UPSC Prelims Practice
Current Affairs Quiz 25 July 2026
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15 questions based on today’s current affairs & editorials
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Question 1 of 15
A minister resigning in response to public and political pressure reflects the executive’s accountability in a parliamentary system, where the Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha under Article 75.
Concept note
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on July 25, 2026 amid the movement over examination integrity and NTA reform.
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Question 2 of 15
The NTA was established in 2017 as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Education to conduct major entrance examinations such as JEE (Main), NEET-UG, CUET and UGC-NET.
Concept note
The K. Radhakrishnan committee examined reform and restructuring of the NTA.
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Question 3 of 15
Project Kusha is India’s indigenous long-range surface-to-air missile (LR-SAM) air-defence system, sometimes called the “Desi S-400”, with interceptor variants of increasing range; DRDO conducted a maiden flight test on July 23, 2026 off APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha.
Concept note
Its variants target ranges of roughly 150, 250 and 350 km; induction is expected around 2028-2030, primarily for the IAF.
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Question 4 of 15
NATGASIND is India’s first natural gas futures referenced to a domestic benchmark, the Indian Gas Exchange (IGX) Dahej (Gujarat) hub price, rather than an imported index. It is cash-settled with a lot size of 250 MMBtu.
Concept note
A domestic benchmark aids price discovery as India targets raising natural gas to about 15 per cent of its energy mix by 2030.
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Question 5 of 15
HCLTech signed an MoU with the Government of Odisha and the startup Sarvam AI to build an AI data centre (about Rs 14,257 crore) at the upcoming Odisha Sovereign AI Park, expected to create around 5,000 jobs and be operational by 2028.
Concept note
It links to the IndiaAI Mission (approved March 2024, about Rs 10,000 crore).
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Question 6 of 15
Sovereign AI refers to a nation having control over the full AI stack, hardware and compute, data, and models, to reduce dependence on foreign platforms and protect data sovereignty.
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India’s IndiaAI Mission and state AI parks aim to build this domestic capacity.
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Question 7 of 15
The 16th BRICS Health Ministers’ Meeting was held in Chandigarh under India’s 2026 BRICS chairmanship, adopting a health declaration and launching initiatives such as a BRICS Mission for Healthy Lifestyle and a network of centres of excellence.
Concept note
Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda addressed the meeting.
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Question 8 of 15
The I4C operates under the Ministry of Home Affairs to coordinate the response to cybercrime. It ordered GitHub to remove the peer-to-peer Bluetooth chat app Bitchat.
Concept note
Separately, the Department of Telecommunications (under the Ministry of Communications) barred certain overseas transfers of telecom data.
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Question 9 of 15
Requiring that certain telecom data be stored or processed within national borders is an instance of data localisation, a core element of data-sovereignty policy, linked to the Telecommunications Act 2023 and the DPDP Act 2023.
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Data localisation is debated for its security benefits versus compliance and cost concerns.
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Question 10 of 15
World Drowning Prevention Day is observed on July 25 each year, following a UN General Assembly resolution adopted in 2021, and is led by the World Health Organization to spotlight drowning as a preventable cause of death.
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July 25 is also, by convention, the date the President of India takes the oath (Article 60).
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Question 11 of 15
Under Article 60, the President’s oath is administered by the Chief Justice of India (or, in absence, the senior-most Supreme Court judge). The July 25 date is a convention followed since President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy in 1977.
Concept note
Droupadi Murmu is the 15th President of India.
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Question 12 of 15
The visit to Bucharest on July 23, 2026 was the first by an Indian President to Romania in nearly three decades; the two sides signed three MoUs (science and technology, sports, and a Chair of Indian Studies at the University of Bucharest).
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Romania is a member of the European Union and NATO.
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Question 13 of 15
The fine was imposed for breaching the European Union’s online-competition (antitrust) rules. The EU regulates dominant “gatekeeper” platforms ex ante through the Digital Markets Act.
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India is developing a similar approach via the CCI and the proposed Digital Competition Bill.
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Question 14 of 15
Samudra Pradakshina was a first tri-service (Army, Navy, Air Force) all-women ocean circumnavigation, covering about 25,500 nautical miles over roughly 314 days and rounding Cape Horn via the Drake Passage.
Concept note
It highlights the expanding role of women in India’s armed forces.
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Question 15 of 15
Five electric passenger boats were flagged off on the Ganga at Varanasi (Namo Ghat), supporting clean-river and decarbonised inland-waterways goals aligned with Namami Gange.
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Inland waterways are developed under the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI).
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