Current Affairs - 4 : June 2026
1. Who won the Barcelona Grand Prix 2026 ? / ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§āĻā§āϞā§āύāĻž āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāĻā§āϏ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(a) Lewis Hamilton | (b) Lando Norris | (c) Oscar Piastri
Ans: (a) Lewis Hamilton
Explanation: Lewis Hamilton won the 2026 Barcelona Grand Prix, adding another remarkable victory to his Formula One career. (āϞā§āĻāĻ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻŋāϞā§āĻāύ⧠⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§āĻā§āϞā§āύāĻž āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāĻā§āϏ āĻāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°āĻŋ āϤā§āĻāĻā§° āĻĢā§°ā§āĻŽā§āϞāĻž-ā§§ āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§°āϤ āĻāύ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻāϝā§āĻā§āϝ āϏāĻžāĻĢāϞā§āϝ āϝā§āĻ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
2. World Rainforest Day is observed every year on ? / āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§°ā§āώāĻžā§°āĻŖā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋā§ąāϏ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻā§°ā§ āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) 30 May | (b) 29 June | (c) 22 June
Ans: (c) 22 June
Explanation: World Rainforest Day is observed on 22 June to raise awareness about the importance of rainforests and the need to protect them. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻŦā§°ā§āώāĻžā§°āĻŖā§āϝ⧰ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āϏāĻā§°āĻā§āώāĻŖā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§āĻāύā§āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻā§ āϏāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻž āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠⧍⧍ āĻā§āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§°ā§āώāĻžā§°āĻŖā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋā§ąāϏ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
3. In which year will India and France launch the TRISHNA Mission ? / āĻāĻžā§°āϤ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĢā§ā§°āĻžāύā§āϏ⧠TRISHNA āĻŽāĻŋāĻāύ āĻā§āύ āĻŦāĻā§°āϤ āĻā§āĻā§āώā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ ?
(a) 2028 | (b) 2027 | (c) 2030
Ans: (b) 2027
Explanation: TRISHNA is a joint Earth-observation satellite mission of India and France, scheduled for launch in 2027. (TRISHNA āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĢā§ā§°āĻžāύā§āϏ⧰ āϝā§āĻĨ āĻā§-āĻĒā§°ā§āϝāĻŦā§āĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻāĻĒāĻā§ā§°āĻš āĻŽāĻŋāĻāύ, āϝāĻŋ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍⧠āĻāύāϤ āĻā§āĻā§āώā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻžā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤)
4. What is India's rank in the Energy Transition Index 2026 ? / Energy Transition Index 2026-āϤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?
(a) 65th | (b) 70th | (c) 72nd
Ans: (b) 70th
Explanation: India secured the 70th position in the Energy Transition Index 2026. (Energy Transition Index 2026-āϤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧠ā§ā§ĻāϤāĻŽ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤)
5. Which country's President declared a state of emergency ? / āĻā§āύ āĻĻā§āĻļā§° ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§°ā§ā§°ā§ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§ ?
(a) Norway | (b) Ukraine | (c) Bolivia
Ans: (c) Bolivia
Explanation: Bolivia declared a state of emergency due to severe national challenges and security concerns. (āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤ⧰ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āύāĻŋā§°āĻžāĻĒāϤā§āϤāĻžāĻāύāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ āĻā§°ā§ā§°ā§ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤)
6. Who became a Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) ? / āĻāύā§āϤāĻā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāύ āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻā§°āĻŖ (ITLOS)-ā§° āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϧā§āĻļ āĻā§āύ āĻš'āϞ ?
