UPSC Current Affairs Quiz — 11 July 2026

1.

In the flue-curing of Virginia tobacco, the flues inside a curing barn are used to:

carry smoke from a slow, controlled fire on to the hanging leaves carry heat from an outside furnace into the barn while keeping smoke away circulate humid outdoor air so that the leaves do not dry too quickly drain the moisture released by the leaves out of the closed barn

From: FCV Tobacco: Flue-Curing, Tobacco Board & Andhra Season Open full article →

2.

PAVE PAWS, associated with Taiwan's Leshan Radar Station, is best described as:

a constellation of satellites that detects missile launch plumes from orbit an interceptor system that destroys incoming ballistic missiles in flight a ground-based phased-array radar for early warning of ballistic missiles an undersea sensor network that tracks ballistic-missile submarines

From: PAVE PAWS Radar: Taiwan's Missile Early-Warning System Open full article →

3.

The Battle of Pratapgad of 1659 was fought between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and a general sent by which one of the following?

The Mughal Empire The Nizam Shahi Sultanate of Ahmadnagar The Qutb Shahi Sultanate of Golconda The Adil Shahi Sultanate of Bijapur

From: Pratapgad Fort: Shivaji, Afzal Khan & Jivaji Mahale Memorial Open full article →

4.

The food webs of deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems are supported primarily by:

photosynthesis carried out by specially adapted deep-water algae chemosynthesis by microbes using compounds such as hydrogen sulphide dead organic matter sinking continuously from the sunlit surface waters decomposition of hydrocarbons seeping upward through the ocean floor

From: Hydrothermal Vents: Threatened Molluscs & Deep-Sea Mining Open full article →

5.

Samriddh Gram, which recently won a World Summit on the Information Society Prize, is an initiative of which one of the following?

Ministry of Panchayati Raj Department of Rural Development Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Department of Telecommunications

From: Samriddh Gram: BharatNet Rural Digital Model & WSIS Prize Open full article →

6.

The lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) is:

endemic to the Eastern Himalaya and listed as Vulnerable found across peninsular India and listed as Least Concern endemic to the Western Ghats and listed as Endangered endemic to the Nicobar Islands and listed as Critically Endangered

From: Sharavathi Sanctuary: Lion-Tailed Macaque & Pumped Storage Open full article →

7.

Which one of the following statements about cyanobacteria is correct?

They are true algae and their cells contain a well-defined nucleus. They are fungi that live in a close association with green algae. They are bacteria, although they are traditionally called blue-green algae. They are protozoans that obtain energy by feeding on organic matter.

From: Cyanobacteria: IIT Guwahati's Lead Removal from Water Open full article →

8.

The Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) functions under which one of the following?

Ministry of Home Affairs Ministry of Finance Ministry of Corporate Affairs Reserve Bank of India

From: FIU-IND: Egmont Group, Mule Accounts & Money Laundering Open full article →

9.

Helium occupies a special place in the history of chemistry because it was:

the first element to be produced artificially in a laboratory detected in the Sun before it was ever isolated on Earth the first noble gas to be identified in the Earth's atmosphere the first element to be identified in a meteorite specimen

From: Helium: China's Export Ban, Uses & Global Production Open full article →

10.

Which one of the following statements about the National Green Tribunal is correct?

It was set up by an executive order of the Union Government in 2010. It hears criminal appeals arising out of environmental legislation. It was created by an Act of Parliament and began functioning in 2010. It is bound by the procedure laid down in the Code of Civil Procedure.

From: Saryu River: NGT Waste Case, Kumaon Course & Water Quality Open full article →