{"id":7171,"date":"2025-12-22T16:54:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T16:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/?p=7171"},"modified":"2025-12-22T16:54:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T16:54:38","slug":"mcqs-on-current-affairs-20-12-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/?p=7171","title":{"rendered":"MCQs on Current Affairs 20.12.2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q1. The Bureau of Port Security (BoPS) is best described as which of the following?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">A statutory regulatory body under the Merchant Shipping Act overseeing ship and port security<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">An operational force replacing CISF at ports<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">A temporary inter-ministerial committee for port modernisation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">An advisory body under the Ministry of Home Affairs for maritime threat assessment<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 1. A statutory regulatory body under the Merchant Shipping Act overseeing ship and port security <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> <br\/> BoPS is to be constituted under Section 13 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 2025, with responsibility for regulatory and oversight functions related to the security of ships and port facilities.\n\n\n<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q2. Why is the operation of the Niryat Cargo Express as a double-stack container train particularly significant for export logistics?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">It reduces the need for road transport by replacing last-mile connectivity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">It increases cargo carrying capacity per train, improving efficiency and lowering per-unit logistics costs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">It enables the transport of only high-value goods under special security<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">It allows freight trains to run at passenger-train speeds<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 2. It increases cargo carrying capacity per train, improving efficiency and lowering per-unit logistics costs <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> <br\/> Double-stack container trains carry more containers in a single run, making better use of rail infrastructure, reducing per-unit transport costs, and enhancing export logistics efficiency.\n\n\n<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q3. What is the central implication of the Raman Research Institute study on measurements of circumgalactic medium (CGM) around galaxies?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">CGM is less important for galaxy evolution than previously thought<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Ionized oxygen is an unreliable tracer of diffuse galactic gas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Contributions from intergalactic medium (IGM) can lead to overestimation of CGM mass<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Dark matter dominates halo mass only in low-mass galaxies<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 3. Contributions from intergalactic medium (IGM) can lead to overestimation of CGM mass<br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> <br\/> The study shows that observations integrate gas along the line of sight, including both CGM and IGM, causing systematic overestimation of CGM mass if IGM contributions are ignored.\n\n\n<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q4. Which of the following statements about the BlueBird satellite launch is <strong>correct<\/strong>?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">The BlueBird satellite is an Indian-built navigation satellite weighing 3,000 kg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">The satellite will be launched using PSLV from the First Launch Pad<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">The BlueBird communications satellite is developed by a U.S.-based company and launched using LVM3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">The launch was advanced from December 24 to December 15 due to technical readiness<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 3. The BlueBird communications satellite is developed by a U.S.-based company and launched using LVM3 <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> <br\/> &bull; The BlueBird is a communications satellite, not a navigation satellite, and it weighs 6,500 kg, making option A incorrect.<br\/> &bull; \n\nThe launch vehicle is LVM3, India\u2019s heavy-lift rocket, and the launch will occur from the Second Launch Pad, not PSLV or the First Launch Pad, so B is incorrect.<br\/> &bull; \n\nAST SpaceMobile, a U.S.-based company, developed the BlueBird satellite, and ISRO will launch it as part of the LVM3-M6 mission, making C the correct answer.<br\/> &bull; \n\nThe launch was postponed from December 15 to December 24, not advanced, so D is incorrect.\n\n\n<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q5. What is the <strong>primary objective<\/strong> of the Union Home Ministry\u2019s <em>Support to Poor Prisoners<\/em> scheme?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">To provide legal representation to prisoners accused of serious offences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">To reduce prison overcrowding by granting general amnesty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">To financially assist indigent prisoners whose release is delayed due to inability to pay fines or bail<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">To reform prison infrastructure and administrative systems<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 3. To financially assist indigent prisoners whose release is delayed due to inability to pay fines or bail <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> <br\/> The Support to Poor Prisoners scheme, launched in 2023, aims to help indigent prisoners whose release is stalled solely because they cannot pay court-imposed fines or furnish bail sureties, making option C correct.\n\n\n<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q1. The Bureau of Port Security (BoPS) is best described as which of the following? View Answer Correct Option: 1. 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