Details: Current Affairs

1. Who is the author of the book Why Bharat Matters

A) Shashi Tharoor

B) S. Jaishankar

C) Ram Madhav

D) Sanjeev Sanyal

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

2. Tajpur Deep Sea Port is located in which Indian state

A) Odisha

B) Andhra Pradesh

C) West Bengal

D) Tamil Nadu

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

3. Who was the Padma Shri awardee and Ghoda Nacha folk artist who passed away in February 2026

A) Kelucharan Mohapatra

B) Utsav Charan Das

C) Guru Mayadhar Raut

D) Ratikant Mohapatra

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: Not attempted

4. The UN declared 2026 as the International Year of what

A) Glaciers and Water

B) Rural Innovation

C) Rangelands and Pastoralists

D) Food Security

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

5. Which state set a Guinness World Record on March 1, 2026, by planting over 2.51 lakh trees in one hour

A) Gujarat

B) Uttar Pradesh

C) Madhya Pradesh

D) Rajasthan

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

6. Which joint maritime exercise was conducted by the IAF’s Southern Air Command in the Arabian Sea in early 2026

A) Sea Guardian

B) Kalari Leap

C) Sagar Kavach

D) Vayu Setu

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

7. Which Indian state announced its biggest-ever budget of ₹2.6 lakh crore in March 2026

A) Haryana

B) Punjab

C) Rajasthan

D) Bihar

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

8. Which festival was announced by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs to be held in New Delhi from March 3–13, 2026

A) Janjatiya Mahotsav

B) Adivasi Utsav

C) Tribal Craft Fair

D) Tribes Art Fest

Correct Answer: D

Your Answer: D

9. Which company partnered with Google to launch secure RCS messaging in India in March 2026

A) Reliance Jio

B) Vodafone Idea

C) BSNL

D) Bharti Airtel

Correct Answer: D

Your Answer: D

10. What was the gross GST collection recorded for February 2026

A) ₹1.23 lakh crore

B) ₹1.56 lakh crore

C) ₹1.83 lakh crore

D) ₹2.10 lakh crore

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

11. The EPFO approved a pilot for auto-settlement of inoperative accounts with balances up to what amount

A) ₹500

B) ₹1,000

C) ₹2,500

D) ₹5,000

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

12. Which two entities signed an agreement on February 27, 2026, to grant each other Most Favoured Nation status for five years

