Daily current affairs quiz
Tuesday, 18 August 2026
46 questions from 10 news topics of the day — free, with explanations and source articles.
In a rotating detonation engine, thrust-producing combustion is sustained by:
Pressure-gain combustion, the property that makes rotating detonation engines attractive, refers to:
An air-breathing engine differs from a rocket engine in that an air-breathing engine:
An aerospike nozzle is of interest in propulsion mainly because it:
With reference to the rotating detonation engine ground-tested by an Indian start-up at Hyderabad in 2026, consider the following statements:
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With reference to Medak Fort, recently marked by a special postal cover, consider the following statements:
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The origin of Medak Fort is traced by the district administration to the period of which one of the following dynasties?
The Kakatiya dynasty had its capital at which one of the following?
The Qutb Shahi dynasty, whose structures survive at Medak Fort, established itself after the break-up of which one of the following?
The Anubhav portal, on which retiring and retired government employees publish accounts of their service experience, is maintained by which one of the following?
With reference to the Anubhav initiative of the Government of India, consider the following statements:
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The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions functions under the direct charge of which one of the following?
AppCoMS 2.0, an upgraded appeal and complaint management system launched in 2026, belongs to which one of the following bodies?
Under the Right to Information Act, 2005, a first appeal against the decision of a Central Public Information Officer lies to:
With reference to the Right to Information Act, 2005, consider the following statements:
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The Chief Information Commissioner is appointed by the President on the recommendation of a committee headed by which one of the following?
The term of office of the Chief Information Commissioner is at present determined in which one of the following ways?
Lake Powell, recently reported to be near its record-low level, is a reservoir on which one of the following rivers?
Lake Powell is impounded by which one of the following dams?
With reference to Lake Powell, consider the following statements:
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The Colorado River of the United States drains into which one of the following?
In the law governing the Colorado River, the Upper and Lower Basins are divided at which one of the following points?
Indian Naval Ship Imphal, which recently made a port call at Muscat, belongs to which one of the following classes of warships?
Indian Naval Ship Imphal was constructed by which one of the following shipyards?
The BrahMos missile, carried by Indian Naval Ship Imphal, is a product of an Indian joint venture with which one of the following countries?
The Strait of Hormuz connects the Persian Gulf with which one of the following?
With reference to Oman, consider the following statements:
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The Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme is administered by which one of the following ministries?
The Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme has been created primarily to:
With reference to the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme, consider the following statements:
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The India Semiconductor Mission is concerned primarily with which one of the following?
A production-linked incentive differs from a capital-expenditure subsidy in that a production-linked incentive is paid:
Huntington's disease follows which one of the following patterns of inheritance?
Huntington's disease is caused by which one of the following?
Non-homologous end joining, a cellular process examined in recent Huntington's disease research, is best described as:
With reference to Huntington's disease, consider the following statements:
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A 2026 mouse study on Huntington's disease reported that suppressing DNA double-strand breaks:
Exercise MAITREE is a joint military exercise conducted between India and which one of the following countries?
Thailand shares a land boundary with which of the following countries?
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Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, used as the scenario framework in Exercise MAITREE, deals with which one of the following?
Which one of the following countries is NOT a member of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation?
Mount Kanlaon, recently in the news for an ash emission, is situated on which one of the following islands?
A stratovolcano such as Mount Kanlaon differs from a shield volcano mainly in that a stratovolcano:
The Pacific Ring of Fire is associated principally with which one of the following?
A lahar, one of the hazards associated with volcanoes such as Mount Kanlaon, is:
With reference to Mount Kanlaon, consider the following statements:
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