Current Affairs Quiz — 18 August 2026
5 UPSC-style MCQs from daily current affairs, with answers and exam-focused explanations.
Q1.Under the Viksit Bharat-G RAM G Yojana, Rajasthan has been given a target investment of how much over the next nine months?
- A₹12,000 crore
- B₹10,000 crore
- C₹1,200 crore
- D₹120 crore
Q2.In the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana–Gramin (PMAY-G) programme in Baran district (Rajasthan), how many pucca houses was the approval letter handed over for?
- A2,89,355
- B3,91,000
- C2,00,00,000
- D1,22,00,000
Q3.A news item reports a demand that the Government of India should reconsider which specific policy proposal regarding mining regulation?
- AThe proposed Mines Bill
- BThe policy for uranium mining safety accords
- CThe consultation method used by the Supreme Court-appointed Aravali panel
- DThe Health Physics Unit’s annual environmental monitoring report
Q4.Which situation is described as involving a Supreme Court direction to pay compensation as a judicial remedy?
- AA police-station responsibility dispute connected to Jammu and Kashmir, where consequences for an affected person were at issue
- BA dispute over land patents, where the State decided compensation administratively without a court order
- CAn appeal involving a terrorist, where the remedy mentioned was only reduction in sentence without monetary compensation
- DA grievance about ration cards, where the remedy mentioned was only police verification and no compensation
Q5.Which action did the Supreme Court direct in an elephant route corridor dispute?
- AConduct a fresh survey related to elephant movement/corridors and routes
- BImmediately halt all elephant corridor surveys until further orders
- COrder only local forest divisions to reroute elephants without a new survey
- DAllow States to obstruct traditional routes if they record reasons in writing