August 2026 Current Affairs Quiz

Which Union Minister chaired the BRICS Tourism Ministers' meeting held at Jaipur in August 2026?

One of the two problem statements of CMiH 2026 asks participants to build mineral prospectivity maps from open-source data to identify pegmatite zones of which minerals?

The Pithora painting that received a GI tag in August 2026 belongs to which state?

World Humanitarian Day, observed on 19 August, commemorates a bombing that took place in which city in 2003?

The half-humanoid robot to fly on Gaganyaan's first uncrewed test mission is named:

'Nipun', delivered to the Indian Navy by Hindustan Shipyard Limited, is what type of vessel?

The Births and Deaths (Registration Amendment) Bill, 2026 amends which principal legislation?

The inaugural edition of the Commonwealth Cue Sports Championships, held in 2025, took place in:

Tamil Nadu's revised policy gives women state government employees how many days of paid maternity leave for a third child?

The "Sapta Sindhu" imagery invoked in the 2026 Independence Day speech refers to the seven sacred rivers of which period?

From what altitude above mean sea level were the MCPS test jumps carried out in Ladakh in August 2026?

At the 2026 BWF World Championships, An Se-young won her second women's singles world title by defeating which defending champion?

Census 2027 will conduct the first comprehensive caste enumeration since which year?

NITI Aayog, which released the manufacturing report, replaced which body?

The internationally accepted 'replacement level' Total Fertility Rate, cited in the Tamil Nadu maternity leave decision, is:

The National Testing Agency (NTA), which the Supreme Court called to institutionalise, was set up in which year?

The Andhra Pradesh-United Kingdom government-to-government MoU signed in August 2026 supports urban infrastructure planning across Amaravati and how many municipalities?

Under SEBI's IT Resilience Index framework, which two parameters carry the maximum weightage of 20% each?

How much central financial support was approved for the Amended BharatNet rollout in Chhattisgarh?

Which body conducts the Census of India?

The Bharat GI banner launched via an MSME-DPIIT MoU is meant to promote which category of products?

India's rank among troop-contributing countries to UN peacekeeping operations, as of 2026, is:

Karnataka's August 2026 one-year ban on analogue paneer was issued under which law?

CBAM entered its 'definitive phase', requiring importers to surrender emission certificates, from which date?

The SHANTI Act, 2025 is associated with which sector?

Who launched India's first indigenous non-GMO popcorn maize hybrid seed in Andhra Pradesh in August 2026?

The standard treatment for snakebite envenomation, whose dosage must now be logged under Maharashtra's new order, is:

Which sector carries the highest weight in India Index of Industrial Production (IIP)?

PhonePe's PulsePro platform, integrated with PM GatiShakti via an August 2026 MoU with MeitY, is built on aggregated and anonymised data from which source?

Japan refers to the disputed southern Kuril Islands, including Iturup, by which name?

India's BRICS ICT Track in Pune ran the same week as which other BRICS ministerial meeting?

The national song Vande Mataram, featured in the 2026 Independence Day celebrations for its 150-year milestone, was written by:

Prasanta Mahapatra recently assumed charge as an Executive Director of which regulatory body?

Who chaired the 2nd BRICS Tourism Working Group Meeting in Jaipur?

The Reliance-Rolls-Royce engine partnership announced in August 2026 is linked to which Indian fighter programme?

For the National Sports Awards 2025, which award went unconferred for the first time since 2014?

The FGM-148 Javelin, for which India signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance in August 2026, is which type of system?

"Human-rating," in the news with Gaganyaan (August 2026), refers to what?

Prof. Sumit Sarkar, who passed away in August 2026, was renowned in which field?

What were the coupon rate and tenure of IDFC First Bank's maiden USD 500 million bond issue?

'Doronicum sanctum', a new sunflower-family species reported in August 2026, was discovered in which Indian state?

DRDO's Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) is separately partnering with which foreign company on a rival AMCA engine proposal?

The International Day of Friendship is observed annually on which date?

The National Medical Commission's draft 2026 regulations propose issuing which of the following to registered doctors?

Who conferred the honorary rank of General of the Nepali Army on Indian Army Chief General Dhiraj Seth on 17 August 2026?

'Analogue paneer', banned in Karnataka for one year, is a product in which milk fat and milk solids are replaced wholly or partly by which of the following?

The 31st Southern Zonal Council meeting held on 20 August 2026 in Mahabalipuram was chaired by Amit Shah in his capacity as:

The India Open badminton tournament belongs to which category of the BWF World Tour?

The main objective of US Spacewalk 97, conducted from the ISS in August 2026, was to replace which component?

