Daily Current Affairs Quiz
Saturday, 10 January 2026
Q1. India became the world's first country to commercially produce bio-bitumen. What is the primary raw material used in this production?
- (A) Petrochemical waste
- (B) Biomass
- (C) Plastic waste
- (D) Rubber scrap
Answer: (B) Biomass. India became the world's first country to commercially produce bio-bitumen, using biomass as the primary raw material.
Q2. Which country operates the world's largest electrified broad-gauge railway network, which became 99.2% electrified by November 2025?
- (A) India
- (B) China
- (C) Spain
- (D) Japan
Answer: (A) India. India operates the world's largest electrified broad-gauge railway network, reaching 99.2% electrification by November 2025.
Q3. Which company became the first payment company in India, the Middle East, APAC and South Africa to achieve the ISO/IEC 42001 certification lead?
- (A) Paytm
- (B) Infosys Finacle
- (C) Razorpay
- (D) Financial Software and Systems
Answer: (C) Razorpay. Razorpay became the first payment company in India, the Middle East, APAC and South Africa to achieve the ISO/IEC 42001 certification.
Q4. Which country led the initiative to declare 2026 as the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists?
- (A) Tajikistan
- (B) Mongolia
- (C) Kenya
- (D) India
Answer: (B) Mongolia. Mongolia led the initiative to declare 2026 as the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists.
Q5. India is hosting the second phase of a special capacity-building programme in cancer care for which regional group?
- (A) BIMSTEC
- (B) ASEAN
- (C) SAARC
- (D) SCO
Answer: (A) BIMSTEC. India is hosting the second phase of a special capacity-building programme in cancer care for the BIMSTEC group.
Q6. Which Indian organisation developed and launched the Dust Experiment (DEX) under the PSLV-C58 X-PoSat (XPoSat) mission?
- (A) DRDO
- (B) BARC
- (C) INCOIS
- (D) ISRO
Answer: (D) ISRO. ISRO developed and launched the Dust Experiment (DEX) under the PSLV-C58 XPoSat mission.
Q7. The Seawater Desalination System (SWaDeS) was recently developed by which organisation?
- (A) ISRO
- (B) DRDO
- (C) CSIR
- (D) BARC
Answer: (B) DRDO. The Seawater Desalination System (SWaDeS) was developed by the DRDO.
Q8. In January 2026, India's Supreme Court signed a Memorandum of Understanding for judicial cooperation with which country?
- (A) Nepal
- (B) Singapore
- (C) Bhutan
- (D) Bangladesh
Answer: (C) Bhutan. In January 2026, India's Supreme Court signed an MoU for judicial cooperation with Bhutan.
Q9. What is the name of the resident-facing Aadhaar mascot recently launched by UIDAI to simplify Aadhaar-related communication?
- (A) Aadhaar Mitra
- (B) Nandan
- (C) Uday
- (D) Setu
Answer: (C) Uday. UIDAI recently launched the resident-facing Aadhaar mascot named 'Uday' to simplify Aadhaar-related communication.
Q10. The recently launched book "Sing, Dance and Lead: Leadership Lessons from the Life of Srila Prabhupada" was written by whom?
- (A) Hindol Sengupta
- (B) Chanchalapathi Dasa
- (C) Madhu Pandit Dasa
- (D) A. C. Bhaktivedanta
Answer: (A) Hindol Sengupta. The book "Sing, Dance and Lead: Leadership Lessons from the Life of Srila Prabhupada" was written by Hindol Sengupta.
