India National Current Affairs – Top 50 Questions for Quick Revision
1. The North Eastern Railway’s longest freight train, ‘Awadh Mahashakti’, was flagged off from which railway station in Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Gonda
2. Which organisation launched Terrier Cyber Quest 2026 (TCQ 3.0) in collaboration with CyberPeace?
Answer: Territorial Army
3. What is the name of the first Rural Enterprise Technical Bulletin launched during the National Campaign on Entrepreneurship?
Answer: Sankalp Shakti
4. The Sawalkote Hydroelectric Project, that was recently seen in news, is located on which river?
Answer: Chenab
5. Which state has become the first landlocked state in India to export value-added Tilapia fish products?
Answer: Chhattisgarh
6. West Bengal hosted its first Kaushal Mahotsav in which district?
Answer: Dakshin Dinajpur
7. Which initiative was launched by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to engage Indian-origin youth living across the world?
Answer: Friends of MY Bharat
8. In August 2026, which state declared snakebite envenomation as a mandatory notifiable disease?
Answer: Maharashtra
9. Which application of NHAI has been integrated with the digital FASTag Local Pass facility for eligible local residents?
Answer: Rajmargyatra
10. Which organisation launched the “Yashoda AI” initiative to promote AI literacy and digital empowerment among women?
Answer: National Commission for Women
11. Mushk Budji, a GI-tagged aromatic rice variety, is native to which region?
Answer: Kashmir
12. The National Anubhav Awards Scheme is an initiative of which organization?
Answer: Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW)
13. The Shompen Tribe is primarily found in which region?
Answer: Great Nicobar Island
14. Which state government launched the ‘Reel for Soil and Water Conservation’ competition?
Answer: Maharashtra
15. Which power plant has been selected to host India’s first utility-scale pilot of an indigenous rechargeable iron-air battery?
Answer: Simhadri Super Thermal Power Station
16. India’s first virtual zoo has been inaugurated in which state?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
17. Which site has been approved by the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) for setting up the lead demonstration units of India’s indigenous Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)?
Answer: Tarapur, Maharashtra
18. Operation Nanhe Farishtey, recently seen in the news, is related to which organization?
Answer: Railway Protection Force (RPF)
19. Which institution launched the national cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence hackathon ‘CYBER KUSHTI 2026’?
Answer: National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT)
20. Which state government approved the phased statewide rollout of SAMASTA, a mobile-based community digital health platform?
Answer: Karnataka
21. Which state government launched the YUVAN (Yuva and Van) initiative to connect young people with nature, wildlife and local biodiversity?
Answer: Chhattisgarh
22. Which state ranks first in the country in terms of installed EV charging stations as of August 2026?
Answer: Maharashtra
23. The ‘Gramin Gyan Setu’ app, recently launched to integrate rural libraries, is associated with which Lok Sabha constituency of Gujarat?
Answer: Gandhinagar
24. Which Union Territories are the first to fully operationalise the programmable Digital Rupee under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY)?
Answer: Chandigarh and Dadra & Nagar Haveli
25. Which state launched the technology-driven wildlife monitoring and conflict-management platform named 'H.A.N.U.M.A.N.'?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
26. Which crowdsourcing initiative was launched under the BHASHINI mission to collect Indian language datasets from citizens?
Answer: BhashaDaan
27. Which ministry organised ‘Srijan: Voices from the Loom’, a programme celebrating women handloom weavers?
Answer: Ministry of Textiles
28. Which initiative launched by government to establish common scientific standards for medicinal plants used across different traditional medicine systems?
Answer: One Herb, One Standard
29. Which state/UT hosted the first-ever Black-necked Crane Festival in August 2026?
Answer: Ladakh
30. Which state government recently notified a first-of-its-kind ‘Widow and Orphan Cess’ on petrol and diesel?
Answer: Himachal Pradesh
31. According to recent data, which state has the highest number of dialysis centres under the Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme (PMNDP) in 2025–26?
Answer: Gujarat
32. NAVYA programme is implemented under which scheme?
Answer: Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0
33. Which state government recently launched ‘Tathyakosh’, an open-source public data portal designed as a Digital Public Good?
Answer: Karnataka
34. Which port has become India's first Scope-2 Emission-Free port?
Answer: V.O. Chidambaranar Port
35. Kalanamak rice, recently in the news for increased production and exports, is primarily grown in which state?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
36. Which North Eastern state was recently highlighted for having the highest number of agarwood trees in India?
Answer: Assam
37. Which state received the highest foodgrain allocation under PM-POSHAN in 2025–26?
Answer: Bihar
38. Which organisation launched India’s first accreditation scheme for Mobile Food Testing Laboratories?
Answer: National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories
39. The Thoti community, recently in the news, is primarily found in which state?
Answer: Telangana
40. Which portal was launched by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways for continuous grievance redressal of seafarers?
Answer: e-NAVIK
41. What is the name of the digital platform recently launched by government to transform India’s maritime governance?
Answer: E-Samudra
42. Which city's police force launched 'Operation Mukta' to identify and verify suspected illegal immigrants?
Answer: Bengaluru
43. Which state recorded the highest cumulative transactions under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission’s (ABDM) ‘Scan and Register’ service?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
44. Which state has become the first in India to approve and notify the Pedestrian Safety and Universal Accessibility Policy, 2026?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
45. Thag La Pass, that was recently seen in news, is located in which state?
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
46. Which country was designated as the 'Featured Country' at the Travel and Tourism Fair (TTF 2026) in Gandhinagar?
Answer: Israel
47. Which state launched the AI-powered 'Composite Digital Crop Survey' pilot initiative in August 2026?
Answer: Karnataka
48. Which digital portal was launched by the Ministry of Textiles to provide digital identity cards to handloom weavers?
Answer: e-Pehchan
49. The Marusudar River, recently seen in the news due to the Pakal Dul Hydroelectric Project, is a tributary of which river?
Answer: Chenab
50. Which state has launched Project BLESS to prevent distress migration by strengthening rural livelihoods?
Answer: Odisha