Current affairs questions appear in the General Knowledge section of the AISSEE (Sainik School) Class 6 paper and in the GK part of the RMS CET. These 10 original MCQs are built from the important national and international news of March 2026 — defence, science, environment, culture and awards — and are written in the simple style used for school entrance exams.
Quick facts: AISSEE 2027 will be held on Sunday, 31 January 2027. There is no negative marking, so attempt every question. Online applications are open until 2 December 2026 on exams.nta.nic.in/sainik-school-society.
Practice Questions
Q1. Chapchar Kut, a spring festival celebrated after clearing land for jhum cultivation, belongs to which state?
(A) Meghalaya
(B) Mizoram
(C) Nagaland
(D) Tripura
Q2. A 16th-century bronze statue of Saint Thirumangai Alvar was returned to India by a museum in ________.
(A) Paris
(B) New York
(C) Oxford
(D) Berlin
Q3. The Alvars were Tamil poet-saints devoted to which god?
(A) Lord Shiva
(B) Lord Murugan
(C) Lord Ganesha
(D) Lord Vishnu
Q4. The first Khelo India Tribal Games were held in which state?
(A) Chhattisgarh
(B) Jharkhand
(C) Odisha
(D) Gujarat
Q5. What is the name of the mascot of the Khelo India Tribal Games?
(A) Shera
(B) Morveer
(C) Appu
(D) Veera
Q6. Tamil lyricist and poet R. Vairamuthu was selected for which award for 2025?
(A) Padma Vibhushan
(B) Saraswati Samman
(C) Jnanpith Award
(D) Booker Prize
Q7. The Jnanpith Award is India's highest award in the field of ________.
(A) literature
(B) music
(C) science
(D) sports
Q8. The Saraswati Samman 2025 was given to Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay for a novel in which language?
(A) Odia
(B) Hindi
(C) Assamese
(D) Bengali
Q9. In how many languages does the Sahitya Akademi give its annual awards?
(A) 12
(B) 18
(C) 22
(D) 24
Q10. Which country holds the BRICS Presidency in 2026?
(A) Brazil
(B) China
(C) India
(D) South Africa
Answer Key with Explanations
(B) Mizoram — Chapchar Kut is Mizoram's week-long spring festival, celebrated in Aizawl.
(C) Oxford — The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, returned the statue.
(D) Lord Vishnu — The twelve Alvars sang devotional hymns to Lord Vishnu.
(A) Chhattisgarh — The inaugural Khelo India Tribal Games were held in Raipur, Jagdalpur and Surguja, Chhattisgarh.
(B) Morveer — The mascot "Morveer" means "our own brave one" in Chhattisgarhi.
(C) Jnanpith Award — Vairamuthu is the first to win the Jnanpith for Tamil poetry.
(A) literature — Instituted in 1961, the Jnanpith is India's highest literary award.
(D) Bengali — His Bengali novel "Hara Parbati Katha" won the Saraswati Samman 2025.
(D) 24 — 22 constitutional languages plus English and Rajasthani make 24.
(C) India — India holds the BRICS Presidency in 2026.
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