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 April 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. Basaveshwara (Basavanna), honoured on Basava Jayanthi, was a 12th-century saint and social reformer from ________.
(A) Kerala
(B) Karnataka
(C) Bengal
(D) Punjab
Q2. The poems of Basavanna are popularly known as ________.
(A) Vachanas
(B) Abhangas
(C) Dohas
(D) Ghazals
Q3. Aoleang, a six-day spring festival, is celebrated by the Konyak Naga tribe of which state?
(A) Assam
(B) Manipur
(C) Mizoram
(D) Nagaland
Q4. Chandra Shekhar, whose 100th birth anniversary year began in 2026, was India's ________ Prime Minister.
(A) 5th
(B) 6th
(C) 8th
(D) 10th
Q5. The Constitution of India was recently released in which language, in both Devanagari and Persian scripts?
(A) Sindhi
(B) Urdu
(C) Kashmiri
(D) Punjabi
Q6. Samrat Samprati, after whom a Jain museum in Gandhinagar is named, was the grandson of ________.
(A) Chandragupta Maurya
(B) Bindusara
(C) Harsha
(D) Emperor Ashoka
Q7. The Piprahwa relics of Lord Buddha were discovered in 1898 in which present-day state?
(A) Bihar
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Odisha
Q8. Piprahwa is widely identified with ancient Kapilavastu, capital of which clan?
(A) Mauryas
(B) Guptas
(C) Shakyas
(D) Licchavis
Q9. The Breakthrough Prize, given in science and mathematics, is often called the ________.
(A) Oscars of Science
(B) Nobel of Sports
(C) Grammy of Maths
(D) Booker of Science
Q10. "Vishwa Sutra – Weaves of India for the World" showcased 30 handloom weaves. It was led by the Ministry of Textiles and ________.
(A) ISRO
(B) NIFT
(C) IIT Delhi
(D) NCERT
Answer Key with Explanations
(B) Karnataka — Basavanna served as a minister under King Bijjala II and spread equality through his Vachanas.
(A) Vachanas — His Vachanas rejected caste and gender discrimination.
(D) Nagaland — Aoleang is celebrated in the first week of April, mainly in Mon district of Nagaland.
(C) 8th — Chandra Shekhar was the 8th Prime Minister, from November 1990 to June 1991.
(A) Sindhi — Sindhi was added to the Eighth Schedule by the 21st Amendment in 1967.
(D) Emperor Ashoka — Samprati was a Mauryan ruler and grandson of Ashoka, known as a patron of Jainism.
(B) Uttar Pradesh — Piprahwa is in Siddharthnagar district, Uttar Pradesh, near the Nepal border.
(C) Shakyas — Gautama Buddha belonged to the Shakya clan, whose capital was Kapilavastu.
(A) Oscars of Science — Each Breakthrough Prize carries $3 million.
(B) NIFT — The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) co-led the initiative.
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