Current Affairs MCQs 2026
1. Who has been appointed as the country's new Education Minister following the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan?
(A) Anurag Thakur
(B) Pralhad Joshi
(C) JP Nadda
(D) Sarbananda Sonowal
2. Who won the first gold medal for India at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026?
(A) Lovlina Borgohain
(B) PV Sindhu
(C) Mirabai Chanu
(D) Neeraj Chopra
3. Sarnath, located in which state, has been declared the 45th World Heritage Site?
(A) Bihar
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Rajasthan
4. Who has become the youngest player to score a half-century in International T20?
(A) Shubman Gill
(B) Vaibhav Suryavanshi
(C) Yashasvi Jaiswal
(D) Tilak Varma
5. What is the name of the world's first tri-service (Army, Navy, and Air Force) all-women global sailing expedition?
(A) Sagar Parikrama
(B) Shakti Abhiyan
(C) Samudra Pradakshina
(D) Jal Tarang
6. Where was the 16th BRICS Health Ministers' meeting held?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Mumbai
(C) Bengaluru
(D) Chandigarh
7. Which country was ranked first in 'Global Terrorism Index 2026'?
(A) Afghanistan
(B) Pakistan
(C) Syria
(D) Somalia
8. Who has won the title of 'Mrs. India 2026'?
(A) Riya Singh
(B) Sajina Sharma
(C) Akanksha Chaudhary
(D) Shweta Tiwari
9. Who won the first medal for India at the Commonwealth Games 2026?
(A) Jhandu Kumar
(B) Mirabai Chanu
(C) Lovlina Borgohain
(D) Nikhat Zareen
10. Which state in India has become the first to include Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a core subject for classes 1 to 12?
(A) Haryana
(B) Kerala
(C) Delhi
(D) Punjab
11. Who has become the first footballer to win the FIFA World Cup Golden Boot consecutively in 2022 and 2026?
(A) Lionel Messi
(B) Cristiano Ronaldo
(C) Kylian Mbappé
(D) Neymar Jr.
12. Which birth anniversary of freedom fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak was observed on July 23, 2026?
(A) 165th
(B) 175th
(C) 170th
(D) 180th
13. In which state has the 'Chief Minister Yuva Suyoq Platform' been launched to connect youth with sports and skills?
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Gujarat
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Uttar Pradesh
14. Killai has become the first climate-friendly village of which state?
(A) Kerala
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Karnataka
(D) Andhra Pradesh
15. Which country passed a law in July 2026 banning social media for children under the age of 15?
(A) Australia
(B) Britain
(C) Germany
(D) France
16. Who has won the Chennai Grandmaster 2026 title?
(A) D Gukesh
(B) R Praggnanandhaa
(C) Alireza Firouzja
(D) Arjun Erigaisi
17. Who has been selected for the 44th Lokmanya Tilak National Award 2026?
(A) Ajit Doval
(B) S. Jaishankar
(C) Rajnath Singh
(D) Amit Shah
18. Where was the 23rd Commonwealth Games 2026 inaugurated on July 23, 2026?
(A) Sydney
(B) Birmingham
(C) Glasgow
(D) Auckland
19. What rank has India achieved in terms of the electrification of the broad-gauge railway network?
(A) First
(B) Third
(C) Fourth
(D) Second
20. Who has launched India's first UPI-enabled Meal Card?
(A) Paytm
(B) EnKash
(C) PhonePe
(D) MobiKwik
21. In which state has 'Mission Golden Spice' been launched?
(A) Assam
(B) Sikkim
(C) Meghalaya
(D) Nagaland
22. Which country won the title by defeating Argentina in the final of the 2026 FIFA World Cup?
(A) France
(B) Spain
(C) Brazil
(D) England
23. Which member has India become to accept the WTO agreement on fisheries subsidies?
(A) 100th
(B) 115th
(C) 150th
(D) 123rd
24. In which state will India's first AI-powered bird sanctuary be established?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Karnataka
25. What is the name of mascot for the 2026 Badminton World Championships, unveiled by the Sports Minister in New Delhi?
(A) Appu
(B) Sheru
(C) Peacko
(D) Moga
26. The 'Tiger Lightning 2026 Exercise' was launched between the USA and which country on July 19, 2026?
(A) India
(B) Japan
(C) South Korea
(D) Bangladesh
27. In which state was 'Operation Vidhi Palak Yuvak' launched?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Bihar
(C) Jharkhand
(D) Chhattisgarh
28. Which state has become the fourth to pass the UCC Bill?
(A) Uttarakhand
(B) Gujarat
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Assam
29. Who has become India's 99th Grandmaster?
(A) Ashwath S
(B) Harshavardhan GB
(C) R Praggnanandhaa
(D) VS Rathanvel
30. Which state was awarded the Agriculture Leadership Award 2026 at the 17th Agriculture Leadership Conference-2026?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Punjab
(C) Haryana
(D) Uttar Pradesh
31. In which state has Earth's second-oldest orbicular rock been discovered?
(A) Odisha
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Karnataka
32. Which Hindi film won the Best Film award at the 72nd National Film Awards?
(A) Jawan
(B) 12th Fail
(C) Article 370
(D) Animal
33. Where has Uttarakhand's first GI-tagged product gallery been launched?
(A) Dehradun
(B) Nainital
(C) Haldwani
(D) Haridwar
34. Who has been inducted as the 111th member of ICC?
(A) Nepal
(B) Oman
(C) Italy
(D) Mauritius
35. Which state has been ranked first in the inaugural Investment Friendliness Index 2026 released by NITI Aayog?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Gujarat
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Karnataka
36. Which country hosted Exercise Pitch Black 2026?
(A) Australia
(B) USA
(C) India
(D) France
37. At which location was India's first geothermal well commissioned?
(A) Himachal Pradesh
(B) Sikkim
(C) Ladakh
(D) Uttarakhand
38. At the 72nd National Film Awards, who, along with Kartik Aaryan, received the award for Best Actor?
(A) Allu Arjun
(B) Shah Rukh Khan
(C) Mammootty
(D) Ranbir Kapoor
39. In which state was 'Ramayana Month' recently inaugurated?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Karnataka
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Kerala
40. Which state government has launched the 'Nalam TN Portal' to improve government health services?
(A) Telangana
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Kerala
(D) Odisha
41. What position did India secure in the International Physics Olympiad 2026?
(A) Second
(B) Third
(C) First
(D) Fourth
42. Which state government has announced that August 16 will be observed as 'Ayushman Diwas'?
(A) Bihar
(B) Odisha
(C) West Bengal
(D) Jharkhand
43. Who has become the first Indian female cricketer to have her name inscribed on the Lord's Honours Board?
(A) Smriti Mandhana
(B) Harmanpreet Kaur
(C) Kranti Gaur
(D) Shafali Verma
44. 'Bharat Tex 2026', held in New Delhi, is related to which sector?
(A) Information Technology
(B) Agriculture Sector
(C) Automobile Sector
(D) Textile and Apparel Industry
45. Which state has been ranked first in terms of per capita income in India?
(A) Goa
(B) Sikkim
(C) Telangana
(D) Haryana
46. The Central Vista area located in which city has been renamed 'Kartavya Bhavan' area?
(A) Mumbai
(B) New Delhi
(C) Kolkata
(D) Hyderabad
47. Where was the 'Manas and Mahabharata International Centre for Civilizational Studies' inaugurated?
(A) Kathmandu
(B) Tashkent
(C) Bishkek
(D) New Delhi
48. Which city was ranked first in the Global Liveability Index 2026?
(A) Copenhagen
(B) Vienna
(C) Zurich
(D) Melbourne
49. Under which campaign did Uttar Pradesh set a record by planting over 35.27 crore saplings in a single day?
(A) Hariyali Mission
(B) Vriksharopan Jan Abhiyan
(C) Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam
(D) Harit UP Abhiyan
50. Who won the Wimbledon 2026 women's singles title?
(A) Aryna Sabalenka
(B) Iga Swiatek
(C) Coco Gauff
(D) Linda Nosková
51. India and which country have set a target to double bilateral trade by 2030?
(A) USA
(B) Japan
(C) Australia
(D) UAE
52. Where will the AI Summit 2027 be organized?
(A) Paris
(B) Geneva
(C) London
(D) Tokyo
53. Which is the only Indian city included in Happy City Index 2026?
(A) Indore
(B) Bengaluru
(C) Jaipur
(D) Chandigarh
54. Who has been honoured with the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2025?
(A) Pandit Jasraj
(B) Ranchhoddas Goswami
(C) Amjad Ali Khan
(D) Zakir Hussain
55. Which has become India's second port with an 18-meter draft capacity?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru Port
(B) Kandla Port
(C) Kamarajar Port
(D) Visakhapatnam Port
56. Who has become India's 98th Grandmaster?
(A) V.S. Rathanvel
(B) Ashwath S
(C) Harshavardhan G.B.
(D) Aditya Mittal
57. 'Odessa Port', which has recently been in the news due to a missile attack, is a major port of which country?
(A) Russia
(B) Iran
(C) Ukraine
(D) Israel
58. Who won the Wimbledon 2026 Men's Singles title?
(A) Novak Djokovic
(B) Carlos Alcaraz
(C) Jannik Sinner
(D) Daniil Medvedev
59. Narendra Modi has become the first Indian Prime Minister to address the parliament of which country?
(A) Malaysia
(B) Indonesia
(C) Singapore
(D) Vietnam
60. Which state government has approved the 'Pradhan Mantri Cha Shramik Protsahan Yojana'?
(A) Assam
(B) Tripura
(C) West Bengal
(D) Tamil Nadu
61. The 'Natural History Museum' located in which state has been declared India's 21st bio-repository?
(A) Mizoram
(B) Meghalaya
(C) Nagaland
(D) Manipur
62. "Sirsa Kinnow" has become the first fruit from which state to receive the GI tag?
(A) Punjab
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Haryana
63. Where did ISRO conduct the first SOLVE ground test for the Gaganyaan mission?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Karnataka
(D) Kerala
64. Which of Indonesia's highest state honors was conferred upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 7, 2026?
(A) Order of Zayed
(B) Bintang Adipurna
(C) Legion of Honour
(D) Grand Collar
65. Where has 'Mission Kayakalp' been launched to modernize government schools?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Punjab
(C) Delhi
(D) Rajasthan
66. What rank was India assigned in the Global Passport Index 2026?
(A) 80th
(B) 85th
(C) 125th
(D) 100th
67. Who has been appointed as the interim General Secretary of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust?
(A) Champat Rai
(B) Nripendra Misra
(C) Krishna Mohan
(D) Mahant Nritya Gopal Das
68. Where will India's first indoor botanical garden be built?
(A) Ranchi
(B) Patna
(C) Lucknow
(D) Bhopal
69. A banyan tree located in which state has been declared the world's oldest tree?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) West Bengal
(C) Bihar
(D) Madhya Pradesh
70. Jalalabad in which state has been renamed Parashurampuri?
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Haryana
71. Who won the T20 Women's World Cup 2026 title?
(A) India
(B) South Africa
(C) Australia
(D) New Zealand
72. 'Malihabadi Mango' of which state has been granted the GI tag?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Bihar
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Gujarat
73. What has the International Booker Prize been renamed to?
(A) Global Booker Prize
(B) Bookman International Booker Prize
(C) World Booker Honor
(D) International Literature Prize
74. Who has launched 'Operation Surakshit Cyberspace' to strengthen the online safety of women and children?
(A) Delhi Police
(B) Maharashtra Police
(C) Gujarat Police
(D) UP Police
75. Which death anniversary of Swami Vivekananda was observed on July 4, 2026?
(A) 120th
(B) 125th
(C) 124th
(D) 130th
76. Who has been honoured with the first 'NBT Bhushan Samman'?
(A) Prasoon Joshi
(B) Gulzar
(C) Javed Akhtar
(D) Amitabh Bachchan
77. Which has become India's first airport to receive the 'Eat Right Campus' certification?
(A) Indira Gandhi International Airport
(B) Kempegowda International Airport
(C) Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport
(D) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport
78. 'Seabuckthorn' of which state/UT has been granted the GI tag?
(A) Ladakh
(B) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Uttarakhand
(D) Sikkim
79. Where was the 16th India-Japan Annual Summit held?
(A) Tokyo
(B) Osaka
(C) New Delhi
(D) Mumbai
80. The Borjuli Wetland, located in which state, has been declared a 'Biodiversity Heritage Site' for the conservation of wild rice?
(A) Assam
(B) West Bengal
(C) Odisha
(D) Tripura
81. Who has become the oldest player to score a goal in the FIFA World Cup knockout stage?
(A) Lionel Messi
(B) Pepe
(C) Cristiano Ronaldo
(D) Luka Modric
82. Where was the 29th National e-Governance Conference held?
(A) Udaipur
(B) Jaipur
(C) Jodhpur
(D) Kota
83. Which medal did Kidambi Srikanth win at the US Open Badminton 2026?
(A) Gold medal
(B) Bronze medal
(C) Silver medal
(D) None
84. Which country has become the 10th nation to adopt India's UPI?
(A) France
(B) Singapore
(C) Greece
(D) Nepal
85. What rank has India been assigned in the SDG Index 2026 released by the United Nations?
(A) 112th
(B) 105th
(C) 94th
(D) 87th
86. Which foundation day of SBI was celebrated on July 1, 2026?
(A) 70th
(B) 71st
(C) 75th
(D) 69th
87. In which country is the Mongla port, which has been in the news, located?
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Myanmar
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Maldives
88. Haryana and which other state have recently signed an MoU to implement the Yamuna Water Project?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Delhi