National Sports Day, marking the birth anniversary of Major Dhyan Chand, is observed on which date?

The Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (Akademi Ratna) is restricted to a maximum of how many living Fellows at any time?

The Indian Army's contingent for Exercise MAITREE-XV (2026) is drawn mainly from which unit?

The 'Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Sankalp Abhiyan' launched by PM Modi is a nationwide campaign of what duration?

NABARD signed an August 2026 MoU for rural infrastructure financing with which institution?

Mountaineer Nirmal Purja, who died in a 2026 Karakoram avalanche, is famous for climbing all 14 eight-thousanders in:

India lifted which trophy for its best overall performance at the Commonwealth Fencing Championships 2026?

India's first soil texture map, released in 2026, was developed by which institute?

Which industrial belt did the US report flag as a possible transhipment corridor for China-linked goods entering India-origin exports?

The job-ready cloud training for 10,000 participants under the NSDC-AWS initiative is delivered through which AWS programme?

Sowcar Janaki was conferred the Padma Shri in which year?

Anahat Singh recently became the first Indian to win the World Junior title in which sport?

Gas turbine engines such as the CSIR-NAL NJ series operate on which thermodynamic cycle?

Tamil Nadu's expanded fare-free bus travel scheme for women and transgenders, announced in August 2026, is named:

In which event did Asmita Dey win gold for India at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games?

The COSPAR Vikram Sarabhai Medal, won by Annapurni Subramaniam in 2026, is jointly awarded by COSPAR and which Indian body?

India's rank as a supplier of seafarers in the BIMCO-ICS 2026 report is:

The Parliamentary Standing Committee's 176th Report recommended that the gap between a medicine's landing price and MRP should not exceed what percentage?

Under the Citizenship (Third Amendment) Rules, 2026, pending citizenship applications under Section 6B are now processed by whom?

King Harald V represented Norway at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympic Games in which sport?

The Fields Medal, awarded in 2026 to four mathematicians, is given once in how many years?

Tamil Nadu raised the annual cover under CMCHIS from ₹5 lakh to how much?

Who chairs the RBI's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)?

The indigenous Iron-Air Battery being piloted at NTPC Simhadri for long-duration energy storage is designed around which charge-discharge cycle?

Bhutan's currency, which is pegged at par with the Indian Rupee, is the:

To what figure did the RBI revise its real GDP growth forecast for FY2026-27 in the August 2026 policy?

India's first dedicated Department of Military Medicine was inaugurated at the Command Hospital in which city?

India won the Men's Hockey World Cup on how many occasions, and in which year?

The BWF World Championships 2026 (17-23 August) are being hosted by which city?

The BRICS Environment Working Group, whose Senior Officers' Meeting preceded the 12th Environment Ministers' Meeting in New Delhi, was established in which year and city?

What is the concession period approved for the third round of airport privatisation cleared by PPPAC in August 2026?

Which country topped the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2026?

Under NMC's proposed UID system, which body is responsible for centrally generating a doctor's Unique Identification Number?

The 2026 edition of Har Ghar Tiranga coincided with which milestone?

The National Campaign on Entrepreneurship-II supports the government's target of creating how many Lakhpati Didis?

The common High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh was created under which legislation?

Under which Act were India's Zonal Councils, including the Southern Zonal Council, established?

Sadbhavana Diwas, observed on 20 August, marks the birth anniversary of which former Prime Minister?

Justice M.S. Liberhan, who died in August 2026, is best known for heading the commission of inquiry into which event?

The Vidyarthi Sahayahasta scheme was announced by which Karnataka Chief Minister?

What is the single registration fee under Indian Railways' new All-India Licence for Container Train Operators?

On its 10th foundation day in 2026, GeM launched a nationwide five-digit helpdesk short code. What is the number?

NITI Aayog's August 2026 report identified which set of sectors as key to making India a global manufacturing hub?

The slogan "Do or Die" (Karenge ya Marenge) is associated with which movement, whose anniversary falls on 8 August?

The PM CARES Fund was set up as a public charitable trust in which month and year?

The cargo vessel M/V LUTUF, hijacked in August 2026 with six Indians aboard, was seized off which region of Somalia?

What is the total outlay of the Samudra Manthan National Offshore Exploration Scheme approved in 2026?

What is the budgetary outlay of the Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme (MPMS) notified by MeitY?

The Asian Development Bank, which extended the USD 230 million Chennai water loan, is headquartered in:

Monisha Chakraborty was appointed in August 2026 as Executive Director of which institution?

Two Indian doctors were nominated in August 2026 for the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, which is: