Quiz – 4 November 2026 (Part 2: Q 54–105)

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Quiz – 4 November 2026 (Part 2: Q 54–105) – 52 questions, subject: Current Affairs. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  
Soreng district, created in Dec 2021, was carved out of which older district?

Correct Answer: B [Gyalshing (West)]

Explanation:

West Sikkim (now Gyalshing). Pakyong was carved out of East Sikkim the same day; Sikkim now has 6 districts.

2.  
Where is the Tamil Nadu Dr J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University headquartered?

Correct Answer: A [Nagapattinam]

Explanation:

Nagapattinam – established in 2012. Its Fisheries College is at Thoothukudi, and the Dr M.G.R. Fisheries College at Ponneri.

3.  
'Waree Leeba', which got its first North-East festival in Manipur in Nov 2026, is what kind of art form?

Correct Answer: C [Storytelling]

Explanation:

Storytelling – a single performer narrates tales from the Mahabharata and Ramayana. Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla opened the festival.

4.  
Keibul Lamjao, the world's only floating national park and home of the Sangai deer, is on which lake?

Correct Answer: B [Loktak Lake]

Explanation:

Loktak Lake – known for floating mats called 'phumdis'. Manipur's annual tourism festival, the 'Sangai Festival', is named after this deer.

5.  
Which is the traditional martial art of Manipur?

Correct Answer: D [Thang-Ta]

Explanation:

Thang-Ta – the Meitei art of the sword (thang) and spear (ta). Kalaripayattu – Kerala; Gatka – Punjab; Mardani Khel – Maharashtra.

6.  
'Villupattu', a folk art of southern Tamil Nadu, is named after which instrument?

Correct Answer: B [Bow strung with bells]

Explanation:

The bow (vil) – a large bow strung with bells is struck with sticks, with pot (kudam) and udukkai. Villupattu artist Subbu Arumugam got the Padma Shri in 2021.

7.  
In which year did Manipur become a full-fledged State?

Correct Answer: C [1972]

Explanation:

1972 (21 January) – along with Tripura and Meghalaya. 1949 – merger with India; 1963 – Nagaland statehood; 1987 – Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh became States.

8.  
Which company developed 'EKA-1', a foundation model released under the IndiaAI Mission in Nov 2026?

Correct Answer: B [Soket Labs]

Explanation:

Soket AI Labs – 26.3 billion parameters. 'Dhīr 2B / 5B', released the same day, are ZenteiQ's on-phone models.

9.  
Which national platform of the IndiaAI Mission hosts datasets and AI models for public use?

Correct Answer: D [AIKosh]

Explanation:

AIKosh – the new models are to be made available to researchers and students through it. Bhashini is the Indian-language translation platform.

10.  
What does running an AI model in an 'air-gapped' environment mean?

Correct Answer: C [Fully cut off from the internet]

Explanation:

A system fully cut off from outside networks – it prevents data leaks in sectors such as defence and banking.

11.  
Which institution leads 'BharatGen', the top-funded consortium under the IndiaAI foundation-models pillar?

Correct Answer: C [IIT Bombay]

Explanation:

IIT Bombay – ₹1,058.52 crore; its model was unveiled at the India AI Impact Summit in Feb 2026.

12.  
'AI4Bharat' (Nilekani Centre), which builds open-source AI for Indian languages, is at which institution?

Correct Answer: B [IIT Madras]

Explanation:

IIT Madras (Chennai) – set up with a ₹36 crore grant from Nandan and Rohini Nilekani; builds translation and speech models.

13.  
The anti-polygamy Bill passed by the Assam Assembly in 2025 does NOT apply to which of these?

Correct Answer: A [Sixth Schedule areas]

Explanation:

Sixth Schedule areas and tribal communities are exempt. A second marriage attracts up to 7 years in jail.

14.  
Article 44, which speaks of a Uniform Civil Code, belongs to which part of the Constitution?

Correct Answer: B [Directive Principles]

Explanation:

Part IV – Directive Principles of State Policy; under Article 37 they are not enforceable in courts.

15.  
Which State was the first to bring into force a Uniform Civil Code enacted by its own legislature?

Correct Answer: D [Uttarakhand]

Explanation:

Uttarakhand – 27 Jan 2025. Goa still follows the Portuguese Civil Code (1867) retained after liberation.

16.  
In which case (1995) did the Supreme Court hold that a Hindu husband converting to remarry still commits bigamy?

Correct Answer: D [Sarla Mudgal case]

Explanation:

Sarla Mudgal v. Union of India – it also stressed the need for a UCC. Shayara Bano (2017) struck down triple talaq.

17.  
Under Annadurai, 'Self-Respect marriages' were legalised by amending which Act?

Correct Answer: C [Hindu Marriage Act, 1955]

Explanation:

Section 7-A was added to the Hindu Marriage Act, recognising priest-less marriages. Section 17 of the same Act punishes bigamy.

18.  
Which law governs the surrender of fugitive criminals from India to foreign countries and vice versa?

Correct Answer: C [Extradition Act, 1962]

Explanation:

Extradition Act, 1962 – no surrender for political offences (Section 31). The FEO Act, 2018 allows confiscating fugitive economic offenders' property.

19.  
Which Union Ministry handles extradition requests in India?

Correct Answer: B [Ministry of External Affairs]

Explanation:

Ministry of External Affairs – requests go to officers at Joint Secretary (Consular) level. India's ambassador signed the Kazakhstan treaty.

20.  
The 2015 India–Kazakhstan pact on transfer of sentenced persons was given effect under which Indian law?

Correct Answer: A [Repatriation of Prisoners Act]

Explanation:

Repatriation of Prisoners Act, 2003 – notified by the Home Ministry in 2017; a foreign convict can serve the sentence at home.

21.  
Which principle says extradition is possible only if the act is an offence in both countries?

Correct Answer: D [Dual criminality]

Explanation:

Dual criminality. 'Rule of speciality' – trial only for the offence of surrender; 'non-refoulement' is a refugee-law principle.

22.  
Which policy did India announce in 2012 to deepen ties with Central Asian countries, including Kazakhstan?

Correct Answer: C [Connect Central Asia]

Explanation:

'Connect Central Asia' – announced at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in June 2012. The first India–Central Asia Summit was held virtually in Jan 2022.

23.  
Where is the 2026 ISSF World Championships, at which India won men's 50m pistol team gold, being held?

Correct Answer: D [Doha]

Explanation:

Doha (Qatar) – the first qualifier for LA 2028. The 2025 edition was held in Egypt.

24.  
Who won India's first individual Olympic gold, in 10m air rifle at Beijing 2008?

Correct Answer: A [Abhinav Bindra]

Explanation:

Abhinav Bindra. Rajyavardhan Rathore – silver at Athens 2004 (double trap); Vijay Kumar – silver at London 2012.

25.  
Which national body governs the sport of shooting in India?

Correct Answer: D [NRAI]

Explanation:

NRAI – National Rifle Association of India, New Delhi. SAI is the Sports Authority of India; AIFF governs football.

26.  
10m air rifle shooter Elavenil Valarivan was born in which Tamil Nadu town?

Correct Answer: A [Cuddalore]

Explanation:

Cuddalore – she later grew up in Ahmedabad. She set a junior world record at the 2018 ISSF Junior World Cup, Sydney.

27.  
From which Olympics onwards was men's 50m pistol dropped from the programme?

Correct Answer: B [Tokyo 2020]

Explanation:

Tokyo 2020 – a 2017 IOC decision; mixed team events were added for gender balance. Rio 2016 was its last edition.

28.  
Which Indian institution is ranked highest in the QS Asia University Rankings 2027?

Correct Answer: D [IIT Delhi]

Explanation:

IIT Delhi – 66th (59th last year). IISc is 79th, IIT Bombay 83rd and IIT Madras 85th.

29.  
Which university tops Asia in the QS Asia University Rankings 2027?

Correct Answer: C [University of Hong Kong]

Explanation:

The University of Hong Kong – No. 1 for the second year running; Peking is 2nd and Tsinghua 3rd.

30.  
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), which publishes the QS rankings, is headquartered in:

Correct Answer: D [London]

Explanation:

London (UK) – founded by Nunzio Quacquarelli in 1990. Until 2009 it published the world rankings jointly with Times Higher Education (THE).

31.  
Which ministry launched India's National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2015?

Correct Answer: B [HRD (now Education)]

Explanation:

The Ministry of HRD (now Ministry of Education) – 29 Sep 2015; first rankings in 2016. 'Perception' is one of its five parameters.

32.  
In NIRF 2025, which institution topped the 'Overall' category for the seventh year in a row?

Correct Answer: C [IIT Madras]

Explanation:

IIT Madras (Chennai) – also first in engineering since 2016; 85th in QS Asia 2027. IISc was named the best university.

33.  
The 3,300-year-old Egyptian amulet found at Tel Gezer, Israel, in Nov 2026 is shaped like which creature?

Correct Answer: A [Dung beetle (scarab)]

Explanation:

The scarab – a symbol of creation and new life, also used as a seal. It was found by 17-year-old American student Shiloh Attoun.

34.  
The 'Uraeus', the Egyptian emblem of royalty and protection worn on the Pharaoh's crown, depicts which creature?

Correct Answer: B [Cobra]

Explanation:

The cobra. The new amulet shows two uraeus cobras above the hieroglyph 'nb' (lord).

35.  
At which Egyptian Red Sea port was a 1st-century BCE jar with Tamil-Brahmi writing ('paanai oRi') found?

Correct Answer: B [Quseir al-Qadim]

Explanation:

Quseir al-Qadim – read by Iravatham Mahadevan (2007). Tamil-Brahmi writing was also found at the port of Berenike.

36.  
Most seals of the Harappan civilisation were made of:

Correct Answer: A [Steatite]

Explanation:

Steatite, a soft stone. The 'unicorn' is the commonest motif; the 'Pashupati' seal came from Mohenjo-daro.

37.  
Which inscribed stone helped scholars decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs?

Correct Answer: D [Rosetta Stone]

Explanation:

The Rosetta Stone (1799) – one decree in three scripts; Champollion deciphered it in 1822. Behistun helped decipher cuneiform.

38.  
The 'S-400 Triumf' that India is buying from Russia is a —

Correct Answer: D [Long-range air-defence system]

Explanation:

A long-range surface-to-air missile system – range up to 400 km. The 2018 deal covers 5 squadrons for about $5.43 billion.

39.  
The Indian name for the S-400, 'Sudarshan Chakra', refers to the divine weapon of which deity?

Correct Answer: C [Vishnu]

Explanation:

Lord Vishnu's discus. Murugan's weapon is the Vel; Indra's is the Vajra (thunderbolt).

40.  
'CAATSA', which allows sanctions on countries buying Russian arms such as the S-400, is a law of:

Correct Answer: C [United States]

Explanation:

The United States (2017). NATO member Turkey was sanctioned under CAATSA in Dec 2020 for buying the S-400.

41.  
Operation Sindoor (May 2025), in which India used its S-400, was a response to which terror attack?

Correct Answer: B [Pahalgam]

Explanation:

Pahalgam (J&K), 22 Apr 2025. The response to Pulwama (2019) was the Balakot air strike.

42.  
What does 'Mission Sudarshan Chakra', announced in the 2025 Independence Day speech, aim to build by 2035?

Correct Answer: A [Nationwide security shield]

Explanation:

Announced by PM Modi on 15 Aug 2025: to bring key public places – railway stations, hospitals, places of worship – under a national 'security shield'.

43.  
World Tsunami Awareness Day (5 Nov) recalls the 'Inamura-no-hi' story from which country?

Correct Answer: C [Japan]

Explanation:

Japan – in 1854 Hamaguchi Goryo set his rice sheaves on fire to save villagers. The UN declared the day in 2015 on Japan's proposal.

44.  
Where is the Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre (ITEWC) located?

Correct Answer: B [INCOIS, Hyderabad]

Explanation:

INCOIS, Hyderabad (Ministry of Earth Sciences) – since Oct 2007. Since 2011 it is a UNESCO-IOC-recognised Tsunami Service Provider for the Indian Ocean.

45.  
What does the word 'tsunami' literally mean?

Correct Answer: A [Harbour wave]

Explanation:

In Japanese, tsu = harbour, nami = wave. Tsunamis are unrelated to tides, so 'tidal wave' is a misnomer.

46.  
Out in the deep ocean, a tsunami wave typically has —

Correct Answer: D [Long wavelength, small height]

Explanation:

In deep water the wavelength is hundreds of km, the height small and the speed like a jet's; near the shore it slows and rises.

47.  
Poompuhar, the ancient Chola port that 'Manimekalai' says was swallowed by the sea, is now in which district?

Correct Answer: D [Mayiladuthurai]

Explanation:

Mayiladuthurai – carved out of Nagapattinam district in 2020. The Cauvery meets the Bay of Bengal near Poompuhar; NIO researchers found submerged structures offshore.

48.  
The reverse of the ₹2,000 banknote issued by the RBI in 2016 carries a motif of which space mission?

Correct Answer: C [Mangalyaan]

Explanation:

Mangalyaan – 'the country's first venture into interplanetary space' (RBI). The Aryabhata satellite featured on the old ₹2 note.

49.  
Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in the Solar System, is on which planet?

Correct Answer: B [Mars]

Explanation:

Mars – a shield volcano about two and a half times the height of Mount Everest.

50.  
The 'Nozomi' probe, launched in 1998 and abandoned in 2003 short of its goal, belonged to which Asian country?

Correct Answer: D [Japan]

Explanation:

Japan – it failed to enter Mars orbit. So India became the first Asian nation to reach Mars in 2014; the UAE's 'Hope' arrived in 2021.

51.  
The 'MSM' payload of India's 2013 interplanetary orbiter was designed to measure which gas?

Correct Answer: D [Methane]

Explanation:

Methane (Methane Sensor for Mars) – at ppb accuracy. MOM carried 5 science payloads: MSM, MCC, LAP, MENCA and TIS.

52.  
Subbiah Arunan, Project Director of India's first interplanetary spacecraft, hails from which Tamil Nadu district?

Correct Answer: B [Tirunelveli]

Explanation:

Tirunelveli (Kothaiseri); Padma Shri 2015. Programme Director Mylswamy Annadurai is from Coimbatore; ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan from Kanniyakumari.

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