Quiz – 5 November 2026 (Part 1: Q 1–53)

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Quiz – 5 November 2026 (Part 1: Q 1–53) – 53 questions, subject: Current Affairs. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  
Which Tamil Nadu department runs the 'Vetri Special Vegetable Pack' sold for ₹100 in Nov 2026?

Correct Answer: A [Cooperation Department]

Explanation:

The Cooperation Department – via 218 cooperative outlets and 4 mobile vans, not ration shops. Minister V. Gandhiraj launched it.

2.  
Where was Tamil Nadu's first 'Uzhavar Sandhai', where farmers sell directly to consumers, opened?

Correct Answer: B [Madurai]

Explanation:

Madurai – 14 Nov 1999. Without middlemen, farmers get more and consumers pay less.

3.  
Botanically, ginger – one of the items in the pack – is a:

Correct Answer: B [Rhizome (underground stem)]

Explanation:

A rhizome – it has nodes and scale leaves, so it is a stem, not a root. Onion is a bulb; colocasia (taro) is a corm.

4.  
Which acid mainly gives lemon juice its sour taste?

Correct Answer: A [Citric acid]

Explanation:

Citric acid. Tamarind and grapes – tartaric; curd – lactic. Lemon is also rich in vitamin C (ascorbic acid).

5.  
'Operation Greens', announced in 2018 to stabilise tomato, onion and potato (TOP) prices, is run by which Ministry?

Correct Answer: C [Food Processing Industries]

Explanation:

Ministry of Food Processing Industries – Budget 2018–19, ₹500 crore, modelled on 'Operation Flood'. In June 2020 (Atmanirbhar Bharat package) it was temporarily extended to all fruits and vegetables ('TOP to TOTAL').

6.  
The 87 resorts ordered shut at Sathyamangalam lacked building approval from which body?

Correct Answer: C [DTCP]

Explanation:

The Directorate of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) – 1971 Act. They also lacked Hill Area Conservation Authority (HACA) clearance for land-use change.

7.  
Which Karnataka tiger reserve is contiguous with the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve?

Correct Answer: A [Biligiri Ranganathaswamy (BRT)]

Explanation:

BRT – Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka. Bandipur and Mudumalai reserves are also contiguous with Sathyamangalam (NTCA).

8.  
Who chairs the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)?

Correct Answer: B [Union Environment Minister]

Explanation:

The Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. NTCA became statutory through the 2006 amendment; Project Tiger dates from 1973.

9.  
In 2020 the Supreme Court upheld Tamil Nadu's elephant corridor notification that led to resort closures. It lies on which Nilgiris plateau?

Correct Answer: D [Sigur]

Explanation:

Sigur Plateau – the 14 Oct 2020 verdict upheld the July 2011 Madras HC ruling, affirming elephants' right of passage.

10.  
Bhavanisagar Dam in Erode district is built just below the confluence of the Bhavani with which river?

Correct Answer: B [Moyar]

Explanation:

The Moyar – it flows between the Mudumalai and Sathyamangalam reserves to meet the Bhavani, which later joins the Kaveri.

11.  
What type of missile is 'Pralay', tested by DRDO on 5 Nov 2026?

Correct Answer: C [Quasi-ballistic surface-surface]

Explanation:

A quasi-ballistic surface-to-surface missile; solid-fuelled, about 500 km; its in-flight manoeuvres make interception hard.

12.  
Which DRDO laboratory led the development of the Pralay missile?

Correct Answer: B [Research Centre Imarat (RCI)]

Explanation:

Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad – with other DRDO labs; BDL is the development-cum-production partner.

13.  
India is NOT yet a member of which of these export-control regimes?

Correct Answer: D [Nuclear Suppliers Group]

Explanation:

NSG – India is not a member. It joined MTCR (2016), Wassenaar (2017) and the Australia Group (2018).

14.  
DRDO was formed in 1958 by merging the Army's technical establishments with which body?

Correct Answer: C [Defence Science Organisation]

Explanation:

The Defence Science Organisation (DSO) – along with the Directorate of Technical Development & Production (DTDP). DRDO works under the Ministry of Defence.

15.  
Which of the following is an air-to-air missile?

Correct Answer: B [Astra]

Explanation:

Astra – DRDO's beyond-visual-range (BVR) air-to-air missile. Agni-P and Shaurya are surface-to-surface; Dhanush is a ship-launched Prithvi variant.

16.  
In which category did the Railways Ministry rank first to win the 'PM Surya Ghar Excellence Award' in Nov 2026?

Correct Answer: C [Most buildings solarised]

Explanation:

Maximum buildings solarised among Central Ministries/Departments – 12,495 of 15,868 (79%), 351 MW. Presented by the Vice-President.

17.  
A solar (photovoltaic) cell converts:

Correct Answer: B [Light → electrical energy]

Explanation:

Light → electrical energy (photovoltaic effect). A battery converts chemical → electrical; a generator mechanical → electrical.

18.  
By which year does Indian Railways aim to become a 'net zero carbon emission' network?

Correct Answer: D [2030]

Explanation:

2030. India's national net-zero goal is 2070 (COP26); 2047 is the 'Viksit Bharat' target year.

19.  
Which Union Ministry implements the 'PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana'?

Correct Answer: A [New & Renewable Energy]

Explanation:

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) – launched Feb 2024; ₹75,021 crore; rooftop solar for 1 crore homes.

20.  
In a rooftop solar system, which device converts the panels' DC output into AC for home use?

Correct Answer: D [Inverter]

Explanation:

Inverter (DC → AC). A rectifier does the reverse (AC → DC); a transformer steps AC voltage up or down.

21.  
Which university led the study (reported Nov 2026) showing that star cluster 'UBC 63' is actually two clusters?

Correct Answer: A [Gauhati University]

Explanation:

Department of Physics, Gauhati University (Assam), with IIA Bengaluru and other Indian and foreign institutions. The paper appeared in The Astronomical Journal.

22.  
The 'Gaia' space observatory, which built a 3-D map of the Milky Way, belongs to which space agency?

Correct Answer: D [European Space Agency]

Explanation:

European Space Agency (ESA; HQ Paris) – launched 2013; measured over a billion stars; retired in 2025.

23.  
The 'Karthigai' star group (Pleiades), linked with the Karthigai Deepam festival, is an example of:

Correct Answer: C [Open star cluster]

Explanation:

An open cluster – young stars born from one cloud, in Taurus. Globular clusters hold hundreds of thousands of very old stars.

24.  
Which key difference showed that clusters UBC 63A and UBC 63B were not born at the same time?

Correct Answer: A [Their ages]

Explanation:

Age – 63A ≈ 21 million years, 63B ≈ 562 million years. Both lie at nearly the same distance from the Sun (≈1,500 parsec).

25.  
Around which Sun–Earth Lagrange point did Gaia operate and does the James Webb telescope operate?

Correct Answer: D [L2]

Explanation:

L2 – about 1.5 million km from Earth, away from the Sun. India's Aditya-L1 sits at L1, on the Sun-facing side.

26.  
Where in Haryana was the national-level memorial to the martyrs of 1857 inaugurated on 5 Nov 2026?

Correct Answer: D [Ambala Cantonment]

Explanation:

Ambala Cantonment – 22 acres, on the Ambala–Delhi highway. Historian K.C. Yadav holds that sepoys at Ambala rose on 10 May 1857.

27.  
Which sepoy attacked British officers at Barrackpore in March 1857 and was later hanged?

Correct Answer: B [Mangal Pandey]

Explanation:

Mangal Pandey – 34th Bengal Native Infantry. Bakht Khan led the rising at Delhi and Kunwar Singh in Bihar.

28.  
Who described the 1857 uprising as the 'Indian War of Independence' in a book published in 1909?

Correct Answer: C [V.D. Savarkar]

Explanation:

V.D. Savarkar – 'The Indian War of Independence, 1857'. S.N. Sen wrote the official centenary history 'Eighteen Fifty-Seven' (1957).

29.  
The family of which ruler was confined in Vellore Fort at the time of the 1806 Vellore Mutiny?

Correct Answer: B [Tipu Sultan]

Explanation:

Tipu Sultan's family (after the Fourth Mysore War, 1799). The mutiny broke out on 10 July 1806 over the new turban and the ban on caste marks.

30.  
After the 1857 revolt, the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar II was exiled to:

Correct Answer: C [Rangoon]

Explanation:

Rangoon (today's Yangon, Myanmar) – he died there in 1862. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was jailed in Mandalay (1908–14).

31.  
Radhanagari Sanctuary, where tourists on safari saw tiger 'Ranoji' in Nov 2026, is in which district of Maharashtra?

Correct Answer: D [Kolhapur]

Explanation:

Kolhapur – earlier called Dajipur Sanctuary. Satara has the Koyna Sanctuary and Sangli the Chandoli National Park (Sahyadri Tiger Reserve); Ratnagiri is a Konkan coastal district.

32.  
Radhanagari, Maharashtra's first wildlife sanctuary (1958), is famous as a sanctuary for which animal?

Correct Answer: A [Indian gaur (bison)]

Explanation:

Indian gaur (Bos gaurus) – the 'Bison Sanctuary'. The world's largest wild bovine; IUCN Vulnerable.

33.  
The Bhogavati and Dudhganga rivers flowing through Radhanagari are tributaries of which major river?

Correct Answer: C [Krishna]

Explanation:

Krishna – flows east into the Bay of Bengal. The Bhogavati is one of the streams that form the Panchganga near Kolhapur.

34.  
Maharashtra's Sahyadri Tiger Reserve was formed by combining Chandoli National Park with which sanctuary?

Correct Answer: B [Koyna]

Explanation:

Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary – notified 5 Jan 2010; Koyna and Chandoli together cover about 741 sq km (core 600.12 sq km). As males outnumber females, tigresses are being brought from Tadoba and Pench.

35.  
The Theppakadu Elephant Camp is located in which tiger reserve of Tamil Nadu?

Correct Answer: B [Mudumalai]

Explanation:

Mudumalai (Nilgiris district) – 'The Elephant Whisperers', the documentary that won an Oscar in 2023, was filmed here. Anamalai has the Kozhikamuthi camp.

36.  
What kind of cover does the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) provide?

Correct Answer: D [Life cover, death by any cause]

Explanation:

₹2 lakh on death from any cause; premium ₹436 a year; join at 18–50.

37.  
Which central scheme gives accidental death and disability cover for a premium of ₹20 a year?

Correct Answer: C [PMSBY]

Explanation:

Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana – ₹2 lakh for accidental death/total disability, ₹1 lakh for partial; age 18–70. PMFBY is crop insurance.

38.  
Like Delhi and Puducherry, which Union Territory has a Legislative Assembly?

Correct Answer: D [Jammu and Kashmir]

Explanation:

Jammu and Kashmir – it has a legislature under the Reorganisation Act, 2019; Ladakh does not. Puducherry's is under the Government of UTs Act, 1963.

39.  
In which city did the Prime Minister launch the three 'Jan Suraksha' social security schemes in May 2015?

Correct Answer: A [Kolkata]

Explanation:

Kolkata – 9 May 2015. All three are 'Jan Suraksha' social security schemes announced in the 2015–16 Budget.

40.  
The 'LIC Building', India's tallest building when completed in 1959, is in which city?

Correct Answer: A [Chennai]

Explanation:

Chennai, Anna Salai – LIC's Southern Zonal Office. LIC was formed on 1 Sept 1956 under the LIC Act, 1956; HQ Mumbai.

41.  
Mayon volcano, which erupted on 30 Oct 2026, is located on which island of the Philippines?

Correct Answer: B [Luzon]

Explanation:

Luzon – Albay province (Bicol region) in south-east Luzon. The capital, Manila, is also on Luzon.

42.  
A steep cone-shaped volcano built of alternating layers of lava and ash is called a:

Correct Answer: A [Stratovolcano]

Explanation:

Stratovolcano (composite) – Mayon, Fuji, Vesuvius. Mauna Loa (Hawaii) is a shield volcano.

43.  
Which Philippine volcano erupted in 1991 and temporarily lowered global temperatures?

Correct Answer: A [Mount Pinatubo]

Explanation:

Pinatubo (Luzon) – June 1991; its sulphur dioxide cooled the globe by about 0.5°C. Mount Apo is the Philippines' highest peak.

44.  
Most of the world's active volcanoes lie along the 'Pacific Ring of Fire' mainly because of:

Correct Answer: C [Subduction zones]

Explanation:

Oceanic plates sinking at convergent boundaries (subduction). Hawaii is a hot-spot example; Iceland sits on a mid-ocean ridge.

45.  
What is a 'lahar' in volcanic regions?

Correct Answer: B [A volcanic mudflow]

Explanation:

A mudflow of water, rock debris and ash (an Indonesian word); frequent on Mayon in the rainy season.

46.  
In which city was 'BOB-NOR', the Bay of Bengal countries' fisheries research network, launched in Nov 2026?

Correct Answer: D [Kochi]

Explanation:

Kochi – at ICAR-CMFRI, alongside a fisheries and remote-sensing symposium. BOB-NOR = Bay of Bengal Network of Ocean Researchers for Fisheries.

47.  
Where is the headquarters of the Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation (BOBP-IGO)?

Correct Answer: B [Chennai]

Explanation:

Chennai – St. Mary's Road, Abhiramapuram. India took over its chair at a meeting in Malé in Feb 2025.

48.  
BOBP-IGO grew out of a regional fisheries programme started in 1979 by which UN agency?

Correct Answer: C [FAO]

Explanation:

FAO – its 'Bay of Bengal Programme' began in 1979 and became an inter-governmental body through an agreement signed in Chennai in 2003.

49.  
Which of these countries is only a cooperating non-contracting party, not a full member, of BOBP-IGO?

Correct Answer: D [Thailand]

Explanation:

Thailand – a cooperating party along with Indonesia, Malaysia and Myanmar. Full members: India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives.

50.  
In which city was the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) started in 1947?

Correct Answer: B [Madras (Chennai)]

Explanation:

Madras (Chennai) – 3 Feb 1947. It later worked from Mandapam; its HQ moved to Kochi in 1971.

51.  
Whose men's record of most international goals (109) did Ronaldo break in 2021?

Correct Answer: D [Ali Daei]

Explanation:

Iran's Ali Daei. Ronaldo scored his 110th and 111th against Ireland in Sept 2021; he ends on 146.

52.  
Which was the first major international trophy won by Portugal under Ronaldo's captaincy?

Correct Answer: D [Euro 2016]

Explanation:

Euro 2016 – beat France 1–0 in the final (Eder, extra time). They lost the Euro 2004 final to Greece.

53.  
Where is the headquarters of FIFA, world football's governing body?

Correct Answer: A [Zurich]

Explanation:

Zurich (Switzerland); FIFA was founded in Paris in 1904. Nyon hosts UEFA; Lausanne hosts the IOC.

📰 Read the news behind these questions
› 'Vetri Special Vegetable Pack' sale launched – 10 vegetables for ₹100 at 218 cooperative outlets › Madras HC orders immediate closure of 87 unauthorised resorts in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve › DRDO successfully tests 'Pralay' quasi-ballistic missile off the Odisha coast – user evaluation trial › Vice-President presents the 'PM Surya Ghar Excellence Award' to the Ministry of Railways › Star cluster 'UBC 63' is actually two separate clusters – Gauhati University study using Gaia data › Amit Shah inaugurates 1857 martyrs' memorial at Ambala Cantonment, Haryana › Tiger 'Ranoji' (STR-10) sighted by tourists on safari in Radhanagari Sanctuary, Kolhapur › PM Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY): cumulative enrolments in Jammu & Kashmir reach 13.07 lakh › Mayon volcano erupts in the Philippines – Alert Level 3; thousands evacuated › Bay of Bengal countries launch a fisheries research network – 'BOB-NOR' (Kochi)
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