Daily current affairs quiz
Tuesday, 28 July 2026
44 questions from 10 news topics of the day — free, with explanations and source articles.
The Atmanirbhar Panchayat Programme and the SAMARTH Panchayat Portal, launched in July 2026, are initiatives of which one of the following Union Ministries?
The Atmanirbhar Panchayat Programme, which helps selected panchayats prepare bankable projects, is being implemented under which one of the following?
Which one of the following would be counted as the Own Source Revenue of a Gram Panchayat?
With reference to the Panchayati Raj system in India, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The Model Own Source Revenue Rules circulated by the Union government for panchayats:
The Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana, which provides cash relief after involuntary unemployment, is administered by which one of the following?
With reference to the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Under the Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana, the relief paid to an eligible insured person:
Which one of the following is a condition that must be satisfied to claim relief under the Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana?
Microporellus kolhapurensis, a species recently described from Kolhapur district in Maharashtra, belongs to which one of the following groups?
With reference to fungi, which of the following statements is/are correct?
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The formal description of the fungus Microporellus kolhapurensis appeared in Nelumbo, which is the research journal of which one of the following?
In the scientific name Microporellus kolhapurensis, the first word denotes the:
The Kalpasar Project, whose Detailed Project Report is being finalised, proposes a large dyke across which one of the following?
With reference to the Gulf of Khambhat, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Under the Kalpasar Project, the proposed freshwater reservoir would be created mainly by:
Besides water storage, the Kalpasar Project proposal also envisages:
The Bab el-Mandeb Strait connects the Red Sea with which one of the following?
With reference to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which of the following statements is/are correct?
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A prolonged disruption of shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait would most directly force vessels trading between Europe and Asia to:
Which one of the following countries does NOT have a coastline on the Red Sea?
Djibouti, which lies beside the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, is strategically significant mainly because it:
A blue straggler star in a star cluster is one that:
The main-sequence turnoff point of a star cluster is used by astronomers chiefly to estimate the cluster's:
With reference to star clusters, which of the following statements is/are correct?
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The blue straggler star recently reported in the star cluster Collinder 261 is being formed by:
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is a space mission of which one of the following agencies?
Bhargavastra, recently demonstrated to the Indian Army at Nagpur, is:
In air defence against drones, a 'soft-kill' measure is one that:
Under the 'Make-II' category of India's defence acquisition procedure:
With reference to the Bhargavastra system demonstrated at Nagpur in 2026, consider the following statements:
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The Museum Grant Scheme, which assists the setting up and modernisation of museums, is implemented by which one of the following Union Ministries?
A Central Sector Scheme, such as the Museum Grant Scheme, is one which is:
Under the Museum Grant Scheme, which one of the following is NOT eligible for assistance?
With reference to JATAN, sometimes seen in the news, consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The National Biodiversity Authority, which has constituted an expert committee on invasive alien species, is:
With reference to the institutional structure created under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, which of the following statements is/are correct?
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In biodiversity management, an alien species is described as 'invasive' when it:
With reference to invasive alien species in India, consider the following statements:
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Target 6 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework deals specifically with:
Under the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme-2 (NAPS-2), the Union government bears:
Apprenticeship training in India is governed primarily by which one of the following laws?
With reference to the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme-2 (NAPS-2), consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The National Apprenticeship Training Scheme (NATS), meant for graduate, diploma and vocational certificate holders, is administered by the: