UPSC Current Affairs Quiz — 8 September 2026

1.

Consider the following statements about the RVV-BD missile:

1.It is a Russian long-range air-to-air guided missile offered for export.

2.Russia's export material advertises a maximum forward-hemisphere range of up to 200 kilometres.

3.India signed a purchase contract for it on 7 September 2026.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: RVV-BD Missile: Su-30MKI Integration Reports and the DAC Approval Open full article →

2.

Which one of the following correctly describes the guidance sequence advertised for the RVV-BD?

Infrared homing throughout the entire flight Wire guidance from the launching aircraft Inertial guidance with radio correction, then a radar seeker for the final approach Laser designation by a ground-based team

From: RVV-BD Missile: Su-30MKI Integration Reports and the DAC Approval Open full article →

3.

Consider the following statements about the Defence Acquisition Council decision of 7 September 2026:

1.It granted Acceptance of Necessity for proposals worth about Rs 1.10 lakh crore.

2.Acceptance of Necessity begins an acquisition process and is not a signed contract.

3.The official release mentioned enhancements for fighters, transport aircraft and helicopters.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: RVV-BD Missile: Su-30MKI Integration Reports and the DAC Approval Open full article →

4.

Consider the following statements about the Sukhoi Su-30MKI:

1.It is a single-engine, single-seat light fighter.

2.Hindustan Aeronautics Limited manufactures and supports the type in India.

3.Its endurance, payload and sensors make it central to Indian air power.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: RVV-BD Missile: Su-30MKI Integration Reports and the DAC Approval Open full article →

5.

An air-to-air missile's advertised maximum range differs from its dependable range mainly because:

Export catalogues are legally required to overstate performance Usable range depends on the quality of the target track and the energy left for late manoeuvres Radar seekers work only at short distances Fighters cannot carry a missile at its full fuel load

From: RVV-BD Missile: Su-30MKI Integration Reports and the DAC Approval Open full article →

6.

Consider the following statements about the MatsyaMetri application:

1.It was developed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute.

2.It measures fish length and width through a phone camera using augmented reality.

3.Its records can be exported as a comma-separated values file.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: MatsyaMetri: CMFRI's Augmented-Reality Fish Measuring App Open full article →

7.

MatsyaMetri runs on devices that:

Are Android phones supporting Google's ARCore system Run any operating system with a rear camera Are dedicated underwater survey cameras Have a satellite navigation receiver for tagging fish

From: MatsyaMetri: CMFRI's Augmented-Reality Fish Measuring App Open full article →

8.

Fish length data are central to fisheries biology because:

A single length measurement counts the whole population Length determines the market price fixed by the government Length-class distributions reveal recruitment, growth and fishing-pressure patterns Longer fish are always older than shorter fish of any species

From: MatsyaMetri: CMFRI's Augmented-Reality Fish Measuring App Open full article →

9.

Consider the following statements about the limits of augmented-reality fish measurement:

1.It removes the need to compare app readings with calibrated physical measurements.

2.Light, angle, distance and an uneven surface can affect the result.

3.Version changes require fresh validation and documentation.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: MatsyaMetri: CMFRI's Augmented-Reality Fish Measuring App Open full article →

10.

Consider the following statements about a Virtual Private Network:

1.It commonly encrypts traffic between a device and a gateway.

2.It gives the user complete anonymity online.

3.Internet services see the gateway's public address rather than the user's usual address.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: Doda VPN Restriction: Section 163 BNSS for Two Months Open full article →

11.

Consider the following statements about Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023:

1.It permits urgent written directions to prevent danger, disturbance or public disorder.

2.An ordinary order under it cannot remain in force beyond two months.

3.A State Government may extend such an order by up to six additional months on the stated grounds.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: Doda VPN Restriction: Section 163 BNSS for Two Months Open full article →

12.

Consider the following statements about Doda district:

1.It lies in the eastern part of the Jammu division of Jammu and Kashmir.

2.It adjoins Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh.

3.It touches the Line of Control.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: Doda VPN Restriction: Section 163 BNSS for Two Months Open full article →

13.

Consider the following statements about the Doda order reported on 5 September 2026:

1.It was issued by the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir.

2.It applies to users, institutions, businesses, cybercafes and internet service providers.

3.Government-authorised Virtual Private Network use is reported to be exempt.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: Doda VPN Restriction: Section 163 BNSS for Two Months Open full article →

14.

A district-wide restriction on Virtual Private Networks carries practical costs mainly because:

Such networks are used only for unlawful purposes Encryption cannot be switched off once enabled Internet service providers are unable to detect such traffic Remote work, banking security, institutional access and system administration rely on private tunnels

From: Doda VPN Restriction: Section 163 BNSS for Two Months Open full article →

15.

Consider the following statements about the Shekhawati Tentative List entry:

1.UNESCO records its submission on 1 June 2026.

2.It covers fourteen town ensembles.

3.The towns lie across Jhunjhunu, Churu and Sikar districts of Rajasthan.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: Shekhawati Havelis: Fourteen Painted Towns on UNESCO's Tentative List Open full article →

16.

Placing a property on a country's World Heritage Tentative List means that:

The property has been inscribed as a World Heritage Site The country has taken a required first step before any full nomination can proceed UNESCO has guaranteed eventual inscription The World Heritage Committee has already assessed its Outstanding Universal Value

From: Shekhawati Havelis: Fourteen Painted Towns on UNESCO's Tentative List Open full article →

17.

A haveli is best described as:

A large traditional residence organised around one or more courtyards A fortified hilltop citadel A stepped public well used for water storage A roadside caravan halt for merchants

From: Shekhawati Havelis: Fourteen Painted Towns on UNESCO's Tentative List Open full article →

18.

Consider the following statements about the painted havelis of Shekhawati:

1.Merchant families commissioned many of them between the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

2.The murals were painted exclusively by court painters of the Mughal emperor.

3.Later murals show trains, cars, European figures and new technologies.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: Shekhawati Havelis: Fourteen Painted Towns on UNESCO's Tentative List Open full article →

19.

The Shekhawati proposal is framed as a serial property. This means that:

A single monument is nominated together with its buffer zone The nomination will be submitted in yearly instalments Several separate but connected components are nominated together as one property Only buildings of the same date are eligible

From: Shekhawati Havelis: Fourteen Painted Towns on UNESCO's Tentative List Open full article →

20.

Consider the following statements about Barakuru:

1.It lies in Udupi district of coastal Karnataka, beside the Sita River.

2.It was an important centre of the Alupa rulers.

3.It served as the capital of the entire Vijayanagara Empire.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: Barakuru: Tulunadu's First Siditale Hero-Stone Recorded Open full article →

21.

In the reading of the archaeologist who recorded the Barakuru stone, a Siditale hero-stone commemorates:

A warrior who died defending cattle Ritual self-sacrifice, depicted as a severed head swinging from a bent pole A ruler's victory in a naval battle The founding of a temple by a merchant guild

From: Barakuru: Tulunadu's First Siditale Hero-Stone Recorded Open full article →

22.

Consider the following statements about the three-tier arrangement seen on many southern Indian memorial stones:

1.The lower register presents the death or heroic act.

2.Middle figures often guide the dead person upward.

3.The highest register shows reward, worship or a divine presence.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: Barakuru: Tulunadu's First Siditale Hero-Stone Recorded Open full article →

23.

Consider the following statements about the dating of the Barakuru stone:

1.Archaeologist T. Murugeshi dates it stylistically to the fourteenth century.

2.An inscription on the stone records the exact year of its carving.

3.Stylistic dating compares clothing, carving, composition and religious imagery.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: Barakuru: Tulunadu's First Siditale Hero-Stone Recorded Open full article →

24.

The Barakuru hero-stone was found:

In the outer enclosure of the Panchalingeshwara Temple during renovation On the seabed off the Udupi coast Inside a Jain basadi that was being demolished In a museum store where it had lain unlabelled

From: Barakuru: Tulunadu's First Siditale Hero-Stone Recorded Open full article →

25.

Consider the following statements about the Mindoro bleeding-heart:

1.Its scientific name is Gallicolumba platenae.

2.It belongs to the pigeon and dove family, Columbidae.

3.It is endemic to the island of Mindoro.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: Mindoro Bleeding-heart: First Photograph Since December 2005 Open full article →

26.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the Mindoro bleeding-heart as:

Least Concern Near Threatened Critically Endangered Extinct in the Wild

From: Mindoro Bleeding-heart: First Photograph Since December 2005 Open full article →

27.

Consider the following statements about the August 2026 record:

1.It is the first definite photographic record since December 2005.

2.The camera stood above 900 metres, beyond the species' historically documented elevation.

3.The single image proves that the population is recovering.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: Mindoro Bleeding-heart: First Photograph Since December 2005 Open full article →

28.

Consider the following statements about the geography of Mindoro:

1.It lies north-east of Luzon.

2.It stands between the South China Sea and the Sibuyan Sea.

3.The Verde Island Passage separates its northern coast from Luzon.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: Mindoro Bleeding-heart: First Photograph Since December 2005 Open full article →

29.

Describing a species as endemic to an island means that:

It was introduced to the island by people It occurs naturally nowhere else It is the most abundant species on the island It migrates to the island each breeding season

From: Mindoro Bleeding-heart: First Photograph Since December 2005 Open full article →

30.

Consider the following statements about the Hindon river:

1.It begins in the upper Saharanpur area near the Shivalik foothills.

2.Its basin includes Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Baghpat and Ghaziabad.

3.It joins the Yamuna within Gautam Buddha Nagar district.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: Hindon River: A Greater Noida Drowning and a Polluted Basin Open full article →

31.

Which one of the following pairs are tributary streams of the Hindon?

Kali West and Krishni Gomti and Sai Betwa and Ken Ramganga and Sarda

From: Hindon River: A Greater Noida Drowning and a Polluted Basin Open full article →

32.

Consider the following statements about pollution in the Hindon:

1.The Central Pollution Control Board has identified the river as polluted across its length.

2.Pollution was the cause of the September 2026 drowning near Haibatpur.

3.An earlier restoration plan linked deterioration to untreated municipal sewage.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: Hindon River: A Greater Noida Drowning and a Polluted Basin Open full article →

33.

Untreated sewage harms river life mainly because:

It raises the water temperature above survivable levels Breakdown of its organic matter consumes dissolved oxygen It makes the water too transparent for fish It increases the speed of the current

From: Hindon River: A Greater Noida Drowning and a Polluted Basin Open full article →

34.

Cell broadcasting differs from an ordinary Short Message Service alert mainly because it:

Requires each recipient to register a phone number in advance Works only on fifth-generation networks Sends one message to every compatible handset within selected mobile cells without individual delivery queues Can be sent only by the national government

From: Cell Broadcasting System: India Resumes Geo-Targeted Alerts Open full article →

35.

Consider the following statements about India's Cell Broadcasting System:

1.It was developed by the Centre for Development of Telematics, which works under the Department of Telecommunications.

2.The National Disaster Management Authority and the Ministry of Home Affairs collaborated on it.

3.The national system was formally launched in September 2026.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: Cell Broadcasting System: India Resumes Geo-Targeted Alerts Open full article →

36.

The SACHET alert platform, to which the Cell Broadcasting System connects, uses:

A proprietary format readable only by Indian handsets Voice recordings dispatched by telephone call Unstructured free-text messages The Common Alerting Protocol, an international standard for structured warnings

From: Cell Broadcasting System: India Resumes Geo-Targeted Alerts Open full article →

37.

Consider the following statements about the warning agencies feeding India's alert system:

1.The India Meteorological Department and the Central Water Commission are among them.

2.The Indian Space Research Organisation supplies the snow and mountain-hazard information.

3.The Forest Survey of India provides forest-fire warnings.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: Cell Broadcasting System: India Resumes Geo-Targeted Alerts Open full article →

38.

