Current Affairs MCQs with Answers — September 2026 (Set 1)

Both statements are correct. Mundial do Queijo do Brasil 2026 is an international cheese and dairy competition. Four Indian cheese products won medals, including a Super Gold for a brie-style cheese from Gulmarg.

The correct answer is Italy. Germany, Japan, and Denmark were designated Partner Countries at World Food India 2017, while Italy (along with the Netherlands) held Focus Country status.

The correct answer is Goa. The exhibition ‘The Nobel Prize: Ideas Changing the World’ opened in Goa on 1 February 2018, inaugurated at Kala Academy as part of the Nobel Prize Series India 2018.

The correct answer is Shri P. D. Siwal, Member (Thermal) at the Central Electricity Authority, who chaired the committee. The other three named individuals were committee members, not the chairman.

The correct answer is Dheeraj Jindal, who co-directed The School Bag with Anshul Agrawal. The film, set in Peshawar, follows a mother and son ahead of the 2014 Peshawar school attack.

The correct answer is H. S. Prannoy, who beat Kidambi Srikanth 21-15, 16-21, 21-7 in the final at Nagpur, his first win over Srikanth since 2011.

Prof. Govindarajan Padmanabhan, a pioneer of molecular biology and biotechnology research in India, received the Vigyan Ratna Award, the lifetime-achievement category of the first Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar in 2024.

Tamil Nadu beat Bengal by 37 runs in the final (20 March 2017) to win the 2017 Vijay Hazare Trophy.

Of the 1,012 PACS identified for godown construction, 313 had completed construction by July 2026, creating over 1.80 lakh metric tonnes of storage capacity, with more than 500 additional PACS targeted for completion by December 2026.

The correct answer is 27. From 1 June 2026 the first outcome-focused phase covers districts across 27 States and Union Territories. It has the support of 24 DGFT Regional Authorities and 11 partner agencies. The number 770 is the district count, not the State count.

The DAC gave Acceptance of Necessity. This is the in-principle approval that starts a defence purchase. It is chaired by the Raksha Mantri. Contract signing and delivery come much later.

CBRN stands for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear. The vehicles detect and identify such agents. They also monitor and mark contaminated areas. The same approval covered High Mobility Vehicles, mine layers, ALHs, Trawl Tanks and the Sarvatra Bridge System.

7 September is the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies. The Environment Ministry used it to hold Swachh Vayu Diwas 2026. The 5th Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan Awards were given the same day.

The awards honour cities and wards for good air quality management under the National Clean Air Programme. A compendium of best management practices under NCAP was also released at the event.

PACT stands for Platform for Aggregating Clean Transport. It pools freight demand from shippers and logistics firms. This helps make a business case for electric medium and heavy trucks. A ZET Marketplace was also introduced at the summit.

The scheme has an outlay of ₹37,500 crore. Round 1 closed in September 2026 with seven applications. The earlier Financial Incentive Scheme had a smaller outlay of ₹8,500 crore.

NTPC proposed a project for Synthetic Natural Gas. Adani Enterprises and Talcher Fertilisers proposed urea. Gallantt Ispat proposed Direct Reduced Iron and syngas.

The ceremony is at Ekta Nagar (Kevadia) in Gujarat. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting decided to hold the awards in various parts of the country, not only in the capital. The awards are for films of 2024.

‘Article 370’ won Best Feature Film. ‘Bhangaar’ was chosen Best Non-Feature Film. ‘Ram-Nami’ was Best Documentary. Kalki 2898 AD, Amaran and Stree 2 also won awards in other categories.

Yami Gautam won for ‘Article 370’. Mammootty (for ‘Bramayugam’) and Kartik Aaryan (for ‘Chandu Champion’) were named Best Actor in a Leading Role.

The National Film Awards were instituted in 1954. They are the country’s most prestigious honours for cinema. They cover feature films, non-feature films and writing on cinema.

For the first time, a Santhali film will be honoured in the Non-Feature Film section. The awards recognised films in many languages, including Marathi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Tulu and Garhwali.

GRSE, a defence public sector company, built the vessel at its Rishi Bankim Shipyard in Kolkata. It was launched within two years of contract signing and about five months after keel laying.

The vessel is for NCPOR, which runs India’s polar and ocean research. NCPOR also manages India’s Antarctic stations. The vessel is described as India’s first advanced Ocean Research Vessel built by GRSE.

India joined the Call to Action for 6G Leadership and Security. It stresses openness, interoperability, security, resilience and innovation-led competition. The Department of Telecommunications will coordinate India’s follow-up.