UPSC Current Affairs Quiz — 11 August 2026

1.

The Betwa River, which recently rose in spate in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha district, is a tributary of which one of the following rivers?

Son Chambal Yamuna Ken

From: Betwa River in Spate: Flood Risk in Vidisha District Open full article →

2.

The Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, for which a permanent pictorial postal cancellation was recently introduced, is situated in which one of the following cities?

Kochi Kollam Thrissur Thiruvananthapuram

From: Padmanabhaswamy Temple Gets Permanent Postal Cancellation Open full article →

3.

The Bahmani Sultanate, whose first capital was at Kalaburagi, was founded by which one of the following?

Yusuf Adil Shah Malik Ambar Alauddin Bahman Shah Quli Qutb Shah

From: Kalaburagi Fort: Conservation Proposal Awaits Approval Open full article →

4.

The Merchant Discount Rate in a digital payment transaction is best described as:

a discount that a merchant offers to customers paying digitally a tax collected by the Government on digital payment transactions a fee borne by the merchant for processing a digital payment an interest charge levied by the card issuer on the customer

From: Merchant Discount Rate on UPI: A Proposal, Not a Rule Open full article →

5.

Ferns such as Pteris madhusoodananii, recently described from Tamil Nadu, reproduce mainly by means of:

spores released from the underside of the fronds seeds enclosed within a ripened fruit wall naked seeds borne on the scales of cones bulbils formed at the base of the stem

From: Pteris madhusoodananii: New Fern Described from Tamil Nadu Open full article →

6.

The International Centre for Theoretical Physics, which awards the annual Dirac Medal, is located in which one of the following cities?

Geneva Vienna Hamburg Trieste

From: Dirac Medal 2026: Deepak Dhar Among Four Recipients Open full article →

7.

Prakriti Gyan Dham, a public plant-science hub recently dedicated at Lucknow, has been developed by which one of the following institutions?

Botanical Survey of India CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute Wildlife Institute of India Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education

From: Prakriti Gyan Dham Opens Plant Science to the Public Open full article →

8.

The Southern Naval Command of the Indian Navy, which hosted the recent India-United States explosive ordnance disposal exercise, is headquartered at:

Visakhapatnam Mumbai Karwar Kochi

From: India and United States Hold Ordnance Disposal Exercise Open full article →

9.

Tropical cyclones that form over the north-western Pacific Ocean and strike the Philippines are locally known as:

typhoons hurricanes willy-willies tornadoes

From: Philippines Storms: Monsoon and Two Cyclones Displace Millions Open full article →

10.

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade functions under which one of the following Ministries?

Ministry of Commerce and Industry Ministry of Finance Ministry of External Affairs Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

From: DGFT Drops Physical Challans for Export Obligation Closure Open full article →