Current events of national and international importance MCQ with Answers

14 questionswith explanationsfor RAS, Patwari, VDO and other Rajasthan exams

Questions

Q1

In November 2025, Pakistan passed its 27th Constitutional Amendment. Which of the following posts did it newly create?

(1)Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
(2)Chief of the Army Staff
(3)Director General, Inter-Services Intelligence
(4)Chief of Defence Forces✓ Correct answer

Answer: (4) Chief of Defence Forces

Explanation

The 27th Amendment created the post of Chief of Defence Forces, held by the army chief, and abolished the post of Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, so that option is wrong. It also created a Federal Constitutional Court above the Supreme Court on constitutional matters.

Q2

Alongside its 13th parliamentary election on 12 February 2026, Bangladesh held a referendum on approving which reform document, drawn up after the 2024 uprising?

(1)Six-Point Programme
(2)Fifteenth Amendment
(3)July National Charter✓ Correct answer
(4)Proclamation of Independence

Answer: (3) July National Charter

Explanation

The referendum sought approval of 48 constitutional reform proposals in the July National Charter, and about two-thirds of the valid votes were in favour. The Six-Point Programme was the Awami League's 1966 autonomy demand, not a 2026 reform document.

Q3

A charter signed at Davos on 22 January 2026 formally launched which body, with US President Donald Trump as its founding chairman?

(1)International Stabilization Force
(2)Abraham Accords Council
(3)Coalition of the Willing
(4)Board of Peace✓ Correct answer

Answer: (4) Board of Peace

Explanation

The Board of Peace grew out of the Gaza peace plan and was formally launched when its charter was signed at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos on 22 January 2026; several US allies in Europe declined to join. The International Stabilization Force is a separate security force authorised for Gaza by a UN Security Council resolution.

Q4

In January 2026, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz began his first official visit to India in which city, where the Prime Minister received him?

(1)Mumbai
(2)Varanasi
(3)Jaipur
(4)Ahmedabad✓ Correct answer

Answer: (4) Ahmedabad

Explanation

The Ministry of External Affairs announced the 12-13 January 2026 visit for Ahmedabad and Bengaluru; in Ahmedabad Merz visited Sabarmati Ashram and joined the PM at the International Kite Festival. The visit came after the India-Germany Strategic Partnership completed 25 years in 2025; Mumbai was not on the itinerary.

Q5

On 20 February 2026, at the India AI Impact Summit, India signed which US-led declaration on secure supply chains for semiconductors, critical minerals and AI?

(1)Minerals Security Partnership
(2)Pax Silica✓ Correct answer
(3)Quad Critical Minerals Initiative
(4)Chip 4 Alliance

Answer: (2) Pax Silica

Explanation

Pax Silica was launched by the US State Department in December 2025; India signed its declaration on 20 February 2026 in New Delhi, joining members such as Japan, South Korea, Australia and the UK. The Minerals Security Partnership is an older (2022) US-led group on critical minerals alone, not this AI supply-chain declaration.

Q6

In March 2026, which country hosted the 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) of the World Trade Organization?

(1)United Arab Emirates
(2)Kenya
(3)Cameroon✓ Correct answer
(4)Argentina

Answer: (3) Cameroon

Explanation

MC14 was held in Yaounde, Cameroon, and ended without agreement on extending the moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions; talks were moved back to Geneva. The previous conference, MC13 (2024), was held in Abu Dhabi in the UAE, which is why the UAE is wrong here.

Q7

In March 2026, the Prime Minister of which country visited India, during which a long-term deal was signed to supply uranium for India's nuclear power programme?

(1)Canada✓ Correct answer
(2)Australia
(3)Kazakhstan
(4)Namibia

Answer: (1) Canada

Explanation

During Mark Carney's visit, Canada's Cameco agreed on 2 March 2026 to supply about 22 million pounds of uranium ore concentrate to India's Department of Atomic Energy over 2027-2035, under a new Canada-India Strategic Energy Partnership. Kazakhstan's Kazatomprom is another long-standing supplier, but the March 2026 deal was with Canada.

