Stay Tuned with Daily Current Affairs Newspaper Quiz for UPSC 2026
Question 1
Miscellaneous | Important Reports | Hard | The Hindu
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Consider the following:
1. World Development Report
2. Global Economic Prospects
3. Gender Inequality Index
4. Adaptation Gap Report
5. Doing Business Report
Which of the above mentioned reports are published by the World Bank?
A. 1, 3 and 4
B. 2, 4 and 5
C. 1, 2 and 5
D. 2, 3 and 5
Solution & Detailed Explanation
Answer: (C) 1, 2 and 5
Detailed Explanation
- World Development Report – World Bank
- Global Economic Prospects – World Bank
- Gender Inequality Index – UNDP
- Adaptation Gap Report – UNEP
- Doing Business Report – World Bank
Question 2
Economy | Central Bank | Medium | The Hindu
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Consider the following:
1. Creation and issuance of retail e-rupee is identical to the arrangement for issuance of paper currency.
2. e-rupee is not legal tender and is not the liability of the Reserve Bank of India.
Which of the statements above is or are correct?
A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. None of the above
Solution & Detailed Explanation
Answer: (A) 1 only
Detailed Explanation
- Digital Rupee or e₹, is India’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). It is the digital form of India’s physical currency, the Rupee (₹). e₹ is issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in digital form and offers features similar to physical cash like convenience of use, guarantee of RBI, finality of settlement, etc. e₹ is stored in the user’s digital wallet and can be used to receive / send money, and / or make payment for transactions, just like any physical ₹ note.
- In terms of Section 26 of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Act, 1934, every ₹ bank note shall be legal tender at any place in India in payment or on account for the amount expressed therein and is guaranteed by the Central Government. e₹, being a digital form of the ₹ bank note, is legal tender and is the liability of the Reserve Bank of India.
Question 3
Governance | Schemes | Medium | The Hindu
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Consider the following:
1. UDAN scheme is a part of the Gati Shakti Model.
2. Gati Shakti shall provide LNG as clean energy up to 5 Million Tonnes per annum.
Which of the statements above is or are correct?
A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. None of the above
Solution & Detailed Explanation
Answer: (C) Both 1 and 2
Detailed Explanation
- It will incorporate the infrastructure schemes of various Ministries and State Governments like Bharatmala, Sagarmala, inland waterways, dry/land ports, UDAN etc.
- Economic Zones like textile clusters, pharmaceutical clusters, defence corridors, electronic parks, industrial corridors, fishing clusters, agri zones will be covered to improve connectivity & make Indian businesses more competitive.
- It will also leverage technology extensively including spatial planning tools with ISRO imagery developed by BiSAG-N (Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geoinformatics).
Question 4
Science and Technology | Quantum Physics | Hard | The Hindu
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Consider the following pairs: (Years and Nobel Prize In Physics)
2025 – Quantum Tunnelling
2024 – Attosecond pulses of light
2023 – Neural Networks
How many pairs is or are correctly matched?
A. Only one
B. Only two
C. All three
D. None of the above
Solution & Detailed Explanation
Answer: (A) Only one
Detailed Explanation
- 2025 – Quantum Tunnelling
- 2024 – Neural Networks
- 2023 – Attosecond pulses of light
