General Knowledge MCQ - Set : 1
1. Who was honored with the 56th Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2024 in September 2026 ? ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē āĻāύ⧰ ā§Ģā§ŦāϤāĻŽ āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻšā§āĻŦ āĻĢāĻžāϞā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύ⧰ āĻā§āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§°āϤ āĻāĻžāĻ āϏāύā§āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Anant Nag B) Mohanlal C) Amitabh Bachchan D) Rajinikanth
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: A) Anant Nag (āĻ āύāύā§āϤ āύāĻžāĻ)
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The Government of India announced Anant Nag as the recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2024 on 16 September 2026. The award was presented at the 72nd National Film Awards ceremony on 22 September 2026. (āĻāĻžā§°āϤ āĻā§°āĻāĻžā§°ā§ ā§§ā§Ŧ āĻā§āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§° ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻ⧠⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē āĻāύ⧰ āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻšā§āĻŦ āĻĢāĻžāϞā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ āύāύā§āϤ āύāĻžāĻā§° āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻž āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ ⧍⧍ āĻā§āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§° ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ ā§ā§¨āϤāĻŽ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāϞāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤā§ā§° āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻžāύāϤ āϤā§āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
2. Who was honored with the 56th Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2024 in September 2026 ? (⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē āĻāύ⧰ ā§Ģā§ŦāϤāĻŽ āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻšā§āĻŦ āĻĢāĻžāϞā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύ⧰ āĻā§āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§°āϤ āĻāĻžāĻ āϏāύā§āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?)
A) Anant Nag B) Mohanlal C) Amitabh Bachchan D) Rajinikanth
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: A) Anant Nag (āĻ āύāύā§āϤ āύāĻžāĻ)
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The Government of India announced Anant Nag as the recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2024 on 16 September 2026. He received the award at the 72nd National Film Awards ceremony on 22 September 2026. (āĻāĻžā§°āϤ āĻā§°āĻāĻžā§°ā§ ā§§ā§Ŧ āĻā§āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§° ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻ⧠⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē āĻāύ⧰ āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻšā§āĻŦ āĻĢāĻžāϞā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ āύāύā§āϤ āύāĻžāĻā§° āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻž āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ ⧍⧍ āĻā§āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§° ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ ā§ā§¨āϤāĻŽ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāϞāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤā§ā§° āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻžāύāϤ āϤā§āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
3. Who was the Chief of Naval Staff of India in 2026 ? ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āύā§āϏā§āύāĻžā§° āĻŽā§ā§°āĻŦā§āĻŦā§ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) R. Hari Kumar B) Karambir Singh C) Dinesh K. Tripathi D) Sunil Lanba
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Dinesh K. Tripathi (āĻĻā§āύā§āĻļ āĻā§. āϤā§ā§°āĻŋāĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§)
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi served as the Chief of Naval Staff until 31 May 2026. Admiral Krishna Swaminathan succeeded him from 31 May 2026. (āĻāĻĄāĻŽāĻŋā§°ā§āϞ āĻĻā§āύā§āĻļ āĻā§. āϤā§ā§°āĻŋāĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§āϝāĻŧā§ ā§Šā§§ āĻŽā§’ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§ŦāϞā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āύā§āϏā§āύāĻžā§° āĻŽā§ā§°āĻŦā§āĻŦā§ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ ā§Šā§§ āĻŽā§’ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŽāĻŋā§°ā§āϞ āĻā§āώā§āĻŖ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§āύāĻžāĻĨāύ⧠āϤā§āĻāĻā§° āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϞāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
Exam Note: āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύāĻā§āϤ “as of 2026” / “āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ 2026” āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻāĻā§ āϏā§āĻĒāώā§āĻāĻā§ āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻžāϞ, āĻāĻžā§°āĻŖ ā§Šā§§ āĻŽā§’ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§ŦāϤ Chief āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
4. Who was the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India in 2026 ? ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Manoj Pande B) Anil Chauhan C) Bipin Rawat D) Dalbir Singh
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Anil Chauhan
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: General Anil Chauhan served as CDS until 30 May 2026. From 31 May 2026, General N. S. Raja Subramani became the CDS.
Note: i. Before 31 May 2026 → Anil Chauhan, ii. From 31 May 2026 → N. S. Raja Subramani
5. Who is the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) in 2026 ? ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§ā§ āϏā§āύāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāύā§ā§° Chief of Army Staff (COAS) āĻā§āύ ?
A) Manoj Pande B) Upendra Dwivedi C) Anil Chauhan D) Bipin Rawat
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Upendra Dwivedi
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: General Upendra Dwivedi was the COAS until 30 June 2026. From 30 June 2026, General Dhiraj Seth took over as the 31st COAS. Therefore, because the question gives only “2026,” the date should be specified.
Note :- i. Up to 30 June 2026 → Upendra Dwivedi, ii. From 30 June 2026 → Dhiraj Seth
6. Who is the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in 2026 ? ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) āĻā§āύ ?
A) Rajiv Mehrishi B) Girish Chandra Murmu C) K. Sanjay Murthy D) Shashi Kant Sharma
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) K. Sanjay Murthy
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Shri K. Sanjay Murthy is the CAG of India. He assumed office on 21 November 2024 and continues as CAG in 2026.
7. Who is the Chief of Air Staff (CAS) in 2026 ? ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§ā§ āĻŦāĻžā§ā§āϏā§āύāĻžā§° Chief of Air Staff (CAS) āĻā§āύ ?
A) Vivek Ram Chaudhari B) Amar Preet Singh C) R. K. S. Bhadauria D) Arup Raha
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Amar Preet Singh
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh is the Chief of the Air Staff in 2026. He assumed office on 30 September 2024, succeeding Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari.
Note: i. CAS (2026) → Amar Preet Singh, ii. Assumed office → 30 September 2024
8. Who is the Attorney General of India (2026) ? ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ Attorney General āĻā§āύ ?
A) Mukul Rohatgi B) R. Venkataramani C) Kapil Sibal D) Harish Salve
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) R. Venkataramani
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Shri R. Venkataramani is the Attorney General for India. He was re-appointed for a further two-year term from 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2027, so he is the AGI in 2026.
9. Who is the Chief of DRDO in 2026 ? ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ DRDO-ā§° Chairman/Chief āĻā§āύ ?
A) Samir V. Kamat B) G. Satheesh Reddy C) V. K. Saraswat D) Rajesh Kumar Singh
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: D) Rajesh Kumar Singh
- Samir V. Kamat was DRDO Chairman until 30 May 2026.
- From 31 May 2026, Rajesh Kumar Singh took additional charge as Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman, DRDO.
Note: i. Up to 30 May 2026 → Samir V. Kamat, ii. From 31 May 2026 → Rajesh Kumar Singh
10. Who is the President of India (2026) ? ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻā§āύ ?
A) Narendra Modi B) Droupadi Murmu C) Jagdeep Dhankhar D) Amit Shah
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Droupadi Murmu
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Smt. Droupadi Murmu is the 15th and current President of India. She assumed office on 25 July 2022 and remained President in 2026.
Note / āύā§āĻ: i. President of India (2026) → Droupadi Murmu, ii. 15th President of India → Droupadi Murmu
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1. Who is the captain of the Indian men's Test cricket team ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āώ⧰ Test Cricket āĻĻāϞ⧰ āĻ āϧāĻŋāύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻā§āύ ?
A) Rohit Sharma B) Virat Kohli C) Shubman Gill D) KL Rahul
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Shubman Gill
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Shubman Gill became the captain of India’s Test team in 2025, succeeding Rohit Sharma. He leads the Indian men's Test side in 2026. (āĻļā§āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻŋāϞ⧠⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āĻāύāϤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ Test āĻĻāϞ⧰ āĻ āϧāĻŋāύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ āϤā§āĻāĻ ā§°ā§āĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻļā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžā§° āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰āĻžāϧāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°ā§ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻ āϧāĻŋāύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻ⧰⧠⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ⧠āĻĻāϞāĻā§ā§° āĻ āϧāĻŋāύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤)
2. Who is the captain of the Indian men's ODI team (2026) ? ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āώ⧰ ODI āĻĻāϞ⧰ āĻ āϧāĻŋāύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻā§āύ ?
A) Rohit Sharma B) Hardik Pandya C) KL Rahul D) Shubman Gill
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: D) Shubman Gill
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Shubman Gill was appointed as the captain of India’s ODI team in 2025, taking over the leadership role from Rohit Sharma. He continues as the ODI captain in 2026. (āĻļā§āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āĻāύāϤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ ODI āĻĻāϞ⧰ āĻ āϧāĻŋāύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻāĻ ā§°ā§āĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻļā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻ āϧāĻŋāύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻāϤā§āĻŦā§° āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§ āĻ⧰⧠⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ⧠ODI āĻĻāϞ⧰ āĻ āϧāĻŋāύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤)
3. Who is the Chairperson of UPSC (2026) ? ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ UPSC-ā§° āĻ āϧā§āϝāĻā§āώ āĻā§āύ ?
A) Manoj Soni B) Ajay Kumar C) Arvind Saxena D) Deepak Gupta
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Ajay Kumar
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Dr. Ajay Kumar assumed charge as the Chairman of UPSC on 15 May 2025. His tenure is scheduled to continue until 1 October 2027, so he is the UPSC Chairperson in 2026. (āĻĄ° āĻ āĻāϝāĻŧ āĻā§āĻŽāĻžā§°ā§ ā§§ā§Ģ āĻŽā§’ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ UPSC-ā§° āĻ āϧā§āϝāĻā§āώ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ āϤā§āĻāĻā§° āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻāĻžāϞ ā§§ āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŦā§° ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§āϞ⧠āύāĻŋā§°ā§āϧāĻžā§°āĻŋāϤ, āϏā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻšā§ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ āϤā§āĻāĻ UPSC-ā§° āĻ āϧā§āϝāĻā§āώāĨ¤)
4. Who is/was the Chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB) in 2026 ? ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ Intelligence Bureau (IB)-ā§° āĻŽā§ā§°āĻŦā§āĻŦā§ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Arvind Kumar B) Tapan Kumar Deka C) Rajiv Jain D) Dineshwar Sharma
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Tapan Kumar Deka
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Tapan Kumar Deka served as the Director of Intelligence Bureau from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2026. Therefore options, B) Tapan Kumar Deka is the correct answer for the first half of 2026. (āϤāĻĒāύ āĻā§āĻŽāĻžā§° āĻĄā§āĻāĻžāĻ ā§§ āĻā§āϞāĻžāĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍⧍⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž ā§Šā§Ļ āĻā§āύ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§ŦāϞ⧠Intelligence Bureau (IB)-ā§° Director āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϏā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻšā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻĒāϏāĻŽā§āĻšā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ B) Tapan Kumar Deka āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰āĨ¤)
Note: i. 2026 (1 Jan–30 Jun) → Tapan Kumar Deka. ii. From 1 July 2026 → Mahesh Dixit
5. Who is the Director of CBI in 2026 ? ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ CBI-ā§° Director āĻā§āύ ?
A) Subodh Kumar Jaiswal B) Rishi Kumar Shukla C) Praveen Sood D) Alok Verma
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Praveen Sood
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Shri Praveen Sood took charge as the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on 25 May 2023. His tenure is for two years, with an extension possible under the applicable rules; official PIB releases in 2026 identify him as CBI Director. (āĻļā§ā§°ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŦā§āĻŖ āϏā§āĻĻ⧠⧍ā§Ģ āĻŽā§’ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ CBI-ā§° Director āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻĻāĻžā§āĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύ⧰ āĻā§°āĻāĻžā§°ā§ PIB āϤāĻĨā§āϝāϤ⧠āϤā§āĻāĻāĻ CBI Director āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤)
6. Who has been appointed as the Director General of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) ? National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)-ā§° Director General āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ ?
A) Ravish Mehta B) Atul Upadhyaya C) Piyush Anand D) Rajesh Ranjan
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Piyush Anand
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Piyush Anand, IPS is the Director General of NDRF. He assumed the post on 1 April 2024, succeeding Atul Karwal. His tenure was extended by one year in March 2026, so he continued as DG NDRF in 2026. The official NDRF website also lists him as the Director General. (Piyush Anand, IPS NDRF-ā§° Director GeneralāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻāĻ ā§§ āĻāĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāϞ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§ĒāϤ āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻĻāϤ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ āϤā§āĻāĻā§° āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻāĻžāϞ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
A) Ajay Tyagi B) Tuhin Kanta Pandey C) U.K. Sinha D) Rajeev Kumar Agarwal
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Tuhin Kanta Pandey
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Shri Tuhin Kanta Pandey took charge as Chairman of SEBI on 1 March 2025 and continues in the position in 2026. SEBI's official directory lists him as Chairman, and recent September–October 2026 SEBI releases also identify him as Chairman. (āĻļā§ā§°ā§ āϤā§āĻšāĻŋāύ āĻāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻĒāĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄā§āϝāĻŧā§ ā§§ āĻŽāĻžā§°ā§āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§ĢāϤ SEBI-ā§° āĻ āϧā§āϝāĻā§āώ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§ āĻ⧰⧠⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ⧠āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻĻāϤ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤)
8. Who was appointed as the next Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧠Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) N. S. Raja Subramani B) General Anil Chauhan C) General Upendra Dwivedi D) Krishna Swaminathan
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: A) N. S. Raja Subramani
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The Government appointed Lt Gen N. S. Raja Subramani as the next CDS on 9 May 2026. General Anil Chauhan completed his tenure on 30 May 2026, and General N. S. Raja Subramani assumed charge as the third CDS on 31 May 2026. (āĻāĻžā§°āϤ āĻā§°āĻāĻžā§°ā§ ā§¯ āĻŽā§’ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āϞā§. āĻā§āύā§ā§°ā§āϞ N. S. Raja SubramaniāĻ āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧠CDS āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĨ¤ General Anil Chauhan-ā§° āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻāĻžāϞ ā§Šā§Ļ āĻŽā§’ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§ŦāϤ āĻļā§āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§ ā§Šā§§ āĻŽā§’ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§ŦāϤ N. S. Raja Subramani-āϝāĻŧā§ āϤā§āϤā§āϝāĻŧ CDS āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
9. Who has been given additional charge as Chairman of DRDO following the retirement of Samir V. Kamat ? Samir V. Kamat-ā§° āĻ ā§ąāϏ⧰⧰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ DRDO-ā§° Chairman āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻ āϤāĻŋā§°āĻŋāĻā§āϤ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ ?
A) Ajit Doval B) Rajesh Kumar Singh C) Sanjay Mitra D) G. Satheesh Reddy
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Rajesh Kumar Singh
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž:
Rajesh Kumar Singh, Defence Secretary, was given additional charge as Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman of DRDO after Samir V. Kamat completed his tenure on 31 May 2026. DRDO's official website currently lists Rajesh Kumar Singh in this role. (ā§°āĻžāĻā§āĻļ āĻā§āĻŽāĻžā§° āϏāĻŋāĻ, Defence Secretary,āĻ Samir V. Kamat-ā§° āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻāĻžāϞ 31 May 2026āϤ āĻļā§āώ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ DRDO-ā§° Chairman āĻā§°ā§ Department of Defence R&D-ā§° Secretary āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻ
āϤāĻŋā§°āĻŋāĻā§āϤ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
A) Dilip Ghosh B) Agnimitra Paul C) Nisith Pramanik D) Suvendu Adhikari
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: D) Suvendu Adhikari
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Suvendu Adhikari was sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal on 9 May 2026. He became the first BJP Chief Minister of West Bengal. (āĻļā§āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ⧠⧝ āĻŽā§’ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§ŦāϤ āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻāĻā§° āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝāĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻļāĻĒāϤ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻāĻā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ BJP āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝāĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
A) Praveen Kumar B) Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor C) Daljit Chaudhary D) Anish Dayal Singh
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor, IPS was appointed as the Director General of ITBP on 15 January 2026 and took charge on 19 January 2026. He succeeded Praveen Kumar, who was appointed DG of BSF. (āĻļāϤā§ā§°ā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻĒā§ā§°, IPSāĻ ā§§ā§Ģ āĻāĻžāύā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§ŦāϤ ITBP-ā§° Director General āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§ āϤā§āĻāĻ ā§§ā§¯ āĻāĻžāύā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§ŦāϤ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻāĻžā§° āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ āϤā§āĻāĻ Praveen Kumar-ā§° āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰āĻžāϧāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°ā§ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
2. Who has been appointed as the next Director-General of UNESCO ? UNESCO-ā§° āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧠Director-General āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ ?
A) Audrey Azoulay B) Khaled El-Enany C) António Guterres D) Kristalina Georgieva
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Khaled El-Enany
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Egyptian Khaled El-Enany was elected by UNESCO’s General Conference in November 2025 and assumed office as Director-General on 15 November 2025, succeeding Audrey Azoulay. His term is for four years. (āĻāĻāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ⧰ Khaled El-EnanyāĻ UNESCO-ā§° General Conference-āĻ āĻ¨ā§ąā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§° ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§ĢāϤ Director-General āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ āϤā§āĻāĻ ā§§ā§Ģ āĻ¨ā§ąā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§° ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§ĢāϤ āĻĻāĻžā§āĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋ Audrey Azoulay-ā§° āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰āĻžāϧāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°ā§ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻāĻā§° āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻāĻžāϞ āĻāĻžā§°āĻŋ āĻŦāĻā§°āĨ¤)
3. Who has been appointed as the next Chief of the Naval Staff ? āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧠Chief of the Naval Staff āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ ?
A) Krishna Swaminathan B) Sanjay Vatsayan C) N. S. Raja Subramani D) Karambir Singh
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: A) Krishna Swaminathan
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan was appointed as the next Chief of the Naval Staff on 9 May 2026. He succeeded Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi, who retired on 31 May 2026. (Vice Admiral Krishna SwaminathanāĻ ā§¯ āĻŽā§’ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§ŦāϤ āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧠Chief of the Naval Staff āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻāĻ 31 May 2026āϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏ⧰ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi-ā§° āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰āĻžāϧāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°ā§ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
4. Who has been appointed as the first woman Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra ? āĻŽāĻšāĻžā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻāĻĒ-āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝāĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ ?
