UPSC Current Affairs Quiz — 10 May 2026

1.

Which one of the following statements about the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) is correct?

It is a specialised agency of the United Nations. Its members are the national standards bodies of countries. Its standards are legally binding on all its member countries. Its secretariat is located in New York.

From: ISO Space Systems: Standards, Space Debris & India's Role Open full article →

2.

Uru, recently seen in the news, is:

a class of large handmade wooden ship built on the Malabar coast a coastal folk theatre form performed in northern Kerala a variety of teak grown in the hills of the Western Ghats a triangular sail carried by traditional Arab trading vessels

From: Uru Dhows: Beypore Heritage, Khalasis & Strait of Hormuz Open full article →

3.

Trinidad and Tobago lies immediately off the coast of which one of the following countries?

Guyana Colombia Venezuela Brazil

From: Trinidad and Tobago: Geography, Economy & India Relations Open full article →

4.

Cloud iridescence, seen as pastel colours in thin cloud, is produced mainly by:

refraction and internal reflection of light within large raindrops diffraction of sunlight by tiny cloud droplets of nearly uniform size scattering of sunlight by dust and aerosol particles in the cloud selective absorption of sunlight by molecules of water vapour

From: Cloud Iridescence: Diffraction, Formation & Rainbows Open full article →

5.

Labeo kaage, a freshwater fish species recently described, was discovered in which river?

Krishna Cauvery Godavari Periyar

From: Labeo kaage: New Fish Species, Cauvery River & Biodiversity Open full article →

6.

The National Panchayat Awards are conferred by which one of the following?

NITI Aayog The Ministry of Rural Development The Ministry of Panchayati Raj The Ministry of Home Affairs

From: National Panchayat Awards: SDGs, DDUPSVP & Index Open full article →

7.

ICGS Achal, recently commissioned, is:

an offshore patrol vessel of the Indian Navy a Fast Patrol Vessel of the Indian Coast Guard a research ship of the National Institute of Ocean Technology a sail training ship of the Indian Maritime University

From: ICGS Achal: Fast Patrol Vessel, Coast Guard & Goa Shipyard Open full article →

8.

Fjords are formed by:

the drowning of glacially carved U-shaped valleys by the sea rifting of a coastline along a line of tectonic weakness the submergence of valleys cut by rivers into a V-shaped profile the erosion of a sea cliff into a broad wave-cut platform

From: Fjords: Tracy Arm Megatsunami, Formation & Glaciers Open full article →

9.

The insect order Odonata comprises:

bees, wasps and ants dragonflies and damselflies butterflies and moths termites and cockroaches

From: Odonata: Dragonflies, Bioindicators & Western Ghats Decline Open full article →

10.

Which State accounts for the largest share of India's litchi production?

West Bengal Bihar Uttar Pradesh Assam

From: Litchi Stink Bug: Crop Loss, Cultivation & Bihar's Yield Open full article →