Staying updated with current affairs is crucial for social work professionals and students preparing for competitive examinations. November 2025 witnessed significant policy changes, social welfare initiatives, and global developments that directly impact social work practice in India and worldwide. This comprehensive quiz covers the most important events from November 2025, designed specifically for social work entrance exams, NET, state-level recruitment tests, and professional certification programs.
Key Highlights of November 2025
Policy & Legislation
- Implementation of consolidated Labour Codes (November 21, 2025)
- PM Vidyalaxmi Scheme operational updates
- Ayushman Vaya Vandana Card enrollment milestones
- US Department of Education's professional student definition debate
Social Issues
- Delhi security incident and its social implications
- Bihar Legislative Assembly election results
- International migration and refugee policies
Global Developments
- COP30 climate talks in Brazil
- Gaza ceasefire agreement
- Sudan humanitarian crisis
- WHO mercury pollution ban agreement
50 Multiple Choice Questions
Section A: Indian Social Policy & Welfare Schemes
1. On which date were the four consolidated Labour Codes officially operationalized in India?
- A) November 1, 2025
- B) November 15, 2025
- C) November 21, 2025
- D) November 30, 2025
Answer: C) November 21, 2025
2. How many archaic labour laws do the new consolidated Labour Codes replace?
- A) 19 laws
- B) 25 laws
- C) 29 laws
- D) 35 laws
Answer: C) 29 laws
3. Which category of workers is now covered under social security benefits for the first time under the new Labour Codes?
- A) Agricultural workers
- B) Gig workers and platform workers
- C) Domestic workers only
- D) Government employees
Answer: B) Gig workers and platform workers
4. What is the health coverage amount provided under the Ayushman Vaya Vandana Card for senior citizens aged 70+?
- A) ₹2 Lakh per year
- B) ₹3 Lakh per year
- C) ₹5 Lakh per year
- D) ₹10 Lakh per year
Answer: C) ₹5 Lakh per year
5. By mid-November 2025, how many enrollments had the Ayushman Vaya Vandana Card achieved?
- A) 5 lakh (500,000)
- B) 10 lakh (1 million)
- C) 15 lakh (1.5 million)
- D) 20 lakh (2 million)
Answer: B) 10 lakh (1 million)
6. What is the annual income limit for families to receive 3% interest subvention under the PM Vidyalaxmi Scheme?
- A) Up to ₹5 Lakhs
- B) Up to ₹6 Lakhs
- C) Up to ₹8 Lakhs
- D) Up to ₹10 Lakhs
Answer: C) Up to ₹8 Lakhs
7. Which Indian state was declared the first to eradicate extreme poverty in November 2025?
- A) Tamil Nadu
- B) Kerala
- C) Gujarat
- D) Maharashtra
Answer: B) Kerala
8. Which ministry hosted the Watershed Mahotsav in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh on November 11, 2025?
- A) Ministry of Environment
- B) Ministry of Agriculture
- C) Ministry of Rural Development
- D) Ministry of Water Resources
Answer: B) Ministry of Agriculture
9. The new Labour Codes allow women to work in night shifts (7 PM - 6 AM) across all sectors provided employers ensure:
- A) Safety and consent
- B) Higher wages only
- C) Separate transport only
- D) Medical insurance only
Answer: A) Safety and consent
10. Which organization provided financial and technical assistance for the GI tag applications for Sikkim Lepcha cultural products?
- A) SIDBI
- B) NABARD
- C) RBI
- D) SEBI
Answer: B) NABARD
Section B: National Events & Incidents
11. On which date did a car explosion occur near Delhi's Red Fort?
- A) November 8, 2025
- B) November 10, 2025
- C) November 12, 2025
- D) November 15, 2025
Answer: B) November 10, 2025
12. On which date did the Indian government formally designate the Delhi car explosion as a terrorist attack?
- A) November 10, 2025
- B) November 11, 2025
- C) November 12, 2025
- D) November 15, 2025
Answer: C) November 12, 2025
13. Which police act was invoked by Delhi Police to investigate the Red Fort explosion?
- A) National Security Act
- B) Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
- C) Public Safety Act
- D) Armed Forces Special Powers Act
Answer: B) Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
14. Which political alliance won a landslide victory in the Bihar Legislative Assembly election in November 2025?
- A) INDIA Alliance
- B) BJP-led NDA
- C) Congress-led UPA
- D) Regional Front
Answer: B) BJP-led NDA
15. What was the theme of Constitution Day campaign celebrated in November 2025?
- A) Democracy for All
- B) Unity in Diversity
- C) Constitution and Social Justice
- D) National Unity and Commemoration
Answer: D) National Unity and Commemoration
16. The Bharat Parv 2025 was celebrated from November 1-15 to mark whose 150th birth anniversary?
- A) Mahatma Gandhi
- B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- C) Jawaharlal Nehru
- D) B.R. Ambedkar
Answer: B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
17. Which Indian city is tentatively confirmed to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games?
- A) Mumbai
- B) Delhi
- C) Ahmedabad
- D) Bengaluru
Answer: C) Ahmedabad
18. On which date was the "My Stamp" dedicated to Rezang La War Memorial unveiled?
- A) Early November 2025
- B) November 11, 2025
- C) November 15, 2025
- D) November 18, 2025
Answer: A) Early November 2025
19. The Rezang La War Memorial commemorates which historic battle?
- A) 1965 India-Pakistan War
- B) 1962 India-China War
- C) 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War
- D) 1999 Kargil War
Answer: B) 1962 India-China War
20. Which conference was launched on November 13, 2025, on the eve of World Diabetes Day?
- A) National Health Conclave
- B) Phenome National Conclave on Longitudinal Cohort Studies
- C) Diabetes Prevention Summit
- D) Health Innovation Forum
Answer: B) Phenome National Conclave on Longitudinal Cohort Studies
Section C: Social Work Education & Professional Development
21. Which U.S. legislation proposed to phase out Grad PLUS loans for graduate students?
- A) Higher Education Reform Act
- B) Student Aid Modernization Act
- C) One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)
- D) Graduate Education Access Act
Answer: C) One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)
22. On which date did the U.S. Department of Education conclude negotiated rulemaking that impacts social work students?
- A) November 5, 2025
- B) November 7, 2025
- C) November 10, 2025
- D) November 15, 2025
Answer: B) November 7, 2025
23. Which organization advocates for including social work in the "professional degree" definition for federal loans?
- A) NASW
- B) CSWE (Council on Social Work Education)
- C) ASWB
- D) IFSW
Answer: B) CSWE (Council on Social Work Education)
24. According to November 2025 reports, what percentage of annual federal loan disbursements could be affected by the new professional degree definition?
- A) 10 percent
- B) 15 percent
- C) 22 percent
- D) 30 percent
Answer: C) 22 percent
25. Approximately how many students could be affected by the new professional degree definition?
- A) 200,000 students
- B) 300,000 students
- C) 370,000 students
- D) 500,000 students
Answer: C) 370,000 students
26. Social workers provide what percentage of mental and behavioral health services in the United States?
- A) 40%
- B) 50%
- C) The majority
- D) 25%
Answer: C) The majority
27. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics cited in November 2025, the demand for social workers over the next decade is expected to:
- A) Decline slightly
- B) Remain stable
- C) Continue growing
- D) Double
Answer: C) Continue growing
28. The Victorian government announced plans to send social workers to how many schools to reduce violent youth crime?
- A) 10 schools
- B) 15 schools
- C) 20 schools
- D) 25 schools
Answer: C) 20 schools
29. Which Australian state made this announcement about school-based social workers?
- A) New South Wales
- B) Queensland
- C) Victoria
- D) Western Australia
Answer: C) Victoria
30. The 2025 Annual Report of the Social Protection Committee (EU) reported a reduction of how many people at risk of poverty or social exclusion?
- A) 500,000
- B) Just over 1 million
- C) 2 million
- D) 5 million
Answer: B) Just over 1 million
Section D: International & Global Affairs
31. Where were the COP30 climate talks held in November 2025?
- A) Paris, France
- B) Belém, Brazil
- C) Dubai, UAE
- D) New Delhi, India
Answer: B) Belém, Brazil
32. Which Asian tennis player became the first from their continent to win a WTA Finals title in November 2025?
- A) Naomi Osaka
- B) Zheng Qinwen
- C) Elena Rybakina
- D) Caroline Garcia
Answer: C) Elena Rybakina
33. The Minamata Convention conference in November 2025 agreed to ban what substance by 2034?
- A) Lead paint
- B) Dental amalgam (mercury fillings)
- C) Plastic microbeads
- D) Asbestos
Answer: B) Dental amalgam (mercury fillings)
34. Which African country was reported to have famine detected in November 2025 by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification?
- A) Ethiopia
- B) Somalia
- C) Sudan
- D) South Sudan
Answer: C) Sudan
35. How many people were killed in Typhoon Kalmaegi's impact on the Philippines according to November reports?
- A) At least 85
- B) At least 112
- C) At least 142
- D) At least 200
Answer: C) At least 142
36. Philippine President Marcos declared a national state of calamity in relation to which typhoon?
- A) Typhoon Yagi
- B) Typhoon Kalmaegi
- C) Typhoon Fung-wong
- D) Typhoon Noru
Answer: B) Typhoon Kalmaegi
37. In November 2025, the UN Security Council endorsed a peace plan for which conflict-affected region?
- A) Syria
- B) Yemen
- C) Gaza
- D) Myanmar
Answer: C) Gaza
38. Which Israeli official resigned in November 2025 after a surveillance video leak scandal?
- A) Defense Minister
- B) Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi
- C) Chief of Staff
- D) Intelligence Chief
Answer: B) Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi
39. According to reports, what magnitude earthquake struck near Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan in November 2025?
- A) 5.8
- B) 6.0
- C) 6.3
- D) 7.1
Answer: C) 6.3
40. The 2025 Miguel de Cervantes Prize was awarded to a writer from which country?
- A) Spain
- B) Argentina
- C) Mexico
- D) Colombia
Answer: C) Mexico
Section E: Economic & Development Issues
41. According to the IMF's November 2025 Article IV Consultation, India's real GDP expanded by what percentage in the first quarter of FY2025/26?
- A) 6.5%
- B) 7.0%
- C) 7.8%
- D) 8.2%
Answer: C) 7.8%
42. The IMF projected India's economic growth rate for FY2024/25 as:
- A) 5.5%
- B) 6.0%
- C) 6.5%
- D) 7.0%
Answer: C) 6.5%
43. According to November 2025 data, over how many cases are pending in India's judicial system?
- A) 2 crore
- B) 3 crore
- C) 4.5 crore
- D) 6 crore
Answer: C) 4.5 crore
44. What percentage of undertrial prisoners in India come from economically weaker backgrounds according to 2025 data?
- A) 60%
- B) 70%
- C) 80%+
- D) 90%
Answer: C) 80%+
45. According to NALSA (2024), what proportion of eligible citizens are aware of free legal aid rights?
- A) 1 in 3
- B) 1 in 4
- C) 1 in 5
- D) 1 in 10
Answer: C) 1 in 5
46. Community-based legal aid could reduce pendency in civil and family disputes by what percentage?
- A) 15-20%
- B) 20-25%
- C) 30-35%
- D) 40-45%
Answer: C) 30-35%
47. AI-related spending is expected to reach approximately how much in 2025 according to Gartner?
- A) $1 trillion
- B) $1.5 trillion
- C) $2 trillion
- D) $2.5 trillion
Answer: B) $1.5 trillion
48. Which semiconductor company's valuation briefly exceeded $5 trillion in November 2025?
- A) Intel
- B) AMD
- C) Nvidia
- D) TSMC
Answer: C) Nvidia
49. China suspended a ban on export of which materials to the United States in November 2025?
- A) Rare earth elements
- B) Gallium, germanium, and antimony
- C) Lithium and cobalt
- D) Silicon wafers
Answer: B) Gallium, germanium, and antimony
50. Which country's senate passed a bill that could reduce former President Jair Bolsonaro's prison sentence in November 2025?
- A) Argentina
- B) Chile
- C) Brazil
- D) Colombia
Answer: C) Brazil
Answer Key Summary
Section A (Indian Policy): 1-C, 2-C, 3-B, 4-C, 5-B, 6-C, 7-B, 8-B, 9-A, 10-B
Section B (National Events): 11-B, 12-C, 13-B, 14-B, 15-D, 16-B, 17-C, 18-A, 19-B, 20-B
Section C (Social Work Education): 21-C, 22-B, 23-B, 24-C, 25-C, 26-C, 27-C, 28-C, 29-C, 30-B
Section D (International Affairs): 31-B, 32-C, 33-B, 34-C, 35-C, 36-B, 37-C, 38-B, 39-C, 40-C
Section E (Economic Issues): 41-C, 42-C, 43-C, 44-C, 45-C, 46-C, 47-B, 48-C, 49-B, 50-C
Relevance for Social Work Practice
November 2025's developments have direct implications for social work practice:
Labour Code Implementation: Social workers in industrial and community settings must understand new worker rights, particularly for gig economy workers who form a growing vulnerable population.
Healthcare Expansion: The Ayushman Vaya Vandana rollout creates opportunities for medical social workers to facilitate enrollments and navigate healthcare systems for elderly clients.
Legal Aid Awareness: With only 20% awareness of free legal aid, social workers have a critical role in legal literacy and connecting marginalized communities with justice systems.
Educational Access: The PM Vidyalaxmi scheme updates require school social workers to identify eligible students and prevent dropouts due to financial constraints.
Climate and Disasters: International events like Typhoon Kalmaegi and Sudan's famine highlight the importance of disaster social work and humanitarian response capabilities.
Conclusion
November 2025 was marked by transformative policy implementations that directly impact social work practice in India and globally. The consolidation of labour laws, expansion of healthcare coverage to universal elderly benefits, and debates around professional education financing all underscore the evolving landscape of social welfare.
For social work students and professionals, staying informed about these developments is not just about exam preparation—it's about being effective advocates and practitioners who can navigate policy systems to serve vulnerable populations better.
Regular practice with current affairs MCQs, combined with critical analysis of policy implications, will strengthen both your exam performance and professional competence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1: How often should I practice current affairs for social work exams? Daily reading and weekly quiz practice is recommended. Monthly consolidation helps retain information long-term.
Q2: Are international events important for Indian social work exams? Yes, particularly events related to UN conventions, international social protection, humanitarian crises, and global policy trends that influence Indian welfare policies.
Q3: Should I memorize all statistics? Focus on approximate figures and trends rather than exact numbers. Understand the significance of data points for social work practice.
Q4: How do I connect current affairs to social work theory? Every policy or event can be analyzed through social work values, practice methods, and theoretical frameworks. Practice this analytical approach regularly.
Q5: Which sources are most reliable for social work current affairs? Government portals (PIB, Ministry websites), NASW/CSWE updates, WHO/UN reports, and major national newspapers provide reliable information.
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