Daily Current Affairs Quiz
Tuesday, 13 January 2026
Q1. Madhav Dhananjay Gadgil, who passed away on 7 January 2026, was a famous:
- (A) Physicist
- (B) Ecologist
- (C) Chemist
- (D) Mathematician
Answer: (B) Ecologist. Madhav Dhananjay Gadgil was a renowned ecologist, well known for the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel report.
Q2. Jenson Johnson, who recently announced retirement from competitive sports, is associated with which sport discipline?
- (A) Sprinting
- (B) Middle-distance running
- (C) Marathon running
- (D) Steeplechase
Answer: (B) Middle-distance running. Jenson Johnson, who announced retirement from competitive sports, is associated with middle-distance running.
Q3. Which country is the Guest of Honour at the New Delhi World Book Fair 2026?
- (A) Spain
- (B) France
- (C) Germany
- (D) Qatar
Answer: (D) Qatar. Qatar is the Guest of Honour country at the New Delhi World Book Fair 2026.
Q4. The new supercomputing facility PARAM SHAKTI, recently launched by MeitY, has been set up at which institution?
- (A) IISc Bengaluru
- (B) IIT Delhi
- (C) IIT Madras
- (D) IIT Bombay
Answer: (C) IIT Madras. The new supercomputing facility PARAM SHAKTI, launched by MeitY, has been set up at IIT Madras.
Q5. World Hindi Day was recently observed in January 2026 on which day?
- (A) 09 January
- (B) 10 January
- (C) 11 January
- (D) 12 January
Answer: (B) 10 January. World Hindi Day is observed every year on 10 January to promote the Hindi language globally.
Q6. The recently launched book "Agni Sarasulo Vikasinchina Kamalam Draupadi Murmu" was written by whom?
- (A) Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad
- (B) Ram Madhav
- (C) K. Shiva Reddy
- (D) Sitaram Yechury
Answer: (A) Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad. The book "Agni Sarasulo Vikasinchina Kamalam Draupadi Murmu" was written by Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad.
Q7. Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta was appointed as the Chief Justice of which High Court?
- (A) Uttarakhand High Court
- (B) Delhi High Court
- (C) Allahabad High Court
- (D) Rajasthan High Court
Answer: (A) Uttarakhand High Court. Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court.
Q8. The 'ASHA Van' mobile cancer screening unit, recently launched to strengthen preventive healthcare, was inaugurated in which Indian state?
- (A) Maharashtra
- (B) Rajasthan
- (C) Madhya Pradesh
- (D) Gujarat
Answer: (D) Gujarat. The 'ASHA Van' mobile cancer screening unit was inaugurated in Gujarat to strengthen preventive healthcare.
Q9. The Kamala hydroelectric project, recently approved by the Public Investment Board (PIB), is located in which state?
- (A) Himachal Pradesh
- (B) Sikkim
- (C) Arunachal Pradesh
- (D) Assam
Answer: (C) Arunachal Pradesh. The Kamala hydroelectric project, approved by the Public Investment Board (PIB), is located in Arunachal Pradesh.
Q10. Who represented India for the first time at the Weimar Triangle talks held in January 2026?
- (A) PM Narendra Modi
- (B) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
- (C) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
- (D) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar
Answer: (D) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar represented India for the first time at the Weimar Triangle talks held in January 2026.
