Current Affairs :1 – February 2026


Q1. Who won the FIDE Freestyle Chess Title 2026 ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āϚāύ⧰ FIDE Freestyle Chess āĻ–āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āϕ⧋āύ⧇ āϜāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: (c) Magnus Carlsen
Exp: Magnus Carlsen won the FIDE Freestyle Chess Title 2026. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻŽā§‡āĻ—āύāĻžāĻ› āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āϞāϛ⧇āύ⧇ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āϚāύ⧰ FIDE Freestyle Chess āĻ–āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āϜāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤


Q2. What position did India achieve in the medal tally at the Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship 2026 ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship 2026-āϤ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āύāĻŽā§āĻŦā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϞāĻžāĻ­ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: (a) First (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ)
Exp: India topped the medal tally in the championship. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ āĻāχ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻžāϤ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ• āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϤ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤


Q3. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of GIFT City by the Gujarat Government ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϗ⧁āϜ⧰āĻžāϟ āϚ⧰āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§‡ GIFT City-ā§° āύāϤ⧁āύ Chairman āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻ• āύāĻŋāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϛ⧇ ?
Ans: (c) Uday Kotak
Exp: Uday Kotak was appointed as the Chairman of GIFT City. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āωāĻĻāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧋āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻ• GIFT City-ā§° āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧāĻžā§°āĻŽā§‡āύ āύāĻŋāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇āĨ¤


Q4. The recently approved Rail-Road Twin Tunnel will be constructed under which river ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϏāĻĻā§āϝ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋāϤ Rail-Road Twin Tunnel āϕ⧋āύāĻ–āύ āύāĻĻ⧀⧰ āϤāϞ⧇āĻĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻš’āĻŦ ? 
Ans: (c) Brahmaputra River
Exp: India’s first rail-road twin tunnel will be built under the Brahmaputra. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ Rail-Road Twin Tunnel āĻŦā§ā§°āĻšā§āĻŽāĻĒ⧁āĻ¤ā§ā§° āύāĻĻ⧀⧰ āϤāϞ⧇āĻĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻš’āĻŦāĨ¤


Q5. Herath Poshte festival is mainly associated with which State/UT ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: Herath Poshte āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸ā§ą āϕ⧋āύ ā§°āĻžāĻœā§āϝ/āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧰ āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ ?
Ans: (b) Jammu & Kashmir
Exp: It is a festival of the Kashmiri Pandit community. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻāχāĻŸā§‹ āĻ•āĻžāĻļā§āĻŽā§€ā§°ā§€ āĻĒāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧā§° āĻ§ā§°ā§āĻŽā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸ā§ąāĨ¤


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Q6. India’s first National Cow Culture Museum will be established in which state ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ National Cow Culture Museum āϕ⧋āύ ā§°āĻžāĻœā§āϝāϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻš’āĻŦ ?
Ans: (a) Uttar Pradesh
Exp: The museum will be set up in Uttar Pradesh. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻāχ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻšāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻ⧇āĻļāϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻš’āĻŦāĨ¤


Q7. Who will host the first-ever IMACC 2026 ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻŦāĻžā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ IMACC 2026 āϕ⧋āύ⧇ āφāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ?
Ans: (b) Indian Army
Exp: Indian Army will host IMACC 2026. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϏ⧇āύāĻžāχ IMACC 2026 āφāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦāĨ¤


Q8. Who launched the ‘Karmayoga for Empowered Bharat’ campaign ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: ‘Karmayoga for Empowered Bharat’ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝāĻžāύ āϕ⧋āύ⧇ āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: (c) Droupadi Murmu
Exp: The campaign was launched by the President of India. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ ā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāχ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝāĻžāύ āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤


Q9. Where was the African Union (AU) Summit 2026 held ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: African Union (AU) Summit 2026 āĻ•’āϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: (b) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Exp: AU headquarters is located in Addis Ababa. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: AU-ā§° āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ Addis Ababa-āϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤


Q10. Tarique Rahman will be the next Prime Minister of which country ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻ• ā§°āĻšāĻŽāĻžāύ āϕ⧋āύ āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§° āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻĒā§ā§°āϧāĻžāύāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻš’āĻŦ ?
Ans: (c) Bangladesh
Exp: Tarique Rahman is set to become the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻ• ā§°āĻšāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļā§° āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻĒā§ā§°āϧāĻžāύāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻš’āĻŦāĨ¤


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Q1. The 13th India–Kyrgyzstan Joint Military Exercise KHANJAR-XIII is scheduled to be held in which Indian state ?


āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§§. ā§§ā§ŠāϤāĻŽ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ–āĻ•āĻŋā§°ā§āĻ—āĻŋāϜāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāύ āϝ⧌āĻĨ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§°āĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ KHANJAR-XIII āϕ⧋āύāĻ–āύ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ ā§°āĻžāĻœā§āϝāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻš’āĻŦ ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (c) Uttarakhand


Explanation: KHANJAR-XIII focuses on counter-terrorism and special forces cooperation. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻāχ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ⧰ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻžāϏāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŦāĻŋā§°ā§‹āϧ⧀ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āφ⧰⧁ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§°āĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻšāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻžāĨ¤


Q2. Who is set to become the Chief Minister of Manipur ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ⧍. āĻŽāĻŖāĻŋāĻĒ⧁⧰⧰ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āϞ’āĻŦāϞ⧈ āĻ—ā§ˆ āφāϛ⧇ ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (b) Yumnam Khemchand


Explanation: He is set to assume office following recent political developments in Manipur. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻŽāĻŖāĻŋāĻĒ⧁⧰⧰ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻ• ā§°āĻžāϜāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŦā§°ā§āϤāύ⧰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻš’āĻŦāϞ⧈ āĻ—ā§ˆ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤


Q3: Which Indian-origin atmospheric scientist won the Crafoord Prize 2026 ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Š: ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āϚāύ⧰ Crafoord Prize āϕ⧋āύāϜāύ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§‚āϞ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ­ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϛ⧇ ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (b) Veerabhadran Ramanathan


Explanation: He was honoured for his contribution to climate and atmospheric science. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϜāϞāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύāϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻĻāĻžāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ āĻŦāρāϟāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ­ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q4. Nivedita Dubey has been appointed as Director (HR) of which organisation ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Ē. āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻĻ⧁āĻŦ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžā§° Director (HR) āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (c) Airports Authority of India


Explanation: AAI manages civil aviation infrastructure across India. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: AAI āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻ…āϏāĻžāĻŽā§°āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āϚāϞāĻžāϚāϞ āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāσāĻ—āĻžāρāĻĨāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q5: A record amount of ₹2.93 lakh crore will be invested to transform which sector?


āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Ģ: â‚šā§¨.ā§¯ā§Š āϞāĻžāĻ– āϕ⧋āϟāĻŋ āϟāĻ•āĻžā§° ⧰⧇āĻ•ā§°ā§āĻĄ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§ā§° āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻš’āĻŦ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (c) Indian Railways


Explanation: The investment focuses on safety, modernization, and infrastructure. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻāχ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āϗ⧇ ⧰⧇āĻ˛ā§ąā§‡ā§° āϏ⧁⧰āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āφ⧰⧁ āφāϧ⧁āύāĻŋāϕ⧀āϕ⧰āĻŖāϤ āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤


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Q6: The 16th Finance Commission fixed the states’ share in the divisible pool at what percentage?


āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Ŧ: ā§§ā§ŦāϤāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤ āφāϝāĻŧā§‹āϗ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻœā§āϝ āϕ⧰ āĻĒ⧁āϞāϤ ā§°āĻžāĻœā§āϝāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻšā§° āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āϧāĻžā§°ā§āϝ āϕ⧰⧇?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (b) 41%


Explanation: The share was retained to strengthen cooperative federalism. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻāχ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ ā§°āĻžāĻœā§āϝ āφ⧰⧁ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§° āϏāĻšāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻž āĻŦāϜāĻžāχ ā§°āĻžāĻ–āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ āϧ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇āĨ¤


Q7: Mount Aconcagua is the highest peak in which region ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§­: āĻŽāĻžāωāĻŖā§āϟ āφāĻ•āĻ‚āĻ•āĻžāĻ—ā§ā§ąāĻž āϕ⧋āύ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧰ āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻšā§āϚ āĻļ⧃āĻ‚āĻ— ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (d) Western Hemisphere


Explanation: It is the highest mountain outside Asia, located in Argentina. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻāχ āĻļ⧃āĻ‚āĻ— āĻ†ā§°ā§āĻœā§‡āĻŖā§āϟāĻŋāύāĻžāϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āφ⧰⧁ āĻāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°ā§° āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦā§‹āϚ


Q8. How many tiger deaths were recorded in India in 2025 ? 2025 ā¤ŽāĨ‡ā¤‚ ā¤­ā¤žā¤°ā¤¤ ā¤ŽāĨ‡ā¤‚ ⤕ā¤ŋ⤤⤍āĨ‡ ā¤Ŧā¤žā¤˜āĨ‹ā¤‚ ⤕āĨ€ ā¤ŽāĨŒā¤¤ ā¤Ļ⤰āĨā¤œ ⤕āĨ€ ā¤—ā¤ˆ ? ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āϚāύāϤ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤāϤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻžāϘ⧰ āĻŽā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧁ āύāĻĨāĻŋāϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ ?


Ans: 166


Explanation: This is 40 more than in 2024. 2024 ⤕āĨ€ ⤤āĨā¤˛ā¤¨ā¤ž ā¤ŽāĨ‡ā¤‚ 40 ⤅⤧ā¤ŋ⤕āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē āϚāύ⧰ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻžāϤ ā§Ēā§ĻāϟāĻž āĻŦ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤


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Ans: Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh | ā¤ĩā¤žā¤°ā¤žā¤Ŗā¤¸āĨ€ (⤉.ā¤ĒāĨā¤°.) | āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻžāĻŖāϏ⧀ (āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻ⧇āĻļ)


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