UPSC Daily Current Affairs MCQs | 12 November 2025 12/11/2025 by Anvi Classes UPSC Daily CA MCQs- 12 Nov 2025 Start Test Question Navigation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 UPSC Daily CA MCQs- 12 Nov 2025 1. EN HI Who was recently awarded the 2025 Booker Prize for the novel ‘Flesh’? David Szalay An author from Ireland An author of a short story collection The winner of the International Booker Prize 2. EN HI India’s first MWh-Scale Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB) was recently inaugurated. What is a key characteristic of flow batteries? They use solid electrolyte solutions and are less prone to leakage. They are primarily suitable for small-scale applications and consumer electronics. They involve two different liquid electrolytes that pass ions back and forth through a porous membrane. They are a type of solid-state battery technology emerging as an alternative to lithium-ion. 3. EN HI The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) recently issued a public advisory warning against investing in ‘Digital Gold’. What was the primary reason for this advisory? The price of digital gold is not linked to physical gold. The products do not fall under SEBI’s regulatory framework and are not notified as securities. Digital gold is created using traditional banking systems, not blockchain technology. It is a regulated commodity derivative with high risk. 4. EN HI Exercise VINBAX, which recently commenced in Hanoi, is a bilateral army exercise between India and which other country? Bangladesh Singapore Sri Lanka Vietnam 5. EN HI The Climate Risk Index (CRI) 2026 was recently released by which organization? UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Germanwatch International Cryosphere Climate Initiative Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) 6. EN HI Scientists have recently identified ‘Altermagnetism’ as a new class of magnetic order. How is it distinct from ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism? It has a strong external magnetic field, just like ferromagnets. It has all tiny atomic magnets pointing the same way, creating no net magnetic field. It does not produce a net magnetic field (like antiferromagnets), but its internal electronic structure creates strong spin polarization (like ferromagnets). It has atomic magnets pointing in alternating directions, which produces a strong net magnetic field. 7. EN HI With reference to the recently announced National One Health Mission, which of the following is designated as the implementing agency? NITI Aayog Ministry of Health and Family Welfare National Institute of One Health, Nagpur Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) 8. EN HI According to the ‘State of the Cryosphere Report 2025’, what has been a significant impact of the slowing of the Antarctic Overturning Circulation (AOC) and Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)? A quadrupling of ice loss from Greenland and Antarctica since the 1990s. These two major ocean current systems have slowed substantially due to freshwater melt. The release of vast amounts of ancient organic carbon, three times more than currently in the atmosphere. An exponential increase in glacier ice loss, amounting to 273 gigatons per year between 2000 and 2023. 9. EN HI The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) recently invoked Stage-III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). This stage is triggered when the Air Quality Index (AQI) falls into which category? Poor (AQI 201 to 300) Very Poor (AQI 301-400) Severe (AQI 401-450) Severe + (AQI 451+) 10. EN HI The ‘Global Cooling Watch 2025’ report, which details a Sustainable Cooling Pathway, was recently published by which organization? Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Cool Coalition World Meteorological Organization (WMO) International Cryosphere Climate Initiative
