Daily current affairs quiz
Tuesday, 19 May 2026
47 questions from 10 news topics of the day — free, with explanations and source articles.
With reference to a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, consider the following statements:
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With reference to the Ebola Bundibugyo virus, consider the following statements:
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Which one of the following outbreaks has NOT been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern?
Declaring a Public Health Emergency of International Concern is intended primarily to:
Ebola virus disease spreads between humans mainly through:
The New Development Bank, recently in the news, has its headquarters at:
With reference to the New Development Bank, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Which one of the following is NOT a founding member of the New Development Bank?
Zimbabwe, recently in the news, shares a land border with which one of the following countries?
The BRICS arrangement that provides short-term liquidity support to a member facing balance of payments pressure is:
With reference to the National One Health Mission, consider the following statements:
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The 'One Health' approach is best described as:
A laboratory rated Biosafety Level 4 is required for work with:
Which one of the following diseases is NOT a zoonosis?
Genomic surveillance of pathogens, as planned under India's National One Health Mission, is used mainly to:
With reference to jaggery, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
AGMARK, referred to in the context of marketing jaggery, is:
The PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises scheme is implemented by the:
Sugarcane, the main raw material for jaggery in India, is:
With reference to the red sand boa, consider the following statements:
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Inclusion of a species in Appendix II of the CITES means that:
Female red sand boas are ovoviviparous. This means that they:
Which one of the following statements about the red sand boa is correct?
Trade in the red sand boa within India is an offence under the:
With reference to Asiatic lions, consider the following statements:
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The mass mortality of lions in Gir in 2018, often cited as the reason for a second lion habitat, was caused mainly by:
The 'Boma' technique, used while building up the prey base at Barda, refers to:
The site in Madhya Pradesh long identified for translocating Asiatic lions, and which later received cheetahs instead, is:
The principal ecological argument for creating a second home for the Asiatic lion is that:
The Matua movement, recently in the news, was founded by:
With reference to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, consider the following statements:
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Which one of the following statements about the Matua movement is correct?
Orakandi, a pilgrimage centre for the Matua community, is situated in:
PM SHRI, in the news recently, stands for:
With reference to the PM SHRI scheme, consider the following statements:
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Under the PM SHRI scheme, the Centre-State sharing pattern for North-Eastern and Himalayan states is:
UDISE+, used in selecting schools under the PM SHRI scheme, is:
The provision of 'bagless days' with exposure to local vocations and artisans comes from:
With reference to the SMILE mission, consider the following statements:
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SMILE is able to image Earth's magnetosphere in X-rays because:
The magnetopause is:
Europe's Spaceport, from which the SMILE mission was launched, is located in:
With reference to space weather, consider the following statements:
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With reference to IN-SPACe, consider the following statements:
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New Space India Limited is:
A CubeSat, referred to in India-Europe space collaboration, is:
The 2020 reforms in India's space sector were intended mainly to: