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Daily Current Affairs Prelims Quiz 12-12-2025 (Online Prelims Test)

1) Consider the following statements

  1. Dr. Rajendra Prasad served as the temporary president for the first meeting of the constituent assembly.
  2. Constituent assembly have not only elected members but also nominated members.

Select the correct statements using the code below:

  • a. 
  • b. 
  • c. 
  • d. 
Answer : b

Explanation

  • Statement 1 is incorrect – Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the first elected President of the Constituent Assembly of India, chosen on December 11, 1946, after Dr. Sachidananda Sinha served as the temporary president for the first meeting.
  • Dr. Rajendra Prasad led the assembly in drafting India's Constitution and later became the first President of independent India.
  • Statement 2 is correct – Constituent assembly incorpora both elected and nominated members:
    • Elected Members - Representatives from the existing provincial legislatures were elected through a system of proportional representation.
    • Nominated Members - The various princely states appointed their representatives directly, resulting in nominated members for their seats.

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2) India granted a Geographical Indication (GI) tag to “Tangail Saree” that belongs to which of the following state?

  • a. 
  • b. 
  • c. 
  • d. 
Answer : a

Explanation

  • Option a is correct – India granted a Geographical Indication (GI) tag to “Tangail Saree of Bengal” in 2024.
  • It is awarded to West Bengal State Handloom Weavers Co-Operative Society Limited.
  • India justified the GI by citing decades of production in West Bengal by migrant weavers from Bangladesh.
  • Bangladesh criticized this, calling it an infringement of cultural heritage, since Tangail is geographically in Bangladesh.

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3) Consider the following statements

  1. Deepavali or Diwali is a Hindu festival, also known an Indian festival of lights, with central theme triumph of good over evil.
  2. It included in UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Select the correct statements using the code below:

  • a. 
  • b. 
  • c. 
  • d. 
Answer : c

Explanation

  • Statement 2 is correct – Deepavali is added to the UNESCO's Representative List under the social practices’ domain of Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
  • Statement 1 is correct – Deepavali or Diwali is a five-day Hindu festival, also known an Indian festival of lights. ‘Deepa’ means lamp or light and ‘Vali’ means string or row, and Deepavali means rows of lights.
  • Central theme the festival of Triumph of good over evil.
  • In North India – It celebrates the return of Lord Rama to his kingdom Ayodhya after 14 years of exile and his victory over the demon Ravana.
  • In South India – It marks the day Lord Krishna and his wife Satyabhama defeated the demon Narakasura.

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4) Deep Sea Mining is the process of retrieving mineral deposits from the ocean floor at depths greater than?

  • a. 
  • b. 
  • c. 
  • d. 
Answer : b

Explanation

  • Option b is the correct answer – Deep Sea Mining is the process of retrieving mineral deposits from the ocean floor, hundreds or even thousands of meters below its surface (at depths greater than 200 meters).
  • Targeted Minerals Like copper, cobalt, nickel, aluminium, manganese, zinc, silver, gold and rare earth elements are extracted from rocks called polymetallic nodules are mined.

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5) Yellow line recently seen in news associated with Israel and?

  • a. 
  • b. 
  • c. 
  • d. 
Answer : b

Explanation

  • Option b is the correct answer – Israel will continue to control more than half of Gaza, including most agricultural land and the border crossing with Egypt.
  • Yellow line is a “forward defensive line for Israeli communities” and Israeli-held part of Gaza from the rest a “new border”.
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