Daily Top Current Affairs MCQ of the day for 16th September 2025
1. The first trilateral meeting between India, Iran, and Uzbekistan was recently held in:
A) Tashkent
B) Tehran
C) New Delhi
D) Samarkand
✅ Answer: B) Tehran
Focus: Strengthened cooperation on counter-terrorism and Chabahar Port connectivity.
2. The main agenda of the India–Iran–Uzbekistan trilateral meet was:
A) Climate cooperation
B) Defence pacts
C) Trade and use of Chabahar Port
D) Cultural exchange
✅ Answer: C) Trade and use of Chabahar Port
3. A recent editorial highlighted reforms needed in India’s procurement policy to encourage:
A) Cost-cutting in public projects
B) Innovation and R&D
C) Import substitution
D) Privatization of PSUs
✅ Answer: B) Innovation and R&D
4. On 16th September 2025, the BSE Sensex rose by nearly how many points due to optimism over India–US trade talks?
A) 200 points
B) 400 points
C) 600 points
D) 800 points
✅ Answer: C) 600 points
5. India’s merchandise exports in September 2025 increased by:
A) 2.1%
B) 6.75%
C) 9.5%
D) 10.2%
✅ Answer: B) 6.75%
6. World Ozone Day is observed every year on:
A) 14th September
B) 15th September
C) 16th September
D) 17th September
✅ Answer: C) 16th September
7. A new fish species Garra nambashiensis was recently discovered in which region of India?
A) Western Ghats
B) Central India
C) North-East India
D) Coastal Tamil Nadu
✅ Answer: C) North-East India
8. The Supreme Court recently upheld the constitutional validity of which Act?
A) Citizenship Amendment Act
B) Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025
C) Forest Conservation Act
D) Data Protection Act
✅ Answer: B) Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025
9. India remains the only country authorised by the UN to cultivate which product?
A) Cocoa
B) Gum-opium
C) Medicinal cannabis
D) Poppy seeds
✅ Answer: B) Gum-opium
10. PhonePe signed an MoU with which institution to strengthen MSME digital financing?
A) NABARD
B) SIDBI
C) NITI Aayog
D) SEBI
✅ Answer: B) SIDBI
11. Anandkumar Velkumar made headlines for becoming India’s first senior world champion in which sport?
A) Sprinting
B) Roller speed skating
C) Badminton
D) Swimming
✅ Answer: B) Roller speed skating
12. Which state will host a ₹5,700 crore oil reserve project developed by Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Ltd?
A) Maharashtra
B) Karnataka
C) Odisha
D) Gujarat
✅ Answer: B) Karnataka
13. The French luxury brand Galeries Lafayette will open its first Indian store in:
A) Delhi
B) Chennai
C) Mumbai
D) Bengaluru
✅ Answer: C) Mumbai
14. India recently held its first Maritime Security Dialogue with which country?
A) Norway
B) France
C) Japan
D) UK
✅ Answer: A) Norway
15. Which Indian state recently faced a cloudburst disaster in mid-September 2025?
A) Himachal Pradesh
B) Sikkim
C) Uttarakhand
D) Assam
✅ Answer: C) Uttarakhand