Current Affairs Quiz — 01 July 2026
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After the revised wage rates under the VB-G RAM G Act were notified on 1 July 2026, the national average notified wage became:
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Correct answer: A — Rs 327.4 per day
The national average notified wage rose from Rs 298.8 to Rs 327.4 per day, an increase of more than 10 per cent.
Under the revised VB-G RAM G wage rates notified on 1 July 2026, no notified daily wage anywhere in India is below:
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Correct answer: C — Rs 300
With the revised rates, no notified daily wage anywhere in the country is below Rs 300.
With the commencement of the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025 on 1 July 2026, which law stands repealed from the same date?
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Correct answer: D — Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005
Per PIB's press note of 11 May 2026, MGNREGA, 2005 stands repealed from 1 July 2026, the date the VB-G RAM G Act comes into force; the new Act replaces it.
Under Section 6 of the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025, States may notify a pause period during peak sowing and harvesting seasons aggregating to:
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Correct answer: B — Sixty days in a financial year
The Act empowers States to notify an aggregated pause period of sixty days in a financial year (Section 6); the 125-day guarantee is provided in the remaining period.
Under the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025, the unemployment allowance payable when work is not provided in time is:
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Correct answer: C — Not less than one-fourth of the wage rate for the first thirty days and not less than one-half for the rest of the year
The allowance is not less than one-fourth of the notified wage rate for the first thirty days of the financial year and not less than one-half for the remaining period.
According to UNCTAD estimates cited by the Ports Ministry in July 2026, India's share of worldwide ship recycling in 2025 was:
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Correct answer: C — 35.4%
India's share in worldwide ship recycling rose from 30.1% in 2024 to 35.4% in 2025.
As of July 2026, how many Indian ship recycling facilities had completed all compliance procedures and become eligible to apply for inclusion under the EU Ship Recycling Regulation?
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Correct answer: A — Three
More than 30 yards applied, six are in the compliance process and three have completed all procedures and are eligible to apply.
With which European Commissioner did Sarbananda Sonowal review the EU recognition process for Indian ship recycling yards on 1 July 2026?
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Correct answer: B — Jessika Roswall
The talks were with Jessika Roswall, European Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy.
NHAI launched Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) tolling at the Manoharpura Toll Plaza in July 2026. This toll plaza is on which national highway section?
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Correct answer: D — Delhi-Jaipur section of NH-48
Manoharpura Toll Plaza is on the Delhi-Jaipur section of NH-48 in Rajasthan.
Rajasthan's first Multi-Lane Free Flow tolling system was rolled out by NHAI on 19 June 2026 at which toll plaza?
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Correct answer: C — Daulatpura
NHAI rolled out Rajasthan's first MLFF system at Daulatpura Toll Plaza on the Delhi-Jaipur section on 19 June 2026; Manoharpura followed and Shahjahanpur is planned next.
The 6-lane NH-148AE tunnel connecting Dwarka Expressway with Vasant Kunj, approved by the Cabinet on 1 July 2026, will be built under which mode?
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Correct answer: C — Hybrid Annuity Mode
The Rs 6,969.67 crore project will be built on Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM) under the NH (O) scheme.
The NH-148AE twin-tube tunnel approved in July 2026 passes beneath which ridge in Delhi?
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Correct answer: D — Rangpuri (Southern Delhi) Ridge
The tunnel passes through the Rangpuri (Southern Delhi) Ridge, with a 1.98 km tunnel section beneath the Ridge.
The Work Plan signed along with the ICAR-Seychelles agriculture MoU during the Prime Minister's visit to Seychelles covers which period?
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Correct answer: B — 2026-2031
Both sides signed a five-year Work Plan (2026-2031) to operationalise the MoU.
Which Indian naval ship, which visited Port Victoria in June 2026, hosted over 300 visitors to showcase its hydrographic survey capabilities?
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Correct answer: D — INS Ikshak
INS Ikshak hosted over 300 visitors, showcasing its hydrographic survey capabilities; INS Tarkash's contingent marched in the National Day Parade.