Consider the following statements about the September 2026 resumption of alerts:

1.The service had paused because of a cyberattack on the network.

2.The C-DOT chief said 300 to 350 software adapters were created for interoperability across telecom equipment.

3.The system supports networks from second-generation to fifth-generation mobile technology.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: Cell Broadcasting System: India Resumes Geo-Targeted Alerts Open full article →

39.

Consider the following statements about the Platform for Aggregating Clean Transport:

1.It was launched by NITI Aayog on 7 September 2026.

2.The launch took place at the fifth e-FAST India Summit in New Delhi.

3.It aims to collect freight demand from shippers and logistics operators around selected corridors.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: PACT: NITI Aayog's Demand Platform for Electric Freight Open full article →

40.

Consider the following statements about e-FAST India:

1.The name stands for Electric Freight Accelerator for Sustainable Transport.

2.NITI Aayog and World Resources Institute India began it in September 2022.

3.Its focus is the electrification of two-wheelers and three-wheelers.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: PACT: NITI Aayog's Demand Platform for Electric Freight Open full article →

41.

Consider the following statements about the figures in the official release:

1.It records 201 electric-freight vehicle deployments in financial year 2024-25.

2.Deployments declined in financial year 2025-26.

3.It separately says over 3,000 electric medium and heavy trucks operate nationwide.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: PACT: NITI Aayog's Demand Platform for Electric Freight Open full article →

42.

Organising electric-freight deployment around corridors is favoured mainly because:

Corridors are exempt from vehicle registration rules Chargers placed along dependable, repeated freight flows achieve higher utilisation Trucks on corridors need no charging at all Corridors are owned by NITI Aayog

From: PACT: NITI Aayog's Demand Platform for Electric Freight Open full article →

43.

Which one of the following correctly describes the nature of the platform?

A facilitation platform whose announced demand does not itself guarantee a signed order A government fund that purchases trucks for operators A regulator that licenses electric-truck manufacturers A mandatory registry for all freight vehicles

From: PACT: NITI Aayog's Demand Platform for Electric Freight Open full article →

44.

Consider the following statements about the location of Bhitarkanika:

1.It lies in Kendrapara district on Odisha's north-eastern coast.

2.It occupies a tidal delta shaped by the Brahmani and Baitarani river systems.

3.The Dhamra estuary connects its waters with the Bay of Bengal.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: Bhitarkanika: 117 Crocodile Nests Hatch into the Creeks Open full article →

45.

Consider the following statements about the legal designations at Bhitarkanika:

1.Bhitarkanika National Park covers about 672 square kilometres.

2.A 145-square-kilometre core became the National Park on 16 September 1998.

3.Bhitarkanika Mangroves was designated a Ramsar site on 19 August 2002.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: Bhitarkanika: 117 Crocodile Nests Hatch into the Creeks Open full article →

46.

Consider the following statements about saltwater crocodile nesting at Bhitarkanika:

1.The species' scientific name is Crocodylus porosus.

2.Females build mound nests from vegetation and mud on raised ground less exposed to tidal flooding.

3.Nearly every hatchling survives to adulthood.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: Bhitarkanika: 117 Crocodile Nests Hatch into the Creeks Open full article →

47.

The Gahirmatha coast adjoining Bhitarkanika is famous for:

Saltwater crocodile nesting mounds Irrawaddy dolphin calving Olive ridley turtle nesting Gharial breeding

From: Bhitarkanika: 117 Crocodile Nests Hatch into the Creeks Open full article →

48.

Consider the following statements about crocodile counts at Bhitarkanika:

1.Officials reported 117 nesting sites during the 2026 breeding season.

2.The January 2026 reptile census recorded 5,858 crocodiles.

3.Odisha's 2025 forestry report counted 1,881 saltwater crocodiles.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2 only 2 and 3 only 1 and 3 only 1, 2 and 3

From: Bhitarkanika: 117 Crocodile Nests Hatch into the Creeks Open full article →