CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQs – 21 September 2026 Competitive Exams 2026

CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQs – 21 September 2026

Competitive Exams 2026

1. The President of India is scheduled to visit which state from September 21 to 23, 2026?

A) Gujarat
B) Maharashtra
C) Rajasthan
D) Madhya Pradesh

2. The 9th India International Water Week 2026 is scheduled to be inaugurated in which city?

A) Mumbai
B) New Delhi
C) Hyderabad
D) Jaipur

3. Which ministry is conducting the Regional Workshop under the DISHA 2.0 Scheme on September 21, 2026?

A) Ministry of Home Affairs
B) Ministry of Rural Development
C) Ministry of Law and Justice
D) Ministry of Finance

4. SLINEX-26 is a bilateral maritime exercise between India and which country?

A) Japan
B) Australia
C) Indonesia
D) Sri Lanka

5. Which organization conducted the SLINEX-26 bilateral maritime exercise with Sri Lanka?

A) Indian Navy
B) Indian Air Force
C) Indian Army
D) Coast Guard only

6. Who is scheduled to inaugurate the 9th India International Water Week 2026?

A) Narendra Modi
B) C. P. Radhakrishnan
C) Droupadi Murmu
D) Amit Shah

7. Which Union Ministry is associated with the India International Water Week?

A) Ministry of Environment
B) Ministry of Agriculture
C) Ministry of Jal Shakti
D) Ministry of Rural Development

8. President Droupadi Murmu addressed the valedictory session of an international conference on which subject?

A) Artificial Intelligence
B) Digital Economy
C) Maritime Security
D) Environment and Climate Dynamics

9. Which company/organisation is advancing technology-led diversification across energy, minerals, advanced materials and R&D?

A) Coal India
B) NTPC
C) ONGC
D) GAIL

10. The Telecom Manufacturing Zone mentioned in recent government news is being developed in which city?

A) Indore
B) Gwalior
C) Bhopal
D) Jabalpur

11. Who inspected the site identified for the Telecom Manufacturing Zone in Gwalior?

A) Ashwini Vaishnaw
B) Piyush Goyal
C) Jyotiraditya Scindia
D) Rajeev Chandrasekhar

12. The International Conference on “The Future of Environment and Climate Dynamics” was associated with which institution?

A) NITI Aayog
B) ISRO
C) IIT Delhi
D) National Green Tribunal

13. Which Union Minister has expressed the ambition to make India the world's No. 1 producer of silk?

A) Giriraj Singh
B) Piyush Goyal
C) Dharmendra Pradhan
D) Sarbananda Sonowal

14. Which ministry is responsible for India's textile and silk production policies?

A) Ministry of Commerce
B) Ministry of Textiles
C) Ministry of Agriculture
D) Ministry of MSME

15. Which Union Minister led the Indian diaspora at “Sundays on Cycle” in Nagoya?

A) Piyush Goyal
B) Kiren Rijiju
C) Mansukh Mandaviya
D) Dharmendra Pradhan

16. The “Sundays on Cycle” event mentioned in current affairs took place in which Japanese city?

A) Tokyo
B) Osaka
C) Kyoto
D) Nagoya

17. Which Indian shooter was among those congratulated by the Prime Minister for winning a silver medal at the 2026 Asian Games?

A) Elavenil Valarivan
B) Manu Bhaker
C) Sift Kaur Samra
D) Apurvi Chandela

18. Which of the following was another Indian shooter who won a silver medal at the 2026 Asian Games?

A) Heena Sidhu
B) Sonam Uttam Maskar
C) Anjum Moudgil
D) Rajyavardhan Rathore

19. Vidarsa K Vinod contributed to India's silver medal in which event at the Asian Games?

A) Women's 25m pistol
B) Women's skeet
C) Women's team rifle shooting
D) Mixed team archery

20. Smriti Mandhana recently became the highest run-scorer in which format of women's international cricket?

A) Women's ODIs
B) Test cricket
C) The Hundred
D) Women's T20Is

21. Which team did India defeat in the women's cricket semi-final at the 2026 Asian Games?

A) Bangladesh
B) Sri Lanka
C) Pakistan
D) Japan

22. Who scored 100 runs from 49 balls for India in the Asian Games women's cricket semi-final?

A) Smriti Mandhana
B) Shafali Verma
C) Harmanpreet Kaur
D) Jemimah Rodrigues

23. India defeated Bangladesh by how many runs in the women's cricket semi-final?

A) 84 runs
B) 96 runs
C) 114 runs
D) 124 runs

24. Which Indian athlete became the country's first medalist in mixed martial arts at the 2026 Asian Games?

A) Lovlina Borgohain
B) Nikhat Zareen
C) Mirabai Chanu
D) Suchika Tariyal

25. India's women's hockey team defeated which country 19–0 at the 2026 Asian Games?

A) Uzbekistan
B) Japan
C) China
D) Malaysia

26. Which Indian hockey player scored eight goals against Uzbekistan?

A) Salima Tete
B) Deepika
C) Navneet Kaur
D) Lalremsiami

27. What is the name of the annual bilateral maritime exercise between India and Sri Lanka?

A) Malabar
B) Varuna
C) SLINEX
D) Konkan

28. The 20th Rozgar Mela held in Maharashtra distributed how many appointment letters across Mumbai, Pune, Thane and Nagpur?

A) 786
B) 986
C) 1,086
D) 1,186

29. Approximately how many appointment letters have been issued cumulatively through Rozgar Melas, according to PIB?

A) 12.75 lakh
B) 10.50 lakh
C) 15.25 lakh
D) 8.75 lakh

30. Which programme received approval for a revamped scheme with an outlay of ₹36,441 crore for 2026–27 to 2030–31?

A) Fit India
B) Khelo India
C) TOPS
D) National Sports Mission

31. The southwest monsoon's withdrawal has begun from which region of India?

A) Kerala
B) West Bengal
C) West Rajasthan
D) Tamil Nadu

32. Approximately what percentage of India's geographical area was reported to remain rain-deficient as of the latest assessment?

A) 23%
B) 33%
C) 38%
D) 43%

33. Which Indian organisation has initiated initial fuel loading at Unit 8 of the Rajasthan Atomic Power Project?

A) NPCIL
B) ISRO
C) BHEL
D) NTPC

34. RAPP-8 is designed as an indigenous reactor of what capacity?

A) 500 MWe
B) 700 MWe
C) 1,000 MWe
D) 1,200 MWe

35. RAPP-8 is located at Rawatbhata in which state?

A) Gujarat
B) Maharashtra
C) Rajasthan
D) Madhya Pradesh

36. Which government platform/app is associated with the OneTag FASTag portability service?

A) UMANG
B) DigiLocker
C) BHIM
D) Rajmargyatra

37. OneTag is primarily related to portability of which service?

A) FASTag
B) Aadhaar
C) PAN
D) Passport

38. Semicon India 2026 primarily focuses on which sector?

A) Agriculture
B) Semiconductors and electronics
C) Tourism
D) Textiles

39. Which organisation is India's nodal agency for disseminating government information to the print and electronic media?

A) NITI Aayog
B) Prasar Bharati
C) Press Information Bureau
D) Election Commission of India

40. The Global Gender Gap Index is published by which organisation?

A) United Nations
B) World Bank
C) IMF
D) World Economic Forum

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