#561

A November 2025 study on leukemia immunotherapy utilized which cell death mechanism to boost anti-tumor defenses?

(a) Apoptosis

(b) Necroptosis

(c) Autophagy

(d) Ferroptosis

Explanation: The study found that inducing necroptosis, a form of programmed inflammatory cell death, in cancer cells could dramatically boost the body's immune attack against leukemia.

#562

Which company released the 'Llama' series of open-source language models, with significant updates in 2024 and 2025?

(a) Google

(b) Meta

(c) Microsoft

(d) Amazon

Explanation: Meta Platforms released the Llama series of models (including Llama 3 in 2024), which became a standard for open-source large language models in the AI community.

#563

Which major milestone did SpaceX's Starship achieve for the first time during its fifth flight test in late 2024/early 2025?

(a) Reaching the Moon

(b) Successful catch of the Super Heavy booster by the launch tower arms

(c) Deploying 100 Starlink satellites

(d) Docking with the ISS

Explanation: During the fifth flight test, SpaceX successfully caught the Super Heavy booster using the 'Mechazilla' launch tower arms, a historic feat for reusable rocket technology.

#564

The NASA ESCAPADE mission, designed to study Mars' magnetosphere, was launched in November 2025 aboard which debut rocket?

(a) Vulcan Centaur

(b) Falcon Heavy

(c) New Glenn

(d) Ariane 6

Explanation: The ESCAPADE mission was launched aboard the maiden flight of Blue Origin's 'New Glenn' rocket in November 2025.

#565

Which Chinese spacecraft was launched in November 2025 explicitly to assist or retrieve astronauts stranded on the Tiangong space station?

(a) Shenzhou 20

(b) Shenzhou 21

(c) Shenzhou 22

(d) Tianzhou 8

Explanation: China launched Shenzhou 22 in November 2025 to assist the crew, following issues with a previous spacecraft that delayed the return of astronauts.

#566

ISRO's 'Proba-3' mission, launched in late 2024, is a collaboration with ESA to demonstrate what technology?

(a) Soft lunar landing

(b) Precise formation flying to create a solar coronagraph

(c) Reusable launch vehicle return

(d) Mars atmospheric entry

Explanation: Proba-3 is an ESA mission launched by ISRO to demonstrate precise formation flying, where two satellites fly in tandem to form an artificial solar eclipse (coronagraph).

#567

The JAXA 'Martian Moons eXploration' (MMX) mission, originally targeted for 2024, was officially delayed in the 2025 timeframe to launch in which year?

(a) 2025

(b) 2026

(d) 2030

Explanation: Due to issues with the H3 launch vehicle, JAXA postponed the MMX mission launch from 2024 to the next available Mars window in 2026.

#568

In November 2025, the James Webb Space Telescope confirmed the existence of a rapidly growing supermassive black hole just 570 million years after the Big Bang in which galaxy?

(a) GN-z11

(b) CANUCS-LRD-z8.6

(c) JADES-GS-z14-0

(d) Earendel

Explanation: JWST identified a voraciously feeding supermassive black hole in the galaxy CANUCS-LRD-z8.6, challenging theories about how quickly such massive objects could form in the early universe.

#569

The UAE's 'Rashid 2' rover completed its testing in November 2025 and was shipped to the US for a future launch. Which company is providing the lander?

(a) SpaceX

(b) Astrobotic

(c) Firefly Aerospace

(d) Blue Origin

Explanation: The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) partnered with Firefly Aerospace to deliver the Rashid 2 rover to the lunar surface.

#570

SpaceX celebrated which milestone with its 100th launch of 2025 in November?

(a) First crewed Starship flight

(b) Deployment of 29 Starlink satellites

(c) Launch of a secret space plane

(d) Landing on Mars

Explanation: SpaceX's 100th launch of 2025 was a Falcon 9 mission (Starlink 6-78) that successfully deployed a batch of 29 Starlink satellites.

#571

Which ISRO mission launched in late 2024/early 2025 is designed to demonstrate autonomous docking capabilities in orbit?

(a) Gaganyaan-1

(b) SPADEX

(c) Chandrayaan-4

(d) Mangalyaan-2

Explanation: SPADEX (Space Docking Experiment) is the ISRO mission designed to demonstrate autonomous rendezvous and docking between two spacecraft.

#572

Which country launched the 'Shenzhou 22' spacecraft in November 2025?

(a) Russia

(b) China

(c) India

(d) Japan

Explanation: China launched Shenzhou 22 to the Tiangong space station in November 2025.

#573

Which ISRO satellite, launched in November 2024/late 2024, is a high-throughput communication satellite launched by SpaceX?

(a) GSAT-24

(b) GSAT-N2

(c) INSAT-4B

(d) CMS-01

Explanation: GSAT-N2 was launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 in late 2024 to provide high-throughput communication services for India.

#574

In late 2024, China's 'Shenzhou 19' (or subsequent crew) was rotated. What is the name of China's space station?

(a) Mir

(b) Tiangong

(c) Salute

(d) Harmony

Explanation: China's permanently crewed space station is named Tiangong ('Heavenly Palace').

#575

Which Indian mission launched in late 2024 is dedicated to X-ray polarimetry?

(a) Aditya-L1

(b) XPoSat

(c) Astrosat-2

(d) Gaganyaan

Explanation: XPoSat (X-ray Polarimeter Satellite) is India's first dedicated polarimetry mission to study various dynamics of bright astronomical X-ray sources.

#576

Which city hosted the COP29 UN Climate Change Conference in November 2024, where a new climate finance goal was a central topic?

(a) Dubai, UAE

(b) Baku, Azerbaijan

(c) Belém, Brazil

(d) Glasgow, UK

Explanation: COP29 was held in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November 2024. The conference focused heavily on establishing a New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) for climate finance to support developing nations.

#577

Which Brazilian city was selected to host the landmark COP30 climate summit in November 2025?

(a) Rio de Janeiro

(b) São Paulo

(c) Belém

(d) Brasília

Explanation: Belém, a city located at the gateway to the Amazon rainforest, was selected to host COP30 in 2025, highlighting the critical importance of protecting the Amazon biome.

#578

In late 2024, the final round of negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty took place in which city?

(a) Paris, France

(b) Busan, South Korea

(c) Nairobi, Kenya

(d) Ottawa, Canada

Explanation: The fifth and final session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution was held in Busan, South Korea, in late 2024.

#579

Which politician was nominated by Donald Trump in late 2024 to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?

(a) Lee Zeldin

(b) Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

(c) Vivek Ramaswamy

(d) Doug Burgum

Explanation: In November 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced the nomination of former Congressman Lee Zeldin to serve as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

#580

The 'Emissions Gap Report 2024' by UNEP warned that current policies are leading the world toward a temperature rise of approximately how much by 2100?

(a) 1.5°C

(b) 2.0°C

(c) 2.6°C to 3.1°C

(d) 4.5°C

Explanation: The UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2024 warned that without immediate and massive emission cuts, current policies place the world on a trajectory for a temperature rise of 2.6°C to 3.1°C by the end of the century.

November 2024 Current Affairs MCQs & Solutions