(D) Punjab
89. Who has become India's 97th Grandmaster?
(A) Harshavardhan GB
(B) Ashwath S
(C) VS Rathanvel
(D) Pranesh M
90. Where was the first National Rural Development Conference 2026 held?
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Bhopal
(C) New Delhi
(D) Patna
91. Who has been honoured with the 71st World Meteorological Organization (IMO) Award?
(A) António Guterres
(B) Florence Rabier
(C) Tedros Adhanom
(D) Janet Yellen
92. Approval has been granted in which state for India's first offshore airport?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Kerala
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Goa
93. Which country has become the UNESCO World Heritage capital with 61 protected sites?
(A) China
(B) France
(C) Italy
(D) Spain
94. Who has become the female player with the highest number of wickets in international cricket?
(A) Jhulan Goswami
(B) Deepti Sharma
(C) Ellyse Perry
(D) Shabnim Ismail
95. In which country has the Govt. of India launched 'Operation Amistad'?
(A) Sudan
(B) Yemen
(C) Venezuela
(D) Ukraine
96. Which country has become the first in the world to launch a hydrogen production centre using heat from nuclear energy?
(A) Germany
(B) India
(C) Japan
(D) China
97. Which country has developed the Helina missile?
(A) Israel
(B) Russia
(C) India
(D) USA
98. Who has been awarded Seychelles' highest civilian honour, the 'Guardian of the Blue Horizon'?
(A) S. Jaishankar
(B) Narendra Modi
(C) Droupadi Murmu
(D) Rajnath Singh
99. Where was the 2026 meeting of the heads of BRICS space agencies held?
(A) Moscow
(B) Beijing
(C) Bengaluru
(D) Cape Town
100. On which river has the Rajolibanda Diversion Project, which has been in the news, been constructed?
(A) Krishna River
(B) Tungabhadra River
(C) Godavari River
(D) Kaveri River
101. Who has become the 27th member country of the International Big Cat Alliance?
(A) Bangladesh
(B) Nepal
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) Myanmar
102. Which Indian has been honored with the 'Global Prestige Award' in the UK Parliament?
(A) Piyush Goyal
(B) Harsh Vardhan
(C) Dr. S. Jaishankar
(D) Anurag Thakur
103. In which state has the Shri Ambabai Temple Development Project been launched?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Gujarat
(C) Karnataka
(D) Madhya Pradesh
104. What is India's rank in the QS World Future Skills Index 2027?
(A) 11th
(B) 15th
(C) 13th
(D) 19th
105. Which has become the first port in India to use Enterprise AI?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru Port
(B) V. O. Chidambaranar Port
(C) Kandla Port
(D) Visakhapatnam Port
106. Which is the only Indian city to be included in the list of the international magazine Time Out?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Jaipur
(C) New Delhi
(D) Bengaluru
107. Which ministry has launched the 'Nirbhaya Chetan' program?
(A) Ministry of Panchayati Raj
(B) Ministry of Home Affairs
(C) Ministry of Child Development
(D) Ministry of Education
108. How many people have been honored with the Padma Awards by President Droupadi Murmu in June 2026?
(A) 55
(B) 60
(C) 65
(D) 72
109. Who has become the first player to score goals in six editions of the FIFA World Cup?
(A) Lionel Messi
(B) Cristiano Ronaldo
(C) Kylian Mbappé
(D) Neymar
110. Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) has become which number of Navratna company of India?
(A) 25th
(B) 26th
(C) 27th
(D) 28th
111. Under the ULLAS initiative, which has become the sixth fully literate state of India?
(A) Himachal Pradesh
(B) Uttarakhand
(C) Sikkim
(D) Goa
112. What is India's rank in the Energy Transition Index 2026?
(A) 65th
(B) 68th
(C) 70th
(D) 75th
113. Who has been appointed as the Solicitor General of India?
(A) Tushar Mehta
(B) R. Venkataramani
(C) Mukul Rohatgi
(D) Harish Salve
114. Who has won the title of FIH Nations Cup 2026?
(A) Germany
(B) Spain
(C) India
(D) Netherlands
115. Kadian-Beas railway line project is related to which state?
(A) Haryana
(B) Punjab
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Rajasthan
116. What is the theme of the 12th International Yoga Day 2026?
(A) Yoga for Healthy Aging
(B) Yoga for Humanity
(C) Yoga for Women Empowerment
(D) Yoga for Self and Society
117. Bengaluru-based government AI startup Sarvam AI has become which number of Unicorn of India?
(A) 125th
(B) 130th
(C) 135th
(D) 140th
118. Where has India's highest wind turbine been established?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Gujarat
(C) Karnataka
(D) Rajasthan
119. Which institute has been declared the top educational institution of India in the QS World University Rankings 2027?
(A) IIT Bombay
(B) IIT Delhi
(C) IISc Bengaluru
(D) IIT Madras
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