Daily current affairs quiz
Sunday, 17 May 2026
45 questions from 10 news topics of the day — free, with explanations and source articles.
With reference to the Committee on Empowerment of Women, consider the following statements:
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The National Commission for Women, whose reports the Committee on Empowerment of Women examines, is:
The members of the Committee on Empowerment of Women are:
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) was adopted by:
Which one of the following statements about parliamentary committees in India is correct?
Captagon, seized in India for the first time recently, is:
The Narcotics Control Bureau, which seized the Captagon consignment, functions under the:
With reference to Captagon, consider the following statements:
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The manufacture, possession and trade of psychotropic substances in India are regulated mainly under the:
Sonerila roxburghii, recently in the news, is:
William Roxburgh, after whom the newly described herb Sonerila roxburghii is named, is remembered as:
In the IUCN Red List, a species assessed as 'Critically Endangered' is one that:
With reference to the Western Ghats, consider the following statements:
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The barn swallow, recently reported to be breeding year-round in Manipur, is:
With reference to the barn swallow, consider the following statements:
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Fitting wild birds with individually numbered or coloured leg rings is done chiefly to:
Keibul Lamjao, the world's only floating national park, lies within:
Rottnest Island, recently in the news, lies off the coast of:
The quokka, the animal that gave Rottnest Island its name, is:
With reference to Rottnest Island, consider the following statements:
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The Swan River, near whose mouth Rottnest Island lies, flows through which Australian city?
The Global Forest Goals, assessed by the Global Forest Goals Report 2026, form part of the:
With reference to the United Nations Forum on Forests, consider the following statements:
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The Global Forest Resources Assessment, the principal periodic global stocktake of forest area, is produced by the:
Globally, the largest single driver of deforestation is:
The Global Forest Financing Facilitation Network was set up primarily to:
Eublepharis jhuma, recently described by Indian researchers, is a:
The Zoological Survey of India, which described the new gecko Eublepharis jhuma, works under the:
Members of the gecko genus Eublepharis differ from most other geckos in that they:
With reference to the newly described leopard gecko of the Kaimur Plateau, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Semaglutide, frequently in the news, belongs to which class of medicines?
Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is a hormone that is:
With reference to semaglutide, consider the following statements:
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Glucagon, whose release semaglutide suppresses, is secreted by the:
A generic medicine is best described as one that:
Latvia shares a land border with which of the following countries?
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The capital of Latvia stands on the banks of which river?
Which one of the following statements about Latvia is correct?
Which of the following countries have a coastline on the Baltic Sea?
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Amber, traditionally gathered along Latvia's shores and exported from them, is:
The Western Hoolock Gibbon is notable as:
With reference to the Western Hoolock Gibbon, consider the following statements:
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Gibbons move through the forest canopy chiefly by:
The Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, where canopy bridges were built across a railway line, is in:
Canopy bridges of the kind installed above a railway line in the Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary are built mainly to: