27 April to 1 May 2026

Who has become the new Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog?

Ashok Kumar Lahiri

• Replaced Suman Bery
• CEO Niti Aayog - Nidhi Chhibber
• Chairperson - Modi

What is the name of the first malaria drug approved by WHO for newborns?

artemether-lumefantrine

• malaria vaccine is RTS,S/AS01 (brand name: Mosquirix)

CWGC has digitally included the names of around 33,000 Indian soldiers in which memorial?

Basra Monument

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• during World War I at the Basra Memorial in Iraq

Where will the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers Meeting be held?

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

• Kyrgyzstan is chairing the SCO Summit 2026
• G7 Summit - France
• Nato 2026 - Turnkey

Raghu Rai has passed away. Who was he?

Photojournalist

• father of indian photojournalism

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has taken up a project to remove sand from which Temple?

Konark Sun Temple

• From Jagmohan, Sabha Mandap

Which toll-free helpline number has been released by the Registrar General of India for Census 2027?

1855

• Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan - Census Commissioner
• 33 questions for Census 2027

Who Completed marathon under 2 hour?

Sebastien Sauvé

• Kenyan - 1:59:30
• Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha also clocked 1:59:41
• at London Marathon

Which state government has launched the first-ever 'Mushroom Mission' in India?

Andhra Pradesh

• India's first pollution control vessel - ICGS Samudra Pratap

Khasi and Garo have become the official languages of which state?

Meghalaya

• English was only official language till now

Oil India Limited have discovered new reserves of oil and gas in which country?

Libya

• at Ghadames Basin Area

PM Modi launched the Amrit Bharat Express trains connecting which two states?

UP and Maharashtra

• two trains Banaras-Pune and Ayodhya-Mumbai
• non-ac started in 2023

PM Modi has inaugurated the Ganga Expressway in which state?

Uttar Pradesh

• 594 km Long
• Connects Meerut to Prayagraj

Private unaided schools have to reserve 25% seats for weaker sections under which act?

Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009

• it is termed as national mission
• article 21A right to education

According to SIPRI's 2026 report, what has been India's defence expenditure in 2025?

$92.1 billion

• increased by 8.9%
• India remains the world's second-largest arms importer after Ukraine

In which country is the recently discussed Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant located?

Bangladesh

• with the help of Russia
• 2,400MW - 10% of the country's power demand

R78C next generation multi stage malaria vaccine is going to be developed by whom?

Serum Institute of India

• with paternship of University of Oxford

Women and Men in India 2025", what is the sex ratio at birth in 2021–23?

917

• by Ministry of Statistics

DRDO and Indian Navy have recently successfully testfired which missile?

NASM-SR

• Naval Short-Range AntiMissile

Chandrayan 5 will be launched by whom?

Jaxa

• Japan's powerful H3 rocket
• India is developing the lander and Japan will provide the rover and rock

How many Astronauts selected for Gaganyaan mission ?

Three

• Prashant Balakrishnan Nair, Ajit Krishnan, Angad Pratap, Shubhanshu Shukla (3 out of 4)
• Humanoid robot for Gaganyaan mission: Vyommitra

Tao lam is President of which country that will visit India?

Vietnam

• BrahMos missile deal ₹5,800 crore ($700 million)