Current Affairs 10th March 2025 : Daily GK Update in English

1. The Government of India introduced a modified Ethanol Interest Subvention Scheme to enhance the viability of which type of mills?

A) Textile Mills
B) Steel Mills
C) Cooperative Sugar Mills
D) Paper Mills

Answer: C) Cooperative Sugar Mills

2. Which country's tableau won the first prize in the states/UTs category at the Republic Day Parade 2025?

A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Rajasthan

Answer: C) Uttar Pradesh

3. Which company became the first commercial entity to successfully land on the Moon without technical issues with its Blue Ghost Mission 1?

A) SpaceX
B) Blue Origin
C) Firefly Aerospace
D) Rocket Lab

Answer: C) Firefly Aerospace

4. Which organization recently created woolly mice as part of de-extinction efforts for the woolly mammoth?

A) Colossal Biosciences
B) CRISPR Therapeutics
C) Genentech
D) Harvard University

Answer: A) Colossal Biosciences

5. Who became the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada following the 2025 leadership election?

A) Justin Trudeau
B) Chrystia Freeland
C) Mark Carney
D) Jagmeet Singh

Answer: C) Mark Carney

6. Which city hosted the 2025 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting?

A) Davos
B) Geneva
C) Zurich
D) Basel

Answer: A) Davos

7. Operating in cities like Birmingham and Bath, a CAZ stands for which environmental initiative?

A) Clean Air Zone
B) Carbon Abatement Zone
C) Climate Action Zone
D) Conservation Area Zone

Answer: A) Clean Air Zone

8. In which Syrian region were over 1,000 people reported killed in a crackdown by government security forces in?

A) Alawite region
B) Kurdish region
C) Idlib province
D) Aleppo province

Answer: A) Alawite region

9. What is the name of the mission in which NASA's Perseverance rover collected samples from Mars?

A) Mars Exploration Program
B) Mars Sample Return
C) Red Planet Initiative
D) Martian Soil Collection

Answer: B) Mars Sample Return

10. What is the name of the telescope launched by NASA in to study exoplanets?
 
A) Hubble Space Telescope
B) James Webb Space Telescope
C) Kepler Space Telescope
D) Spitzer Space Telescope

Answer: B) James Webb Space Telescope