Q8

In December 2025, the Department of Telecommunications withdrew a November 2025 order that had told smartphone makers to pre-install which app on new phones?

(1)Aarogya Setu
(2)Sanchar Saathi✓ Correct answer
(3)DigiLocker
(4)UMANG

Answer: (2) Sanchar Saathi

Explanation

The order of 28 November 2025 was withdrawn on 3 December 2025 after objections on privacy, and the app stays available for voluntary download. Aarogya Setu, DigiLocker and UMANG are other government apps and were not covered by that order.

Q9

The 48th ASEAN Summit of May 2026 was held under the chairship of which country, whose chairship theme is 'Navigating Our Future, Together'?

(1)Philippines✓ Correct answer
(2)Vietnam
(3)Malaysia
(4)Thailand

Answer: (1) Philippines

Explanation

The Philippines chairs ASEAN in 2026, and the 48th Summit was held at Cebu on 8 May 2026. Malaysia was the 2025 chair, which is why it is wrong here.

Q10

In June 2026, the businessman and lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella won a presidential runoff in which country?

(1)Peru
(2)Chile
(3)Bolivia
(4)Colombia✓ Correct answer

Answer: (4) Colombia

Explanation

De la Espriella beat Ivan Cepeda in the runoff of 21 June 2026 by about one percentage point, and Cepeda conceded on 24 June after the official count. Chile is wrong: its December 2025 runoff was won by Jose Antonio Kast.

Q11

On 3 December 2025, India took over the annual Chairship for 2026 of the Council of Member States of which intergovernmental organisation?

(1)International IDEA✓ Correct answer
(2)Inter-Parliamentary Union
(3)Venice Commission
(4)International Foundation for Electoral Systems

Answer: (1) International IDEA

Explanation

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar took over the Chairship of International IDEA (Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance) from Switzerland at a Council meeting in Stockholm; India is a founding member of the 35-member body. The Inter-Parliamentary Union is a body of national parliaments, not of member states' governments, so it is wrong.

Q12

Which of the following pairs of international agreement and the year in which it entered into force is correctly matched?

(1)BBNJ (High Seas) Agreement - 2026✓ Correct answer
(2)Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol - 2016
(3)Minamata Convention on Mercury - 2013
(4)WHO Pandemic Agreement - 2025

Answer: (1) BBNJ (High Seas) Agreement - 2026

Explanation

The UNCLOS agreement on marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction entered into force on 17 January 2026, 120 days after the 60th ratification in September 2025. The other years are adoption years: the Kigali Amendment came into force in 2019 and the Minamata Convention in 2017, while the WHO Pandemic Agreement, adopted in May 2025, is not yet in force.

Q13

In December 2025 Parliament passed the Repealing and Amending Bill, 2025. Consider the following statements about the resulting Act: 1. It repeals 71 Acts. 2. It also amends four Acts, including the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(1)1 only
(2)2 only
(3)Both 1 and 2✓ Correct answer
(4)Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (3) Both 1 and 2

Explanation

The Repealing and Amending Act, 2025 repeals 71 Acts, of which 65 are amending Acts and six are principal Acts such as the Indian Tramways Act, 1886. It also amends four Acts: the General Clauses Act, 1897, the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, the Indian Succession Act, 1925 and the Disaster Management Act, 2005, so '1 only' is incomplete.

Q14

In WIPO's Global Innovation Index 2026, released in September 2026, India was ranked at which position among 139 economies?

(1)37th
(2)38th✓ Correct answer
(3)39th
(4)41st

Answer: (2) 38th

Explanation

WIPO's India profile places India 38th in GII 2026, the same as in 2025, and first among 36 lower-middle-income economies and 11 economies of Central and Southern Asia. India had been 39th in 2024, which is why 39th is wrong.