(a) Dr. Bimal N. Patel | (b) Dr. Neeru Chadha | (c) Justice Dalveer Bhandari
Ans: (a) Dr. Bimal N. Patel
Explanation: Dr. Bimal N. Patel, a distinguished Indian legal scholar and Director of the Rashtriya Raksha University, has been elected as a Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) for the 2026–2035 term. (āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāύāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āϤāĻĨāĻž ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ ā§°āĻā§āώāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧā§° āϏāĻā§āĻāĻžāϞāĻ āĻĄ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāϞ āĻāύ. āĻĒā§āĻā§āϞāĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ–⧍ā§Ļā§Šā§Ģ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻāĻžāϞ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāύā§āϤāĻā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāύ āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻā§°āĻŖ (ITLOS)-ā§° āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϧā§āĻļ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤)
Note / āĻā§āĻāĻž: āĻĄ° āύā§ā§°ā§ āĻāĻĄā§āĻĄāĻž āĻāϤāĻŋāĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠ITLOS-ā§° āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϧā§āĻļ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻĒ-āϏāĻāĻžāĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ–⧍ā§Ļā§Šā§Ģ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻāĻžāϞ⧰ āύāϤā§āύ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύāϤ āĻĄ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāϞ āĻāύ. āĻĒā§āĻā§āϞ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤
7. Who created the world record for the fastest fifty ? / āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤāϤāĻŽ āĻ ā§°ā§āϧāĻļāϤāĻā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āĻ āĻāĻŋāϞā§āĻ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋāϞ⧠?
(a) Shubman Gill | (b) Yashasvi Jaiswal | (c) Vaibhav Suryavanshi
Ans: (c) Vaibhav Suryavanshi
Explanation: Vaibhav Suryavanshi set a new record for the fastest fifty with his explosive batting. (āĻŦā§āĻā§ą āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŦāĻāĻļā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āĻĢā§ā§°āĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤāϤāĻŽ āĻ ā§°ā§āϧāĻļāϤāĻā§° āύāϤā§āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āĻ āĻāĻŋāϞā§āĻ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
8. What is the theme of International Yoga Day 2026 ? / āĻāύā§āϤāĻā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āϝā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋā§ąāϏ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ-ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻŋ ?
(a) Yoga for Everyone | (b) One Earth, One Health | (c) Yoga for Healthy Ageing
Ans: (c) Yoga for Healthy Ageing
Explanation: The 12th International Day of Yoga, observed on 21 June 2026, focused on "Yoga for Healthy Ageing", highlighting the role of yoga in promoting healthy, active, independent, and graceful ageing. (⧍⧧ āĻā§āύ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻā§°āĻž ⧧⧍āϤāĻŽ āĻāύā§āϤāĻā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āϝā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋā§ąāϏ⧰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ "Yoga for Healthy Ageing" (āϏā§āϏā§āĻĨ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§āϧāĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āϝā§āĻ)āĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāĻŦāϏā§āϤā§ā§ąā§ āϝā§āĻā§° āĻā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāϤ⧠āϏā§āϏā§āĻĨ, āϏāĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧ, āϏā§āĻŦāĻžā§ąāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦā§ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŽā§°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻā§ā§ąāύ āϝāĻžāĻĒāύ⧰ āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§°ā§āĻĒ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
9. Which Indian received the Wolf Prize in Physics 2025 ? / ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āĻāύ⧰ Wolf Prize in Physics āĻā§āύ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧāĻ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°ā§ ?
(a) Shilpa Rawat | (b) Prof. Jainendra Jain | (c) Abhinav Gupta
Ans: (b) Prof. Jainendra Jain
Explanation: Prof. Jainendra Jain received the Wolf Prize for his pioneering work in condensed matter physics. (āĻāύā§āĻā§āϤ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāύāϤ āϝā§āĻāĻžāύā§āϤāĻāĻžā§°ā§ āĻ ā§ąāĻĻāĻžāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĢā§āĻā§° āĻā§āύā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻā§āύāĻ Wolf Prize āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
10. Who became the highest wicket-taker in Women's T20 Internationals ? (āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻāĻŋ-⧍ā§Ļ āĻāύā§āϤāĻā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĻāϤ āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāĻā§āĻ āϞā§ā§ąāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžā§° āĻā§āύ ?)
(a) Ellyse Perry | (b) Megan Schutt | (c) Deepti Sharma
Ans: (c) Deepti Sharma
Explanation: Deepti Sharma became the highest wicket-taker in Women's T20 International cricket. (āĻĻā§āĻĒā§āϤāĻŋ āĻļā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻāĻŋ-⧍ā§Ļ āĻāύā§āϤāĻā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĻāϤ āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāĻā§āĻ āϞā§ā§ąāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžā§° āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āύāϤā§āύ āĻŽāĻžāĻāϞāώā§āĻā§āύ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
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1. Who has been appointed as the 20th Commander-in-Chief of Andaman and Nicobar Command ? (āĻāύā§āĻĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻā§°ā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻŦā§° āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄā§° ⧍ā§ĻāϤāĻŽ Commander-in-Chief āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ ?)
(A) Manavi Gupta (B) Somdev Gupta (C) Vineet McCarty (D) Sanjay Kumar
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (C) Vineet McCarty
Explanation: Vice Admiral Vineet McCarty became the 20th Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman & Nicobar Command. (āĻāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāĻĄāĻŽāĻŋā§°ā§āϞ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ āĻŽā§āĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻāĻŋ ⧍ā§ĻāϤāĻŽ Commander-in-Chief āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
2. Which satellite series has ISRO announced for ocean studies ? (ISRO-āϝāĻŧā§ āϏāĻžāĻā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻ āϧā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§āύāĻāύ āĻāĻĒāĻā§ā§°āĻš āĻļā§āĻāĻāϞāĻž āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§ ?)
(A) Cartosat Series (B) Oceansat Series (C) INSAT Series (D) Resourcesat Series
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Oceansat Series
Explanation: Oceansat satellites are used for ocean and weather studies. (Oceansat āĻāĻĒāĻā§ā§°āĻš āϏāĻžāĻā§° āĻā§°ā§ āĻŦāϤ⧰ āĻ āϧā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
3. What new name has been announced for Fazilnagar by CM Yogi ? (āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝāĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ āϝā§āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻŋāϞāύāĻā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŋ āύāϤā§āύ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§ ?)
(A) Mahavir Nagar (B) Pawagarh (C) Pavapuri (D) Devpura
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Pawagarh
Explanation: Fazilnagar in Uttar Pradesh will be renamed Pawagarh. (āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§āĻļā§° āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻŋāϞāύāĻā§°ā§° āύāϤā§āύ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻĒāĻžā§ąāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻš'āĻŦāĨ¤)
4. Who recently set the record for playing the most international matches in women's cricket ? (āĻļā§āĻšāϤā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĻāϤ āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ āĻāύā§āϤāĻā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āĻ āĻā§āϞāĻžā§° ā§°ā§āĻā§°ā§āĻĄ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋāĻā§ ? )
(A) Suzie Bates (B) Mithali Raj (C) Harmanpreet Kaur (D) Ellyse Perry
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (C) Harmanpreet Kaur
Explanation: Harmanpreet Kaur became the most-capped player in women's international cricket. (āĻšā§°āĻŽāύāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āϤ āĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻāύā§āϤāĻā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĻāϤ āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ āĻŽā§āĻ āĻā§āϞāĻžā§° ā§°ā§āĻā§°ā§āĻĄ āĻāĻĸāĻŧā§āĨ¤)
5. Who launched the 'Swachh Mobile App' in West Bengal ?(āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻā§āĻāϤ 'Swachh Mobile App' āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āϧāύ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§ ?)
(A) Amit Shah (B) Ashwini Vaishnaw (C) Manohar Lal (D) Sanjay Kumar
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (C) Manohar Lal
Explanation: The app was launched to strengthen sanitation monitoring. (āĻĒā§°āĻŋāώā§āĻāĻžā§°-āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĻāύā§āύāϤāĻž āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻāύā§āύāϤ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻāĻĒāĻā§ āĻŽā§āĻāϞāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤)
6. Who became India's richest Chief Minister with a net worth of âš1,413.78 crore ? (âš1,413.78 āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϤā§āϤāĻŋā§°ā§ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āϧāύ⧠āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝāĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ āĻā§āύ ?)
(A) N. Chandrababu Naidu (B) D.K. Shivakumar (C) Siddaramaiah (D) Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) D.K. Shivakumar
Explanation: D.K. Shivakumar declared assets worth âš1,413.78 crore. (āĻĄāĻŋ. āĻā§. āĻļāĻŋā§ąāĻā§āĻŽāĻžā§°ā§ âš1,413.78 āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤)
7. In which state was 'Somnath Swabhiman Parv 2026' organized (āϏā§āĻŽāύāĻžāĻĨ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĒā§°ā§āĻŦ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ' āĻā§āύ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāϤ āĻ āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?)
(A) Rajasthan (B) Uttar Pradesh (C) Gujarat (D) Odisha
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (C) Gujarat
Explanation: The event was held at Somnath in Gujarat. (āĻ āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻžāύāĻā§ āĻā§āĻā§°āĻžāĻā§° āϏā§āĻŽāύāĻžāĻĨāϤ āĻ āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
8. Bashir Badr, who passed away recently, was a famous ______. (āĻļā§āĻšāϤā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽā§āϤā§āϝā§āĻŦā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž āĻŦāĻļā§ā§° āĻŦāĻĻā§ā§° āĻāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϤ ______ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
(A) Writer (B) Poet (C) Comedian (D) Painter
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Poet
Explanation: Bashir Badr was a renowned Urdu poet. (āĻŦāĻļā§ā§° āĻŦāĻĻā§ā§° āĻāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϤ āĻā§°ā§āĻĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
9. Who has been appointed as the first woman Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court ? (āĻāύā§āϧā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§āĻļ āĻāĻā§āĻ āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϧā§āĻļ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ ?)
(A) Justice B.V. Nagarathna (B) Justice Lisa Gill (C) Justice Sunita Agarwal (D) Justice Hima Kohli
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Justice Lisa Gill
Explanation: Justice Lisa Gill became the first woman Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court. (āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϧā§āĻļ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāύā§āϧā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§āĻļ āĻāĻā§āĻ āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϧā§āĻļ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
10. 'Sindhudurg Fort' is located in which state ?('āϏāĻŋāύā§āϧā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻž' āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻā§āύ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ ?)
(A) Gujarat (B) Maharashtra (C) Goa (D) Karnataka
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (B) Maharashtra
Explanation: Sindhudurg Fort is a famous sea fort built by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. (āϏāĻŋāύā§āϧā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻāϤā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋā§ąāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻšāĻžā§°āĻžāĻā§ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϤ āϏāĻžāĻā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻāĨ¤)
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Q1. Who has been appointed as the new Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) by ISRO ? (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§§āĨ¤ ISRO-āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§°āĻŽ āϏāĻžā§°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§° (VSSC)-ā§° āύāϤā§āύ āϏāĻā§āĻāĻžāϞāĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ ?)
(a) Dr. S. Somanath (b) Dr. U.P. Rajeev (c) Dr. V. Narayanan (d) Dr. M. Mohan
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) Dr. U.P. Rajeev (āĻĄ° āĻāĻ.āĻĒāĻŋ. ā§°āĻžāĻā§ā§ą)
Explanation:
Dr. U.P. Rajeev was appointed as the new Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in June 2026. VSSC, located in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, is ISRO's premier centre for the design and development of launch vehicles such as PSLV, GSLV, and LVM3. (āĻĄ° āĻāĻ.āĻĒāĻŋ. ā§°āĻžāĻā§ā§ąāĻ āĻā§āύ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ-āϤ VSSC-ā§° āύāϤā§āύ āϏāĻā§āĻāĻžāϞāĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻā§ā§°āĻžāϞāĻžā§° āϤāĻŋā§°ā§ā§ąāύāύā§āϤāĻĒā§ā§°āĻŽāϤ āĻ
ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ VSSC āĻšā§āĻā§ ISRO-ā§° āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ ā§°āĻā§āĻ āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§āĻā§āώā§āĻĒāĻŖ āϝāĻžāύ āĻāύā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĨ¤)
Q2. Ambubachi Mela is celebrated every year in which Indian state ? (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ⧍āĨ¤ āĻ āĻŽā§āĻŦā§āĻŦāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽā§āϞāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻāύ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāϤ āĻāĻĻāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?)
(a) West Bengal (b) Odisha (c) Assam (d) Tripura
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) Assam (āĻ āϏāĻŽ)
Explanation: The Ambubachi Mela is held every year at the Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati, Assam. It marks the annual menstruation of Goddess Kamakhya and is one of India's most important Shakti festivals, attracting lakhs of devotees and saints from across the country.
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āĻŽā§āĻŦā§āĻŦāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽā§āϞāĻž āĻ
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Q3. Operation Amistad was launched by India in June 2026 to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to which country following devastating twin earthquakes ? (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§ŠāĨ¤ āĻā§āύ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ-āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāϧā§āĻŦāĻāϏ⧠āϝāĻŽāĻ āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŽā§āĻĒā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧠"Operation Amistad" āĻā§āύāĻāύ āĻĻā§āĻļāϞ⧠āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ąā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϝā§āĻ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?)
(a) Chile (b) Venezuela (c) Peru (d) Ecuador
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) Venezuela (āĻā§āύā§āĻā§ā§ąā§āϞāĻž)
Explanation: India launched Operation Amistad in June 2026 to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) to Venezuela after devastating twin earthquakes. India sent relief materials, medical teams, and an Indian Army field hospital as part of the mission. (āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧠āĻā§āύ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ-āϤ Operation Amistad āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻā§āύā§āĻā§ā§ąā§āϞāĻžāϞ⧠āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŽā§āĻĒā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ąā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϝā§āĻ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ (HADR) āĻĒā§ā§°ā§ā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻ āĻāĻŋāϝāĻžāύ⧰ āĻ āĻāĻļ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋā§āϏāĻ āĻĻāϞ, āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϏā§āύāĻžā§° āĻĢāĻŋāϞā§āĻĄ āĻšāĻžāϏā§āĻĒāϤāĻžāϞ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§ā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
Q4. Which country topped the medal tally at the ISSF Junior World Championships 2026 ? (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§ĒāĨ¤ ISSF Junior World Championships 2026-āϤ āĻā§āύāĻāύ āĻĻā§āĻļā§ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāϤ āĻļā§ā§°ā§āώāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?)
(a) Germany | (b) Ukraine | (c) China | (d) India
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (d) India (āĻāĻžā§°āϤ)
Explanation: India topped the medal tally with the highest number of medals at the ISSF Junior World Championships 2026. (ISSF Junior World Championships 2026-āϤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧠āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ āĻāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻļā§ā§°ā§āώāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
Q5. The restored 400-year-old Muzhiyan Kulam was inaugurated in which Union Territory ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§ĢāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āύ⧰ā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž ā§Ēā§Ļā§Ļ āĻŦāĻā§°ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŖāĻŋ 'Muzhiyan Kulam' āĻā§āύāĻāύ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āĻ āĻā§āĻāϞāϤ āĻāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āϧāύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(a) Lakshadweep (b) Chandigarh (c) Puducherry (d) Jammu & Kashmir
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) Puducherry (āĻĒā§āĻĄā§āĻā§ā§°ā§)
Explanation: The historic Muzhiyan Kulam was restored and inaugurated in Puducherry as a heritage conservation project. (āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ Muzhiyan Kulam āĻĒā§āύ⧰ā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻĄā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤ āĻāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āϧāύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
Q6. According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), an Indian Passport is not considered proof of ? (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§ŦāĨ¤ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻļāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻā§ā§°āĻŽāĻž āĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°āĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ (MEA)-ā§° āĻŽāϤā§, āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻĒ'ā§°ā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§° āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻŖā§āϝ āĻā§°āĻž āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ ?)
(a) Citizenship (b) Residence (c) Nationality (d) Identity
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (a) Citizenship (āύāĻžāĻā§°āĻŋāĻāϤā§āĻŦ)
Explanation: MEA clarified that an Indian passport is a travel document, not conclusive proof of citizenship. (MEA-āĻ āϏā§āĻĒāώā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āϝ⧠āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻĒ'ā§°ā§āĻ āĻā§ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āύāĻĨāĻŋ, āύāĻžāĻā§°āĻŋāĻāϤā§āĻŦā§° āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)