Current Affairs January 2026

1. Which state has become the first in India to establish a national Artificial Intelligence (AI) research institution?

(A) Gujarat
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Karnataka
(D) Kerala

Ans:- (A)

2. SPREE 2025 (Scheme for Promotion of Registration of Employers and Employees) was launched by which organization?

(A) Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)
(B) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
(C) NITI Aayog
(D) Security Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

Ans:- (A)

3. What is the IUCN conservation status of Chinese Pangolin that was recently seen in news?

(A) Critically Endangered
(B) Endangered
(C) Vulnerable
(D) Least Concern

Ans:- (A)

4. The Aiyanoor Ammanoor festival is mainly associated with which tribal community?

(A) Toda
(B) Kota
(C) Kurumba
(D) Irula

Ans:- (B)

5. Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) was introduced by which organization?

(A) European Union (EU)
(B) United Nations (UN)
(C) World Bank
(D) African Union (AU)

Ans:- (A)

6. Which public sector telecom company rolled out nationwide Voice over WiFi (VoWiFi) services in India in January 2026?

(A) Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL)
(B) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
(C) Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL)
(D) RailTel

Ans:- (B)

7. National Investigation Agency (NIA) functions under which ministry?

(A) Ministry of Home Affairs
(B) Ministry of Defence
(C) Ministry of External Affairs
(D) Ministry of Science and Technology

Ans:- (A)

8. Which country has become the first in the world to end traditional letter delivery after over 400 years?

(A) Denmark
(B) Finland
(C) Sweden
(D) France

Ans:- (A)

9. The Land Stack & Glossary of Revenue Terms was launched under which programme?

(A) Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
(B) Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme
(C) National Land Records Modernisation Project
(D) Bharat Land Information System

Ans:- (B)

10. Global Family Day, also called World Peace Day, is observed every year on which day?

(A) January 1
(B) January 2
(C) January 3
(D) January 4

Ans:- (A)

11. The Indian Army has declared which year as the ‘Year of Networking & Data Centricity’?

(A) 2025
(B) 2026
(C) 2027
(D) 2028

Ans:- (B)

12. SAMPANN is an online pension management system for which category of pensioners?

(A) Central Government civil servants
(B) Defence pensioners
(C) State government employees
(D) Department of Telecommunications (DoT) pensioners

Ans:- (D)

13. Archaeologists recently discovered Kushan-era coins and decorative stones near which UNESCO-listed site?

(A) Mohenjodaro
(B) Takshashila
(C) Harappa
(D) Nalanda

Ans:- (B)

14. India has inaugurated the world’s second National Environmental Standard Laboratory (NESL) in which city?

(A) Bengaluru
(B) New Delhi
(C) Chennai
(D) Hyderabad

Ans:- (B)

15. Somnath Temple, that was recently seen in news, is located in which state?

(A) Gujarat
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Karnataka
(D) Kerala

Ans:- (A)

16. Recently, where has the Public Works Department (PWD) made it mandatory to install QR codes on road signs?

(A) Hyderabad
(B) Delhi
(C) Mumbai
(D) Chennai

Ans:- (B)

17. Which organization has declared 2026 as the ‘International Year for Rangelands and Pastoralists’?

(A) African Union
(B) European Union
(C) United Nations
(D) World Bank

Ans:- (C)

18. Anahat Singh won which medal in the women’s U-19 final at the British Junior Open Squash Championships?

(A) Gold medal
(B) Silver medal
(C) Bronze medal
(D) None of the Above

Ans:- (B)

19. Earth Observation Satellite-N1 (EOS-N1), codenamed Anvesha, was primarily developed for which organization?

(A) Defence Research and Development Organisation
(B) National Security Council
(C) National Remote Sensing Centre
(D) Indian Army

Ans:- (A)

20. What is the name of the app launched by National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to monitor tiger habitats?

(A) WildTrack
(B) M-STrIPES
(C) Van Rakshak
(D) TigerWatch

Ans:- (B)

21. The Valley of Flowers National Park is located in which state?

(A) Himachal Pradesh
(B) Uttarakhand
(C) Kerala
(D) Sikkim

Ans:- (B)

22. Who has become the first person from Andhra Pradesh to be honoured as a “Samurai”?

(A) N. Chandrababu Naidu
(B) K. Pawan Kalyan
(C) Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
(D) Ganta Srinivasa Rao

Ans:- (B)

23. Which organization released the Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report 2026?

(A) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
(B) World Economic Forum (WEF)
(C) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
(D) World Bank

Ans:- (D)

24. Indian Army Day is celebrated annually on which day?

(A) January 14
(B) January 15
(C) January 16
(D) January 17

Ans:- (B)

25. Artemis II mission is associated with which space agency?

(A) European Space Agency (ESA)
(B) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
(C) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
(D) Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos)

