Current Affairs 12th February 2025 : Daily GK Update in English

1. What is the estimated age of the Shiv Shakti Point, the landing site of India's Chandrayaan-3 mission?

A) 1 million years
B) 100 million years
C) 1 billion years
D) 4.5 billion years

Answer: D) 4.5 billion years

2. Who was sworn in as Belgium’s new prime minister in?

A) Charles Michel
B) Elio Di Rupo
C) Sophie Wilmès
D) Bart De Wever

Answer: D) Bart De Wever

3. Which Indian organization successfully tested the 'VSHORADS' missile system in?
 
A) ISRO
B) DRDO
C) HAL
D) BEL

Answer: B) DRDO

4. The Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY) aims to uplift which community in India?

A) Scheduled Tribes
B) Scheduled Castes
C) Other Backward Classes
D) Economically Weaker Sections

Answer: B) Scheduled Castes

5. India's Chandrayaan-3 mission achieved a historic soft landing on which part of the moon?

A) North Pole
B) South Pole
C) Equator
D) Far Side

Answer: B) South Pole

6. The BIMSTEC Youth Summit 2025 was held in which Indian city?

A) New Delhi
B) Mumbai
C) Gandhinagar
D) Bengaluru

Answer: C) Gandhinagar

7. The 'Bikashita Gaon, Bikashita Odisha' scheme aims to bridge the development gap between which regions?

A) Urban and rural
B) Coastal and inland
C) Northern and southern
D) Eastern and western

Answer: A) Urban and rural

8. The BIMSTEC Youth Summit was organized by which department of the Indian government?

A) Department of Education
B) Department of Youth Affairs
C) Department of Sports
D) Department of Cultural Affairs

Answer: B) Department of Youth Affairs

9. The 'PM-AJAY' scheme was recently reviewed by which advisory body?

A) National Development Council
B) Central Advisory Board
C) Planning Commission
D) NITI Aayog

Answer: B) Central Advisory Board

10. The 'One Sun, One World, One Grid' initiative is associated with which organization?

A) International Solar Alliance
B) United Nations
C) World Bank
D) International Energy Agency

Answer: A) International Solar Alliance