Current Affairs 2 : May 2026


Q1. Which veteran film actor has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan for contribution in the field of art ? (Q1. āĻ•āϞāĻž āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§ā§°āϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻĻāĻžāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāϜāύ āĻœā§āϝ⧇āĻˇā§āĻ  āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύ⧇āϤāĻžāĻ• āĻĒāĻĻā§āĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§‚āώāĻŖ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇⧰⧇ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋāϤ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ ?)


Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ: (a) Amitabh Bachchan | (b) Dharmendra Singh Deol | (c) Rajinikanth | (d) Anupam Kher


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (b) Dharmendra Singh Deol


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž:Dharmendra Singh Deol has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian award, for his remarkable contribution to Indian cinema and the field of art. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ§ā§°ā§āĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āϏāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϞāĻ• āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ā§° āφ⧰⧁ āĻ•āϞāĻž āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§ā§°āϞ⧈ āĻ…āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…ā§ąāĻĻāĻžāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāĻĻā§āĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§‚āώāĻŖ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāύ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇āĨ¤


Q2. Who has become the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal? (Q2. āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§° āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ⧀ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāĻž (Chief Electoral Officer) āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ āύāĻŋāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ ?)


Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ: (a) Neelam Meena | (b) Rajeev Kumar | (c) Sanjay Kaul | (d) Sushil Chandra


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (a) Neelam Meena


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž:: Neelam Meena, a senior IAS officer, has been appointed as the new Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal and will supervise election-related activities in the state. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻœā§āϝ⧇āĻˇā§āĻ  IAS āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāĻž āύ⧀āϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻ• āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§° āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ⧀ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāĻž (CEO) āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇āĨ¤


Q3. Who has recently been elected to London's Royal Society, following her father's footsteps ? (Q3. āύāĻŋāϜ⧰ āĻĒāĻŋāϤ⧃⧰ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻ…āύ⧁āϏ⧰āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋ āĻļ⧇āĻšāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ•ā§ˆ āϞāĻŖā§āĻĄāύ⧰ Royal Society-ā§° āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝ āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ ?)


Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ: (a) Gagandeep Kang | (b) Soumya Swaminathan | (c) Tessy Thomas | (d) Indira Hinduja


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (b) Soumya Swaminathan


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, former Chief Scientist of WHO, has been elected as a Fellow of the prestigious Royal Society of London, following the legacy of her father, renowned scientist Dr. M.S. Swaminathan. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: WHO-ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāύ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧀ āĻĄ° āϏ⧌āĻŽā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ āϞāĻŖā§āĻĄāύ⧰ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāύāϜāύāĻ• Royal Society-ā§° āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧋ āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ āύāĻŋāϜ⧰ āĻĒāĻŋāϤ⧃ āĻĄ° āĻāĻŽ. āĻāĻ›. āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨāύ⧰ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻ…āύ⧁āϏ⧰āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϛ⧇āĨ¤


Q4. Till when has the tenure of India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri been extended ? āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻŦ⧈āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻŋāĻ• āϏāϚāĻŋāĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŽ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ›ā§ā§°āĻŋā§° āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻ•āĻžāϞ āϕ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧈ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ ?


(a) 14 July 2026 (b) 31 December 2026 (c) 14 July 2027 (d) 15 August 2027


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (c) 14 July 2027


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: The Central Government has extended the tenure of Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri by one year, up to 14 July 2027. āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧ āϚ⧰āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§‡ āĻŦ⧈āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻŋāĻ• āϏāϚāĻŋāĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŽ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ›ā§ā§°āĻŋā§° āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻ•āĻžāϞ ā§§ā§Ē āϜ⧁āϞāĻžāχ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍⧭āϞ⧈āϕ⧇ āĻāĻŦāϛ⧰⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϛ⧇āĨ¤


Q5. Who has become the World No. 1 batter in the ICC Men's T20I Rankings ? ICC āĻĒ⧁⧰⧁āώ T20I ⧰⧇āĻ‚āĻ•āĻŋāĻ™āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° ā§§ āύāĻŽā§āĻŦā§° āĻŦ⧇āϟāĻ›āĻŽā§‡āύ āϕ⧋āύ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ ?


(a) Abhishek Sharma (b) Ishan Kishan (c) Travis Head (d) Suryakumar Yadav


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (b) Ishan Kishan


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Ishan Kishan became the World No. 1 T20I batter, replacing Abhishek Sharma at the top of the ICC Men's T20I Rankings. āψāĻļāĻžāύ āĻ•āĻŋāώāĻžāϪ⧇ ICC āĻĒ⧁⧰⧁āώ T20I ⧰⧇āĻ‚āĻ•āĻŋāĻ™āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° ā§§ āύāĻŽā§āĻŦā§° āĻŦ⧇āϟāĻ›āĻŽā§‡āύ āĻšā§ˆ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāώ⧇āĻ• āĻļā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ• āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŽ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϛ⧇āĨ¤


Q6. The Borjuli Site in Sonitpur was recently notified as a Biodiversity Heritage Site in which state āĻļā§‹āĻŖāĻŋāϤāĻĒ⧁⧰⧰ āĻŦā§°āϜ⧁āϞ⧀ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻ• āĻļ⧇āĻšāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ•ā§ˆ āϕ⧋āύāĻ–āύ ā§°āĻžāĻœā§āϝāϤ Biodiversity Heritage Site āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻž āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ ?


(a) Assam (āĻ…āϏāĻŽ) (b) Arunachal Pradesh (āυ⧰⧁āĻŖāĻžāϚāϞ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻ⧇āĻļ) (c) Meghalaya (āĻŽā§‡āϘāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ) (d) Sikkim (āĻ›āĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽ)


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (a) Assam (āĻ…āϏāĻŽ)


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: The Borjuli Wild Rice Site in Sonitpur district, Assam, has been notified as a Biodiversity Heritage Site to conserve wild rice and strengthen biodiversity conservation. āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻļā§‹āĻŖāĻŋāϤāĻĒ⧁⧰ āϜāĻŋāϞāĻžā§° āĻŦā§°āϜ⧁āϞ⧀ Wild Rice Site-āĻ• āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϧāĻžāύ⧰ āϏāς⧰āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āφ⧰⧁ āĻœā§ˆā§ą āĻŦ⧈āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§āϝ āϏ⧁⧰āĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ Biodiversity Heritage Site āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻž āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇āĨ¤






Q7. Which country became the 10th nation to accept India's UPI ? āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ UPI āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻž ā§§ā§ĻāĻŽ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āϕ⧋āύāĻ–āύ ?


(a) Greece (āĻ—ā§ā§°ā§€āϚ) (b) Italy (āχāϟāĻžāϞ⧀) (c) Spain (āĻ¸ā§āĻĒ⧇āχāύ) (d) Portugal (āĻĒā§°ā§āϤ⧁āĻ—āĻžāϞ)


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (a) Greece (āĻ—ā§ā§°ā§€āϚ)


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Greece became the 10th country to accept India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI), enabling Indian travellers to make seamless digital payments. āĻ—ā§ā§°ā§€āϚ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ UPI āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻž ā§§ā§ĻāĻŽ āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĨ¤ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĢāϞāϤ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§°ā§āϝāϟāĻ•āϏāĻ•āϞ⧇ āĻ—ā§ā§°ā§€āϚāϤ āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡ UPI-ā§° āϜ⧰āĻŋāϝāĻŧāϤ⧇ āĻĄāĻŋāϜāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϞ āĻĒ⧇āĻŽā§‡āĻŖā§āϟ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻŦāĨ¤


Q8. Where was the 16th India-Japan Annual Summit held in July 2026 ? ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āϚāύ⧰ āϜ⧁āϞāĻžāχ āĻŽāĻžāĻšāϤ ā§§ā§ŦāϤāĻŽ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ-āϜāĻžāĻĒāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§āώāĻŋāĻ• āĻļā§€ā§°ā§āώ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻŋāϞāύ āĻ•'āϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?

(a) New Delhi (āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧀) (b) Tokyo (āϟāĻ•āĻŋāĻ…') (c) Kyoto (āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ'āĻŸā§‹) (d) Osaka (āĻ…'āĻ›āĻžāĻ•āĻž)


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (a) New Delhi (āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧀)


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: The 16th India-Japan Annual Summit was held in New Delhi from 1–3 July 2026 during the visit of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. āϜāĻžāĻĒāĻžāύ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āϧāĻžāύāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāχāϚāĻŋā§° āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ āĻ­ā§ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āωāĻĒāϞāĻ•ā§āώ⧇ ā§§–ā§Š āϜ⧁āϞāĻžāχ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāϖ⧇ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧀āϤ ā§§ā§ŦāϤāĻŽ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ-āϜāĻžāĻĒāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§āώāĻŋāĻ• āĻļā§€ā§°ā§āώ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻŋāϞāύ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q9. International Plastic Bag Free Day is observed every year on which date ? āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāσ⧰āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧ Plastic Bag Free Day āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāϛ⧰⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāϖ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?

(a) 1 July (ā§§ āϜ⧁āϞāĻžāχ) (b) 2 July (⧍ āϜ⧁āϞāĻžāχ) (c) 3 July (ā§Š āϜ⧁āϞāĻžāχ) (d) 5 July (ā§Ģ āϜ⧁āϞāĻžāχ)


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (c) 3 July (ā§Š āϜ⧁āϞāĻžāχ)


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: International Plastic Bag Free Day is observed every year on 3 July to encourage people to reduce the use of single-use plastic bags and protect the environment. āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāϛ⧰⧇ ā§Š āϜ⧁āϞāĻžāχ āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāσ⧰āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧ Plastic Bag Free Day āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§°āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϞāĻžāĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϕ⧰ āĻŦ⧇āĻ—ā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšā§ā§°āĻžāϏ āϕ⧰āĻŋ āĻĒā§°āĻŋā§ąā§‡āĻļ āϏāς⧰āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻžāĨ¤


Q10. GST Day is celebrated every year on 1st July. In which year was GST launched in India ? GST Day āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāϛ⧰⧇ ā§§ āϜ⧁āϞāĻžāχ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤāϤ GST āϕ⧋āύ āϚāύāϤ āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?

(a) 1 July 2016 (b) 1 July 2018 (c) 1 July 2015 (d) 1 July 2017


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (d) 1 July 2017


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: The Goods and Services Tax (GST) was launched in India on 1 July 2017, replacing multiple indirect taxes with a unified tax system. āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤāϤ ā§§ āϜ⧁āϞāĻžāχ ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§­ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāϖ⧇ GST āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻž āĻŦāĻšā§āϤ⧋ āĻĒā§°ā§‹āĻ•ā§āώ āϕ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āϕ⧰āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻ• āϕ⧰ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤāύ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤






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Q1. Who has been appointed as India's Chef de Mission for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow ? āĻ—ā§āϞāĻžāĻ›āĻ—’ āĻ•āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ąā§‡āϞāĻĨ āϗ⧇āĻŽāϛ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ Chef de Mission āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻ• āύāĻŋāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ ?


(a) Leander Paes / āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻŖā§āĻĄāĻžā§° āĻĒ⧇āĻ› (b) Rohit Rajpal / ā§°ā§‹āĻšāĻŋāϤ ā§°āĻžāϜāĻĒāĻžāϞ  (c) Mahesh Bhupathi / āĻŽāĻšā§‡āĻļ āĻ­ā§‚āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāĻŋ (d) Anil Khanna / āĻ…āύāĻŋāϞ āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (b) Rohit Rajpal / ā§°ā§‹āĻšāĻŋāϤ ā§°āĻžāϜāĻĒāĻžāϞ


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Rohit Rajpal was appointed as India's Chef de Mission for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. A Chef de Mission is the head of a country's team during an international sports event.
ā§°ā§‹āĻšāĻŋāϤ ā§°āĻžāϜāĻĒāĻžāϞāĻ• āĻ—ā§āϞāĻžāĻ›āĻ—’ āĻ•āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ąā§‡āϞāĻĨ āϗ⧇āĻŽāϛ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ Chef de Mission āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇āĨ¤ Chef de Mission āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāσ⧰āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻ•ā§ā§°ā§€āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύāϤ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§° āĻĻāϞ⧰ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻļā§€āϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĨ¤


Q2. Which city will host Yoga Mahotsav 2026 as India begins the countdown to International Day of Yoga ? āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāσ⧰āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋā§ąāϏ⧰ āĻ•āĻžāωāĻŖā§āϟāĻĄāĻžāωāύ āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻžā§° āϞāϗ⧇ āϞāϗ⧇ Yoga Mahotsav 2026 āϕ⧋āύāĻ–āύ āϚāĻšā§°āϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻš’āĻŦ ?


(a) Varanasi / āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻžāĻŖāϏ⧀ (b) Khajuraho / āĻ–āĻžāϜ⧁⧰āĻžāĻšā§‹ (c) Jaipur / āϜāϝāĻŧāĻĒ⧁⧰ (d) Ujjain / āωāĻœā§āϜāϝāĻŧāĻŋāύ⧀


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (b) Khajuraho / āĻ–āĻžāϜ⧁⧰āĻžāĻšā§‹


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Yoga Mahotsav 2026 will be organized in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, as part of the celebrations leading to the International Day of Yoga. Khajuraho is famous for its UNESCO World Heritage temples.
āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāσ⧰āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋā§ąāϏ āωāĻĒāϞāĻ•ā§āώ⧇ āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻšā§° āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§° āĻ–āĻžāϜ⧁⧰āĻžāĻšā§‹āϤ Yoga Mahotsav 2026 āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻš’āĻŦāĨ¤ āĻ–āĻžāϜ⧁⧰āĻžāĻšā§‹ UNESCO āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋā§°āϏāĻŽā§‚āĻšā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϤāĨ¤


Q3. Where was India's first private medical museum recently opened ? āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻšāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ (Private Medical Museum) āĻļ⧇āĻšāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻ•’āϤ āĻŽā§āĻ•āϞāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?


(a) Chennai / āĻšā§‡āĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāχ (b) Bengaluru / āĻŦ⧇āĻ‚āĻ—āĻžāϞ⧁⧰⧁ (c) Thiruvananthapuram / āϤāĻŋā§°ā§ā§ąāύāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻĒ⧁⧰āĻŽ (d) Hyderabad / āĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻĻā§°āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (c) Thiruvananthapuram / āϤāĻŋā§°ā§ā§ąāύāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻĒ⧁⧰āĻŽ


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: India's first private medical museum was opened in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The museum showcases the history of medicine, medical instruments, and healthcare development.
āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻšāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧇⧰āĻžāϞāĻžā§° āϤāĻŋā§°ā§ā§ąāύāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻĒ⧁⧰āĻŽāϤ āĻŽā§āĻ•āϞāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāχ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻšāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧāϤ āϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧰ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ, āϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāĻž āϏāρāϜ⧁āϞāĻŋ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝāĻ¸ā§‡ā§ąāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§°ā§āĻļāύ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇āĨ¤


Q4. Whose tenure as Director General of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has been extended till July 2027 ? āύāĻžā§°ā§āϕ⧋āϟāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϏ āĻ•āĻŖā§āĻŸā§ā§°ā§‹āϞ āĻŦā§āϝ⧁⧰⧋ (NCB)-ā§° āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĒā§°āĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāĻ• (Director General) āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āĻ•āĻžā§° āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻ•āĻžāϞ āϜ⧁āϞāĻžāχ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍⧭ āĻĒā§°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ ?


(a) Tapan Kumar Deka / āϤāĻĒāύ āϕ⧁āĻŽāĻžā§° āĻĄā§‡āĻ•āĻž (b) Sanjay Arora / āϏāĻžā§āϜāϝāĻŧ āĻ…ā§°ā§‹ā§°āĻž (c) Rajiv Kumar Sharma / ā§°āĻžāĻœā§€ā§ą āϕ⧁āĻŽāĻžā§° āĻļā§°ā§āĻŽāĻž (d) Anurag Garg / āĻ…āύ⧁⧰āĻžāĻ— āĻ—ā§°ā§āĻ—


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (d) Anurag Garg / āĻ…āύ⧁⧰āĻžāĻ— āĻ—ā§°ā§āĻ—


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: The Central Government extended the tenure of Anurag Garg as Director General of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) till July 2027. āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧ āϚ⧰āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§‡ āĻ…āύ⧁⧰āĻžāĻ— āĻ—ā§°ā§āĻ—ā§° NCB-ā§° āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĒā§°āĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāĻ• āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻ•āĻžāϞ āϜ⧁āϞāĻžāχ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍⧭ āĻĒā§°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϛ⧇āĨ¤


Q5. India's first Geothermal Power Project with ONGC will be established at which location ? ONGC-ā§° āϏāĻšāϝ⧋āĻ—āϤ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ Geothermal Power Project āϕ⧋āύ āĻ āĻžāχāϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻš’āĻŦ ?


(a) Puga Valley, Ladakh / āĻĒ⧁āĻ—āĻž āϭ⧇āϞ⧀, āϞāĻžāĻĄāĻžāĻ– (b) Chumathang, Ladakh / āϚ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāĻ‚, āϞāĻžāĻĄāĻžāĻ– (c) Manikaran, Himachal Pradesh / āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋāϕ⧰āĻŖ, āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϚāϞ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻ⧇āĻļ (d) Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh / āϤāĻžā§ąāĻžāĻ‚, āυ⧰⧁āĻŖāĻžāϚāϞ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻ⧇āĻļ


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (a) Puga Valley, Ladakh / āĻĒ⧁āĻ—āĻž āϭ⧇āϞ⧀, āϞāĻžāĻĄāĻžāĻ–


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: India's first geothermal power project in collaboration with ONGC will be set up in Puga Valley of Ladakh. Geothermal energy uses heat from beneath the Earth’s surface to generate electricity.
ONGC-ā§° āϏāĻšāϝ⧋āĻ—āϤ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ­ā§‚-āϤāĻžāĻĒā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āϞāĻžāĻĄāĻžāĻ–ā§° āĻĒ⧁āĻ—āĻž āϭ⧇āϞ⧀āϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻš’āĻŦāĨ¤ āĻ­ā§‚-āϤāĻžāĻĒā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€ā§° āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰⧰ āϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q6. Where will India's first National AI and Digital Water Summit be held ? āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ National AI and Digital Water Summit āĻ•’āϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻš’āĻŦ ?


(a) Bengaluru / āĻŦ⧇āĻ‚āĻ—āĻžāϞ⧁⧰⧁ (b) Chennai / āĻšā§‡āĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāχ (c) Hyderabad / āĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻĻā§°āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ (d) Pune / āĻĒ⧁āύ⧇


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (a) Bengaluru / āĻŦ⧇āĻ‚āĻ—āĻžāϞ⧁⧰⧁


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: India's first and largest National AI and Digital Water Summit 2026 was held in Bengaluru. It was jointly organized by the Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) and Elets Technomedia.
āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦāĻŦ⧃āĻšā§Ž National AI and Digital Water Summit 2026 āĻŦ⧇āĻ‚āĻ—āĻžāϞ⧁⧰⧁āϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ BWSSB āφ⧰⧁ Elets Technomedia-ā§° āϝ⧌āĻĨ āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ—āϤ āφāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤


Q7. "Apnapan" book has been authored by which Union Minister of India ? “Apnapan” āύāĻžāĻŽā§° āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻ–āύ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāϜāύ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāϛ⧇?


(a) Nitin Gadkari / āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāύ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻ•āĻžā§°ā§€ (b) Shivraj Singh Chouhan / āĻļāĻŋā§ąā§°āĻžāϜ āϏāĻŋāĻ‚ āϚ⧌āĻšāĻžāύ (c) Rajnath Singh / ā§°āĻžāϜāύāĻžāĻĨ āϏāĻŋāĻ‚ (d) Dharmendra Pradhan / āĻ§ā§°ā§āĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϧāĻžāύ


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (b) Shivraj Singh Chouhan / āĻļāĻŋā§ąā§°āĻžāϜ āϏāĻŋāĻ‚ āϚ⧌āĻšāĻžāύ


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: The book “Apnapan” has been authored by Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The book reflects his thoughts, experiences, and public life.
“Apnapan” āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻ–āύ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻļāĻŋā§ąā§°āĻžāϜ āϏāĻŋāĻ‚ āϚ⧌āĻšāĻžāύ⧇ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻ¨ā§āĻĨāϤ āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ⧰ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž, āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻž āφ⧰⧁ āϜāύāĻœā§€ā§ąāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻĒāĻžāχāϛ⧇āĨ¤


Q8. What are the names of the AI platforms developed by the Indian Army ? āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϏ⧇āύāĻžāχ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻļāĻŋāϤ āϕ⧰āĻž AI āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϟāĻĢā§°ā§āĻŽāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻšā§° āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋ ?


(a) Astra and Agni / āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§° āφ⧰⧁ āĻ…āĻ—ā§āύāĻŋ (b) Kautilya and Q-FORCE / āĻ•ā§ŒāϟāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϝ āφ⧰⧁ Q-FORCE (c) Surya and Tejas / āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āϝ āφ⧰⧁ āϤ⧇āϜāϏ (d) Garuda and Vajra / āϗ⧰⧁āĻĄāĻŧ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŦāĻœā§ā§°


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (b) Kautilya and Q-FORCE / āĻ•ā§ŒāϟāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϝ āφ⧰⧁ Q-FORCE


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: The Indian Army developed AI-based platforms named Kautilya and Q-FORCE to improve military intelligence, decision-making, and operational efficiency.
āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϏ⧇āύāĻžāχ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§°āĻŋāĻ• āĻ—ā§‹āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž, āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ Kautilya āφ⧰⧁ Q-FORCE āύāĻžāĻŽā§° AI āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϟāĻĢā§°ā§āĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϛ⧇āĨ¤


Q9. When is International Missing Children's Day observed every year ? āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāσ⧰āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋ⧰⧁āĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁ āĻĻāĻŋā§ąāϏ (International Missing Children's Day) āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāϛ⧰⧇ āϕ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?


(a) 25 May / ⧍ā§Ģ āĻŽā§‡’ (b) 1 May / ā§§ āĻŽā§‡’ (c) 10 June / ā§§ā§Ļ āϜ⧁āύ (d) 30 April / ā§Šā§Ļ āĻāĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāϞ


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (a) 25 May / ⧍ā§Ģ āĻŽā§‡’


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: International Missing Children's Day is observed every year on 25 May to raise awareness about missing children and child safety.
āύāĻŋ⧰⧁āĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻšā§‡āϤāύāϤāĻž āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āφ⧰⧁ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁ āϏ⧁⧰āĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§° āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāϛ⧰⧇ ⧍ā§Ģ āĻŽā§‡’āϤ āĻāχ āĻĻāĻŋā§ąāϏ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q10. When was Commonwealth Day observed in India in 2026 ? ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āϚāύāϤ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤāϤ Commonwealth Day āϕ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?


(a) May 20 / ⧍ā§Ļ āĻŽā§‡’ (b) May 22 / ⧍⧍ āĻŽā§‡’ (c) May 24 / ⧍ā§Ē āĻŽā§‡’ (d) May 25 / ⧍ā§Ģ āĻŽā§‡’


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (c) May 24 / ⧍ā§Ē āĻŽā§‡’


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Commonwealth Day was observed in India on 24 May 2026 to celebrate cooperation and unity among Commonwealth nations.
āĻ•āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ąā§‡āϞāĻĨ āĻĻ⧇āĻļāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻšā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ āϏāĻšāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻž āφ⧰⧁ āϐāĻ•ā§āϝ āωāĻĻāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤāϤ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āϚāύ⧰ ⧍ā§Ē āĻŽā§‡’āϤ Commonwealth Day āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤


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Q1. Who won the International Booker Prize 2026 ? āφāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§°ā§āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦ⧁āĻ•āĻžā§° āĻĒ⧁⧰āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžā§° ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āϕ⧋āύ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ­ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?


(a) Jenny Erpenbeck (āĻœā§‡āύāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§āĻĒ⧇āύāĻŦ⧇āĻ•)  (b) Lin King (āϞāĻŋāύ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚)  (c) Yang Shuang-zi (āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ‚ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚-āϜāĻŋ)  (d) Banu Mushtaq (āĻŦāĻžāύ⧁ āĻŽā§āĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻ•)


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (c) Yang Shuang-zi


Explanation: The 2026 International Booker Prize was awarded to Taiwanese author Yang Shuang-zi for Taiwan Travelogue, translated by Lin King. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āϚāύ⧰ āφāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§°ā§āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦ⧁āĻ•āĻžā§° āĻĒ⧁⧰āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžā§° āϤāĻžāĻ‡ā§ąāĻžāύ⧰ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāĻ•āĻž āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ‚ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚-āϜāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ⧰ Taiwan Travelogue āωāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤


Q2. Who received the UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award 2025 ? ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āϚāύ⧰ UN āϏāĻžāĻŽā§°āĻŋāĻ• āϞāĻŋāĻ‚āĻ— āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤāĻž āĻŦāρāϟāĻž āϕ⧋āύ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ­ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?


