Daily Current Affairs UPSC: News Based MCQs Quiz | 25th October 2025

Answer: (B) 2 only

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• The Andes are the world’s longest mountain range, stretching along the western edge of South America for about 7,000 km (4,300 mi) through seven countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. This extensive system features parallel cordilleras, high plateaus, and a wide variety of climates and ecosystems. Its highest peak is Mount Aconcagua in Argentina, and it is a major source of mineral wealth, including copper and gold.

Answer: (B) (2), (3) and (4) only

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• The RBI controls the money supply in the economy in various ways. The tools used by the Central bank to control money supply can be quantitative or qualitative.
• Quantitative tools control the extent of money supply by changing the CRR, bank rate or open market operations.
• Qualitative tools include persuasion by the Central bank in order to make commercial banks discourage or encourage lending which is done through moral suasion, margin requirement, etc.

Answer: (C) Both 1 and 2

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• UNESCO’s Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects is a digital platform launched in September 2025 to combat the illicit trafficking of cultural artifacts and reconnect communities with their heritage. It uses advanced technology like AI and 3D modeling to create a virtual collection of around 240 missing objects from 46 countries, which will eventually be removed as they are recovered. The project, designed by architect Francis Kéré to resemble a baobab tree, aims to raise awareness and facilitate the return of stolen goods, particularly those taken during colonial rule.
• The museum depicts at least two objects submitted from India: ninth-century sandstone sculptures from the Mahadev Temple in Pali, Chhattisgarh.
• The first, a Nataraja figure, is described as showing Shiva in his cosmic dance, one hand raised in assurance and another crushing a small demon, symbolising the triumph of knowledge over ignorance. His bull mount, Nandi, gazes upward, reinforcing Shiva’s role as both protector and destroyer.
• The second figure, of Brahma, the creator, is shown seated in lalitasana with three visible faces and four arms holding sacred emblems like a rosary and the Vedas. A goose at his feet represents wisdom and clarity.
• Together, the two sculptures express the balance of creation and dissolution central to Hindu belief, and illustrate how temple imagery once gave physical form to complex philosophical ideas.

Answer: (D) None of the above

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• Rajamannar Committee – Centre–State Relations
• Readjustments in VII Schedule of the Constitution
• Articles relating to President’s Rule to be removed from the Constitution
• Finance Commission shall be made a permanent body
• All India Services shall be abolished
• Formation of Inter–State Council
• A Statutory Body shall replace the Planning Commission
• All The Recommendations were not enforced.
• Shyam Benegal Committee – Central Bureau of Film Certification to allow granting certification to the films
• Cancellation of Certificates on violation of Section–5B (1) of the Cinematograph Act
• Verghese Committee – Formation of Akash Bharti or National Broadcasting Trust.
• Autonomy of the Government on radio and televisions to be removed

Answer: (B) 1 and 2 only

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