Daily Current Affairs Prelims Practice (25-08-2026)

1.    With reference to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, consider the following statements:

1. It replaced the Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995.
2. It expanded specified disabilities from 7 to 21.
3. A person with benchmark disability has not less than 40% of a specified disability, duly certified.
4. It provides identical reservation percentages in government employment and higher education.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 2, 3 and 4 only

(c) 1, 2 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

2.   Which one of the following represents the correct chronological sequence?

(a) Bindusara → Chandragupta Maurya → Ashoka’s accession → Kalinga War

(b) Chandragupta Maurya → Bindusara → Ashoka’s accession → Kalinga War

(c) Chandragupta Maurya → Ashoka’s accession → Bindusara → Kalinga War

(d) Bindusara → Kalinga War → Chandragupta Maurya → Ashoka’s accession

3.   Consider the following information:

1. It was the capital of ancient Avanti.
2. It was situated on the Shipra River.
3. Tradition associates Ashoka with the city before he became emperor.
4. Vaishya Tekri, where Buddhist remains are being investigated, is located here.

The city described above is:

(a) Vidisha

(b) Ujjain

(c) Kaushambi

(d) Taxila

4.   With reference to the Unified Payments Interface, consider the following statements:

1. It is operated by the National Payments Corporation of India under the regulatory oversight of the Reserve Bank of India.
2. Every UPI transaction requires money to be stored beforehand in a separate digital wallet.
3. Its interoperability permits transactions between customers using different banks and authorised applications.
4. A UPI PIN must ordinarily be entered merely to receive money into an account.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(a) 1 and 3 only

(b) 1, 2 and 3 only

(c) 2 and 4 only

(d) 1, 3 and 4 only

5.   Consider the following pairs with reference to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016:

How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

(a) Only one

(b) Only two

(c) Only three

(d) All four

6.    Consider the following information:

1. It is an initiative of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
2. It seeks to document, preserve and improve digital access to tribal languages.
3. Its upgraded version includes an iOS application and additional languages.
4. It uses technologies such as speech recognition and machine translation.

The initiative described above is:

(a) Jago

(b) Bhashini

(c) Adi Vaani

(d) Bharatavani

7.    With reference to Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in India, Thiksey Monastery is located in which of the following States/Union Territories?

(a)  Himachal Pradesh

(b)  Sikkim

(c)  Ladakh

(d)  Arunachal Pradesh

8.    Consider the following statements with reference to FCNR(B) deposits:

I.    They are term deposits maintained by eligible non-residents in permitted foreign currencies with Indian banks.

II.    The deposits are denominated in foreign currency rather than Indian rupees.

III.   The depositor ordinarily does not bear the risk arising from depreciation of the rupee against the deposit currency.

Which of the following relationships among the above statements is/are correct?

1. Statement II explains Statement III.
2. Statement I establishes that FCNR(B) accounts are demand deposits maintained in Indian rupees.
3. Statements I and II distinguish FCNR(B) deposits from ordinary rupee-denominated deposits.

Select the answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 only

(b) 1 and 3 only

(c) 2 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3

9.   Consider the following statements regarding a foreign-exchange swap:

1. Two currencies are exchanged at the beginning of the transaction.
2. The transaction is reversed at a later date on predetermined terms.
3. It is necessarily identical to an outright purchase of foreign currency without any reversal.
4. It can be used by a central bank to manage foreign-exchange liquidity.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(a) 1 and 3 only

(b) 1, 2 and 4 only

(c) 2 and 4 only

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

10. Consider the following statements regarding National Animal Disease Control Programme:

1. It is a Central Sector Scheme.
2. It is aimed at controlling and eradicating only Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) through nationwide vaccination.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

ANSWERS for Daily Current Affairs Prelims Practice (25-08-2026):

1.    Answer: C

2.   Answer: B

3.   Answer: B

4.   Answer: A

5.   Answer: D

6.   Answer: C

7.   Answer: C

8.   Answer: B

9.   Answer: B

10. Answer: A

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