Ans:- (C)

26. National Startup Day in India is celebrated annually on which day?

(A) January 14
(B) January 15
(C) January 16
(D) January 17

Ans:- (C)

27. Similipal National Park is located in which state?

(A) Gujarat
(B) Odisha
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Karnataka

Ans:- (B)

28. The Finke River, that was recently seen in news, is located in which country?

(A) Russia
(B) Australia
(C) New Zealand
(D) France

Ans:- (B)

29. Lake Natron, that was recently seen in news, is located in which country?

(A) Tanzania
(B) Kenya
(C) Egypt
(D) Ethiopia

Ans:- (A)

30. Who has become India’s 92nd Chess Grandmaster?

(A) Ashish Chawla
(B) Aaryan Varshney
(C) Vikas Sinha
(D) Kush Kapoor

Ans:- (B)

31. Who has become India’s 92nd Chess Grandmaster?

(A) Ashish Chawla
(B) Aaryan Varshney
(C) Vikas Sinha
(D) Kush Kapoor

Ans:- (B)

32. Which state government launched the ‘Arunodaya’ Mission for statewide sickle cell screening in January 2026?

(A) Maharashtra
(B) Gujarat
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Bihar

Ans:- (A)

33. Which cricket team won Vijay Hazare Trophy title 2026?

(A) Karnataka
(B) Vidarbha
(C) Saurashtra
(D) Mumbai

Ans:- (B)

34. Where were Unmanned Systems Exhibition (UMEX) and Simulation and Training Exhibition (SimTEX) held in January 2026?

(A) Abu Dhabi
(B) Doha
(C) Riyadh
(D) Cairo

Ans:- (A)

35. The Kamchatka Peninsula, recently in news due to record-breaking snowfall, is located in which country?

(A) Russia
(B) China
(C) Norway
(D) Switzerland

Ans:- (A)

36. Which country joined the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI) in January 2026?

(A) Spain
(B) France
(C) Germany
(D) Italy

Ans:- (A)

37. What is ‘Haven-1’ that was recently seen in news?

(A) India’s first lunar orbiter
(B) World’s first commercial space station
(C) China’s modular space lab
(D) NASA’s Mars research station

Ans:- (B)

38. Phulkari embroidery, that was recently seen in news, originated in which region?

(A) Rajasthan and Gujarat
(B) Maharashtra and Karnataka
(C) Punjab and Haryana
(D) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

Ans:- (C)

39. One District One Product (ODOP) was first launched in which state?

(A) Gujarat
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Uttar Pradesh

Ans:- (D)

40. Long-Range Anti-Ship Hypersonic Glide Missile (LR-AShM) has been developed by which organization?

(A) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
(B) Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
(C) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
(D) Indian Navy

Ans:- (A)

41. Kaladi, that was recently seen in news, is a Geographical Indication (GI) tagged dairy product of which state/UT?

(A) Jammu and Kashmir
(B) Uttarakhand
(C) Haryana
(D) Lakshadweep

Ans:- (A)

42. Where was the 2026 World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting held?

(A) Paris, France
(B) Davos, Switzerland
(C) London, United Kingdom
(D) New Delhi, India

Ans:- (B)

43. What is ‘Haven-1’ that was recently seen in news?

(A) India’s first lunar orbiter
(B) World’s first commercial space station
(C) China’s modular space lab
(D) NASA’s Mars research station

Ans:- (B)

44. Engineering Export Promotion Council of India (EEPC India) is sponsored by which ministry?

(A) Ministry of Heavy Industries
(B) Ministry of Finance
(C) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
(D) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Ans:- (C)

45. One District One Product (ODOP) was first launched in which state?

(A) Gujarat
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Uttar Pradesh

Ans:- (D)

46. Operation Megaburu is an anti-Maoist counter-insurgency operation conducted in which state?

(A) Chhattisgarh
(B) Odisha
(C) Jharkhand
(D) Andhra Pradesh

Ans:- (C)

47. Pandoh Dam, that was recently seen in news, is constructed on which river?

(A) Sutlej
(B) Ravi
(C) Beas
(D) Chenab

Ans:- (C)

48. Which state government launched the Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana, a universal health insurance scheme in January 2026?

(A) Punjab
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Gujarat
(D) Maharashtra

Ans:- (A)

49. What is the theme of Republic Day 2026?

(A) Viksit Bharat
(B) Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav
(C) 150 Years of Vande Mataram
(D) Cultural Unity in Diversity

Ans:- (C)

50. Who became the first Indian to win the Wiley Research Heroes Prize 2025?

(A) Soumya Swaminathan
(B) Chandrakant Lahariya
(C) Randeep Guleria
(D) Vikram Patel

Ans:- (B)