Current Affairs Free Quiz for August 06, 2026

Q1. Consider the following statements regarding the BRICS statistical meeting held in August 2026:
I. India hosted the Meeting of Heads of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of BRICS countries in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
II. The meeting was conducted under the official theme “Quality Statistics as a Driver of Change”.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Q2. Which national organization signed an Umbrella MoU with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) to leverage high-performance computing (HPC) and AI for advanced mineral targeting, 3D subsurface mapping, and landslide monitoring?

Q3. Consider the following statements regarding the ‘ANUGYAN’ nuclear training initiative:
I. ‘ANUGYAN’ is India’s first industry–academia orientation programme in nuclear technology, launched by IIT Hyderabad in collaboration with Crimson Energy Experts.
II. The programme is designed to help expand India’s nuclear power capacity target to 100 GW by the year 2047.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Q4. Scientists at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) developed India’s first fully annotated Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) reference genome for which pulse crop variety, supporting the Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses?

Q5. Consider the following statements regarding the railwheel manufacturing partnership:
I. Jupiter Wagons Limited (JWL) partnered with Italy’s Lucchini RS and SIMEST to build an integrated private-sector railwheel manufacturing platform in India.
II. The integrated platform combines JWL’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar facility with an upcoming greenfield plant in Odisha.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Q6. Under the enhanced Authorised Dealer Category II (AD-II) licences issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) under FEMA 2026, what is the maximum limit for inward and outward trade remittances per transaction?

Q7. Consider the following statements:
I. Prasanta Mahapatra assumed charge as an Executive Director (ED) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
II. In his new role, he oversees the Corporation Finance Investigation Department (CFID) and the Recovery and Refund Department (RRD).
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Q8. Researchers from the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS) identified a new seahorse species named Hippocampus amandavincentae. This discovery resolved a 150-year-old taxonomic confusion surrounding which species?

Q9. Consider the following statements regarding the late Dr. Dnyandeo Yashwantrao (D. Y.) Patil:
I. He was a renowned educationist and served as the former Governor of Tripura and Bihar.
II. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1991 for his contributions to private higher education and healthcare.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Q10. On the occasion of International Clouded Leopard Day (August 4, 2026), the Government of India launched a dedicated Conservation Action Plan (CAP) to protect clouded leopards across which region?