Daily current affairs quiz
Saturday, 11 July 2026
46 questions from 10 news topics of the day — free, with explanations and source articles.
In the flue-curing of Virginia tobacco, the flues inside a curing barn are used to:
The Tobacco Board, which registers Flue-Cured Virginia tobacco growers and curing barns in India, functions under which one of the following Union Ministries?
With reference to Flue-Cured Virginia (FCV) tobacco in India, consider the following statements:
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Burley tobacco, unlike Virginia tobacco, is commonly prepared by which one of the following curing methods?
PAVE PAWS, associated with Taiwan's Leshan Radar Station, is best described as:
In a phased-array radar, the beam is steered towards a target mainly by:
With reference to the PAVE PAWS radar system installed at Taiwan's Leshan station, consider the following statements:
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Submarine-launched ballistic missiles complicated missile early warning during the Cold War chiefly because:
The Battle of Pratapgad of 1659 was fought between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and a general sent by which one of the following?
The strategic importance of Pratapgad Fort in the seventeenth century lay mainly in its command over:
With reference to the Maratha Military Landscapes of India, consider the following statements:
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Pratapgad Fort passed into the control of the English East India Company during which one of the following?
Shiv Pratap Din, observed in Maharashtra on 10 November every year, commemorates which one of the following?
The food webs of deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems are supported primarily by:
Hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor are formed when:
With reference to a recent global assessment of molluscs found only around deep-sea hydrothermal vents, consider the following statements:
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With reference to the International Seabed Authority, consider the following statements:
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Species restricted to hydrothermal vents are considered especially vulnerable to seabed mining chiefly because:
Which one of the following statements about the phylum Mollusca is correct?
Samriddh Gram, which recently won a World Summit on the Information Society Prize, is an initiative of which one of the following?
BharatNet, which provides the connectivity backbone for rural digital services in India, is aimed principally at:
The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) process, under which the WSIS Prizes are awarded, is coordinated by which one of the following?
Consider the following statements about digital initiatives in India:
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The lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) is:
The Sharavathi River of Karnataka is correctly described by which one of the following?
With reference to a pumped-storage hydroelectric project, consider the following statements:
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The National Board for Wildlife, whose clearance is sought for projects affecting protected areas, is constituted under which one of the following?
The expert committee that examined the proposed Sharavathi pumped-storage project objected to it mainly on the ground that:
Which one of the following statements about cyanobacteria is correct?
The Great Oxidation Event, which changed the composition of Earth's atmosphere about 2.4 billion years ago, is attributed mainly to:
With reference to the removal of lead from water using exopolysaccharides obtained from cyanobacteria, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Lead contamination of drinking water is a major public-health concern chiefly because lead:
The Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) functions under which one of the following?
Which one of the following statements about the Financial Intelligence Unit-India is correct?
In the conventional description of money laundering, the stage at which illegal proceeds are first introduced into the financial system is termed:
With reference to the Egmont Group, consider the following statements:
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The term 'mule account', often used in cyber-fraud investigations, refers to:
Helium occupies a special place in the history of chemistry because it was:
Commercially usable helium on Earth is obtained mainly from:
With reference to helium, consider the following statements:
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Liquid helium is regarded as effectively irreplaceable in which one of the following applications?
With reference to world helium production, consider the following statements:
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Which one of the following statements about the National Green Tribunal is correct?
The Saryu River of the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand:
With reference to the Central Pollution Control Board's Designated Best Use classification of surface water, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) of a water sample indicates: