Daily current affairs quiz
Tuesday, 21 July 2026
45 questions from 10 news topics of the day — free, with explanations and source articles.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was established by which one of the following?
The Chairperson of ECOWAS, a post recently assumed by the President of Senegal, is best described as:
With reference to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), consider the following statements:
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Which one of the following statements about Senegal is correct?
Senegal became independent from France in June 1960 as part of which short-lived union?
White Rabbit, an open-source technology recently used in India for precise time dissemination, was originally developed by which one of the following?
India's national time scale, from which Indian Standard Time is derived, is maintained by which one of the following?
With reference to the White Rabbit based time-dissemination demonstration in India, consider the following statements:
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White Rabbit keeps clocks across a network synchronised chiefly by:
A dedicated terrestrial network for distributing official time is considered necessary in India mainly because:
Pachycheles ravichandrani, a porcelain crab formally described in 2026, was collected from which one of the following?
Porcelain crabs are classified under which one of the following infraorders of decapod crustaceans?
With reference to porcelain crabs, consider the following statements:
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The standard DNA barcode marker used for identifying animal species, including the newly described porcelain crab Pachycheles ravichandrani, is:
The National Highways Authority of India, which operates the RajmargYatra mobile application, functions under which one of the following Union Ministries?
NHAI's Digital Local Pass, introduced on the RajmargYatra application, is intended primarily to:
With reference to the online verification used for NHAI's Digital Local Pass, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
QDENGA, recently approved in India as its first dengue vaccine, is best described as:
Market authorisation for the dengue vaccine QDENGA in India was granted by:
With reference to the dengue vaccine QDENGA as approved in India, consider the following statements:
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Dengue is transmitted to humans mainly by:
Recovery from infection by one dengue virus serotype:
Moldova, recently visited by the President of India, shares land borders with which one of the following pairs of countries?
The river that forms most of Moldova's western boundary with Romania is:
With reference to Moldova, consider the following statements:
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Bessarabia, a name closely associated with the history of present-day Moldova, refers to the territory that was:
The Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme, under which India offers training slots to partner countries such as Moldova, is run by:
The Central Bureau of Narcotics, which recently carried out Operation Vajra, functions under which one of the following?
With reference to the Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN), consider the following statements:
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The principal law governing narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in India is:
Tramadol, large quantities of which were seized in Operation Vajra, is best described as:
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, which assisted in Operation Vajra, is India's apex agency for:
Kala Sanskriti Vikas Yojana is an umbrella scheme of which one of the following Union Ministries?
Kala Sanskriti Vikas Yojana is classified as a Central Sector scheme. This means that it is:
With reference to Kala Sanskriti Vikas Yojana, consider the following statements:
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Which one of the following would be classified as intangible cultural heritage?
The World Trade Organization's Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies was adopted at which one of the following?
Which one of the following is prohibited under the World Trade Organization's Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies?
With reference to the World Trade Organization's Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, consider the following statements:
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An Exclusive Economic Zone, referred to in the World Trade Organization's Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, generally extends up to:
The removal of subsidies that contribute to overfishing is a specific target under which one of the following Sustainable Development Goals?
The e-Shram portal, which maintains the National Database of Unorganised Workers, is an initiative of which one of the following Union Ministries?
With reference to registration on the e-Shram portal, consider the following statements:
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A worker who completes registration on the e-Shram portal receives:
Registration of an unorganised worker on the e-Shram portal: