Daily current affairs quiz
Sunday, 14 June 2026
45 questions from 10 news topics of the day — free, with explanations and source articles.
The ANCHOR atlas of the human brainstem, released in 2026, has been developed by a brain research centre at which one of the following institutions?
The brainstem, which the ANCHOR atlas maps in three dimensions, is made up of which one of the following sets of structures?
Injury to the brainstem is immediately life-threatening because this part of the brain regulates:
With reference to the ANCHOR brain atlas, consider the following statements:
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The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) functions under which one of the following Union Ministries?
The Drugs (Prices Control) Order, under which ceiling prices of scheduled medicines are fixed in India, is issued under which one of the following Acts?
Cisplatin and carboplatin, two anti-cancer drugs whose ceiling prices were recently revised in India, are compounds of which one of the following metals?
With reference to the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority, consider the following statements:
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The Jaitapur nuclear power project, for which France is the technology partner, is located in which one of the following States?
Which one of the following countries does NOT share a land boundary with Metropolitan France?
Which one of the following is the longest river flowing entirely within France?
With reference to the physical geography of France, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Which one of the following overseas regions of France lies on the mainland of South America?
The Batang Toru forest, the only known habitat of the Tapanuli orangutan, lies on which one of the following islands?
The Tapanuli orangutan is placed in which one of the following IUCN Red List categories?
Among the non-human great apes, which one of the following is found in the wild only in Asia?
With reference to the Tapanuli orangutan, consider the following statements:
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The island of Sumatra is separated from the Malay Peninsula by which one of the following?
Sea stars, sea urchins and sea cucumbers are classified under which one of the following phyla?
The cone-shaped light-guiding structures reported in the arm plates of the chocolate chip sea star work on a principle closest to that of:
The light-guiding structures found in the arm plates of the chocolate chip sea star are built mainly of which one of the following minerals?
With reference to the chocolate chip sea star (Protoreaster nodosus), consider the following statements:
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The An-32 aircraft of the Indian Air Force is powered by which one of the following types of engines?
The An-32 transport aircraft used by the Indian Air Force was originally designed in which one of the following countries?
An aircraft needs a longer take-off run from a high-altitude airfield on a hot day mainly because:
With reference to the An-32 aircraft in Indian service, consider the following statements:
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The Thamirabarani river of Tamil Nadu rises from which one of the following peaks of the Western Ghats?
The Thamirabarani river empties into which one of the following?
Consider the following otter species:
How many of the above are found in India?
Otters are regarded as indicator species of freshwater ecosystems mainly because they:
Most peninsular rivers of India are seasonal, whereas the major Himalayan rivers flow through the year. This is mainly because the Himalayan rivers:
The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) is located in which one of the following countries?
The principal scientific objective of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) is to:
Neutrino observatories are built deep underground mainly to:
With reference to neutrinos, consider the following statements:
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Neutrinos belong to which one of the following classes of elementary particles?
The Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve is situated in which one of the following States?
The largest surviving population of the wild water buffalo in India is found in which one of the following States?
In India, a Tiger Reserve is notified by the State Government on the recommendation of which one of the following?
With reference to the wild water buffalo, consider the following statements:
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In a tiger reserve in India, the buffer zone is intended to:
The NASM-MR, flight-tested by India in June 2026, is best described as a:
The NASM-MR, which India flight-tested for the first time in June 2026, has been developed by which one of the following?
In India's two-tier ballistic missile defence system, the upper tier is designed to intercept an incoming missile:
With reference to missiles, consider the following statements:
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