A) India and ASEAN

B) India and United Kingdom

C) India and European Union

D) India and Japan

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

13. Who was named by Iran to lead the interim Leadership Council following the death of the Supreme Leader

A) Mojtaba Khamenei

B) Ayatollah Alireza Arafi

C) Hassan Rouhani

D) Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: A

14. What is the theme of Zero Discrimination Day observed on March 1, 2026

A) Equality for All

B) Dignity and Rights

C) People First

D) End the Stigma

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

15. Which Indian state launched the Lake and Air Watch initiative to monitor AQI and water health

A) Maharashtra

B) Karnataka

C) Gujarat

D) Tamil Nadu

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

16. Which insurance company partnered with Sarvam AI to deploy conversational AI tools across its network

A) LIC

B) HDFC Life

C) ICICI Prudential Life

D) SBI Life Insurance

Correct Answer: D

Your Answer: A

17. What is the rank of India in the 2026 Henley Passport Index

A) 70th

B) 75th

C) 82nd

D) 90th

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: B

18. Scientists at the University of Waterloo developed a method to convert plastic waste into what using sunlight

A) Ethanol

B) Hydrogen

C) Methane

D) Acetic Acid

Correct Answer: D

Your Answer: D

19. Who was appointed Chairman of the reconstituted Hindi Advisory Committee in the Chemicals and Fertilizers Ministry

A) Amit Shah

B) Dharmendra Pradhan

C) J. P. Nadda

D) Piyush Goyal

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: B

20. Which AI platform partnered with Razorpay to launch agentic AI for in-call UPI payments

A) Sarvam AI

B) Krutrim

C) Gnani.ai

D) Haptik

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: Not attempted

21. Which island is being used as Earth’s closest natural laboratory for Mars exploration

A) Greenland

B) Ellesmere Island

C) Baffin Island

D) Devon Island

Correct Answer: D

Your Answer: D

22. Who is the Chairperson of the 16th Finance Commission

A) N. K. Singh

B) Arvind Subramanian

C) Raghuram Rajan

D) Dr. Arvind Panagariya

Correct Answer: D

Your Answer: Not attempted

23. India renewed its $75 billion Bilateral Swap Arrangement with which country effective February 28, 2026

A) South Korea

B) Singapore

C) Japan

D) UAE

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

24. The central government is expanding the World’s Largest Grain Storage Plan through which network

A) FPOs

B) SHGs

C) PACS

D) APMCs

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: Not attempted

25. Which state declared 2026 as Krishi Kalyan Varsh

A) Maharashtra

B) Madhya Pradesh

C) Haryana

D) Chhattisgarh

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

26. What is India’s installed electricity capacity share from non-fossil fuel sources achieved in June 2025 and highlighted in 2026

A) 48%

B) 45%

C) 50%

D) 52%

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

27. Which tool was launched by the Delhi Cantonment Board for automated sanitation monitoring

A) CLEAN

B) SMART

C) SWEEP

D) TRACK

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: A

28. Which international bodies recently launched the Women in Politics 2026 map

A) IMF and World Bank

B) UNESCO and UNICEF

C) WHO and WTO

D) IPU and UN Women

Correct Answer: D

Your Answer: D

29. What was the theme for National Science Day observed on February 28, 2026

A) Science for Sustainable Future

B) Youth in Innovation

C) Women in Science: Catalysing Viksit Bharat

D) Science for Atmanirbhar Bharat

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: D

30. Which organization launched a Bug Bounty Programme in March 2026 to strengthen ecosystem security

A) NPCI

B) UIDAI

C) CERT-In

D) MeitY

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: Not attempted

31. Which Indian bank launched the world’s largest gender-themed social loan of $500 million in March 2026

A) HDFC Bank

B) ICICI Bank

C) State Bank of India

D) Axis Bank

Correct Answer: C

Your Answer: C

32. Who became the first Kashmiri woman to head Central Jail Srinagar in March 2026

A) Rubina Akhtar

B) Saba Shawl

C) Shazia Bano

D) Nuzhat Gul

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

33. Who took charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of GAIL (India) Limited on March 1, 2026

A) Sandeep Gupta

B) Deepak Gupta

C) Rajiv Kumar

D) Anil Kumar Jain

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: Not attempted

34. Which state launched the Lake and Air Watch initiative through its urban development mission

A) Gujarat

B) Telangana

C) Kerala

D) Odisha

Correct Answer: A

Your Answer: A

35. Which NASA mission was recently found to have altered the orbit of an entire asteroid system

A) Voyager 2

B) Juno

C) Artemis II

D) DART

Correct Answer: D

Your Answer: D

36. Which country’s first Blue Bond was dually listed on the NSE International Exchange at GIFT City in February 2026

A) Bangladesh

B) Sri Lanka

C) Maldives

D) Nepal

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

37. What are the names of the official mascots for India’s first fully digital Census unveiled in March 2026

A) Pragati and Vikas

B) Shakti and Vikas

C) Pragya and Bharat

D) Gauri and Veer

Correct Answer: A

Your Answer: Not attempted

38. Which state launched the Lake and Air Watch initiative to monitor real-time pollution in March 2026

A) Maharashtra

B) Gujarat

C) Rajasthan

D) Karnataka

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

39. Who authored the book Mahatma: A Great Communicator released on March 2, 2026

A) Ramachandra Guha

B) Dhiraj Kakadia

C) Rajmohan Gandhi

D) Shashi Tharoor

Correct Answer: B

Your Answer: B

40. India’s first Constitution Museum is located in which place

A) New Delhi

B) Chandigarh

C) Jaipur

D) Sonipat

Correct Answer: D

Your Answer: A

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