Current Affairs : April 2026
Q1. Amaravati has been proposed as the sole capital of which state under the 2026 amendment bill ?
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āϏāĻāĻļā§āϧāύ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāϞ āĻ āύā§āϏ⧰āĻŋ Amaravati āĻā§āύ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻāĻāĻŽāĻžāϤā§ā§° ā§°āĻžāĻāϧāĻžāύ⧠āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āϏā§āϤāĻžā§ą āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ ?
(a) Telangana | (b) Karnataka | (c) Andhra Pradesh | (d) Tamil Nadu
Ans: (c) Andhra Pradesh
Explanation: Amaravati is proposed as the sole capital. : AmaravatiāĻ āĻāĻāĻŽāĻžāϤā§ā§° ā§°āĻžāĻāϧāĻžāύ⧠āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āϏā§āϤāĻžā§ą āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Q2. Who won the Miami Open 2026 Men’s Singles title ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: Miami Open 2026 āĻĒā§āϰā§āώ āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ⧠?
(a) Jannik Sinner | (b) Novak Djokovic | (c) Carlos Alcaraz | (d) Jiri Lehecka
Ans: (a) Jannik Sinner
Explanation: Jannik Sinner won the title. : Jannik SinnerāĻ āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤
Q3. Who has been awarded the prestigious 'Grand Prize' for Contribution to World Peace ?
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: ‘Contribution to World Peace’ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ ‘Grand Prize’ āĻā§āύ⧠āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠?
(a) K. T. Rama Rao | (b) Revanth Reddy | (c) Jupally Krishna Rao | (d) M. Venkaiah Naidu
Ans: (c) Jupally Krishna Rao
Explanation: He received the Grand Prize for world peace contribution.: āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤāĻŋā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻ āϏāύā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Q4. Who has been extended as the Director General of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) till March 30, 2027 ?
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: ⧍ā§Ļ⧍⧠āĻāύ⧰ ā§Šā§Ļ āĻŽāĻžā§°ā§āĻāϞā§āĻā§ NDRFā§° DG āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻĸāĻŧā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ ?
(a) Atul Karwal | (b) Piyush Anand | (c) Sheel Vardhan Singh | (d) Anish Dayal Singh
Ans: (b) Piyush Anand
Explanation: Piyush Anand is serving as DG NDRF and his tenure is extended till 2027. : Piyush Anand āĻŦā§°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ NDRFā§° DG āĻā§°ā§ āϤā§āĻāĻā§° āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻāĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻĸāĻŧā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Q5. Who won the Indian Open 2026 golf tournament to clinch his maiden DP World Tour title ?
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: Indian Open 2026 āĻ’āϞā§āĻĢ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāϝā§āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ DP World Tour āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ⧠?
(a) Matt Fitzpatrick | (b) Alex Fitzpatrick | (c) Eugenio Chacarra | (d) Shubhankar Sharma
Ans: (b) Alex Fitzpatrick
Explanation: Alex Fitzpatrick won the Indian Open 2026, securing his first DP World Tour title. Alex FitzpatrickāĻ Indian Open 2026 āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ DP World Tour āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Q6. Which Indian Navy ship joined the historic trans-oceanic expedition 'Lokayan-26' in France ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: ‘Lokayan-26’ āĻ āĻāĻŋāϝāĻžāύāϤ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§ā§ āύā§-āĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻā§ āĻ āĻāĻļāĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(a) INS Vikrant | (b) INS Kolkata | (c) INS Sudarshini | (d) INS Arihant
Ans: (c) INS Sudarshini
Explanation: INS Sudarshini participated in the historic expedition.: INS Sudarshiniā§ā§ āĻāĻ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ āĻ āĻāĻŋāϝāĻžāύāϤ āĻ āĻāĻļāĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Q7. The "Gate of Tears" refers to which of the following straits ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: “Gate of Tears” āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻā§āύāĻā§ āϏāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒāĻĨ (strait) āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§ ?
(a) Strait of Malacca | (b) Strait of Hormuz | (c) Bab-el-Mandeb Strait | (d) Bosporus Strait
Ans: (c) Bab-el-Mandeb Strait
Explanation: “Gate of Tears” is the meaning of Bab-el-Mandeb, located between the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.: Bab-el-Mandeb StraitāĻ “Gate of Tears” āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
Q8. The recent outbreak of Shigellosis was reported in which state ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻļā§āĻšāϤā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āϞā§āϞā§āϏāĻŋāĻ ā§°ā§āĻā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻāĻžā§ą āĻā§āύ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāϤ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(a) Tamil Nadu | (b) Karnataka | (c) Kerala | (d) Andhra Pradesh
Ans: (c) Kerala
Explanation: The outbreak was reported in Kerala.: āĻāĻ ā§°ā§āĻ āĻā§āϰāĻžāϞāĻžāϤ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Q9. Who has been appointed as Director of BRIC-NCCS Pune ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: BRIC-NCCS Puneā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻāĻžāϞāĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ ?
(a) Dr. Thomas Pucadyil | (b) Dr. Rakesh Mishra | (c) Dr. Satyajit Rath | (d) Dr. Anurag Agrawal
Ans: (a) Thomas Pucadyil
Explanation: Dr. Thomas Pucadyil has been appointed as the Director of BRIC-NCCS Pune. He is a professor at IISER Pune and a well-known researcher in cell biology. āĻĄ° āĻĨāĻŽāĻžāϏ āĻĒā§āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŋāϞāĻ BRIC-NCCS Puneā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻāĻžāϞāĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻž āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āϤā§āĻāĻ IISER PuneāϤ āĻ āϧā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻā§°ā§āĻŽā§°āϤ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻā§āϝāĻžāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāύā§āĨ¤
Q10. Mahavir Jayanti 2026 was celebrated on which date ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻŦā§ā§° āĻāϝāĻŧāύā§āϤ⧠āĻā§āϤāĻŋā§āĻž āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(a) March 29 | (b) March 30 | (c) March 31 | (d) April 1
Ans: (c) Mahavir Jayanti (March 31)
Explanation: Mahavir Jayanti 2026 was observed on March 31. : ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ āĻāĻāĻā§ ā§Šā§§ āĻŽāĻžā§°ā§āĻ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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Q1. Who has been appointed as the new Director General of DGCA ? : DGCA-ā§° āύāϤā§āύ Director General āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ ?
(a) Arun Kumar (b) Rajiv Bansal (c) Vir Vikram Yadav (d) Sanjeev Kumar
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) Vir Vikram Yadav
Explanation: Vir Vikram Yadav has been appointed as the Director General of DGCA, which regulates civil aviation in India. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Vir Vikram YadavāĻ DGCA-ā§° Director General āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻā§, āϝāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§°āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāϞāĻžāĻāϞ āύāĻŋā§āύā§āϤā§ā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Q2. Which company delivered the first batch of 2,000 LMGs to the Indian Army ahead of schedule ? : āĻā§āύ āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύā§ā§ā§ āϏāĻŽā§ā§° āĻāĻāϤā§āĻ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§ā§ āϏā§āύāĻžāϞ⧠⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§ĻāĻāĻž LMG āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāύ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§ ?
(a) DRDO (b) HAL (c) Adani Defence (d) BEL
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) Adani Defence
Explanation: Adani Defence & Aerospace supplied 2,000 Light Machine Guns (LMGs) to the Indian Army before the deadline. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Adani Defence-āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§° āĻāĻāϤā§āĻ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§ā§ āϏā§āύāĻžāϞ⧠⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§ĻāĻāĻž LMG āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāύ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤
Q3. Where was 'Exercise Dweep Shakti' 2026 conducted ? 'Exercise Dweep Shakti' 2026 āĻ’āϤ āĻ āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(a) Lakshadweep (b) Gujarat Coast (c) Andaman & Nicobar Islands (d) Goa Coast
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Explanation: Exercise Dweep Shakti 2026 was conducted in Andaman & Nicobar Islands by the tri-services to strengthen island defence and rapid response capability. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Exercise Dweep Shakti 2026 Andaman & Nicobar IslandsāϤ āĻ āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒ āϏā§ā§°āĻā§āώāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§ā§°āĻŋā§āĻž āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞā§āĨ¤
Q4. Chandrikapersad Santokhi was the former President of which country ? : Chandrikapersad Santokhi āĻā§āύ āĻĻā§āĻļā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϤāύ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(a) Guyana (b) Mauritius (c) Fiji (d) Suriname
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (d) Suriname
Explanation: Chandrikapersad Santokhi served as the President of Suriname, a South American country. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Chandrikapersad Santokhi Suriname āĻĻā§āĻļā§° ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Q5. In which state was the Madhavpur Mela 2026 organized ? Madhavpur Mela 2026 āĻā§āύ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāϤ āĻ āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(a) Rajasthan (b) Odisha (c) Gujarat (d) Assam
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) Gujarat
Explanation: Madhavpur Mela is held in Gujarat and celebrates the cultural link between Lord Krishna and the Northeast region.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Madhavpur Mela GujaratāϤ āĻ āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšā§ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻā§ąāĻžāύ āĻā§āώā§āĻŖā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰-āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻāϞ⧰ āϏāĻžāĻāϏā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻ āĻāĻĻāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Q6. Which organization released the report "Energy Statistics India 2026" ? "Energy Statistics India 2026" āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻĻāύ āĻā§āύ āϏāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§ ?
(a) NITI Aayog (b) National Statistics Office (c) Reserve Bank of India (d) Central Electricity Authority
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) National Statistics Office
Explanation: The National Statistics Office (NSO) publishes this annual report covering India’s energy data and trends. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: NSO-āĻ āĻāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻĻāύāĻā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°ā§, āϝ’āϤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°ā§ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻ āύā§āϤ⧰ā§āĻā§āĻā§āϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Q7. On April 1, 2026, which foundation year did RBI celebrate ? : ā§§ āĻāĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāϞ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ RBI-āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϤāĻŽ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§ąāϏ āĻāĻĻāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻā§°ā§ ?
(a) 90th (b) 91st (c) 92nd (d) 93rd
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) 91st
Explanation: RBI was established in 1935. Therefore, in 2026 it completed 91 years. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: RBI 1935 āĻāύāϤ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āϏā§ā§ā§ 2026āϤ ⧝⧧ āĻŦāĻā§° āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Q8. Where is the Asian Boxing Championships 2026 being held ? : Asian Boxing Championships 2026 āĻ’āϤ āĻ āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĻā§ ?
(a) New Delhi, India (b) Bangkok, Thailand (c) Tashkent, Uzbekistan (d) Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (d) Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Explanation : āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž
- The Asian Boxing Elite Championships 2026 is being held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. : Asian Boxing Championships 2026 Ulaanbaatar, MongoliaāϤ āĻ āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤
- Venue: ASA Arena :
- āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ: ASA Arena
- Dates: March 28 – April 11, 2026 : āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻ: ā§¨ā§Ž āĻŽāĻžā§°ā§āĻ – ā§§ā§§ āĻāĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāϞ, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ
- It is a major continental boxing event featuring top Asian boxers. : āĻ āĻāĻāĻŋā§āĻžā§° āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻā§āϏāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāϝā§āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĨ¤
Q9. Where was CMS COP15 concluded ? : CMS COP15 āĻ’āϤ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(a) India (b) Brazil (c) Germany (d) Japan
Ans / āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) Brazil
Explanation : āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž
- The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) was held in Campo Grande, Brazil. CMS COP15 Brazilā§° Campo GrandeāϤ āĻ āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
- Dates: March 23–29, 2026 : āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻ: ā§¨ā§Š–⧍⧝ āĻŽāĻžā§°ā§āĻ, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ
- It concluded with important decisions, including adding new migratory species to the protected list. : āĻŦāĻšā§āϤ⧠āύāϤā§āύ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŦā§ā§°āĻāύāĻļā§āϞ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻŖā§ āϏāĻā§°āĻā§āώāĻŖ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāϤ āĻ āύā§āϤ⧰ā§āĻā§āĻā§āϤ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Q10. Utkal Divas is celebrated on which date ? : Utkal Divas āĻā§āύ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§ ?
(a) March 31 (b) April 1 (c) April 2 (d) April 3
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) April 1
Explanation : āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž
- Utkal Divas (Odisha Day) is celebrated on April 1 every year. : Utkal Divas (Odisha Day) āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻā§°ā§ ā§§ āĻāĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
- On this day in 1936, the state of Odisha was formed as a separate province based on language. : āĻāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻā§āϤ 1936 āĻāύāϤ Odisha āĻāĻāύ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻ āύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
- It marks the identity and cultural unity of the Odia people. : āĻ Odia āĻāύāĻā§āώā§āĻ ā§ā§° āϏāĻāϏā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĻāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
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Q1. Which police force was awarded the President's Colour for Service Excellence ? āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻā§°āĻā§āώ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāύā§āĻ President’s Colour for Service Excellence āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(a) Maharashtra Police (b) Odisha Police (c) Kerala Police (d) Punjab Police
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) Odisha Police
Explanation : āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž
- Odisha Police has been awarded the President’s Police Colour (President’s Colour for Service Excellence) in 2026. : Odisha Police-āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ President’s Colour āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤
- It is the highest honour given to a police force in India. : āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻā§°āĻā§āώ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāύā§ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ āϏāύā§āĻŽāĻžāύāĨ¤
- The award recognizes exceptional service, discipline, and professionalism. : āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāύā§ā§° āĻā§āĻā§āώā§āĻ āϏā§ā§ąāĻž, āĻļā§āĻāĻāϞāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āĻĻāĻā§āώāϤāĻž āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§āĨ¤
- It coincided with Odisha Police Foundation Day (around Utkal Divas). : āĻāĻāĻā§ Utkal Divasā§° āϏāĻŽā§āϤ āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻž āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Q2. Who has been appointed as the Vice Chief of the Indian Army ? : āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§ā§ āϏā§āύāĻžā§° Vice Chief āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ ?
(a) Lt Gen Manoj Pande (b) Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth (c) Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi (d) Lt Gen Anil Chauhan
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth
Explanation: Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth has been appointed as the Vice Chief of the Indian Army, a key leadership role in the Army hierarchy. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth-āĻ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§ā§ āϏā§āύāĻžā§° Vice Chief āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Q3. Which Indian author won the National Book Critics Circle Award 2025 (Autobiography) ? : āĻā§āύ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§ā§ āϞā§āĻāĻā§ National Book Critics Circle Award 2025 (Autobiography) āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§ ?
(a) Jhumpa Lahiri (b) Kiran Desai (c) Arundhati Roy (d) Anita Desai
Answer / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) Arundhati Roy
Explanation : āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž
- Arundhati Roy won the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Award 2025 (Autobiography). : āĻ ā§°ā§āύā§āϧāϤ⧠⧰āϝāĻŧā§ NBCC Award 2025 (Autobiography) āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤
- She received it for her memoir “Mother Mary Comes to Me”. : āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āϤā§āĻāĻā§° āϏā§āĻŽā§āϤāĻŋāĻā§ā§°āύā§āĻĨ **“Mother Mary Comes to Me”**ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤
- The award was announced in March 2026 in the USA. : ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύ⧰ āĻŽāĻžā§°ā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻšāϤ āĻāĻŽā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻžāϤ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻž āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
- The book reflects her life journey—from childhood in Kerala to becoming a global writer and activist. : āĻāĻ āĻā§ā§°āύā§āĻĨāĻāύāϤ āϤā§āĻāĻā§° āĻā§ā§°āĻžāϞāĻžā§° āĻļā§āĻļā§ąā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϤ āϞā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻā§°ā§āĻŽā§ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻžāϞā§āĻā§ āĻā§ā§ąāύ⧰ āϝāĻžāϤā§ā§°āĻž āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Q4. Who has been named as the CEO of IndiGo ? : IndiGo-ā§° CEO āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ ?
(a) Alan Joyce (b) Willie Walsh (c) Tim Clark (d) Ronojoy Dutta
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (d) Ronojoy Dutta
Explanation: Ronojoy Dutta has been serving as the CEO of IndiGo, India’s largest airline, and continues to be associated with its leadership. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Ronojoy Dutta IndiGo-ā§° CEO āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻā§°ā§āĻŽā§°āϤ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āϏāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ā§° āύā§āϤā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻāĻāĻŦā§āĻžāĻāĻā§āĨ¤
Q5. India has emerged as a global leader in issuing IRCCs under which protocol ? : IRCC āĻāĻžā§°āĻŋ āĻā§°āĻžā§° āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āϤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ āĻā§āύ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻā§āĻāϞ⧰ āĻ āϧā§āύāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āĻāĻāĻļāĻžā§°ā§ā§° āĻĻā§āĻļ āĻšā§āĻā§ ?
(a) Kyoto Protocol (b) Paris Agreement (c) Nagoya Protocol (d) Montreal Protocol
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) Nagoya Protocol
Explanation : āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž
- India has become a global leader in issuing IRCCs (Internationally Recognized Certificates of Compliance). : āĻāĻžā§°āϤ IRCC (Internationally Recognized Certificates of Compliance) āĻāĻžā§°āĻŋ āĻā§°āĻžā§° āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āĻāĻāĻļāĻžā§°ā§ā§° āĻĻā§āĻļāĨ¤
- These are issued under the Nagoya Protocol, which is part of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). : āĻāĻāĻŦā§ā§° Nagoya Protocol (CBD-ā§° āĻ āĻāĻļ)ā§° āĻ āϧā§āύāϤ āĻāĻžā§°āĻŋ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
- It ensures fair and equitable sharing of benefits from genetic resources. : āĻā§āĻžā§° āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻā§āύā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§°ā§° āϞāĻžāĻ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻŦāĻŖā§āĻāύ āĻā§°āĻžāĨ¤
- India has issued 3,561 IRCCs, which is over 56% of the global total — making it the top country. : āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āĻ āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ ā§Š,ā§Ģā§Ŧā§§āĻāĻž IRCC āĻāĻžā§°āĻŋ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§ (āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° ā§Ģā§Ŧ%+)āĨ¤
Q6. In which city will North India's first Glass Bridge be constructed ? āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ Glass Bridge āĻ’āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž āĻš’āĻŦ ?
(a) Pathankot (b) Nangal (c) Amritsar (d) Ludhiana
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) Nangal
Explanation: North India’s first glass bridge is planned in Nangal (Punjab) to boost tourism and provide a scenic attraction. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ Glass Bridge Punjabā§° NangalāϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž āĻš’āĻŦ, āϝāĻŋā§ā§ āĻĒā§°ā§āϝāĻāύ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāĨ¤
Q7. Which state is set to launch India's first Quantum Computer ? : āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ Quantum Computer āĻā§āύ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāĻ āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āϞ⧠āĻā§ āĻāĻā§ ?
(a) Karnataka (b) Telangana (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Tamil Nadu
Answer / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) Andhra Pradesh
Explanation : Andhra Pradesh is set to launch India’s first Quantum Computer. The project is part of the “Amaravati Quantum Valley (AQV)” initiative. It will be developed in Amaravati and was announced by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.