UPSC Current Affairs Quiz — 9 June 2026

1.

Project 18 (P-18), for which the Indian Navy has finalised its design concept, is a programme to build a new class of:

nuclear-powered submarines guided-missile destroyers aircraft carriers amphibious landing ships

From: Project 18 (P-18) Destroyers: Indian Navy, Next-Generation Warships & Make in India Open full article →

2.

The Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan, which completed ten years in June 2026, provides:

free antenatal check-ups to pregnant women on a fixed day every month a cash incentive to women who deliver in a public health facility free supplementary nutrition to children below the age of six years cashless secondary and tertiary hospital treatment to poor families

From: PMSMA: Antenatal Care, Maternal Mortality Ratio & Safe Motherhood Open full article →

3.

The Wangchhu hydroelectric project, for which shareholder and concession agreements were signed recently, is being built in:

Nepal Bhutan Sikkim Arunachal Pradesh

From: Wangchhu Hydroelectric Project: India-Bhutan Cooperation & Renewable Energy Open full article →

4.

Maharaja Chhatrasal, whose legacy was commemorated recently, founded an independent kingdom in which one of the following regions?

Rohilkhand Bundelkhand Marwar Malwa

From: Maharaja Chhatrasal: History, Bundelkhand, Maratha Alliance & Peshwa Baji Rao Open full article →

5.

Bovista colorata, reported recently from Longding district of Arunachal Pradesh, is:

a species of ground orchid a freshwater crab a flowering parasitic plant a puffball fungus

From: Bovista colorata: Rare Golden Puffball Mushroom in Arunachal Pradesh Open full article →

6.

The aurora borealis is produced when:

sunlight is refracted by ice crystals suspended in the upper atmosphere charged particles from the Sun excite gases in the upper atmosphere cosmic rays from beyond the solar system ionise the ozone layer electrical discharges pass between thunderclouds and the ionosphere

From: Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights): Geomagnetic Storm, Solar Wind & Magnetosphere Open full article →

7.

Which one of the following is the highest Indian gallantry award for valour in the presence of the enemy?

Ashoka Chakra Kirti Chakra Param Vir Chakra Maha Vir Chakra

From: Gallantry Awards of India: Param Vir Chakra, Ashoka Chakra & Republic Day Honours Open full article →

8.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India was established under the:

Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 Consumer Protection Act, 2019 Essential Commodities Act, 1955

From: FSSAI: Safe Packaging Regulations, Food Safety Laws & Public Health Open full article →

9.

Which one of the following is NOT one of the four main islands of Japan?

Hokkaido Shikoku Kyushu Okinawa

From: Japan Geography: Ring of Fire, Earthquakes, Volcanoes & Tectonic Plates Open full article →

10.

The Shiveluch volcano, which has been in an eruptive phase through 2026, is located in:

Iceland the Aleutian Islands of the United States Sumatra in Indonesia the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia

From: Shiveluch Volcano: Kamchatka Peninsula, Eruptions & Subduction Zone Open full article →