Daily current affairs quiz
Monday, 27 July 2026
46 questions from 10 news topics of the day — free, with explanations and source articles.
Panama, which recently held maritime cooperation talks with India, shares its land borders with which two countries?
The Panama Canal requires a system of locks mainly because:
With reference to the Panama Canal, consider the following statements:
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The term 'Neopanamax', used in international shipping, refers to:
Unlike the Panama Canal, the Suez Canal:
The National Film Development Corporation of India functions under which one of the following Union ministries?
With reference to the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), consider the following statements:
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Which one of the following was NOT among the government film units consolidated into the National Film Development Corporation of India?
The International Film Festival of India is accredited as South Asia's only competitive feature film festival by which one of the following bodies?
Caridina sharmai, a species recently described by researchers from the Gomti River near Lucknow, is a:
Shrimps, crabs and lobsters are placed in the order Decapoda, a name that refers to their:
With reference to the Gomti River, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The branch of zoology devoted to the study of crustaceans such as shrimps, crabs and lobsters is called:
PRAXIS, recently seen in the news, is:
With reference to planetary ring systems, consider the following statements:
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The PRAXIS concept would depend on onboard artificial intelligence for target selection and boom control mainly because:
Which one of the following statements about the Cassini mission to Saturn is correct?
Nalabana Wildlife Sanctuary, recently in the news, is situated within which one of the following?
Chilika Lake is best described as:
With reference to Chilika Lake, consider the following statements:
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The importance of Nalabana for migratory waterbirds arises mainly from:
A wildlife sanctuary such as Nalabana is notified under the provisions of which one of the following?
The dhole, or Asiatic wild dog, whose diet was recently studied in Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, is scientifically known as:
Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve is located in which one of the following States?
Consider the following statements regarding the dhole:
How many of the above statements are correct?
DNA metabarcoding, the technique used in the recent Tadoba-Andhari dhole diet study, identifies prey by:
With reference to the recent study of dhole diet in Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The Central Reserve Police Force functions under which one of the following Union ministries?
Within the Central Reserve Police Force, the Commando Battalions for Resolute Action (CoBRA) were raised primarily for:
Consider the following statements about the Central Reserve Police Force:
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Which one of the following Central Armed Police Forces is primarily responsible for guarding India's border with China?
India's first all-women Formed Police Unit sent to a United Nations peacekeeping mission, drawn from the Central Reserve Police Force, was deployed to:
Dark Eagle, recently in the news, is:
A boost-glide hypersonic weapon differs from a hypersonic cruise missile in that the former:
With reference to the Dark Eagle system, consider the following statements:
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Guam, where the Dark Eagle system was deployed during Exercise Valiant Shield, is:
Gobind Sagar, recently in the news for a proposed island tourism project, is a reservoir on which one of the following rivers?
Bhakra Dam, which impounds the Gobind Sagar reservoir, is:
With reference to the Beas-Sutlej Link project, consider the following statements:
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The Gobind Sagar reservoir takes its name from:
Bhakra Nangal was among independent India's earliest multipurpose river valley projects. Such projects are designed primarily to:
With reference to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, consider the following statements:
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The 2016 arbitral award in the case brought by the Philippines concerning the South China Sea held that:
The arbitration initiated by the Philippines against China over the South China Sea was administered by which one of the following?
Which one of the following straits links the South China Sea with the Pacific Ocean on its eastern side?
With reference to features of the South China Sea, consider the following statements:
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