๐ Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 16 May 2025
Q1. Golden Dragon Exercise is a bilateral military drill between China and which country?
A. Russia
B. France
C. Australia
D. Cambodia
✅ Answer: D. Cambodia
๐ The 2025 edition of exercise Golden Dragon was held at Ream Naval
Base in Cambodia, emphasizing counter-terrorism and humanitarian missions.
Q2. Madku Dweep, recently flagged for heritage
preservation, is located in which Indian state?
A. Odisha
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Chhattisgarh
✅ Answer: D. Chhattisgarh
๐ Madku Dweep (also Kedar Dweep) lies in the Shivnath River in
Bilaspur district and holds archaeological significance.
Q3. Who developed the high-pressure nanoporous multilayer polymeric membrane for seawater desalination?
A. IISc Bengaluru
B. DRDO
C. ISRO
D. BARC
✅ Answer: B. DRDO
๐ DRDO’s DMSRDE, Kanpur branch is behind this breakthrough under the
Aatmanirbhar Bharat programme.
Q4. The Union Bank “Wellness Deposit” scheme launched in
Mumbai offers a tenure of 375 days and an interest rate of 6.75%, with
an extra 0.50% for senior citizens.
A. True
B. True
C. False – Different interest
D. False – Different tenure
✅ Answer: A. True
๐ Union Bank’s new term deposit scheme launched in May 2025 offers
these exact terms.
Q5. Which state topped India’s GST revenue collection in
FY 24–25, amassing over ₹3.18 lakh crore?
A. Gujarat
B. Karnataka
C. Maharashtra
D. Tamil Nadu
✅ Answer: C. Maharashtra
๐ Maharashtra led the GST collections chart in FY 2024–25,
contributing over ₹3.18 lakh crore.
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