Current Affairs :1 â February 2026
Q1. Who won the FIDE Freestyle Chess Title 2026 ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύ⧰ FIDE Freestyle Chess āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: (c) Magnus Carlsen
Exp: Magnus Carlsen won the FIDE Freestyle Chess Title 2026. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻŽā§āĻāύāĻžāĻ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϞāĻā§āύ⧠⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύ⧰ FIDE Freestyle Chess āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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 āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āύāĻŽā§āĻŦā§° āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: (a) First (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ)
Exp: India topped the medal tally in the championship. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻžā§°āϤ āĻāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāϝā§āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāϤ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϤ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Q3. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of GIFT City by the Gujarat Government ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻā§āĻā§°āĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻāĻžā§°ā§ GIFT City-ā§° āύāϤā§āύ Chairman āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ ?
Ans: (c) Uday Kotak
Exp: Uday Kotak was appointed as the Chairman of GIFT City. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻĻāϝāĻŧ āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻ GIFT City-ā§° āĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻžā§°āĻŽā§āύ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Q4. The recently approved Rail-Road Twin Tunnel will be constructed under which river ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϏāĻĻā§āϝ āĻ
āύā§āĻŽā§āĻĻāĻŋāϤ Rail-Road Twin Tunnel āĻā§āύāĻāύ āύāĻĻā§ā§° āϤāϞā§āĻĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž āĻš’āĻŦ ?
Ans: (c) Brahmaputra River
Exp: India’s first rail-road twin tunnel will be built under the Brahmaputra. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ Rail-Road Twin Tunnel āĻŦā§ā§°āĻšā§āĻŽāĻĒā§āϤā§ā§° āύāĻĻā§ā§° āϤāϞā§āĻĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž āĻš’āĻŦāĨ¤
Q5. Herath Poshte festival is mainly associated with which State/UT ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: Herath Poshte āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ą āĻā§āύ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ/āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āĻ
āĻā§āĻāϞ⧰ āϏā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ ?
Ans: (b) Jammu & Kashmir
Exp: It is a festival of the Kashmiri Pandit community. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻļā§āĻŽā§ā§°ā§ āĻĒāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧā§° āϧ⧰ā§āĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ āĻā§āĻ¸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 āĻā§āύ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāϤ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻš’āĻŦ ?
Ans: (a) Uttar Pradesh
Exp: The museum will be set up in Uttar Pradesh. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§āĻļāϤ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻš’āĻŦāĨ¤
Q7. Who will host the first-ever IMACC 2026 ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻŦāĻžā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ
āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ IMACC 2026 āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻāύ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ?
Ans: (b) Indian Army
Exp: Indian Army will host IMACC 2026. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϏā§āύāĻžāĻ IMACC 2026 āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻāύ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāĨ¤
Q8. Who launched the ‘Karmayoga for Empowered Bharat’ campaign ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: ‘Karmayoga for Empowered Bharat’ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāϝāĻžāύ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: (c) Droupadi Murmu
Exp: The campaign was launched by the President of India. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāϝāĻžāύ āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Q9. Where was the African Union (AU) Summit 2026 held ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: African Union (AU) Summit 2026 āĻ’āϤ āĻ
āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
Ans: (b) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Exp: AU headquarters is located in Addis Ababa. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: AU-ā§° āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ Addis Ababa-āϤ āĻ
ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
Q10. Tarique Rahman will be the next Prime Minister of which country ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻ ā§°āĻšāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻā§āύ āĻĻā§āĻļā§° āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ āĻš’āĻŦ ?
Ans: (c) Bangladesh
Exp: Tarique Rahman is set to become the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻ ā§°āĻšāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļā§° āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§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–āĻāĻŋā§°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻāϏā§āϤāĻžāύ āϝā§āĻĨ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§°āĻŋāĻ āĻ āύā§āĻļā§āϞāύ KHANJAR-XIII āĻā§āύāĻāύ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāϤ āĻ āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻš’āĻŦ ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) Uttarakhand
Explanation: KHANJAR-XIII focuses on counter-terrorism and special forces cooperation. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻ āĻ āύā§āĻļā§āϞāύ⧰ āϞāĻā§āώā§āϝ āĻšā§āĻā§ āϏāύā§āϤā§ā§°āĻžāϏāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŦāĻŋā§°ā§āϧ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§°āĻŋāĻ āϏāĻšāϝā§āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĨ¤
Q2. Who is set to become the Chief Minister of Manipur ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ⧍. āĻŽāĻŖāĻŋāĻĒā§ā§°ā§° āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝāĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āϞ’āĻŦāϞ⧠āĻā§ āĻāĻā§ ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) Yumnam Khemchand
Explanation: He is set to assume office following recent political developments in Manipur. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻŽāĻŖāĻŋāĻĒā§ā§°ā§° āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻ ā§°āĻžāĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŦā§°ā§āϤāύ⧰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝāĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ āĻš’āĻŦāϞ⧠āĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
Q3: Which Indian-origin atmospheric scientist won the Crafoord Prize 2026 ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Š: ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύ⧰ Crafoord Prize āĻā§āύāĻāύ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āϞ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞā§āϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāύā§āϝāĻŧā§ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§ ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) Veerabhadran Ramanathan
Explanation: He was honoured for his contribution to climate and atmospheric science. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāϞāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞā§āϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāύāϤ āĻ ā§ąāĻĻāĻžāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Q4. Nivedita Dubey has been appointed as Director (HR) of which organisation ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Ē. āύāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻĻā§āĻŦā§ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āϏāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻžā§° Director (HR) āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻšā§āĻā§ ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) Airports Authority of India
Explanation: AAI manages civil aviation infrastructure across India. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: AAI āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§°āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāϞāĻžāĻāϞ āĻāύā§āϤāĻāĻāĻžāĻāĻĨāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Q5: A record amount of âš2.93 lakh crore will be invested to transform which sector?
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Ģ: âšā§¨.ā§¯ā§Š āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžā§° ā§°ā§āĻā§°ā§āĻĄ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§° āĻāύā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§°āĻž āĻš’āĻŦ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) Indian Railways
Explanation: The investment focuses on safety, modernization, and infrastructure. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ ā§°ā§āĻ˛ā§ąā§ā§° āϏā§ā§°āĻā§āώāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āĻāϧā§āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§°āĻŖāϤ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§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 āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āϤ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻā§āϝ āĻā§° āĻĒā§āϞāϤ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāϏāĻŽā§āĻšā§° āĻ āĻāĻļ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻāĻļ āϧāĻžā§°ā§āϝ āĻā§°ā§?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) 41%
Explanation: The share was retained to strengthen cooperative federalism. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻ āĻ āĻāĻļ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§° āϏāĻšāϝā§āĻāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻāĻžāĻ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āϧ⧰āĻž āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Q7: Mount Aconcagua is the highest peak in which region ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§: āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŖā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻāĻžāĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻā§āύ āĻ āĻā§āĻāϞ⧰ āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ āĻļā§āĻāĻ ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (d) Western Hemisphere
Explanation: It is the highest mountain outside Asia, located in Argentina. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻ āĻļā§āĻāĻ āĻā§°ā§āĻā§āĻŖā§āĻāĻŋāύāĻžāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°ā§° āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦā§āĻ
Q8. How many tiger deaths were recorded in India in 2025 ? 2025 ā¤ŽāĨ⤠ā¤ā¤žā¤°ā¤¤ ā¤ŽāĨ⤠ā¤ā¤ŋ⤤⤍āĨ ā¤Ŧā¤žā¤āĨ⤠ā¤āĨ ā¤ŽāĨ⤤ ā¤Ļ⤰āĨ⤠ā¤āĨ ā¤ā¤ ? ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āĻāύāϤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤāϤ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§° āĻŽā§āϤā§āϝ⧠āύāĻĨāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āϤ āĻšā§āĻā§ ?
Ans: 166
Explanation: This is 40 more than in 2024. 2024 ā¤āĨ ⤤āĨā¤˛ā¤¨ā¤ž ā¤ŽāĨ⤠40 ⤠⤧ā¤ŋā¤āĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē āĻāύ⧰ āϤā§āϞāύāĻžāϤ ā§Ēā§ĻāĻāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
Q9. PM Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the 72nd National Volleyball Tournament held where ? ā¤ĒāĨā¤°ā¤§ā¤žā¤¨ā¤Žā¤ā¤¤āĨ⤰āĨ ⤍⤰āĨā¤ā¤ĻāĨ⤰ ā¤ŽāĨā¤ĻāĨ ⤍āĨ 72ā¤ĩāĨā¤ ā¤°ā¤žā¤ˇāĨā¤āĨ⤰āĨ⤝ ā¤ĩāĨ⤞āĨā¤ŦāĨ⤞ ā¤āĨ⤰āĨā¤¨ā¤žā¤ŽāĨā¤ā¤ ā¤ā¤ž ā¤ĩ⤰āĨā¤āĨ⤠⤞ ā¤ā¤ĻāĨā¤ā¤žā¤ā¤¨ ā¤ā¤šā¤žā¤ ā¤ā¤ŋā¤¯ā¤ž ? āĻĒā§ā§°āϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ āύ⧰ā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ ā§ā§¨āϤāĻŽ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāϞā§āĻŦāϞ āĻā§ā§°ā§āύāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŖā§āĻ āĻ’āϤ āĻāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āϧāύ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠?
Ans: Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh | ā¤ĩā¤žā¤°ā¤žā¤Ŗā¤¸āĨ (ā¤.ā¤ĒāĨ⤰.) | āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻžāĻŖāϏ⧠(āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§āĻļ)
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