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 June 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. Rakhigarhi, where 5,000-year-old skeletons were excavated, is a major site of which civilisation?
(A) Indus Valley (Harappan) Civilisation
(B) Mesopotamian Civilisation
(C) Vedic Civilisation
(D) Egyptian Civilisation
Q2. Rakhigarhi is located in which state?
(A) Punjab
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Gujarat
(D) Haryana
Q3. Pochampally silk, gifted to the wife of the French President, comes from which state?
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Telangana
(C) Karnataka
(D) Odisha
Q4. Kalamkari, a painting art gifted to the French President, is a famous art of which state?
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Bihar
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Assam
Q5. Dokra, which received a GI tag from Jharkhand, is an ancient craft of ________.
(A) metal casting using the lost-wax method
(B) bamboo weaving
(C) stone carving
(D) glass blowing
Q6. Vijayanagara inscriptions in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada were found in the Seshachalam forest of which state?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Kerala
(D) Andhra Pradesh
Q7. Who is known as the "Father of Surgery", whose statue was unveiled in Edinburgh?
(A) Charaka
(B) Sushruta
(C) Aryabhata
(D) Patanjali
Q8. Indian jurist Bimal Patel was elected a judge of ITLOS. ITLOS settles disputes about ________.
(A) space
(B) cricket
(C) the law of the sea
(D) trade in films
Q9. The Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar is presented every year on Veer Bal Diwas, which falls on ________.
(A) 14 November
(B) 26 December
(C) 5 September
(D) 26 January
Q10. The Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar is given to ________.
(A) children for outstanding achievements
(B) soldiers
(C) teachers
(D) film stars
Answer Key with Explanations
(A) Indus Valley (Harappan) Civilisation — Rakhigarhi in Haryana is one of the largest Harappan sites.
(D) Haryana — Rakhigarhi is in Hisar district, Haryana.
(B) Telangana — Pochampally Ikat is a GI-tagged handloom from Telangana.
(C) Andhra Pradesh — Kalamkari ("pen-work") is a hand-painted textile art from Andhra Pradesh.
(A) metal casting using the lost-wax method — Dokra artisans cast brass figures using the lost-wax technique.
(D) Andhra Pradesh — They were found at Sadasivakona in the Seshachalam forest near Tirupati.
(B) Sushruta — Sushruta wrote the Sushruta Samhita and pioneered plastic surgery such as rhinoplasty.
(C) the law of the sea — ITLOS is the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, based in Hamburg, Germany.
(B) 26 December — Veer Bal Diwas (26 December) remembers the young Sahibzadas of Guru Gobind Singh.
(A) children for outstanding achievements — It is India's highest civilian honour for children, organised by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
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