.

Source and Date Discipline

Because this is a 17 March 2025 quiz, historical answers should be preserved in their original context. For current exam preparation, cross-check changed office-holders, policy limits, forecasts and programme statistics against official sources.

How to Use a 10-Question Quiz as a Revision Tool

Do not stop after checking the correct options. For every mistake, write the underlying fact in one sentence and identify the institution, ministry, regulator, country or policy connected with it. Then sort the ten questions into themes such as economy, banking, international affairs, science, health and government programmes. This creates a compact revision map that can be reviewed repeatedly before an exam. Questions answered correctly by guessing should also be marked because they indicate weak recall even when the score looks good.

Next Step

Use the Daily Quiz for additional practice and the Current Affairs Hub to follow developments that came after the March 2025 archive.