← Current Affairs Unlimited attempts September 2026 · Quiz 9 Questions 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637 /37 1 / 37 Which country won both the men’s and women’s kabaddi gold medals at the 2026 Asian Games? Iran South Korea Chinese Taipei India India beat Iran in both the men’s and women’s kabaddi finals at Aichi-Nagoya. Both Indian teams successfully defended their Asian Games titles, completing a golden double. 2 / 37 Who ended India’s 44-year wait for an Asian Games men’s marathon medal at Aichi-Nagoya 2026? Gulveer Singh Sawan Barwal Avinash Sable Kartik Karkera Sawan Barwal won silver in 2:11:37, a national record. It was India’s first Asian Games men’s marathon medal since 1982 and its first outside India. 3 / 37 The newly discovered “fire amoeba”, Incendiamoeba cascadensis, can reproduce at what record temperature for eukaryotic life? 53°C 60°C 63°C 70°C The amoeba reproduces at 63°C, extending the known heat limit for organisms with complex, nucleus-containing cells. It was discovered in California’s Lassen Volcanic National Park. 4 / 37 What is the main purpose of Google’s Project Suncatcher prototype satellite? Test AI computing hardware in orbit Transmit solar electricity to Earth Remove debris from low Earth orbit Provide satellite navigation signals Google’s prototype will test AI processors in space. Developed with Planet, the experiment will examine how the hardware withstands spaceflight stresses, radiation and temperature extremes. 5 / 37 At which hills do the Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats meet? Anaimalai Hills Nilgiri Hills Cardamom Hills Palani Hills The two ranges meet at the Nilgiri Hills. Karnataka’s legislature rejected the proposed Western Ghats conservation boundaries, while the state sought forest-only coverage. 6 / 37 The Niyamgiri Hills are the traditional homeland of which Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group? Bonda Dongria Kondh Juang Lanjia Saora The Dongria Kondh live in Odisha’s Niyamgiri Hills. Vedanta’s chairman sought revival of the area’s bauxite-mining project, renewing attention to this tribal homeland. 7 / 37 Bangladesh signed a strategic civil nuclear cooperation memorandum in New York on 25 September 2026 with which country? Russia France China United States Bangladesh and the United States signed the memorandum on peaceful nuclear cooperation, stressing safety, safeguards and non-proliferation. Bangladesh is developing its first nuclear power plant at Rooppur. 8 / 37 Which privately operated port was among the four notified as mega ports under the Indian Ports Act, 2025? Dhamra Mundra Gangavaram Krishnapatnam Mundra joined Deendayal (Kandla), Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva) and Paradip in the 25 September notification. Mundra remains a non-major port despite its new mega-port classification. 9 / 37 Which city is designated as Andhra Pradesh’s capital by the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Act, 2026? Visakhapatnam Kurnool Amaravati Vijayawada The 2026 amendment names Amaravati as Andhra Pradesh’s capital. On 25 September, the High Court cited this legal status when saying challenges to the three-capitals proposal had lost their purpose. 10 / 37 Which city opened India’s first Victim Rights Centre? Bhopal Jaipur Patna Lucknow Patna’s Victim Rights Centre opened on 26 September 2026 as a single-window facility for crime victims, helping them access legal assistance, compensation, medical support and psychological counselling. 11 / 37 Which traditional craft is known as Tazhib or Tezhip? Knotting wool into patterned carpets Inlaying metal into wooden furniture Marbling paper on the surface of water Gilding and painting manuscripts Tazhib decorates manuscripts and calligraphic texts with gold and paint. Delhi’s Qaleen Bhaiyya studio draws on this traditional art for contemporary carpet-based artworks. 12 / 37 What is the core function of China’s CIPS? Authorising customers’ card purchases at shops Matching buy and sell orders on stock exchanges Calculating daily exchange-rate benchmarks Clearing and settling cross-border bank payments The Cross-Border Interbank Payment System clears and settles payments between banks across borders. A September 2026 Peterson Institute analysis highlighted growth in CIPS participation amid uneven international use of China’s yuan. 13 / 37 What is the main purpose of Ways and Means Advances provided by the RBI to the Central government? Finance long-term public capital investment Bridge temporary government receipt–payment gaps Restructure existing bonds into longer maturities Guarantee loans for public infrastructure Ways and Means Advances bridge temporary mismatches in government receipts and payments. The RBI fixed a ₹50,000 crore limit for October–March 2026–27 alongside the Centre’s borrowing plan. 14 / 37 Who became the first swimmer to win seven gold medals at a single Asian Games in 2026? Qin Haiyang Shin Ohashi Zhang Zhanshuo Wang Kuan-hung China’s Zhang Zhanshuo won four individual freestyle titles and three relay golds. His 400-metre freestyle victory completed the record seven-gold haul at Aichi-Nagoya. 15 / 37 Who won the women’s 100 metres at the 2026 Asian Games in a Games-record 11.06 seconds? Chen Yujie Shanti Pereira Edidiong Odiong Wei Yongli China’s Chen Yujie won gold in 11.06 seconds. Singapore’s Shanti Pereira took silver, while Bahrain’s Edidiong Odiong won bronze in the same final. 16 / 37 Who won the men’s 100 metres at the 2026 Asian Games with a Games-record 9.90 seconds? Xie Zhenye Ali Al Balushi Malham Al Balushi Puripol Boonson Thailand’s Puripol Boonson clocked 9.90 seconds in the final after setting 9.91 in the semifinals. Both performances broke the Asian Games record. 17 / 37 Who partnered Diya Chitale to win mixed-doubles table-tennis bronze at the 2026 Asian Games? Manav Thakkar Manush Shah Harmeet Desai Achanta Sharath Kamal Manush Shah and Diya Chitale won bronze after reaching the mixed-doubles semifinals, where they lost to China’s Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha. 18 / 37 Gulveer Singh won silver at the 2026 Asian Games in which race? Men's 10,000 metres Men's 5,000 metres Men's 1,500 metres Men's 3,000-metre steeplechase Gulveer Singh won the men’s 10,000-metre silver in 28:29.38, behind Bahrain’s Birhanu Balew. He improved on his bronze in the same event at Hangzhou. 19 / 37 Baranica Elangovan won India’s first Asian Games medal in which event ? High jump Long jump Triple jump Pole vault Baranica Elangovan shared the women’s pole-vault bronze with Kazakhstan’s Polina Ivanova after clearing 4.15 metres, giving India its first Asian Games medal in the event. 20 / 37 Which country joined India to launch the Group of Friends on Safety and Security of Shipping and Seafarers? Greece Liberia Panama Philippines India and Liberia launched the group at the United Nations in New York. It brings maritime countries together to protect commercial shipping and seafarers amid attacks on civilian vessels. 21 / 37 Which country deployed its Pégase 26 mission to India for the Tarang Shakti air exercise? France Germany Australia United States France’s Pégase 26 deployment brought Rafale fighters and transport and refuelling aircraft to Jodhpur. Its participation in Tarang Shakti supports joint air training with partner forces. 22 / 37 The Subansiri Upper hydropower project is planned in which state? Sikkim Himachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Uttarakhand NHPC’s 1,605 MW project is planned in Arunachal Pradesh. 23 / 37 Which state launched Mukhyamantri Sugam Parivahan Sewa in September 2026 to revive its organised public bus network? Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh launched the service in Bhopal on 25 September. Alongside PM e-Bus Sewa, the initial rollout included 351 intercity and intracity buses operated through a public-private partnership. 24 / 37 What is the main aim of the Active Karnataka initiative announced in September 2026? Link pilgrimage circuits with heritage conservation Link business conventions with industrial visits Link sporting events with local tourism experiences Link wildlife safaris with forest restoration Active Karnataka is planned to connect marathons, cycling and other sporting events with nearby tourist attractions. Scheduled for launch on 27 September, it aims to encourage longer visitor stays. 25 / 37 Which law’s application did the Centre extend for six months in parts of Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh in September 2026? National Security Act, 1980 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 AFSPA will continue in notified areas for six months from 1 October 2026. The law gives armed forces special powers in areas officially declared disturbed. 26 / 37 What does supercruise mean for a combat aircraft? Supersonic flight with continuous afterburner use Sustained supersonic flight without afterburners Supersonic flight maintained only during a dive Subsonic cruise at maximum fuel efficiency Supercruise sustains flight faster than sound without afterburners. India’s proposed 120-kN engine for the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft seeks this capability, reducing dependence on fuel-intensive afterburning. 27 / 37 Project mBridge uses which form of money for cross-border settlement? Privately issued stablecoins Special Drawing Rights Tokenised commercial-bank deposits Central bank digital currencies mBridge uses central bank digital currencies for cross-border settlement. It featured in discussion of payment alternatives after the BRICS New Delhi Declaration supported greater use of national currencies. 28 / 37 Who set an Indian men’s 100km record of 6:49:17 at the 2026 IAU World Championships in Spain? Geeno Antony Babu Gyan Amar Singh Devanda Saurav Kumar Ranjan Amar Singh Devanda completed 100km in 6 hours, 49 minutes and 17 seconds at Ames, Spain. The performance set an Indian record and placed him 23rd overall. 29 / 37 Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal won India’s first Asian Games medal in which mixed shooting event? 10m air rifle Trap 10m air pistol Skeet Naruka and Dhaliwal won mixed skeet bronze at Aichi-Nagoya 2026, India’s first Asian Games medal in the event. They hit 44 of 48 targets in the final. 30 / 37 Which pair won India’s first Asian Games medal in men’s double sculls at Aichi-Nagoya 2026? Navdeep Singh and Kulwinder Singh Satnam Singh and Salman Khan Vipul Satish and Saurav Kumar Rohit and Ujjwal Kumar Singh Satnam Singh and Salman Khan won bronze in men’s double sculls in 6:13.25. This was India’s first Asian Games medal in this rowing event, distinct from lightweight double sculls. 31 / 37 Who broke the men’s 200m breaststroke world record at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games? Qin Haiyang Denis Petrashov Cho Sung-jae Shin Ohashi Japan’s Shin Ohashi won gold in 2:04.83, breaking Qin Haiyang’s previous world record of 2:05.48. The record applies to the 50m-pool, or long-course, event. 32 / 37 Which city will host India’s first UCI Road World Championships in 2032? Ahmedabad Pune New Delhi Chennai The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) awarded Pune the 2032 Road World Championships, the event’s first edition in India. The decision was announced at its Congress in Montréal. 33 / 37 Why was West Bengal’s 2026 ‘Anti-Goonda’ Bill returned for reconsideration? Overlap with central preventive-detention law on drug trafficking Conflict with central rules on electronic criminal evidence Overlap with central provisions on financial-asset attachment Conflict with central rules on juvenile criminal responsibility The President returned the Bill over overlap with the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988. The Centre flagged possible conflict under Article 254. 34 / 37 Which country called for deleting the UN Charter’s ‘enemy States’ clauses at the 2026 General Assembly? Germany Japan Italy Romania Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi urged deletion of the wartime clauses. They refer to World War II enemies of Charter signatories; a 2005 UN resolution had already expressed the resolve to remove them. 35 / 37 Which market institution made its own stock-market debut on BSE in September 2026? National Securities Depository Limited Multi Commodity Exchange of India National Stock Exchange of India Central Depository Services Limited National Stock Exchange shares began trading on BSE on 24 September, marking the exchange’s own stock-market debut after its ₹22,561-crore initial public offering. 36 / 37 Which Indian warship reached Toulon for the 24th edition of the India–France naval exercise Varuna? INS Shivalik INS Tarkash INS Teg INS Trishul INS Trishul arrived at Toulon, France, for the 24th Varuna exercise. Harbour and sea activities are intended to strengthen operational coordination and interoperability between the two navies. 37 / 37 Which State approved the Muslim Marriage Registration (Compulsory) Rules, 2026? Assam Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Kerala Assam approved rules to implement its 2024 compulsory-registration law. Government marriage registrars replace qazis, with registration limited to marriages where women are at least 18 and men 21. 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