UPSC Current Affairs Quiz — 6 June 2026

1.

The Jan Samarth portal, which completed four years of operation in June 2026, is best described as:

a single national portal for credit-linked government schemes an online marketplace for government procurement of goods and services a grievance redressal platform for citizens against central ministries a portal for filing goods and services tax returns

From: Jan Samarth Portal: Unified Credit Platform, Government Schemes & MSME Loans Open full article →

2.

Surha Tal, also known as the Jai Prakash Narayan Bird Sanctuary and declared India's 100th Ramsar site, lies in which one of the following states?

Bihar Jharkhand West Bengal Uttar Pradesh

From: Surha Tal Bird Sanctuary: Ramsar Site 100, Uttar Pradesh Wetlands & Conservation Open full article →

3.

E85 automotive fuel, launched at a retail outlet in Delhi in June 2026, consists mainly of:

petrol blended with about 85 percent methanol diesel blended with about 85 percent biodiesel petrol blended with about 85 percent ethanol natural gas blended with about 85 percent hydrogen

From: E85 Fuel Launch: High Ethanol Blend, Flex-Fuel Vehicles & Emissions Open full article →

4.

Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), which held its Tech Summit 2026, functions under which one of the following ministries?

Ministry of Commerce and Industry Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Ministry of Science and Technology Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

From: STPI Tech Summit 2026: Software Exports, Digital Economy & India Startups Open full article →

5.

Under the Constitution of India, the tribes or tribal communities deemed to be Scheduled Tribes in relation to a State are specified by:

an order of the Ministry of Home Affairs a notification issued by the President a resolution of the State Legislative Assembly a recommendation of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes

From: EMRS Amazon Future Engineer: Tribal Students, Computer Science & AI Education Open full article →

6.

The Kodaikanal Solar Observatory, whose century-long records were recently used to study supergranulation, is maintained by which one of the following institutions?

Physical Research Laboratory Indian Institute of Astrophysics Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

From: Kodaikanal Solar Observatory: Solar Cycles, Supergranulation & Sunspot Data Open full article →

7.

The Nilgiri Tahr, whose third synchronised population survey was released in 2026, is the State Animal of which one of the following states?

Kerala Karnataka Tamil Nadu Maharashtra

From: Nilgiri Tahr Population Survey: Western Ghats Conservation, Tamil Nadu Animal Open full article →

8.

The Anusandhan National Research Foundation, which is supporting a new online training platform for researchers, has been created primarily to:

grant and enforce patents filed by Indian applicants accredit and rank India's higher education institutions regulate admissions to all central universities fund and coordinate research across the sciences and humanities

From: ANRF Digital Portal: Patent Filing, Research Writing & Intellectual Property Open full article →

9.

Venezuela, whose acting President visited India in June 2026 for energy talks, shares a land boundary with which one of the following countries?

Peru Ecuador Brazil Bolivia

From: India-Venezuela Energy Cooperation: Oil Imports, Geography & Bilateral Ties Open full article →

10.

Portatrochammina bharatensis, described by Indian scientists in June 2026, is a newly discovered:

colonial reef-building coral single-celled shelled marine protist planktonic shrimp-like crustacean seagrass of the intertidal zone

From: Portatrochammina bharatensis: New Foraminifera Species, Maharashtra Coast & Ecology Open full article →