A) Rashmi Thackeray B) Supriya Sule C) Sunetra Pawar D) Amruta Fadnavis
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Sunetra Pawar
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Sunetra Pawar took oath as Maharashtra’s first woman Deputy Chief Minister on 31 January 2026. The Prime Minister’s Office also confirmed that she was the first woman to hold this position. (Sunetra Pawar-āĻ ā§Šā§§ āĻāĻžāύā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§ŦāϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻāĻĒ-āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝāĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻļāĻĒāϤ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ āĻā§°āĻāĻžā§°ā§ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻ āύā§āϏ⧰āĻŋāĻ āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻĻāϤ āĻ āϧāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžāĨ¤)
5. Who has been appointed as the 53rd Chief Justice of India ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ ā§Ģā§ŠāϤāĻŽ Chief Justice of India āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ ?
A) Justice Sanjiv Khanna B) Justice B.R. Gavai C) Justice Surya Kant D) Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Justice Surya Kant
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Justice Surya Kant was appointed as the 53rd Chief Justice of India and took oath on 24 November 2025, succeeding Justice B.R. Gavai. (āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϧā§āĻļ āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝ āĻāĻžāύā§āϤ⧠⧍ā§Ē āĻ¨ā§ąā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§° ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§ĢāϤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ ā§Ģā§ŠāϤāĻŽ Chief Justice of India āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻļāĻĒāϤ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ āϤā§āĻāĻ Justice B.R. Gavai-ā§° āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰āĻžāϧāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°ā§āĨ¤)
6. Who has been appointed as Vigilance Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission ? Central Vigilance Commission-ā§° Vigilance Commissioner āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ ?
A) Praveen Vashista B) Arvinda Kumar C) A. S. Rajeev D) Suresh N. Patel
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: A) Praveen Vashista
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž:
Shri Praveen Vashista was appointed as Vigilance Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission and took oath on 16 January 2026. His appointment was made under Section 4(1) of the Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003. (āĻļā§ā§°ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŦā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻ Central Vigilance Commission-ā§° Vigilance Commissioner āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§ āϤā§āĻāĻ ā§§ā§Ŧ āĻāĻžāύā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§ŦāϤ āĻļāĻĒāϤ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
7. Who has taken charge as the Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) in May 2026 ? ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύ⧰ āĻŽā§’ āĻŽāĻžāĻšāϤ Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻĻāĻžā§āĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§ ?
A) Sanjeev Mittal B) Rasika Chaube C) Vishal Sharma D) Anugrah Narayan Das
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: D) Anugrah Narayan Das
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Shri Anugrah Narayan Das (A. N. Das) took charge as the Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) on 1 May 2026. (āĻļā§ā§°ā§ āĻ āύā§āĻā§ā§°āĻš āύāĻžā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŖ āĻĻāĻžāϏ⧠⧧ āĻŽā§’ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ CGDA āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻĻāĻžā§āĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
8. Who has been appointed as the new Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in May 2026 ? ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύ⧰ āĻŽā§’ āĻŽāĻžāĻšāϤ RBI-ā§° āύāϤā§āύ Deputy Governor āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ ?
A) Michael Patra B) Swami Janakiraman C) Rohit Jain D) Rajeshwar Rao
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Rohit Jain
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Rohit Jain, an Executive Director of RBI, was appointed Deputy Governor on 2 May 2026 and took charge from 3 May 2026 for a three-year term. ( RBI-ā§° Executive Director Rohit Jain-āĻ ā§¨ āĻŽā§’ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§ŦāϤ Deputy Governor āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§ ā§Š āĻŽā§’ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĻāĻžā§āĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
A) Suman Bery B) B. V. R. Subrahmanyam C) Nidhi Chhibber D) None of These
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: D) None of These
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Shri Anurag Jain, a 1989-batch IAS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, was appointed as the new CEO of NITI Aayog in 2026. (ā§§ā§¯ā§Žā§¯ āĻŦā§āĻā§° āĻŽāϧā§āϝ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§āĻļ āĻā§āĻĄāĻžā§°ā§° IAS āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻļā§ā§°ā§ āĻ āύā§ā§°āĻžāĻ āĻā§āύāĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ NITI Aayog-ā§° āύāϤā§āύ CEO āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
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