Daily GK & Current Affairs Quiz — 21 June 2026
Sunday, 21 June 2026
Jainendra K. Jain, the first Indian-origin winner of the Wolf Prize in Physics, was honoured for discovering what?
Daily GK & Current Affairs Quiz — 21 June 2026
दैनिक जीके एवं करेंट अफेयर्स क्विज़ — 21 जून 2026
Daily Quiz for 21 June 2026
Q1: Jainendra K. Jain, the first Indian-origin winner of the Wolf Prize in Physics, was honoured for discovering what?
- A. Higgs boson
- B. Composite fermions
- C. Quark-gluon plasma
- D. Graphene
Q2: Who became the first Indian to be elected Vice-President of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for 2026-27?
- A. Sanjay Malhotra
- B. Vivek Aggarwal
- C. Bimal N. Patel
- D. Neeru Chadha
Q3: In which year was the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) established?
- A. 1935
- B. 1947
- C. 1949
- D. 1955
Q4: What was the record surplus (dividend) the RBI approved transferring to the Central Government for FY26?
- A. Rs 2.69 lakh crore
- B. Rs 2.87 lakh crore
- C. Rs 3.10 lakh crore
- D. Rs 2.11 lakh crore
Q5: The Tropic of Cancer passes through how many Indian states?
- A. Six
- B. Seven
- C. Eight
- D. Nine
Q6: Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?
- A. C. Rajagopalachari
- B. Lord Mountbatten
- C. Rajendra Prasad
- D. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Q7: Which river is known as the 'Sorrow of Bihar' due to its frequent devastating floods?
- A. Gandak
- B. Kosi
- C. Son
- D. Ghaghara
Q8: India's first commercial-scale coal-to-ammonium nitrate project, whose foundation was laid in June 2026, is located in which state?
- A. Jharkhand
- B. Chhattisgarh
- C. Odisha
- D. West Bengal
Q9: INS Dunagiri, commissioned at Kolkata on 21 June 2026, is which numbered Project 17A stealth frigate?
- A. Third
- B. Fourth
- C. Fifth
- D. Sixth
Q10: What was the theme of the 12th International Day of Yoga observed on 21 June 2026?
- A. Yoga for Healthy Ageing
- B. Yoga for Humanity
- C. Yoga for One Earth
- D. Yoga for Self and Society