Daily current affairs quiz
Monday, 8 June 2026
46 questions from 10 news topics of the day — free, with explanations and source articles.
The Kirthai-II hydroelectric project, revived by the Union government in 2026, is being built on which one of the following rivers?
Under the Indus Waters Treaty, 1960, unrestricted use of the waters of which one of the following groups of rivers was allotted to India?
The Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 between India and Pakistan was negotiated and brokered by which one of the following?
With reference to the Chenab river, consider the following statements:
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A run-of-river hydroelectric project, such as the 930 MW Kirthai-II scheme in Jammu and Kashmir, is one that:
Autoimmune blistering diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris occur when:
Dermatitis herpetiformis, one of the autoimmune blistering diseases, is characteristically associated with which one of the following?
With reference to autoimmune blistering diseases, consider the following statements:
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Supervised machine learning, the method used to train image-based medical diagnosis tools, learns from:
The Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Wildlife Sanctuary, formerly the Jhajjar-Bachauli Wildlife Sanctuary, is located in which one of the following States?
Guru Tegh Bahadur, after whom a wildlife sanctuary was renamed in January 2026, was the:
With reference to Wildlife Sanctuaries in India, consider the following statements:
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The Shivalik range, on whose foothills the Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Wildlife Sanctuary lies, is:
Pyroprocessing, a technique associated with the nuclear fuel cycle, is best described as:
In India's three-stage nuclear power programme, the second stage is based on:
India's 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor is located at:
With reference to pyroprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, consider the following statements:
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In the third stage of India's nuclear power programme, thorium-232 is valuable because a reactor can convert it into which one of the following fissile materials?
The Land Ports Authority of India, which manages India's integrated check posts, functions under which one of the following Union Ministries?
The Land Port Management System (LPMS), launched in 2026, has been created primarily to:
ICEGATE, with which the Land Port Management System is integrated, is the national electronic portal of:
Consider the following pairs of Indian land ports and the neighbouring country each leads to:
Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
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Bascanichthys chepakakiensis, described by Indian scientists in 2026, is a newly identified species of:
With reference to Bascanichthys chepakakiensis, a species described from Indian waters in 2026, consider the following statements:
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The Zoological Survey of India, one of the institutions behind the 2026 description of a new species from the Bay of Bengal, works under which one of the following Union Ministries?
In fisheries, the term 'by-catch' refers to:
Indonesia, with which India held the 8th Joint Commission Meeting in 2026, shares a land border with which one of the following countries?
The Strait of Malacca, central to India-Indonesia maritime cooperation, separates the Indonesian island of Sumatra from:
With reference to Indonesia, consider the following statements:
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The Great Channel, also called the Six Degree Channel, separates India's Great Nicobar Island from:
Nusantara, the new capital city being developed by Indonesia, is located on which one of the following islands?
Barren Island, which showed renewed volcanic activity in early 2026, is situated in:
With reference to Barren Island, consider the following statements:
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The volcanic activity of Barren Island is caused by:
A caldera, the landform that dominates Barren Island, is:
Narcondam Island, a small and remote island under Indian administration, is the only home in the world of which one of the following species?
The Bhakra Dam, in the news in 2026 over an outward deflection of its wall, is built across which one of the following rivers?
Gobind Sagar, the reservoir formed by the Bhakra Dam, lies in which one of the following States?
The Sutlej, one of the five rivers of Punjab, originates from:
With reference to the Bhakra Beas Management Board, consider the following statements:
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A concrete gravity dam, the type to which the Bhakra Dam belongs, resists the thrust of the water it impounds mainly through:
The e-Jagriti platform, which won a National e-Governance award in 2026, is associated with which one of the following areas of administration?
With reference to the e-Jagriti platform, consider the following statements:
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Under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, an appeal against an order of a State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission passed in its original jurisdiction lies to:
The Central Consumer Protection Authority, set up under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, is empowered to:
Which one of the following was introduced for the first time by the Consumer Protection Act, 2019?