Current Affairs Quiz 42

Current Affairs Quiz 42

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Test your awareness of current affairs with our weekly news quiz, carefully curated from the most important events and headlines of the past week. A quick, engaging way to revise what matters most..

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1. Where did the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak trigger a health alert recently?

United States
United Kingdom
Australia
Canada

2. Narsapuram Lace Craft, praised by the Prime Minister during the “Man Ki Baat” programme, belongs to which state?

Telangana
Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu

3. Which state launched the ‘Green to Gold’ initiative to promote industrial hemp?

Uttarakhand
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Sikkim

4. After a recent US military operation and subsequent charges related to drug and weapons offences, the President Nicolas Maduro was captured. Maduro is the President of which country?

Bolivia
Cuba
Venezuela
Ecuador

5. During a recent emotional press conference, international cricketer Usman Khawaja announced that the upcoming Test against England would be his last international appearance. Khawaja plays international cricket for which team?

England
Pakistan
Australia
New Zealand

6. In a terror plot investigated by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and recently handed over to the National Investigation Agency, the accused were alleged to have planned an attack using an extremely toxic substance that is more poisonous by weight than cyanide. Which toxic chemical was reportedly involved in the plot?

Sarin
Ricin
Chlorine gas
Arsenic

7. Which country recently announced the successful flight test of the "Taimoor weapon system" as a major defence milestone?

Iran
Turkey
Pakistan
China

8. Mount Etna, which recently erupted and made international headlines, is located in which country?

Greece
Italy
Iceland
Indonesia

9. As of December 2025, which Indian cricketer has scored more than 10,000 international runs with 17 centuries, shares the record for the most international centuries with Meg Lanning, and has the second most centuries in Women’s ODIs?

Harmanpreet Kaur
Mithali Raj
Smriti Mandhana
Jemimah Rodrigues

10. Name the first female prime minister of Bangladesh, who recently passed away at the age of 80 after a prolonged illness.

Sheikh Hasina
Begum Rokeya
Khaleda Zia
Benazir Bhutto

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