Who assumed the appointment of Vice Chief of the Army Staff on 1 July 2026?
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Correct answer: A — Lt Gen Sandeep Jain
Lt Gen Sandeep Jain, AVSM, SM assumed the appointment of VCOAS on 1 July 2026; he was earlier GOC-in-C, Southern Command.
Air Marshal Tejinder Singh took over as CISC on 1 July 2026. CISC stands for:
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Correct answer: B — Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee
Air Marshal Tejinder Singh took over as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC).
Lt Gen Mohit Malhotra assumed command of the South Western Command of the Indian Army on 1 July 2026. Where is this command based?
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Correct answer: A — Jaipur
The Ministry of Defence described it as the Jaipur based South Western Command.
The 2026 study that used AI on 100 years of Kodaikanal Solar Observatory suncharts was led by researchers from which institute?
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Correct answer: B — Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences
The study was led by Dibya Kirti Mishra of ARIES, an autonomous institute under DST, with collaborators including IIA Bangalore.
In the AI study of Kodaikanal suncharts (July 2026), the shift of magnetically active solar patches (plages) was traced over which period?
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Correct answer: D — 1916 to 2007
The plages were traced from 1916 to 2007 (Solar Cycles 15-23); the KoSO suncharts themselves span 1904 to 2022.
India's first private Point-in-Space (PinS) instrument approach procedure for helicopter operations was approved in July 2026 for which heliport?
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Correct answer: B — Undavalli Heliport
The first private PinS Instrument Approach Procedure for helicopters was approved for Undavalli Heliport.
Consider the following about India's first PinS procedure for helicopters (July 2026): 1. It was developed by the Airports Authority of India. 2. It was approved by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. 3. It depends on a conventional Instrument Landing System installed at the heliport. Which of the statements given above are correct?
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Correct answer: C — 1 and 2 only
AAI developed and DGCA approved the procedure. PinS uses satellite-based navigation for heliports that do not have conventional instrument landing infrastructure, so statement 3 is wrong.
What is the length of the Kanpur-Kabrai access-controlled greenfield highway approved by the Cabinet on 1 July 2026?
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Correct answer: D — 117.7 km
The CCEA approved the 117.7 km Kanpur-Kabrai access-controlled greenfield highway.
The Kanpur-Kabrai highway approved in July 2026 will be implemented by NHAI in which mode?
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Correct answer: A — BOT (Toll)
The Rs 7,145.14 crore project will be implemented by NHAI on BOT (Toll) mode, together with O&M of the existing Kanpur-Kabrai section of NH-34.
The Kanpur-Kabrai access-controlled highway forms a key segment of which economic corridor?
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Correct answer: B — Bhopal-Kanpur Economic Corridor
The Kanpur-Kabrai highway forms a key segment of the Bhopal-Kanpur Economic Corridor under the National Highways (O) Programme.
In July 2026 the Competition Commission of India approved the acquisition of 100% shareholding of which company by a consortium including Big Banyan Holdings and Times Internet?
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Correct answer: C — Royal Challengers Sports Pvt Ltd
The CCI approved the acquisition of 100% shareholding of Royal Challengers Sports Private Limited (RCB).
The 24 kg of foreign-origin gold seized by DRI in Nadia district, West Bengal (July 2026) was seized under which law?
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Correct answer: A — Customs Act, 1962
The gold, about 24 kg worth about Rs 34 crore, was seized under the provisions of the Customs Act, 1962.
MECON Limited, granted Miniratna Category-I status in July 2026, is headquartered in:
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Correct answer: A — Ranchi
MECON Limited, established in 1959, is headquartered in Ranchi and is under the Ministry of Steel.
During the 1 July 2026 survey of flood-hit Arunachal Pradesh by Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Kiren Rijiju and Pema Khandu, which district was named among the areas surveyed from the air?
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Correct answer: D — Keyi Panyor
The Union Minister carried out an aerial survey of several flood-affected areas, including Keyi Panyor district.