(a) Major Suman Gawani (āĻŽā§‡āϜ⧰ āϏ⧁āĻŽāύ āĻ—āĻžā§ąāĻžāύ⧀)  (b) Colonel Sofia Qureshi (āĻ•ā§°ā§āϪ⧇āϞ āĻ›āĻĢāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϕ⧁⧰⧇āĻļā§€)
(c) Major Abhilasha Barak (āĻŽā§‡āϜ⧰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϞāĻžāώāĻž āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻžāĻ•)  (d) Captain Tania Shergill (āϕ⧇āĻĒā§āϤ⧇āχāύ āϤāĻžāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻļ⧇⧰āĻ—āĻŋāϞ)


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (c) Major Abhilasha Barak


Explanation: Major Abhilasha Barak was honoured for her role in UN peacekeeping missions and promoting gender equality. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻŽā§‡āϜ⧰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϞāĻžāώāĻž āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻžāĻ•āĻ• UN āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋā§°āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝāĻžāύāϤ āϞāĻŋāĻ‚āĻ— āϏāĻŽāϤāĻž āφ⧰⧁ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžā§° āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāχ āĻŦāρāϟāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇āĨ¤


Q3. Men's 100m gold – 2026 Athletics Federation Cup ? ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāĻĨāϞ⧇āϟāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϏ āĻĢ⧇āĻĄāĻžā§°ā§‡āϚāύ āĻ•āĻžāĻĒā§° ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻžā§° āĻĻ⧌⧰āϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ• āϕ⧋āύ⧇ āϜāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāϞ⧇ ?


(a) Amlan Borgohain (āĻ…āĻŽā§āϞāĻžāύ āĻŦā§°āĻ—ā§‹āĻšāĻžāρāχ)  (b) Gurindervir Singh (āϗ⧁⧰āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§°āĻŦ⧀⧰ āϏāĻŋāĻ‚)  (c) Manikanta Hoblidhar (āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āĻš’āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋāϧāĻžā§°)  (d) Animesh Kujur (āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻŽā§‡āώ āϕ⧁āϜ⧁⧰)


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (b) Gurindervir Singh (āϗ⧁⧰āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§°āĻŦ⧀⧰ āϏāĻŋāĻ‚)


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Gurindervir Singh won the gold medal in the men’s 100m event at the 2026 Athletics Federation Cup with a strong sprint performance. āϗ⧁⧰āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§°āĻŦ⧀⧰ āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āϚāύ⧰ āĻāĻĨāϞ⧇āϟāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϏ āĻĢ⧇āĻĄāĻžā§°ā§‡āϚāύ āĻ•āĻžāĻĒā§° āĻĒ⧁⧰⧁āώ⧰ ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻžā§° āĻĻ⧌⧰āϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ• āϞāĻžāĻ­ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤


Q4. First AI Ministry in India / āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ AI āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŖāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧋āύ ā§°āĻžāĻœā§āϝāϤ ?


(a) Karnataka (āĻ•ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāϟāĻ•)  (b) Kerala (āϕ⧇āϰāĻžāϞāĻž)   (c) Telangana (āϤ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ‚āĻ—āĻžāύāĻž)  (d) Tamil Nadu (āϤāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϞāύāĻžāĻĄā§)


Ans / āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (b) Kerala (āϕ⧇āϰāĻžāϞāĻž)


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž : Kerala became the first Indian state to establish a dedicated Artificial Intelligence (AI) department / ministry-level initiative to promote digital governance, innovation, startups, and emerging technologies. The move is aimed at making Kerala a leading AI hub in India.


āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻŦāĻžā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϕ⧇āϰāĻžāϞāĻž āϚ⧰āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§‡ āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāĻŽ āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŽāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻž (AI) āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§°ā§āϕ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ— / āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧰⧰ āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ— āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āĻĄāĻŋāϜāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϞ āĻļāĻžāϏāύ, āωāĻĻā§āĻ­āĻžā§ąāύ, āĻˇā§āϟāĻžā§°ā§āϟāφāĻĒ āφ⧰⧁ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύāĻ• āφāĻ—āĻŦāĻĸāĻŧā§‹ā§ąāĻžāĨ¤


Q5. Second NGOPV launched for Indian Navy / āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āύ⧌āϏ⧇āύāĻžā§° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ NGOPV āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāϜ⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋ?


