Top Current Affairs MCQs January to September 2026

Summary

The video is a current-affairs MCQ lesson for competitive-exam preparation. The instructor reviews questions drawn mainly from January 2026 current affairs, explains the answers, and connects them to related background facts. Some names and dates in the subtitles are garbled, so the points below reflect what the instructor appears to present rather than independently verifying every claim.

Main MCQs and Lessons

DRDO’s Swadesh System

• Swadesh is expanded as Sea Water Desalination System.
• It is described as a portable system that converts seawater into safe drinking water for soldiers in remote and coastal areas.
• The instructor marks both statements as correct and identifies DRDO as its developer.

India–European Union Trade Agreement

• The lesson reviews the agreement’s tariff provisions and the EU’s membership and currency arrangements.
• The instructor identifies as incorrect the statement that the agreement deals only with trade and excludes defence and security cooperation. The instructor says it also provides for cooperation in those areas.
• Students are advised to study basic facts about the EU alongside major current developments.

BRICS

The instructor highlights India’s BRICS presidency, the summit and declaration, BRICS membership, and the origin of the term “BRIC” as exam-worthy topics.

The video also quizzes candidates on the locations of BRICS meetings:

• Trade ministers: Jaipur
• Culture ministers: Bhopal
• Statistical agencies: Lucknow
• Youth and sports ministers: Visakhapatnam

The broader study tip is to remember meeting venues, declarations, and the chairing country for major international organizations.

UNESCO and Meghalaya’s Living Root Bridges

• India’s nomination of Meghalaya’s living root bridges is linked to bridges formed from the roots of Ficus elastica.
• The instructor reviews UNESCO basics and several India-related counts across UNESCO lists. The figures are presented in the video but may be affected by transcription errors.

Child Marriage Free India Initiative

• The instructor says the initiative was launched on 27 November 2024.
• The stated targets are to reduce child marriage by 10% by 2026 and achieve a child-marriage-free India by 2030.
• The lesson connects the initiative to the Child Marriage Prohibition Act, which the instructor dates to 2006.

Khelo India Beach Games 2026

• The question asks candidates to identify the incorrect statement.
• The video describes the games as being held at Ghoghla Beach and mentions Mallakhamb and tug-of-war as demonstration events.
• The claim that the official mascot was a snow leopard is identified as incorrect, but the transcript’s correction is garbled.

Economic Survey 2025–26

• One statement says foreign-exchange reserves reached $701.4 billion, covering 11 months of imports; the instructor marks it correct.
• A claim that the fiscal deficit would rise to about 4.88% is marked incorrect. The instructor says the deficit was projected to decline instead.
• The lesson explains that the Economic Survey reviews the economy and is prepared by the Chief Economic Adviser.

Institutional and “First in India” Questions

• A Centre of Excellence focused on power-sector regulatory affairs is associated with IIT Delhi.
• A matching question covers these claimed firsts:
  • Lucknow: urban night safari
  • Chennai: sovereign AI park
  • Surat: slum-free city
  • Sanand: private satellite-manufacturing centre

Vande Bharat Sleeper Train

• The train is described as connecting Howrah and Kamakhya and having the Kavach automatic train-protection system.
• The claim that it operates only within one state is identified as incorrect.
• The transcript gives a potentially garbled launch date, so that detail should be checked against a reliable source.

NITI Aayog and the Export Readiness Index

• The instructor reviews NITI Aayog’s formation and its status as neither a constitutional nor a statutory body.
• For the Export Readiness Index 2024, the lesson says the index assesses factors such as export infrastructure, business environment, policies, and export performance.
• The claim that Gujarat ranked first among large states is marked wrong; the instructor identifies Andhra Pradesh as first.

Other Conferences and Schemes

The video matches meetings with host cities, including:

• World Government Summit: Dubai
• All India Presiding Officers’ Conference: Lucknow
• IRENA Assembly: Abu Dhabi

It also compares state free-bus-travel schemes:

• Stree Shakti: Andhra Pradesh
• Shakti: Karnataka
• Mahalaxmi: Telangana
• Pink Ticket: Delhi

The instructor asks viewers to recall the name of Tamil Nadu’s scheme.

International Relations and Organizations

• The instructor tests proposed India-related cooperation-year pairings, concluding that the India–Vietnam Friendship Year for 2027 is the correct pair among those discussed.
• D. B. Venkatesh Varma is named as the first Indian diplomat nominated to chair the UN Advisory Board on Disarmament for 2026–27.
• The Weimar Triangle is described as a grouping of France, Germany, and Poland, established in 1991. The video says India’s External Affairs Minister participated in India’s first formal partnership dialogue with the group. The claim that it was established in 2022 is rejected.

Awards

• 2026 Padma Awards: The instructor says 131 awards were announced, including five Padma Vibhushan awards. The claim that Padma Awards include substantial prize money is marked false.
• Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar: The lesson says the award recognizes disaster-management service and is announced on 23 January. It distinguishes the institutional prize amount from the smaller individual award amount.
• Tyler Prize: Described as the “Nobel Prize of the Environment,” the prize is connected in the video to 2026 research on underground mycorrhizal fungal networks.

Exam-Preparation Approach

The instructor emphasizes the following strategies:

• Practise identifying correct and incorrect statements, especially in multi-statement MCQs.
• Learn current-affairs facts alongside relevant background, such as an organization’s purpose, headquarters, membership, founding year, and leadership.
• For summits and conferences, remember the host city, date, organizer, theme, and declaration.
• Give special attention to “first,” “largest,” and other superlative claims, as well as newly released rankings and reports.
• Connect current news to static general knowledge and revise topics month by month.
• The instructor also promotes the CA 360 course, described as offering daily current-affairs videos and PDFs, monthly reviews, tests, magazines, and material in Telugu and English.

Speakers and Sources Featured

• Speaker: Praveen Sir, the instructor and presenter from Praveen Sir Classes.
• Sources and institutions discussed or named: DRDO; the European Union and its institutions; BRICS; UNESCO; Government of India ministries and initiatives; the Economic Survey and Chief Economic Adviser; the Reserve Bank of India; IIT Delhi; NITI Aayog; Indian Railways; the United Nations Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters; and organizations associated with the awards covered.
• No separate interview or guest speaker is indicated in the subtitles.