Today Current Affairs : 08 November 2025

Question: Exercise Purvi Prachand Prahar, involving all three armed forces, will be held in which Indian state?
(a) Sikkim
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Assam
(d) Manipur
Answer: b
Solution: The trilateral Exercise Purvi Prachand Prahar is scheduled in Arunachal Pradesh at Mechukha, near the LAC, from 11–15 November 2025.

 

Question: Who tops the Hurun India Philanthropy List 2025 for highest donations in India?
(a) Mukesh Ambani
(b) Ratan Tata
(c) Shiv Nadar
(d) Kumar Mangalam Birla
Answer: c
Solution: Shiv Nadar and family have been ranked No. 1 for the fourth consecutive year as India’s top philanthropists, donating ₹278 crore last FY.

 

Question: Which country will host the World ArmWrestling Championships 2026?
(a) Russia
(b) India
(c) Turkey
(d) USA
Answer: b
Solution: India will host the 47th World ArmWrestling Championships in 2026, marking the fourth time it hosts this event.

 

Question: In which year was National Hydro Electric Power Corporation (NHPC) founded, now celebrating its 50th Foundation Day?
(a) 1965
(b) 1975
(c) 1985
(d) 1980
Answer: b
Solution: NHPC was established on 7 November 1975; its head office is in Faridabad, Haryana.

 

Question: Wangala Festival or ‘100 Drums Festival’ is celebrated by which tribe?
(a) Garo
(b) Mizo
(c) Khasi
(d) Naga
Answer: a
Solution: The Wangala Festival is celebrated by the Garo tribe of Meghalaya, Assam, and Nagaland, known also as the ‘100 Drums Festival’.

 

Question: The Katkari tribal community, recently in news for protests on rights, belongs to which Indian state?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Odisha
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Jharkhand
Answer: c
Solution: The Katkari tribe, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG), predominantly resides in Maharashtra and protested recently in Mumbai for forest and human rights.

 

Question: Sheetal Devi, recently selected for Asia Archery Cup (Stage 3), is associated with which sport?
(a) Wrestling
(b) Shooting
(c) Archery
(d) Cycling
Answer: c
Solution: Sheetal Devi is a para-archer from Jammu & Kashmir, the first Indian para-athlete to make the junior archery team for a non-para event.

 

Question: The world’s first portable robotic telesurgery system, launched by SS Innovations, is named—
(a) Prajna
(b) TeleMed
(c) ArogyaBot
(d) MantraSana
Answer: d
Solution: SS Innovations pioneered ‘MantraSana’, the world’s first portable robotic telesurgery system, designed and made in India.

 

Question: The first BIMSTEC India Marine Research Network (BIMReN) biennial conference was recently held in—
(a) Kolkata
(b) Mumbai
(c) Kochi
(d) Dhaka
Answer: c
Solution: The inaugural BIMReN biennial conference was organized from 4–6 November 2025 in Kochi, Kerala.

 

Question: Who is the author of the 150-year-old national song ‘Vande Mataram’?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(c) Dwijendralal Ray
(d) Subramania Bharati
Answer: b
Solution: ‘Vande Mataram’, India’s national song, was written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in 1875; its 150th anniversary is celebrated from 7 November 2025.