(a) Sandhayak (āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ•)   (b) Anveshak (āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŦ⧇āώāĻ•)  (c) Nirghat (āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϘāĻžāϤ)  (d) Sanghmitra (āϏāĻžāĻ‚āϘāĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻž)


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (d) Sanghmitra (āϏāĻžāĻ‚āϘāĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻž)


Explanation: Sanghmitra is the second Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: ‘āϏāĻžāĻ‚āϘāĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻž’ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āύ⧌āϏ⧇āύāĻžā§° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ NGOPV āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāϜāĨ¤


Q6. First ISL title winner / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ ISL āĻ–āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦāĻŋāϜāϝāĻŧā§€ āϕ⧋āύ?


(a) Mohun Bagan Super Giant (āĻŽā§‹āĻšāύāĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ)  (b) Bengaluru FC (āĻŦ⧇āĻ‚āĻ—āĻžāϞ⧁⧰⧁ āĻāĻĢ āϚāĻŋ)  (c) East Bengal FC (āχāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦ⧇āĻ‚āĻ—āϞ āĻāĻĢ āϚāĻŋ)  (d) Kerala Blasters FC (āϕ⧇āϰāĻžāϞāĻž āĻŦā§āϞāĻžāĻˇā§āϟāĻžā§°ā§āĻ›)


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (c) East Bengal FC (āχāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦ⧇āĻ‚āĻ—āϞ āĻāĻĢ āϚāĻŋ)


Explanation: East Bengal FC is credited with its first ISL title win in GK sets. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āχāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦ⧇āĻ‚āĻ—āϞ āĻāĻĢ āϚāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ ISL āĻ–āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āϜāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϧ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q7. Country joined International Big Cat Alliance 2026 / ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§ŦāϤ Big Cat Alliance āϤ āϕ⧋āύ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇ ?


(a) UAE (āχāωāĻāχ)  (b) Saudi Arabia (āĻ›ā§ŒāĻĻāĻŋ āφ⧰āĻŦ)   (c) Qatar (āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžā§°)  (d) Oman (āĻ“āĻŽāĻžāύ)


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (b) Saudi Arabia (āĻ›ā§ŒāĻĻāĻŋ āφ⧰āĻŦ)


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Saudi Arabia joined the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) as the 26th member country in 2026. IBCA is a global initiative led by India for the conservation of big cats like tiger, lion, leopard, snow leopard, etc.


āĻ›ā§ŒāĻĻāĻŋ āφ⧰āĻŦ⧇ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āϚāύāϤ International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA)-āϤ ⧍ā§Ŧ āϤāĻŽ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻĻāĻžāύ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤ āĻāχ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāϤ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ āφ⧰⧁ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻŦāĻžāϘ, āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻš, āϚāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϘ āφāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ— āϕ⧇āϟ āϏāς⧰āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻžāĨ¤


Q8. Indian War Memorial in South Korea / āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āϕ⧋⧰āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻžā§°āĻ• āĻ•’āϤ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦā§‹āϧāύ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?


(a) Gwanghwamun Plaza (āĻ—ā§ąāĻžāĻ‚āĻšā§ąāĻžāĻŽā§āύ āĻĒā§āϞāĻžāϜāĻž)  (b) Imjingak Park (āχāĻŽāϜāĻŋāĻ‚āĻ—āĻžāĻ• āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻ•)  (c) Yeouido Park (āχāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ“āχāĻĻā§‹ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻ•)  (d) Namsan Park (āύāĻžāĻŽāĻ›āĻžāύ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻ•)


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (b) Imjingak Park (āχāĻŽāϜāĻŋāĻ‚āĻ—āĻžāĻ• āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻ•)


Explanation: The memorial was inaugurated at Imjingak Park. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āϕ⧋⧰āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āχāĻŽāϜāĻŋāĻ‚āĻ—āĻžāĻ• āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻ•āϤ āĻāχ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻžā§°āĻ• āωāĻĻā§āĻŦā§‹āϧāύ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤


Q9. International Tea Day / āφāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§°ā§āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϚāĻžāĻš āĻĻāĻŋā§ąāϏ āϕ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž ?


(a) May 15 (ā§§ā§Ģ āĻŽā§‡’)   (b) May 18 (ā§§ā§Ž āĻŽā§‡’)  (c) May 21 (⧍⧧ āĻŽā§‡’)   (d) May 25 (⧍ā§Ģ āĻŽā§‡’)


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (c) May 21 (⧍⧧ āĻŽā§‡’)


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